1st Place for Leonid Novitskiy and Andreas Schulz in Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge 2010, the opening round of the FIA Cross-Country Rallies World Cup and FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship
X-Raid winning the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge title for a third consecutive year driven by three different pilots since 2008. X-Raid’s Tina Thörner navigated successfully for Qatari Nasser Al Attiyah in 2008 and Frenchman Guerlian Chicherit in 2009, while Andy Schulz was co-driver for Leonid Novitskiy this year.
Overall after Final Stage (unofficial results)
1. Leonid Novitskiy (RUS)/ Andreas Schulz (GER), X-raid BMW – 21h32m27s
2. Laurent Rosso (F) / F. Borsotto (F), Nissan – 26h43m03s
3. Abdul Bari-Bin Sugat (UAE) / Ali Mirza (UAE), Nissan – 34h40m00s