Ghanim al-Maadheed won both races in the QTCC 2K Class during the third round of the Qatar Touring Car Championship at the Losail International Circuit.  The Lotus Elise driver is now leading the championship with 76 points.
Al-Maadheed had engine issues during the qualifying session on Friday, but managed to fix the car on time for the race. In the first race, al-Maadheed finished in first place with a total time of 24:54.727 seconds, followed by Mohamed al-Aseeri, who was driving a Honda Civic and Hamad al-Asam with a Honda VC5. With the reverse grid in the second race, it took only one lap for al-Maadheed to overtake the front cars and take the lead in his category.
He won the second race in front of Nasser al-Ahbabi with a Toyota GT86 and Abdulla al-Abbasi with a Honda Integra. “I had an engine problem during the qualifying session and I had to change the whole engine. The team has been working very hard to fix the problem. Although the car is not 100%, I am very happy to take the double win this weekend,” al-Maadheed said. 
In the QTCC M240 Class, Nasser al-Kuwari emerged victorious followed by Hamad al-Sulaiti and Saadon al-Kuwari.  The first race was delayed as one of the drivers took a wrong position in the grid after the warm up lap. After the delay al-Kuwari took the lead from the start until the finish line. Abdulla al-Khelaifi had a mechanical issue in the last lap and did not finish the first race. 
“This weekend I learnt a lot from Abdulla and Hamad and I want to thank them. First race was very good. I was smart at the start, as with the delayed start, the other drivers were in tension and I cool down, so after the second green light, I jumped first and as the circuit was clear in front of me, I did 2 or 3 flying laps and keep the gap, so I managed the race from the start to the finish’ said Al Kuwari.
In the second race of QTCC M240, Hamad al-Sulaiti took the first position in the podium, followed by Abdulla al-Khelaifi and Saadon al-Kuwari. Al-Sulaiti was extremely happy with his first victory of the season. “This weekend has been amazing. I was second in the first race and the won the second one. This is incredible for me and also I did the fastest lap, so I cannot ask for more being my first season in this championship,” he said.

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