Nasser Al-Attiyah

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Al-Attiyah driving a Subaru Impreza WRX STI at the 2006 Acropolis Rally.
Al-Attiyah driving a Subaru Impreza WRX STI at the 2006 Acropolis Rally.

Nasser Al-Attiyah is a Qatari driver in the Production World Rally Championship (PWRC). He came in fourth place in the 2004 Olympic Games in clay pigeon shooting and won the PWRC in 2006, his third year in the championship, with co-driver Chris Patterson.

In the 2006 season Al-Attiyah entered with a Subaru Impreza. He gained the championship lead after finishing second in the PWRC class in the Rally Mexico and afterwards he won the following two rounds, Rally Argentina and Acropolis Rally.

Al-Attiyah was in a 7-event campaign in the 2007 World Rally Championship season and is hoping to win a gold medal in the 2008 Olympic Games in Bejing.

He is currently competing on the Middle East Rally circuit.


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