Ahmad Al Harthy, the Sultanate of Oman’s top racing driver, is relishing his first season in the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East. His maiden race victory in the series, during Formula 1 weekend in Abu Dhabi, was the biggest of his career. In this video he talks of his passion for racing, for football and the sea, and explains what makes the new GT3 Cup car such a formidable race machine. For more information about the series, please visit www.porsche.com or visit the official Facebook fan page at www.facebook.com
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Action from the spectacular Yas Marina Circuit as the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East reaches the half way point in the 2011-12 season with the title race wide open. The series returns to Abu Dhabi for Rounds 5 and 6 with championship leader Prince Abdulaziz Al Faisal under pressure from fellow-Saudi Bandar Alesayi and Oman’s Ahmad Al Harthy, the two race winners at the same venue a month earlier. Austrian Clemens Schmid is back looking to build on his first round victory, Belgian Stephane Lemeret is chasing his first win in the series, and there’s fierce competition as well in the Michelin and Mobil 1 silver and bronze race categories. For more information about the series, please visit www.porsche.com or visit the official Facebook fan page at www.facebook.com
