DOHA: Qatar’s Waleed Mahmoud Al Sharshani claimed pole position twice in the Runabout Super Stock and Runabout Stock categories at the Qatar International Jet Ski Championship in Al Wakra yesterday.
The Qatari recorded a lap time of 1min 36.68sec in the Runabout Super Stock.
Kuwait’s Yusef Abdul finished second and Qatar’s Rashid Ebrahim Al Mannai was third.
Khamis Sbeit Al Hosni and Mohamed Abdullah Al Heidus qualified in fourth and fifth.
Later, Al Sharshani claimed his second pole position of the day in the Runabout Stock category.
The Qatari set a lap time of 1min 34.64sec to see off Yusef Abdul Razak for pole.
Qatar’s Al Heidus qualified in third and Al Mannai finished fourth.
In practice, Al Sharshani set the fastest time with a lap of 1min 40.60sec.
Qatari Khamis Sbeit Al Hosni was second and Rashid Ebrahim Al Mannai set the third quickest time of the six starters.
Meanwhile, Qatar’s Mohammed Jasim Al Obaidli qualified on pole in the Runabout Stock beginners’ class with a time of 1min 40.74sec.
The time was sufficient to beat fellow countryman Majed Mahmoud Al Sharshani by 1.17 seconds.
Kuwait’s Abdulaziz Hamad Al Omar snatched third and Saudi Arabia’s Hesham Sami Bakhsh was fourth.
Elsewhere, Ludovic Caumont, who is based in the UAE, claimed pole in the Ski Stock F1 Division category with a fastest lap of 1min 50.21secs.
He comfortably beat the UAE’s Rashid Al Owaiss by just under 10 seconds.
Kuwait’s Abdulwahab Suhail Issa claimed third for today’s race .
Al Sharshani was the leading Qatari in sixth position.
Further practice of the Qatar International Jet Ski Championship will take place today.
Also scheduled to take place will be four races in Al Wakra this afternoon.
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