Saeed Al Hajri

Saturday, April 9, 2011

Posted by Saeed Al Hajri at 12:44 AM

Saeed Al Hajri: Saeed Al Hajri - Arab world’s No. 1 driver Gulf Champion in 1982/83 and 1983/84, Saeed also won the Middle East title in 1983/84 and the FIA Middle East Rally Championship in 1984 and 1985. To date, he has achieved victories in 18 international rallies, the most recent one is an incredible 6th position in the world’s toughest rally, Paris – Dakar in 2002 and a successful finish in Transsyberia 2007. In 1983, Saeed became the first Arab to score points in the European Championship when he finished fourth in the Rothmans Cyprus Rally. Then in 1985 he became the first Arab to win World Championship points with fifth place in the Acropolis Rally (followed by a sensational fourth place the following year). He is also the first Arab ever to win an International Rally outside the Middle East – the 1989 Cork International. Saeed Al Hajri was the first Arab Driver to score points in the European Rally Championship, the first Arab Driver to score World Championship points, and the first Arab ever to win an International Rally outside the Middle East.