QMMF achieves top level in official safety training programme

Following a thorough review process, the QMMF gained the Achievement of Excellence level and will now become a Regional Training Provider (RTP) for officials.

When it does so it will be the ninth National Sporting Authority (ASN) to become an RTP for officials’ training, joining the ASNs of Australia, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Spain, South Africa, United Arab Emirates and United Kingdom.

QMMF president Nasser Khalifa al-Attiyah said: “As an ASN, we have encouraged the highest standards of marshalling in our own country and we look forward to helping other ASNs to achieve this in the Middle East region and beyond.”

FIA Institute president Gerard Saillant added: “It is fantastic to see so many ASNs engage with the officials programme. We now have a strong network of RTPs that will only continue to grow and help improve marshalling across the globe.”

Raising the standards of motor sport marshalling has been a key aim for the FIA Institute, through the Officials Safety Training Programme. The accreditation scheme enables ASNs to measure themselves against highest standards and those who most closely align to these standards can then apply to become an RTP.