UAE: MOHAMMED BIN SULAYEM WINS UNITED ARAB EMIRATES MOTOR RALLY

Record ID: 990401

  • Title: UAE: MOHAMMED BIN SULAYEM WINS UNITED ARAB EMIRATES MOTOR RALLY
  • Date: 19th February 1999
  • Summary: ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (FEBRUARY 18/19,1999)(NICK CATE) (FEBRUARY 18 1999) 1. MOHAMMED BIN SULAYEM (1) STARTS RALLY FROM RAMP 2. MICHEL sALAH (2) OFF RAMP 3. MOHAMMED BIN SULAYEM LEADS STAGE 2 4. MOHAMMED AL SARRAF (9) SECOND IN GROUP N /VIEW OF DRIVER AROUND CORNER 5. RASHID BIN GURAB (3) IN SECOND PLACE OVERALL 6. AMRIK SEHMBI (20) DRIVES ACROSS DESERT TERRAIN 7. MICHEL SALAH (2) AROUND CORNER, HE LATER RETIRED WITH SUSPENSION PROBLEMS 8. MAN RIDING A CAMEL AS RALLY CAR DRIVES PAST 9. SERVICE CREW OF BIN SULAYEM AT WORK/BIN SULAYEM AND OTHER DRIVERS SMOKE TRADITIONAL WATER PIPE AT SERVICE STOP 10. PHIL SURTEES OF UNITED KINGDOM GETS HIS CLASSIC ALPINE CAR STUCK IN THE SAND AND CALLS FOR ASSISTANCE (FEBRUARY 19 1999) 11. BIN SULAYEM DRIVES FROM THE START, DRIVES AROUND CORNER 12. SHEIK AL QASSIMI (4) AT START AND IN ACTION, LEADING GROUP N ON SECOND DAY 13. MOHAMMED AL SARRAF (9) IN ACTION (SECOND IN GROUP N ON SECOND DAY) 14. BIN SULAYEM DRIVING THROUGH DUNES ON WAY TO WIN 15. BIN SULAYEM AND RONAN MORGAN CELEBRATE THEIR WIN 16. (SOUNDBITE)(ENGLISH) BIN SULAYEM, TALKING ABOUT ACCIDENT OF A FIRE EXTINGUISHER GOING OFF IN THE CAR, SAYING luckily we could keep going, slowly in the last 40 or 60 kms, even though the instruments were affected 17. RASAHID BIN GURAB (3) CELEBRATING SECOND PLACE AT FINISH 18. SHEIK QASSIMI (4) CELEBRATES THIRD PLACE AT FINISH Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
  • Country: United Arab Emirates
  • Reuters ID: LVAARNKMBOIS48X78TO2E2DSJ91X
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