Neuville in New Zealand with Qatar WRT

Nasser Al-Attiyah is a gentleman with diverse interests. Dakar, WRC , Middle East Championship (MERC), he does everything with, in this year 2012, a priority objective: the Olympic Games, in which he is participating for the fifth time, in the Clay Shooting discipline (editor's note: pigeons d? clay).

In 2004, in Athens, Al-Attiyah placed fourth, narrowly missing the saving medal. This time, he wants to win and is doing everything he can. Furthermore, he entered his team, the Qatar World Rally Team, in the WRC. When he entered his registration, he did not know that the Clay Shooting competition at the London Olympics would take place at the same time as the Rally from Finland. At the FIA, he presented a waiver, which was accepted, not to be present in Finland. Then came the time to prepare for the Olympic Games.

Nasser's main training session is scheduled for June, during the New Zealand Rally, for which Qatar WRT has committed to being present. Unable to claim a second exemption, Nasser the gentleman decided to offer the wheel of the Citroën DS3 WRC of Qatar WRT to Thierry Neuville. “He is fast, he is young, he has ambition and, above all, I get along wonderfully with him,” Al-Attiyah said simply. “If, in the antipodes, he can acquire the experience that, despite myself, I cannot gain, I am happy to help him. » This is why and how Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul will be at the start in New Zealand, under the banner of Qatar WRT, for which they will score points.