Dubai: The UAE will be one of only three countries worldwide to deliver training to young drivers as part of plans by the FIA Institute to develop young talent and promote safety in motorsport.
The Automobile and Touring Club of the UAE (ATCUAE), along with Motorsport South Africa, has been appointed as a Regional Training Provider in young driver education, a distinction previously enjoyed only by the Confederation of Australian Motorsport. The ATCUAE will now formulate plans to offer a range of training programmes to develop the skills and knowledge of young drivers from across the Arab world, a press release said.
Welcoming the UAE’s nomination by the FIA, Shaikh Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Culture, Youth and Community Development, said: “The UAE can be proud that training programmes developed here are now helping motorsport development in many other countries worldwide.”
Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak, Chairman of the Executive Affairs Authority of Abu Dhabi and member of the ATCUAE’s Board of Directors, said: “This recognises the major steps made by the UAE in motorsport in recent years. The national motorsport authority is indebted to the government for creating a world-class infrastructure for the sport, which is the envy of many other countries.”
Mohammad Bin Sulayem, the ATCUAE President, who set up the club’s training and education arm, the Motorsport Knowledge Institute, in early 2012, said: “We’ve come a long way in a short period of time, and we are proud to be given a new role in young driver training, which is vital to the future of motorsport.”
