Qualifying day saw a very interesting challenge at the top, with all the drivers enjoying the dry conditions and setting very fast times, Al Harthy completed a total of 11 laps in the 20 minutes session managing to set a very good time of 1min 19.344 seconds (141.5 km/h) on lap 10 putting him 4th on the grid for Race 1 just 0.100 seconds away from 3rd place Ash Davies (UK) who before the race was 2nd in the championship standings.

“I had a very good qualifying session, the time I set was the best time I set all weekend and had a traffic free run; which is not always the case in the 20 minutes session. The top 13 cars today were all less then one second apart on the grid which shows how tough qualifying is at this wonderful circuit” mentioned Ahmad.

Race day saw rainfall, having qualified in 4th Al Harthy managed to a great start from 4th quickly moving up to 3rd place into turn 1, but with the cold and wet conditions making the track very slippery the rain got the better of Al Harthy when he spun from 3rd place on lap 4, managing to control the spin by keeping the car on the track he quickly rejoined the race in 13th position. With the rain still falling Oman’s ace kept a cool head and challenged the cars ahead of him with great overtaking maneuvers passing five cars in the remaining 9laps moving him to 8th for the first race.

“We had a very good dry setup on the car, but with the rain falling on race day we knew we were going to struggle with the wet setup and with the limited wet driving experience I had, I made a slight mistake getting on the power too soon which resulted into a spin, I was happy with the fact I managed to climb back up and pass the cars ahead, scoring points is always important in this championship”.

Qualifying two was also a dry session and once again Al Harthy managed to show his dry pace with a time of 1min 19.710 seconds (140.5 km/h). Only 0.262 seconds away from pole sitter Brett Parris (UK). Ahmad mentioned, “Unlike the first qualifying session this one was much harder for me as I was stuck in traffic, luckily I managed to find some space and got a good lap. Starting 4th is once again a good place to start at Rockingham”.

With the wet track not drying out for Race 2, Ahmad once again managed to get a blistering start from 4th on the grid passing two cars into turn one moving him up to 2nd into lap 1. But with the Ahmad struggling with wet conditions finishing 5th out of the 14-lap race was the best he could manage at the very wet and slippery Rockingham circuit.

“I am delighted with my performance, I learned a lot from Race 1 and that showed on the track for Race 2. All the cars that finished ahead had more experience on the wet circuit. A dry race could have been better as we had a better race pace then our rivals. Finishing 5th means more points and that puts me joint 4th in the Championship table after 4 races”.