Qatar Rally 2012 Report – Congrats to Nick and MotorTune

Nicholai Georgiou Sponsored by Rayes Racing Parts

Rayes Racing Parts would like to congratulate MotorTune and Nicholai Georgiou for their impressive performance in the international 2012 Qatar Rally that ended yesterday where the Lebanese driver and Lebanese team has finished on the podium and won the Group N category on an EVO 9 prepared by MotorTune and sponsored by National Trading Company and Rayes Racing Parts.

The team finished the first day in the 2^nd position and dropped back to 3^rd in the 3^rd day just behind the S2000 cars of Al Kuwari and Al Attiyah. The Lebanese team has made it a habit to always raise the Lebanese flag and capture good results.

Rayes Racing Parts will be sponsoring Georgiou in all the remaining rounds of the MERC championship which is looking very promising this year and we hope the Lebanese team will be able to continue his strong form through the championship.

The rally was won by the Abdulaziz Al Kuwari.

The final Standings:

2012 Qatar International Rally – positions after SS12

1. Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari (QAT)/Nasser Al-Kuwari (QAT) Mini S2000 2h 24m 55.2s

2. Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah (QAT)/Giovanni Bernacchini (ITA) Peugeot 207 S2000 2h 27m 20.1s

3. Nicholai Georgiou (LBN)/Nabil Njeim (LBN) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2h 34m 41.3s

4. Burcu Cetinkaya (TUR)/Cicek Guney (TUR) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 2h 37m 04.3s

5. Misfer Al-Marri (QAT/Nicola Arena (ITA) Mitsubishi Lancer R4 2h 42m 50.7s

6. Meshari Al-Thafiri (KWT)/Mubarak Al-Thafiri (KWT) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2h 51m 48.4s

7. Hani Al-Bast (HKJ)/Ata Al-Hmoud (HKJ) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 2h 57m 50.6s

8. Khalifa Saleh Al-Attiyah (QAT)/Ramy Menhem (LBN) Subaru Impreza 2h 58m 24.4s

9. Edith Weiss (GER)/Vicky Psarall (GRE) Subaru Impreza 3h 07m 34.0s

10. Rasheed Alaa (HKJ)/Ramzi Mansour (HKJ) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 3h 20m 54.5s

To read more about Nick and his accomplishments, please visit his personal website: http://www.nicholaigeorgiou.com/