Nasser Al-Attiyah

Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah

Al-Attiyah in 2011
Personal information
Full name Nasser Saleh Nasser Abdullah Al-Attiyah
Born (1970-12-21) 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

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
Subaru Impreza STi N14 TUR
23
FIN GER NZL ESP FRA JPN GBR
Ret
2009 Autotek Subaru Impreza STi N14 IRE NOR CYP
11
18th 1
Barwa Rally Team POR
16
ARG
8
ITA
9
GRE
DSQ
POL FIN AUS ESP GBR
Ret
2010 Barwa Rally Team Škoda Fabia S2000 SWE MEX
Ret
JOR
18
TUR NZL
13
NC 0
Ford Fiesta S2000 POR
25
BUL FIN
29
GER JPN FRA ESP GBR
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
Drive DMACK ARG
10
2015 Nasser Al-Attiyah Ford Fiesta RRC MON SWE MEX
7
ARG
POR
11
ITA
12
POL
Ret
FIN
AUS
10
FRA 16th 7
Škoda Fabia R5 GER
17
ESP
12
GBR

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
Subaru Impreza STi N14 TUR
10
FIN NZL JPN GBR
Ret
2009 Autotek Subaru Impreza STi N14 NOR CYP
3
3rd 31
Barwa Rally Team POR
4
ARG
1
ITA
1
GRE
DSQ
AUS GBR
Ret

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
Ford Fiesta S2000 POR
7
FIN
7
GER JPN FRA GBR
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
Drive DMACK ARG
1
2015 Nasser Al-Attiyah Ford Fiesta RRC MON SWE MEX
1
ARG
POR
1
ITA
5
POL
Ret
FIN
AUS
1
FRA 1st 112
Škoda Fabia R5 GER
4
ESP
3
GBR

Dakar Rally results

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

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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
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