Karting: Mattar, Almuammari shine

Manama : Mohammed Mattar was the overall victor in round four of the Bahrain Rotax Mojo Max Challenge (BRMMC) and Almuammari claimed first place in round six of the Bahrain SWS Sprint Championship (SSWS) as part of the Bahrain Karting Sprint Championship (BKSC) at Bahrain International Karting Circuit (BIKC) in Sakhir.

Both the BRMMC and SSWS are a part of the BKSC with all the action held along BIKC’s 1.414-kilometre Commission Internationale de Karting (CIK) Track.

In the BRMMC, Mattar (14 minutes 42.337 seconds) claimed first place after completing their 15-lap Final, followed in second by Khaled Alsaei (+2.648 seconds), while Hussain Hassan (+5.173) finished third and aside from the overall classification, all three drivers were also ranked as the top three in the Max category.

Youngster Talal Beshara (14:54.625) was the winner in the Junior Max class and a distant second was Alexander Bekkers (+28.581), while Luca Santiago (+32.876) came in third.

Anthony Genoccio was also a winner in the round, claiming the first place trophy in the Max Masters class. Following the BRMMC’s fourth round, Mattar (121 points) leads the Max championship standings, while Hassan (117) is second and Alsaei (94) ranked third.

Santiago (73) leads the Junior Max, while Genoccio (90) paces the Max Masters. Meanwhile, Almuammari (18:18.260) claimed a hard-earned win in the SSWS Final, also held over 15 laps and finished ahead after a tough fight from Adam Salem (+4.122) and Abdulla Buhindi (+4.342) who also made the podium.

Abubaker Ali, Bader Mubarak and Khalid Alwazzan rounded out the top six from the 17 competing drivers.

Mohammed Jalal was the Pre-Final winner, but dropped all the way to a disappointing 13th.

Buhindi (171) continues to top the championship standings after the sixth round, while Almuammari (159) used his win to close the gap in second place, with Ahmed Ebrahim (122) in third.

The next meeting of the BKSC, featuring round five of the BRMMC and round seven of the SSWS, will be held on 24 March and the penultimate event of the season.