Thruxton (UK): Oman racing Team driver Ahmad Said Al Harthy took part in race 11 of the Formula Renault (BARC) championship this weekend at the Thruxton race circuit in the United Kingdom.

Al Harthy who qualified for this weekends race in 13th position among a packed grid of 32 cars set a respectable time of 1min.15.941 , 1.5 seconds from pole sitter Rossi (UK).

Al Harthy who had a brilliant start made up 3 places into the second corner and was in 10th position before a mechanical fault with the gear selection caused him to coast into the pits for his Hillspeed team to try and fix the problem. “ I had an amazing start, I tried my best at the first two corners and passed as many cars as I could, but during the first 4 laps I realized that I had a problem with selecting lower gears in my car, there was nothing I could do in the car to solve the problem, however the team was able to fix the problem once I pitted and they sent me out and was able to finish the race unfortunately due to the time spent in the garage that meant my race was over, it was my first mechanical fault of the season, its unfortunate as I was hoping for some good results this weekend but these things happen to everyone in motor sports”, a positive Ahmad mentioned.

The 3.84km Thruxton race circuit is one of the fasted circuits in the UK, and is known as a real driver circuit, Al Harthy on Thruxton Circuit. “ This is one of the most challenging circuits I’ve raced at, 90% of the time we are on full throttle, there are just two hard braking points and we take the corners at very high speed, some corners are over 200km. Its very important to be committed to every corner as a small hesitation could cause you to loose your race position”.

The Formula Renault (BARC) championship will host the last race of the season at the Oulton Park Circuit on the 29th of September, Al Harthy had his best finish in 5th position at the same track and hopes to be competitive in his final race of the championship.

Oman Racing Team driver is supported by the Ministry of Tourism, Ministry of Sports Affairs, BankMuscat, Oman Mobile, Ernst & Young in the 2007 Formula Renault (BARC) championship in the United Kingdom.