Peugeot, with a long and well-documented successful history in racing, is delighted to announce Peugeot Abu Dhabi Racing and Sheikh Khalid bin Faisal Al Qassimi\u2019s exciting partnership in this year\u2019s Dubai International Baja, the oldest motorsport event in the UAE, due to take place in March and the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge. Sheikh Khalid has many thrilling victories and is the 2017 FIA World Champion in cross-country rallies in a 2 wd. The latest World Cup cross country race win is a first for Peugeot Abu Dhabi Racing and Sheikh Khalid Al Qassemi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a statement, Sheikh Khalid announced, \u201cI\u2019m delighted to be the official PEUGEOT driver; our partnership with PEUGEOT Middle East is essential to me and Abu Dhabi Racing. We are highly motivated to continue achieving great results. Hopefully, together, we will defend our title for the 2nd season in a row as the FIA Cross-Country Rallies World Champion for the 2WD category.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Peugeot 3008 DKR absolutely ruled the 2017 Dakar Rally with an emphatic 1-2-3 finish, no mean feat, easily brushing off any opposition away on the road to victory. This year Peugeot cemented its dominance by winning the event again with its formidable Peugeot 3008 DKR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cedric Zayoun, Managing Director of the GCC region at PSA Group, stressed the Group\u2019s keenness to support motorsport in the region and participate in different rallies, especially the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge, which has become a mainstay on the international motorsport calendar. He affirmed, \u201cWe would like to congratulate Sheikh Khalid bin Faisal Al Qassimi on his well-deserved win at the 2017 Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge. We are very proud of him as a Peugeot ambassador who is always eager to reflect the brand\u2019s image at its best and look forward to seeing him achieve great results with us in 2018.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With a mutual admiration for and understanding of great cars in their DNA, Sheikh Khalid and Peugeot are certain to achieve great moments together in 2018 and beyond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Peugeot, with a long and well-documented successful history in racing, is delighted to announce Peugeot Abu Dhabi Racing and Sheikh Khalid bin Faisal Al Qassimi\u2019s exciting partnership in this year\u2019s Dubai International Baja, the oldest motorsport event in the UAE, due to take place in March and the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge. Sheikh Khalid has many thrilling victories and is the 2017 FIA World Champion in cross-country […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7615,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"1","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_pr_autopilot_social_copy":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph_title":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph_description":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph_image":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph_image_id":0,"_yoast_wpseo_twitter_title":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter_description":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter_image":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter_image_id":0,"_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":26,"_extra_hide_author_box":"1","_extra_featured_post":"","_partner_post_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-automotive","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\n