Nasser Al-Attiyah

Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah

Al-Attiyah in 2011

Personal information

Full name

Nasser Saleh Nasser Abdullah Al-Attiyah

Born

21 December 1970
Qatar

Height

1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)

Weight

82 kg (181 lb)

Website

Official website

Sport

Country

Qatar

Sport

Rallying, shooting

Achievements and titles

Personal best(s)

Dakar 2011, Dakar 2015, WRC2 2014 WRC2 2015

Medal record

Men's shooting
Competitor for Qatar
Olympic Games
	2012 London	Skeet
Asian Games
	2002 Busan	Skeet Team
	2010 Guangzhou	Skeet Team
	2010 Guangzhou	Skeet
Asian Shooting Championships
	2001 Bangkok	Skeet
	2006 Singapore	Skeet
	2012 Doha	Skeet
	1995 Jakarta	Skeet
	2003 Delhi	Skeet

Nasser Salih Nasser Abdullah Al-Attiyah (Arabic: ناصر صالح ناصر عبدالله العطية‎; born 21 December 1970 in Doha) is a Qatari rally driver and sport shooter. He was the 2006 Production World Rally Champion, an eight-time Middle East Rally Champion, 2014 WRC2 champion and the 2011 and 2015 Dakar Rally winner.^[1] He currently competes in the World Rally Championship and Middle East Rally Championship for the Qatar World Rally Team.^[2] He is the only Middle Eastern to win Dakar rally and twice. (2011,2015).

In shooting, Al-Attiyah won the bronze medal in the men's skeet event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

Career

Rallying

Al-Attiyah won the PWRC in 2006,^[3] his third year in the championship alongside co-driver Chris Patterson, driving a Subaru Impreza. He gained the championship lead after finishing second in the PWRC class in the Rally Mexico and afterwards won the following two rounds, Rally Argentina and Acropolis Rally. He continued competing in both the PWRC and the Middle East Rally Championship.^[4]

After winning the 2008 FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup in a BMW, he took part alongside Swedish female co-driver Tina Thorner in the 2009 Dakar Rally in Argentina.^[5] He was among the frontrunners until he got disqualified on 8 January 2009 after he had missed 9 checkpoints, the rules stating that 4 missed checkpoints are the maximum.^[6] He finished second in the Rally dos Sertões from Goiânia to Natal in Brazil (24 June-3 July 2009) behind Carlos Sainz of Spain.^[7]

In the 2010 Dakar Rally, Al-Attiyah finished second, 2'12" behind Carlos Sainz, the smallest gap in the history of the race.^[8] On 15 January 2011, Al-Attiyah won the legendary Dakar race ahead of fellow Volkswagen drivers Sainz and Giniel de Villiers,^[9] making him the only Arab to ever win the difficult race.^[10]

In the World Rally Championship, Al-Attiyah scored his first points during the 2009 season, finishing eighth in the Rally Argentina. In 2010 and 2011, he drove for the Barwa Rally Team in the Super 2000 World Rally Championship, a WRC support championship for Super 2000 cars, classifying seventh overall in both years. For the 2012 season, Al-Attiyah moved to compete in the top division for the Qatar World Rally Team. He secured a career-best fourth place at the Rally de Portugal.^[11]

Shooting

In shooting, Al-Attiyah came in fourth place in the 2004 Olympic Games in clay pigeon shooting^[12] and 15th overall in the 2008 Olympic Games, missing out on qualification for the final round by 2 points.^[13] In the 2012 Olympics Games he won the bronze medal after a shoot-off against Valeriy Shomin.^[14]^[15]

Olympic results
Event	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012
Skeet	15th 120	6th 122+23	4th 122+25	15th 117	3rd 121+23+6

Career results

WRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	WDC	Points
2004	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	MON	SWE 32	MEX Ret	NZL 20	CYP	GRE	TUR	ARG 14	FIN	GER	JPN	GBR	ITA	FRA 22	ESP	AUS 13	NC	0
2005	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	MON	SWE	MEX	NZL 16	ITA	CYP 18	TUR 16	GRE	ARG 17	FIN	GER	GBR 21	JPN	FRA	ESP	AUS 13	NC	0
2006	QMMF	Subaru Impreza WRX Spec C	MON 30	SWE	MEX 10	ESP	FRA	ARG 15	ITA	GRE 17	GER	FIN	JPN	CYP 19	TUR	AUS	NZL 26	GBR	NC	0
2007	QMMF	Subaru Impreza WRX Spec C	MON	SWE 27	NOR	MEX Ret	POR	ARG Ret	ITA	GRE 19	FIN	GER	NZL	ESP	FRA	JPN	IRE 17	GBR	NC	0
2008	QMMF	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	MON	SWE 40	MEX	ARG Ret	JOR	ITA	GRE Ret										NC	0
2008	QMMF	Subaru Impreza STi N14								TUR 23	FIN	GER	NZL	ESP	FRA	JPN	GBR Ret		NC	0
2009	Autotek	Subaru Impreza STi N14	IRE	NOR	CYP 11														18th	1
2009	Barwa Rally Team	Subaru Impreza STi N14				POR 16	ARG 8	ITA 9	GRE DSQ	POL	FIN	AUS	ESP	GBR Ret					18th	1
2010	Barwa Rally Team	Škoda Fabia S2000	SWE	MEX Ret	JOR 18	TUR	NZL 13												NC	0
2010	Barwa Rally Team	Ford Fiesta S2000						POR 25	BUL	FIN 29	GER	JPN	FRA	ESP	GBR				NC	0
2011	Barwa Rally Team	Ford Fiesta S2000	SWE	MEX EX	POR	JOR Ret	ITA 11	ARG	GRE 16	FIN	GER 16	AUS	FRA Ret	ESP 11	GBR				NC	0
2012	Qatar World Rally Team	Citroën DS3 WRC	MON	SWE 21	MEX 6	POR 4	ARG 9	GRE Ret	NZL	FIN	GER 8	GBR 10	FRA Ret	ITA	ESP				12th	28
2013	Qatar World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	MON	SWE	MEX 5	POR 5	ARG	GRE 5	ITA	FIN	GER 13	AUS	FRA	ESP Ret	GBR WD				11th	30
2014	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Ford Fiesta RRC	MON	SWE	MEX	POR 9		ITA Ret	POL	FIN	GER 17	AUS 11	FRA	ESP 10	GBR 17				22nd	4
2014	Drive DMACK	Ford Fiesta RRC					ARG 10												22nd	4
2015	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Ford Fiesta RRC	MON	SWE	MEX 7	ARG	POR 11	ITA 12	POL Ret	FIN		AUS 10	FRA						16th	7
2015	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Škoda Fabia R5									GER 17			ESP 12	GBR				16th	7

PWRC results

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

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	PWRC	Points
2004	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	SWE 7	MEX Ret	NZL 7	ARG 3	GER	FRA 7	AUS 5		7th	17
2005	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	SWE	NZL 4	CYP 5	TUR 3	ARG 1	GBR 3	JPN	AUS 5	2nd	35
2006	QMMF	Subaru Impreza WRX Spec C	MON 3	MEX 2	ARG 1	GRE 1	JPN	CYP 5	AUS	NZL 7	1st	40
2007	QMMF	Subaru Impreza WRX Spec C	SWE 7	MEX Ret	ARG Ret	GRE 5	NZL	JPN	IRE 3	GBR	9th	12
2008	QMMF	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	SWE 17	ARG Ret	GRE Ret						NC	0
2008	QMMF	Subaru Impreza STi N14				TUR 10	FIN	NZL	JPN	GBR Ret	NC	0
2009	Autotek	Subaru Impreza STi N14	NOR	CYP 3							3rd	31
2009	Barwa Rally Team	Subaru Impreza STi N14			POR 4	ARG 1	ITA 1	GRE DSQ	AUS	GBR Ret	3rd	31

SWRC results

Al-Attiyah drives a Ford Fiesta S2000 at the 2010 Rally Finland

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	SWRC	Points
2010	Barwa Rally Team	Škoda Fabia S2000	SWE	MEX Ret	JOR 4	NZL 5							7th	34
2010	Barwa Rally Team	Ford Fiesta S2000					POR 7	FIN 7	GER	JPN	FRA	GBR	7th	34
2011	Barwa Rally Team	Ford Fiesta S2000	MEX EX	JOR Ret	ITA 4	GRE 6	FIN	GER 2	FRA Ret	ESP 2			7th	56

WRC-2 Results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	WRC-2	Points
2014	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Ford Fiesta RRC	MON	SWE	MEX	POR 1		ITA Ret	POL	FIN	GER 5	AUS 1	FRA	ESP 1	GBR 6	1st	118
2014	Drive DMACK	Ford Fiesta RRC					ARG 1									1st	118
2015	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Ford Fiesta RRC	MON	SWE	MEX 1	ARG	POR 1	ITA 5	POL Ret	FIN		AUS 1	FRA			1st	112
2015	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Škoda Fabia R5									GER 4			ESP 3	GBR	1st	112

Dakar Rally results

Year	Class	Vehicle	Position	Stages won
2004	Car	Mitsubishi	10th	0
2005		BMW	DNF	0
2006			DNF	0
2007			6th	1
2008	Event cancelled – replaced by Central Europe Rally
2009	Car	BMW	DSQ	2
2010		Volkswagen	2nd	4
2011		Volkswagen	1st	4
2012		Hummer	DNF	2
2013		Demon Jefferies	DNF	3
2014		Mini	3rd	2
2015			1st	5
2016			2nd	2

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	DC	Points
2015	Campos Racing	Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1	ARG 1	ARG 2	MAR 1	MAR 2	HUN 1	HUN 2	GER 1	GER 2	RUS 1	RUS 2	SVK 1	SVK 2	FRA 1	FRA 2	POR 1	POR 2	JPN 1	JPN 2	CHN 1	CHN 2	THA 1	THA 2	QAT 1 16	QAT 2 14	NC	0

References

↑ Al-Attiyah clinches first Dakar Rally title
↑ "WRC: Thierry Neuville og Nasser Al-Attiyah i Citroen | Racemag". Racemag.dk. Retrieved 2012-12-15.
↑ World Rally Championship – Statistics
↑ "Competitors – Nasser Saleh Al Attiya". Merc-fia.com. 20 December 1970. Retrieved 2012-12-15.
↑ Archived 3 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine
↑ "Dakar Rally 2009 – Naser Al-Attiyah Disqualified". Motorward. 9 January 2009. Retrieved 2012-12-15.
↑ "Rally dos Sertões 2009". Webventure.com.br. Retrieved 2012-12-15.
↑ "Breaking news". Dakar. 16 January 2010. Retrieved 2012-12-15.
↑ Al-Attiyah claims first Dakar win
↑ "Al-Attiyah wins Dakar Rally". Al Jazeera. 15 January 2011. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
↑ "World Rally Championship – Drivers & Teams – Nasser Al-Attiyah". Wrc.com. Retrieved 2012-12-15.
↑ Dakar 2010
↑ "08.30.04". CNN.
↑ "Vincent Hancock wins gold in skeet". ESPN. Retrieved 2012-07-31.
↑ Olympic medal for WRC star Al-Attiyah

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Mohammed bin Sulayem	Middle East Rally Champion 2003	Succeeded by Khalid Al Qassimi
Preceded by Khalid Al Qassimi	Middle East Rally Champion 2005-2009	Succeeded by Misfer Al-Marri
Preceded by Carlos Sainz	Dakar Rally Cars Winner 2011	Succeeded by Stéphane Peterhansel
Preceded by Misfer Al-Marri	Middle East Rally Champion 2011-2015	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Robert Kubica	World Rally Championship-2 Champion 2014-2015	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Nani Roma	Dakar Rally Cars Winner 2015	Succeeded by Stéphane Peterhansel
Olympic Games
Preceded by Khaled Habash M. Al Suwaidi	Flagbearer for Qatar Beijing 2008	Succeeded by Bahiya Mansour Al Hamad

Dakar Rally winners (cars)

1979: A. Génestier

1980: F. Kottulinsky
1981: R. Metge
1982: C. Marreau
1983: J. Ickx
1984: R. Metge
1985: P. Zaniroli
1986: R. Metge
1987: A. Vatanen
1988: J. Kankkunen
1989: A. Vatanen

1990: A. Vatanen
1991: A. Vatanen
1992: H. Auriol
1993: B. Saby
1994: P. Lartigue
1995: P. Lartigue
1996: P. Lartigue
1997: K. Shinozuka
1998: J. Fontenay
1999: J. Schlesser

2000: J. Schlesser
2001: J. Kleinschmidt
2002: H. Masuoka
2003: H. Masuoka
2004: S. Peterhansel
2005: S. Peterhansel
2006: L. Alphand
2007: S. Peterhansel
2008: Not Held
2009: G. de Villiers

2010: C. Sainz
2011: N. Al-Attiyah
2012: S. Peterhansel
2013: S. Peterhansel
2014: N. Roma
2015: N. Al-Attiyah
2016: S. Peterhansel

Teams, drivers and events of the 2013 World Rally Championship season

Categories within the World Rally Championship

FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers

FIA World Rally Championship-2 FIA World Rally Championship-3 FIA Junior World Rally Championship

Teams and drivers that are eligible to score manufacturer points

Citroën Abu Dhabi World Rally Team (Citroën DS3 WRC)	Qatar M-Sport World Rally Team (Ford Fiesta RS WRC)	Qatar World Rally Team (Ford Fiesta RS WRC)	Volkswagen Motorsport (Volkswagen Polo R WRC)

1. Sébastien Loeb 2. Mikko Hirvonen 3. Dani Sordo	4. Mads Østberg 5. Evgeny Novikov	6. Juho Hänninen 6. Nasser al-Attiyah 11. Thierry Neuville	7. Jari-Matti Latvala 8. Sébastien Ogier

Volkswagen Motorsport II (Volkswagen Polo R WRC)	Abu Dhabi Citroën World Rally Team (Citroën DS3 WRC)	Lotos Team WRC (various)	Jipocar Czech National Team (Ford Fiesta RS WRC)

9. Andreas Mikkelsen	10. Dani Sordo 10. Khalid Al Qassimi 10. Chris Atkinson 10. Kris Meeke	12. Michał Kościuszko	21. Martin Prokop

Schedule of events

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