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| Full name | Nasser Saleh Nasser Abdullah Al-Attiyah | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1970-12-21)21 December 1970 (age 54) Doha, Qatar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rallying Rally raid Shooting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nasser Salih Nasser Abdullah Al-Attiyah (Arabic:نَاصِر صَالِح نَاصِر عَبْد الله الْعَطِيَّة : nāṣir ṣāliḥ nāṣir ʿabd allāh al-ʿaṭiyyah; born 21 December 1970 inDoha) is aQatarirally driver andsport shooter. He was the 2006Production World Rally Champion, 2014 and 2015WRC-2 champion, an 18 timeMiddle East Rally Champion, a five-timeFIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies champion, a three-timeWorld Rally-Raid Champion, and a five-time (2011,2015,2019,2022,2023)Dakar Rally winner.[1] His five victories in the Dakar Rally make him the only Middle Easterner and West Asian to win the competition more than once.[citation needed]
Inshooting, Al-Attiyah won the bronze medal in themen's skeet event at the2012 Summer Olympics in London.
Having been inspired to start racing byFormula One world championJackie Stewart's bookWinning Is Not Enough, Al-Attiyah started competing in theMiddle East Rally Championship in 2003, where he claimed 65 race wins and 13 titles.[2] He drove aSubaru Impreza until 2009 and aFord Fiesta since 2010, except in 2012 when he drove Peugeot 207 in two rounds, and in 2016 when he drove aŠkoda Fabia.[3][4]
Al-Attiyah also competed at theProduction World Rally Championship from 2004 to 2009. He won the title in 2006,[5] his third year in the championship alongsideco-driverChris Patterson, driving aSubaru Impreza. He gained the championship lead after finishing second in the PWRC class in theRally Mexico and afterwards won the following two rounds,Rally Argentina andAcropolis Rally. He also finished runner-up in 2005 and third in 2009. He scored his first points during the2009 season, finishing eighth overall in theRally Argentina.[citation needed]
In 2010 and 2011, Al-Attiyah drove in theSuper 2000 World Rally Championship for the Barwa Rally Team, classifying seventh overall in both years. For the2012 season, Al-Attiyah moved to compete in the top division for theQatar World Rally Team. He secured a career-best fourth place at theRally de Portugal.[6] In 2013 he switched to aFord Fiesta WRC. He finished fifth overall at three races, and ranked 11th in the final standings.[citation needed]
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.[citation needed]
In 2023, Al-Attyah claimed his 19th championship in the MERC. In an unprecedented case, he shared the title with Abdullah Al-Rawahi, as the pair had scored the same results across five events.[7]
Al-Attiyah debuted at theDakar Rally in 2004 with Mitsubishi, finishing 10th overall. He entered the next three editions with an X-Raid BMW, finishing sixth in 2007.[citation needed]
After winning the 2008FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup in aBMW, he took part alongside Swedish female co-driverTina Thörner in the2009 Dakar Rally inArgentina.[8] 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.[9] He finished second in theRally dos Sertões fromGoiânia toNatal inBrazil (24 June-3 July 2009) behindCarlos Sainz of Spain.[10]
In the2010 Dakar Rally, Al-Attiyah finished second, 2'12" behindCarlos Sainz, the smallest gap in the history of the race.[11] On 15 January 2011, Al-Attiyah won the legendary Dakar race ahead of fellow Volkswagen drivers Sainz andGiniel de Villiers,[12] making him the only Arab to ever win the difficult race.[13]
The driver claimed the2015 FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup with five wins and the2015 Dakar Rally, driving a Mini All4 Racing X-Raid, and the2016 FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup for Toyota with six wins.[citation needed]
In 2019 Al-Attiyah won theSilk Way Rally driving Toyota Hilux for theToyota Gazoo Racing team. He finished second place in the 2019Baja 1000.[14] He also won the2019 Dakar Rally.[citation needed]
In 2022 he won the2022 Dakar Rally inSaudi Arabia,[15] making him the only Arab to win the Dakar rally on Arab soil, ahead of 9 timeWorld Rally ChampionSébastien Loeb (co-driverFabian Lurquin). He would also win the inaugural FIAWorld Rally-Raid Championship title.[citation needed]
In 2023, Al-Attiyah won2023 Dakar Rally, winning the rally for the fifth time in his career, again finishing ahead ofSébastien Loeb.[16] With two further victories, the Qatari would defend his W2RC title.[17] During the same season, he and co-driverMathieu Baumel would also clinch theWorld Cup for Cross-Country Bajas.[18]
Ahead of the 2024 campaign, Al-Attiyah would leave Toyota to partnerSébastien Loeb atProdrive.[19]
Al-Attiyah signed withAbtCupra XE to race in the2022 Extreme E Championship, first alongside2001 Dakar Rally winnerJutta Kleinschmidt[20] and later withKlara Andersson. The team scored a win in Chile and a third place in Chile, ranking 6th in points. Al-Attiyah and Andersson continued together at Abt Cupra for the2023 season. Al-Attiyah raced the first four rounds of the season and was replaced by Sébastien Loeb andAdrien Tambay in Rounds 5–8 and 9–10 respectively as he focuses on theBaja World Cup.[21][22]
In shooting, Al-Attiyah came in fourth place in the2004 Olympic Games inclay pigeon shooting[23] and 15th overall in the2008 Olympic Games, missing out on qualification for the final round by 2 points.[24] In the2012 Olympic Games he won the bronze medal after a shoot-off againstValeriy Shomin.[25][26]
| Olympic results | ||||||
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| Event | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 |
| Skeet | 15th 120 | 6th 122+23 | 4th 122+25 | 15th 117 | 3rd 121+23+6 | 31st 111 |
| World records held inSkeet from 2005 to 2012 | ||||||
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| Men | Qualification | 125 |  Vincent Hancock (USA) Tore Brovold (NOR) Mykola Milchev (UKR) Jan Sychra (CZE) Tore Brovold (NOR) Jan Sychra (CZE) Antonakis Andreou (CYP) Juan José Aramburu (ESP) Nasser Al-Attiyah (QAT) Anthony Terras (FRA) Efthimios Mitas (GRE) | 14 June 2007 13 July 2008 9 May 2009 20 May 2009 25 July 2009 7 March 2011 22 April 2011 13 September 2011 17 January 2012 26 March 2012 26 March 2012 | Lonato(ITA) Nicosia(CYP) Cairo(EGY) Munich(GER) Osijek(CRO) Concepción(CHI) Beijing(CHN) Belgrade(SER) Doha(QAT) Tucson(USA) Tucson(USA) | edit |
| Final | 150 | Vincent Hancock (USA) (125+25) Tore Brovold (NOR) (125+25) Tore Brovold (NOR) (125+25) Jan Sychra (CZE) (125+25) Nasser Al-Attiyah (QAT) (125+25) Efthimios Mitas (GRE) (125+25) | 14 June 2007 13 July 2008 25 July 2009 7 March 2011 17 January 2012 26 March 2012 | Lonato(ITA) Nicosia(CYP) Osijek(CRO) Concepción(CHI) Doha(QAT) Tucson(USA) | edit | |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-09 | Speedcar Series | Team Barwa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17th |
| 2009 | Qatar National Road Racing Championship | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12th | |
| 2010 | 24 Hours of Nürburgring - AT | Volkswagen Motorsport | 1 | 1 | ? | ? | 1 | N/A | 1st |
| 2011 | 24 Hours of Nürburgring - AT | Volkswagen Motorsport | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 1st |
| 2013-14 | Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 15th | |
| 2015 | World Touring Car Championship | Campos Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
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| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||
| 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 the2008 Central Europe Rally | |||
| 2009 | Car | BMW | DSQ | 3 |
| 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 | 6 | ||
| 2022 | 1st | 2 | ||
| 2023 | 1st | 3 | ||
| 2024 |  BRX | DNF | 1 | |
| 2025 |  Dacia | 4th | 1 | |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics 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 | ChevroletRMLCruze 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 |
(key)
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Toyota Gazoo Racing | Toyota GR DKR Hilux | T1 | DAK 1 | ABU 11 | MOR 3 | AND 2 | 1st | 169 | |
| 2023 | Toyota Gazoo Racing | Toyota GR DKR Hilux | T1+ | DAK 1 | ABU Ret | SON 1 | DES 1 | MOR 15 | 1st | 205 |
| 2024 | Nasser Racing | Prodrive Hunter T1+ | Ultimate | DAK Ret | ABU 149 | PRT 145 | DES 244 | 1st | 202 | |
| Dacia Sandriders | Dacia Sandrider | MOR 146 | ||||||||
| 2025 | Dacia Sandriders | Dacia Sandrider | T1+ | DAK 448 | ABU | ZAF | PRT | MOR | 3rd* | 48* |
(key)
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | AbtCupra XE | Spark ODYSSEY 21 | DES 8 | ISL1 9 | ISL2 DSQ | COP 3 | ENE 1 | 6th | 46 | |||||
| 2023 | AbtCupra XE | Spark ODYSSEY 21 | DES 1 9 | DES 2 4 | HYD 1 10 | HYD 2 8 | ISL1 1 | ISL1 2 | ISL2 1 | ISL2 2 | COP 1 | COP 2 | 16th | 20 |
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| Preceded by | Middle East Rally Championship Champion 2003 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Middle East Rally Championship Champion 2005–2009 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Production World Rally Championship Champion 2006 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Dakar Rally Cars Winner 2011 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Middle East Rally Championship Champion 2011–2022 | Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Preceded by | World Rally Championship-2 Champion 2014–2015 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Dakar Rally Cars Winner 2015 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Dakar Rally Cars Winner 2019 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Dakar Rally Cars Winner 2022 | Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Preceded by Inaugural | World Rally-Raid Championship World Champion 2022 | Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Olympic Games | ||
| Preceded by | Flagbearer for Qatar Beijing 2008 | Succeeded by |
