Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge

There was to be no fairytale homecoming for the UAE’s Khalifa Al-Mutaiwei as veteran rally driver Jean-Louis Schlesser wrapped up an historic sixth Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge title by winning today’s final leg. Schlesser’s win means he now holds...

After four days of intense competition, both against the desert and each other, the remaining competitors in this year’s Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge are tantalisingly close to the finish line. Jean-Louis Schlesser, Marc Coma and Obaid Al Kitbe from the UAE will...

In the fourth special stage of the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge, Khalifa Al-Mutaiwei (VAE) and Andreas Schulz (GER) once again took their MINI ALL4 Racing to second position behind Jean-Louis Schlesser. Meanwhile, the two Russian Ilya Kusnetsov and Roman...

For X-raid, the fourth day of the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge proved to be another successful one. In the third leg of the event, Khalifa Al-Mutaiwei (VAE) and his German navigator Andreas Schulz set the second-fastest time behind Jean-Louis Schlesser,...

On a day that saw temperatures in the desert hitting around 40oc, Jean-Louis Schlesser (cars) and Marc Coma (bikes) finished on top of the overall rankings after the unique, double-stage Qasr Al Sarab Leg of the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge. At 63 years...

Having finished second in the Super Special and the first leg of the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge, X-raid celebrated its first leg win in the event, courtesy of Khalifa Al-Mutaiwei (UAE), Andreas Schulz (GER) and their MINI ALL4 Racing. On the third day of the event,...

The first desert leg of the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge also proved to be successful for Team – partially, that is. With their MINI ALL4 Racing, Khalifa Al Mutaiwei and Andreas Schulz repeated the result they secured in yesterday’s prologue by coming...