{"id":3268,"date":"2016-12-20T00:39:09","date_gmt":"2016-12-20T00:39:09","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2016-12-20T00:39:09","modified_gmt":"2016-12-20T00:39:09","slug":"emirati-sisters-international-go-karting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/feature\/emirati-sisters-international-go-karting\/","title":{"rendered":"These Emirati Sisters Are Taking The International Go Karting Circuit By Storm"},"content":{"rendered":"
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They’re just 16 and 14 but\u00a0Amna<\/a> and Hamda<\/a> Al Qubaisi, students of\u00a0Sheikh Zayed Private Academy in Abu Dhabi,\u00a0are making a name for themselves on the international karting circuit.<\/p>\n

(Rethinking your life decisions\u00a0at this point is totally understandable).<\/p>\n

Amna is the first female Emirati driver to represent the UAE at an international event. She competed at the Rotax Max Challenge grand finals in Portugal last year. Hamda\u00a0has been selected by the FIA as an ambassador for the\u00a0Women in Motorsport Commission.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Racing is in their blood…<\/h3>\n

Their father,\u00a0Khaled Al Qubaisi, is\u00a0a professional racing driver. He was\u00a0part of the first Emirati team to claim third place at the 24 Hours of Le Mans (the world’s oldest active sports car race in endurance racing).\u00a0<\/strong>He started to train Amna since she was three years old and told her if she really wanted to do it, he would support her.\u00a0Hamda became interested in racing while watching her older sister race. Their mum lends them an equal amount of support by accompanying them to international events.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Next up…<\/h3>\n

Hamda will compete in the third round of the\u00a0Commission \u00adInternationale de Karting-FIA in Sweden. After the first two rounds in France and Portugal, she was placed 27 out of 51 and is pretty confident that she can reach the top 10.<\/p>\n

Amna will progress to Formula 4 next year. It is an open wheel category for young drivers. The\u00a0UAE will launch\u00a0the first Formula 4 championship in the Middle East and North Africa later this year.<\/p>\n

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They’re making a point…<\/h3>\n

“We are spreading the word that women can do everything.\u00a0We can do anything, even if it\u2019s a men\u2019s sport. We can show them that we are capable of doing what men can do,” Amna told The National.<\/p>\n

You go girl!<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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So far they’ve received support from companies such as…<\/h3>\n

Daman, Abu Dhabi Racing,\u00a0Mubadala company Sanad Aero Solutions and\u00a0Huawei Honor.<\/p>\n

We wish them all the luck!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"They’re just 16 and 14 but\u00a0Amna and Hamda Al Qubaisi, students of\u00a0Sheikh Zayed Private Academy in Abu Dhabi,\u00a0are making a name for themselves on the international karting circuit. (Rethinking your life decisions\u00a0at this point is totally understandable). Amna is the first female Emirati driver to represent the UAE at an international event. She competed at … ","protected":false},"author":453,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"acf":{"legacy_image":"https:\/\/cloud.lovindubai.com\/images\/uploads\/2016\/08\/_relatedEntryImage2x\/karting.png?mtime=20160830173242","legacy_full_image":"https:\/\/cloud.lovindubai.com\/images\/uploads\/2016\/08\/_featuredImage\/karting.png?mtime=20160830173242 880w","legacy_meta_tags":"These Emirati Sisters Are Taking The International Go Karting Circuit By Storm - Lovin Dubai<\/title><meta name=\"description\" content=\"They&#039;re just 16 and 14 but Amna and Hamda Al Qubaisi, students of Sheikh Zayed Private Academy in Abu Dhabi, are making a name for themselves on the international karting circuit.(Rethinking your life decisions at this point is totally understandable).\">\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lovindubai.com\/feature\/emirati-sisters-international-go-karting\">\n<!-- <link rel=\"amphtml\" href=\"https:\/\/lovindubai.com\/feature\/emirati-sisters-international-go-karting\/amp\">\n --><meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"These Emirati Sisters Are Taking The International Go Karting Circuit By Storm\">\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\">\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/lovindubai.com\/feature\/emirati-sisters-international-go-karting\">\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"They're hoping to make it to Formula One\">\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cloud.lovindubai.com\/images\/uploads\/2016\/08\/karting.png?mtime=20160830173242\">\n<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"533\">\n<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"375\">\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"photo\">\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"lovindubai\">\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"These Emirati Sisters Are Taking The International Go Karting Circuit By Storm\">\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"\">\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\" They're just 16 and 14 but Amna and Hamda Al Qubaisi, students of Sheikh Zayed Private Academy in Abu Dhabi, are making a name for themselves on the international karting circuit.(Rethinking your life decisions at this point is totally understandable).\n\">\n<meta name=\"twitter:url\" content=\"https:\/\/lovindubai.com\/feature\/emirati-sisters-international-go-karting\">\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cloud.lovindubai.com\/images\/uploads\/2016\/08\/karting.png?mtime=20160830173242\">\n"},"image_feature":null,"author_name":"hello@lovindubai.com","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3268"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/453"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3268\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}