Until now, the QMMF, the motorcycle and automobile federation of Qatar, was mainly known for organizing the eponymous Grand Prix each year and for having financed a Moto2 team from 2011 to 2016.
She thus aligned Mashel Al Naimi, Ricard Cardús, Anthony West, Elena Rossel, Rafid Topan Sucito, Roman Ramos, Julián Simón and Xavier Siméon, first on Moriwaki, then on Speed Up.
Since then, the strategy has changed and the Qatari federation has focused on its own championship to, with the help of a few stakeholders, put local drivers in the best conditions to progress in order to race at the international level.
For this, she chose to invest in 12 Yamaha R6s pampered by Ten Kate, the famous Dutch trainer who currently races Loris Baz in World Superbike, and made it known on the Social Media.
“We are pleased to announce our cooperation with Ten Kate Team as a racing motorcycle producer, the pioneer in the field of preparing winning racing motorcycles, for the supply of 12 competitive racing motorcycles (Yamaha YZFR600) for the Super-Stock 600 category during the 2021 QSTK season. »
“QSTK riders will now adapt to the new Ten Kate YZFR600 motorcycles during the local championship before their international participation. »
Qatar thus confirms its current love affair with Yamaha…
Eric de Seynes during the Superbike World Championship with HE Salah bin Ghanim Al Ali, Minister of Culture and Sports, Mr. Abdulrahman Al Mannai, President of the Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation and Mr. Khalid Al Rumaihi, Director of Losail International Circuit (October 2019).
Maverick Viñales in private test on an R1 (September 2019)
