Nasser Al-Attiyah

Nasser Salih Nasser Abdullah Al-Attiyah (Arabic: ناصر صالح ناصر عبدالله العطية : nāṣr ṣāliḥ nāṣr ʿabdullāh al-ʿaṭṭīyah; born 21 December 1970 in Doha) is a Qatari rally driver and sport shooter. He was the 2006 Production World Rally Champion, 2014 and 2015 WRC-2 champion, a 13-time Middle East Rally Champion, four times winner of the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies, and a triple 2011, 2015 and 2019 Dakar Rally winner.[1] His three victories in the Dakar Rally make him the only Middle Easterner and West Asian to win the competition more than once.

Nasser Al-Attiyah
Personal information
Full nameNasser Saleh Nasser Abdullah Al-Attiyah
Born (1970-12-21) 21 December 1970
Doha, Qatar
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb)
WebsiteOfficial website
Sport
Country Qatar
SportRallying
Rally raid
shooting
Achievements and titles
World finals
  • CCR 2008
  • CCR 2015
  • CCR 2016
  • CCR 2017
  • Dakar 2011
  • Dakar 2015
  • Dakar 2019
  • P-WRC 2006
  • WRC2 2014
  • WRC2 2015

In shooting, Al-Attiyah won the bronze medal in the men's skeet event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

Career

Rallying

Al-Attiyah has competed in the Middle East Rally Championship since 2003, having claimed 65 race wins and 13 titles. He drove a Subaru Impreza until 2009 and a Ford Fiesta since 2010, except in 2012 when he drove Peugeot 207 in two rounds, and in 2016 when he drove a Škoda Fabia.[2][3]

Al-Attiyah also competed at the Production World Rally Championship from 2004 to 2009. He won the title in 2006,[4] his third year in the championship alongside co-driver Chris Patterson, driving a Subaru Impreza. He gained the championship lead after finishing second in the PWRC class in the Rally Mexico and afterwards won the following two rounds, Rally Argentina and Acropolis Rally. He also finished runner-up in 2005 and third in 2009. He scored his first points during the 2009 season, finishing eighth overall in the Rally Argentina.

In 2010 and 2011, Al-Attiyah drove in the Super 2000 World Rally Championship for the Barwa Rally Team, classifying seventh overall in both years. For the 2012 season, Al-Attiyah moved to compete in the top division for the Qatar World Rally Team. He secured a career-best fourth place at the Rally de Portugal.[5] In 2013 he switched to a Ford Fiesta WRC. He finished fifth overall at three races, and ranked 11th in the final standings.

Al-Attiyah stepped back to the WRC-2 in 2014. Driving a Ford Fiesta RRC, he scored four wins and won the championship. In 2015 he defended the championship with three wins.

Cross-country rally

Al-Attiyah debuted at the Dakar Rally in 2004 with Mitsubishi, finishing 10th overall. He entered the next three editions with an X-Raid BMW, finishing sixth in 2007.

After winning the 2008 FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup in a BMW, he took part alongside Swedish female co-driver Tina Thorner in the 2009 Dakar Rally in Argentina.[6] He was among the frontrunners until he got disqualified on 8 January 2009 after he had missed 9 checkpoints, the rules stating that 4 missed checkpoints are the maximum.[7] He finished second in the Rally dos Sertões from Goiânia to Natal in Brazil (24 June-3 July 2009) behind Carlos Sainz of Spain.[8]

In the 2010 Dakar Rally, Al-Attiyah finished second, 2'12" behind Carlos Sainz, the smallest gap in the history of the race.[9] On 15 January 2011, Al-Attiyah won the legendary Dakar race ahead of fellow Volkswagen drivers Sainz and Giniel de Villiers,[10] making him the only Arab to ever win the difficult race.[11]

The driver claimed the 2015 FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup driving a Mini All4 Racing X-Raid with five wins, and the 2016 FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup for Toyota with six wins.

In 2019 Al-Attiah won Silk Way Rally driving Toyota Hilux for the Toyota Gazoo Racing team.

Shooting

Nasser Al-Attiyah (left) posing for a picture with Mutaz Essa Barshim after winning bronze at the 2012 Summer Olympics

In shooting, Al-Attiyah came in fourth place in the 2004 Olympic Games in clay pigeon shooting[12] and 15th overall in the 2008 Olympic Games, missing out on qualification for the final round by 2 points.[13] In the 2012 Olympic Games he won the bronze medal after a shoot-off against Valeriy Shomin.[14][15]

Olympic results
Event 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Skeet 15th
120
6th
122+23
4th
122+25
15th
117
3rd
121+23+6
31st
111

Career results

WRC results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Pts
2004 Nasser Al-Attiyah Subaru Impreza WRX STi MON SWE
32
MEX
Ret
NZL
20
CYP GRE TUR ARG
14
FIN GER JPN GBR ITA FRA
22
ESP AUS
13
NC 0
2005 Nasser Al-Attiyah Subaru Impreza WRX STi MON SWE MEX NZL
16
ITA CYP
18
TUR
16
GRE ARG
17
FIN GER GBR
21
JPN FRA ESP AUS
13
NC 0
2006 QMMF Subaru Impreza WRX Spec C MON
30
SWE MEX
10
ESP FRA ARG
15
ITA GRE
17
GER FIN JPN CYP
19
TUR AUS NZL
26
GBR NC 0
2007 QMMF Subaru Impreza WRX Spec C MON SWE
27
NOR MEX
Ret
POR ARG
Ret
ITA GRE
19
FIN GER NZL ESP FRA JPN IRE
17
GBR NC 0
2008 QMMF Subaru Impreza WRX STi MON SWE
40
MEX ARG
Ret
JOR ITA GRE
Ret
NC 0
Subaru Impreza STi N14 TUR
23
FIN GER NZL ESP FRA JPN GBR
Ret
2009 Autotek Subaru Impreza STi N14 IRE NOR CYP
11
18th 1
Barwa Rally Team POR
16
ARG
8
ITA
9
GRE
DSQ
POL FIN AUS ESP GBR
Ret
2010 Barwa Rally Team Škoda Fabia S2000 SWE MEX
Ret
JOR
18
TUR NZL
13
NC 0
Ford Fiesta S2000 POR
25
BUL FIN
29
GER JPN FRA ESP GBR
2011 Barwa Rally Team Ford Fiesta S2000 SWE MEX
EX
POR JOR
Ret
ITA
11
ARG GRE
16
FIN GER
16
AUS FRA
Ret
ESP
11
GBR NC 0
2012 Qatar World Rally Team Citroën DS3 WRC MON SWE
21
MEX
6
POR
4
ARG
9
GRE
Ret
NZL FIN GER
8
GBR
10
FRA
Ret
ITA ESP 12th 28
2013 Qatar World Rally Team Ford Fiesta RS WRC MON SWE MEX
5
POR
5
ARG GRE
5
ITA FIN GER
13
AUS FRA ESP
Ret
GBR
WD
11th 30
2014 Nasser Al-Attiyah Ford Fiesta RRC MON SWE MEX POR
9
ITA
Ret
POL FIN GER
17
AUS
11
FRA ESP
10
GBR
17
22nd 4
Drive DMACK ARG
10
2015 Nasser Al-Attiyah Ford Fiesta RRC MON SWE MEX
7
ARG POR
11
ITA
12
POL
Ret
FIN AUS
10
FRA 16th 7
Škoda Fabia R5 GER
17
ESP
12
GBR

PWRC results

Al-Attiyah drives a Subaru Impreza WRX STI at the 2006 Acropolis Rally
Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 PWRC Points
2004 Nasser Al-Attiyah Subaru Impreza WRX STi SWE
7
MEX
Ret
NZL
7
ARG
3
GER FRA
7
AUS
5
7th 17
2005 Nasser Al-Attiyah Subaru Impreza WRX STi SWE NZL
4
CYP
5
TUR
3
ARG
1
GBR
3
JPN AUS
5
2nd 35
2006 QMMF Subaru Impreza WRX Spec C MON
3
MEX
2
ARG
1
GRE
1
JPN CYP
5
AUS NZL
7
1st 40
2007 QMMF Subaru Impreza WRX Spec C SWE
7
MEX
Ret
ARG
Ret
GRE
5
NZL JPN IRE
3
GBR 9th 12
2008 QMMF Subaru Impreza WRX STi SWE
17
ARG
Ret
GRE
Ret
NC 0
Subaru Impreza STi N14 TUR
10
FIN NZL JPN GBR
Ret
2009 Autotek Subaru Impreza STi N14 NOR CYP
3
3rd 31
Barwa Rally Team POR
4
ARG
1
ITA
1
GRE
DSQ
AUS GBR
Ret

SWRC results

Al-Attiyah drives a Ford Fiesta S2000 at the 2010 Rally Finland
Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 SWRC Points
2010 Barwa Rally Team Škoda Fabia S2000 SWE MEX
Ret
JOR
4
NZL
5
7th 34
Ford Fiesta S2000 POR
7
FIN
7
GER JPN FRA GBR
2011 Barwa Rally Team Ford Fiesta S2000 MEX
EX
JOR
Ret
ITA
4
GRE
6
FIN GER
2
FRA
Ret
ESP
2
7th 56

WRC-2 Results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 WRC-2 Points
2014 Nasser Al-Attiyah Ford Fiesta RRC MON SWE MEX POR
1
ITA
Ret
POL FIN GER
5
AUS
1
FRA ESP
1
GBR
6
1st 118
Drive DMACK ARG
1
2015 Nasser Al-Attiyah Ford Fiesta RRC MON SWE MEX
1
ARG
POR
1
ITA
5
POL
Ret
FIN AUS
1
FRA 1st 112
Škoda Fabia R5 GER
4
ESP
3
GBR

ERC results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pos. Points
2014 Qatar World Rally Team Ford Fiesta RRC JÄN LIE GRE IRE AZO YPR EST CZE CYP
Ret
VAL COR NC 0
2017 Autotek Motorsport Ford Fiesta R5 AZO CAN GRE
Ret
CYP
1
POL ZLI RMC LIE 8th 45
2018 Autotek Motorsport Ford Fiesta R5 AZO CAN GRE CYP
4
RMC ZLI POL LIE 23rd 16
2019 Autotek Motorsport Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 AZO CAN LIE POL RMC CZE CYP
1
HUN 8th 39

Dakar Rally results

Al-Attiyah's Hilux from 2017
Year Class Vehicle Position Stages won
2004 Car Mitsubishi 10th 0
2005 BMW DNF 0
2006 DNF 0
2007 6th 1
2008 Event cancelled – replaced by Central Europe Rally
2009 Car BMW DSQ 2
2010 Volkswagen 2nd 4
2011 1st 4
2012 Hummer DNF 2
2013 Demon Jefferies DNF 3
2014 Mini 3rd 2
2015 1st 5
2016 2nd 2
2017 Toyota DNF 1
2018 2nd 4
2019 1st 3
2020 2nd 1
2021 2nd 5

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points
2015 Campos Racing Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 ARG
1

ARG
2

MAR
1

MAR
2

HUN
1

HUN
2

GER
1

GER
2

RUS
1

RUS
2

SVK
1

SVK
2

FRA
1

FRA
2

POR
1

POR
2

JPN
1

JPN
2

CHN
1

CHN
2

THA
1

THA
2

QAT
1

16
QAT
2

14
NC 0

References

  1. Al-Attiyah clinches first Dakar Rally title
  2. "Competitors – Nasser Saleh Al Attiya". Merc-fia.com. 20 December 1970. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  3. "The Peninsula Newspaper". The Peninsula Newspaper.
  4. World Rally Championship – Statistics
  5. "World Rally Championship – Drivers & Teams – Nasser Al-Attiyah". Wrc.com. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  6. Archived 3 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  7. "Dakar Rally 2009 – Naser Al-Attiyah Disqualified". Motorward. 9 January 2009. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  8. "Rally dos Sertões 2009". Webventure.com.br. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  9. "Breaking news". Dakar. 16 January 2010. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  10. Al-Attiyah claims first Dakar win
  11. "Al-Attiyah wins Dakar Rally". Al Jazeera. 15 January 2011. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  12. Dakar 2010
  13. "08.30.04". CNN.
  14. "Vincent Hancock wins gold in skeet". ESPN. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  15. Olympic medal for WRC star Al-Attiyah
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Mohammed bin Sulayem
Middle East Rally Championship
Champion

2003
Succeeded by
Khalid Al Qassimi
Preceded by
Khalid Al Qassimi
Middle East Rally Championship
Champion

2005–2009
Succeeded by
Misfer Al-Marri
Preceded by
Toshi Arai
Production World Rally Championship
Champion

2006
Succeeded by
Toshi Arai
Preceded by
Carlos Sainz
Dakar Rally
Cars Winner

2011
Succeeded by
Stéphane Peterhansel
Preceded by
Misfer Al-Marri
Middle East Rally Championship
Champion

2011–2019
Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
Robert Kubica
World Rally Championship-2
Champion

20142015
Succeeded by
Esapekka Lappi
Preceded by
Nani Roma
Dakar Rally
Cars Winner

2015
Succeeded by
Stéphane Peterhansel
Preceded by
Carlos Sainz
Dakar Rally
Cars Winner

2019
Succeeded by
Incumbent
Olympic Games
Preceded by
Khaled Habash M. Al Suwaidi
Flagbearer for  Qatar
Beijing 2008
Succeeded by
Bahiya Mansour Al Hamad

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