Khalid Al Qassimi

Sheikh Khalid Al Qassimi

Sheikh Khalid with his car and co-driver
Personal information
Nationality	Emirati
World Rally Championship record
Active years	2004–
Teams	Citroen, Ford
Rallies	61
Championships	0
Rally wins	0
Podiums	0
Stage wins	0
Total points	48
First rally	2004 Acropolis Rally

Sheikh Khalid bin Faisal bin Sultan Al Qassimi (Arabic: الشيخ خالد بن فيصل بن سلطان القاسمي‎) is a rally driver from the United Arab Emirates, and a member of the royal house of Al Qasimi who rule the Emirates of Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah. He is the current champion of the Middle East, and previously won the same title in 2004. Sheikh Khalid also competes in the World Rally Championship (WRC).

Career

Al Qassimi during the shakedown of the 2009 Cyprus Rally.

Al Qassimi driving a Ford Focus RS WRC 09 at the 2010 Rally Finland.

Sheikh Khalid Al Qassimi won the FIA Middle East Cup for Drivers of Production Cars in 2002 and the FIA Middle East Rally Championship in 2004.^[1]

At the half way stage of the 2007 World Rally Championship season, a joint venture between the BP Ford World Rally Team and the Abu Dhabi Tourism Board was announced to bring a third official Focus RS WRC to the team's World Rally Championship campaign. With heavy sponsorship from the latter, Khalid was given a chance to drive alongside Mikko Hirvonen and Jari-Matti Latvala in the extra car. Co-driven by Nicky Beech, Khalid Al Qassimi contested Rally Finland, Rallye Deutschland, Rally Catalunya and Rally Ireland. On his debut in Rally Finland, al-Qassimi drove consistently to finish in 16th place overall.

For the 2008 WRC season, he continued with BP Ford Abu Dhabi WRT, contesting ten events, co-driven by Michael Orr. His best result was ninth at the Jordan Rally. For 2009, Khalid Al Qassimi and co-driver Michael Orr remain with the BP Ford World Rally Team. His season began with a first world championship point by finishing in eighth place on the Rally Ireland; he repeated this feat in Cyprus and Portugal. At the 2011 Rally Australia, he finished with a career-best 5th place.

Titles

Year	Title	Car
2002	FIA Middle East Cup for Drivers of Production Cars Champion	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6
2004	FIA Middle East Rally Championship for Drivers Champion	Subaru Impreza WRX STI

WRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	WDC	Points
2004	Khalid Al Qassimi	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	MON	SWE	MEX	NZL	CYP	GRE 20	TUR Ret	ARG	FIN	GER	JPN	GBR	ITA	FRA	ESP	AUS Ret	NC	0
2005	Khalid Al Qassimi	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	MON	SWE	MEX	NZL	ITA	CYP	TUR 33	GRE	ARG	FIN	GER	GBR	JPN	FRA	ESP	AUS	NC	0
2006	Khalid Al Qassimi	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	MON	SWE	MEX	ESP	FRA	ARG	ITA	GRE 23	GER	FIN	JPN	CYP 13	TUR	AUS	NZL	GBR	NC	0
2007	BP Ford World Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	MON	SWE	NOR	MEX	POR	ARG	ITA	GRE	FIN 16	GER 16	NZL	ESP 14	FRA	JPN	IRE 15	GBR	NC	0
2008	BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC 07	MON 16	SWE 26	MEX	ARG	JOR 9	ITA 16	GRE 12	TUR	FIN 11								NC	0
		Ford Focus RS WRC 08										GER 14	NZL	ESP 21	FRA 12	JPN	GBR 16
2009	BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC 08	IRE 8	NOR	CYP 8	POR 8	ARG	ITA 15	GRE 6	POL	FIN 9	AUS 19	ESP 14	GBR 19					12th	6
2010	BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC 08	SWE 13	MEX	JOR	TUR	NZL	POR 9	BUL	FIN Ret	GER 8	JPN Ret	FRA 13	ESP 7	GBR 11				12th	12
2011	Team Abu Dhabi	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	SWE 10	MEX	POR 14	JOR 8	ITA 13	ARG	GRE	FIN 14	GER	AUS 5	FRA 12	ESP 12	GBR				14th	15
2013	Abu Dhabi Citroën Total WRT	Citroën DS3 WRC	MON	SWE Ret	MEX	POR 9	ARG	GRE Ret	ITA 10	FIN	GER 11	AUS 9	FRA	ESP 11	GBR				21st	5
2014	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën DS3 WRC	MON	SWE 16	MEX	POR 13	ARG	ITA 10	POL	FIN	GER	AUS	FRA	ESP 15	GBR				29th	1
2015	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën DS3 WRC	MON	SWE	MEX	ARG 6	POR 24	ITA 10	POL	FIN 16	GER	AUS	FRA	ESP 15	GBR				13th	9
2016	Abu Dhabi Total WRT	Citroën DS3 WRC	MON	SWE 19	MEX	ARG	POR	ITA	POL	FIN	GER	CHN	FRA	ESP	GBR	AUS			NC*	0*

* Season still in progress.

PWRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Pos.	Points
2006	Khalid Al Qassimi	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	MON	MEX	ARG	GRE	JPN	CYP 3	AUS	NZL	11th	6

References

1. van der Zee, Tjeerd. "Khaled Al-Qassimi". RallyBase. Retrieved 2007-07-20.

External links

• al-Qassimi at eWRC-results.com