Team Bahrain karters all set for battle in Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals 2026 in Portugal
Team Bahrain karters all set for battle in Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals 2026 in Portugal
- Kingdom to be represented by Enzo Younes, Faisal Alnajjar, Shaikh Ahmed bin Saqer Al Khalifa, Demir Abali, and Rakan Alfayez
8 November 2026 –Team Bahrain is preparing to compete in the 2026 Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals, with five of Bahrain’s champion karters taking part.
This year’s RMCGF, one of the biggest annual karting events in the world of grassroots motorsports, takes place from 7 to 14 November at Kartodromo Internacional do Algarve in Portimao, Portugal.
Suiting up for Team Bahrain, supported by Bahrain International Circuit and the Bahrain Motor Federation, are Enzo Younes in the Micro MAX class, Faisal Alnajjar in the Mini MAX, Shaikh Ahmed bin Saqer Al Khalifa in the Junior MAX, Demir Abali in the Senior MAX, and Rakan Alfayez in the DD2 MAX.
Enzo, Shaikh Ahmed, Abali and Alfayez were all title winners in their respective categories in the 2025-26 season of the Bahrain Rotax MAX Challenge, the Kingdom’s leading national karting championship, while Faisal was a vice-champion.
The Bahrain quintet are part of a massive field of more than 400 karters representing over 60 nations from around the world in the RMCGF 2026.
Aside from the five classes Bahrain’s karters will be battling in, action will also be held in the DD2 Masters as well as three electric classes, including E10 Mini, E20 Senior and E20 Masters – making for a packed programme of high-octane, wheel-to-wheel racing.
The week’s schedule is set to include a Welcome Party followed by the drivers’ presentation on the evening of 7 November. The raffle of karts will then take place on 8 November, setting the stage for the start of racing on 9 November with the first of five Non-Qualifying Practice sessions, which continue until the next day.
Qualifying Practices will be held on 11 November. Qualifying Heats will take place on 12 and 13 November, followed directly by the Pre-Finals.
The Finals will then light up the track on the concluding day of this year’s RMCGF, 14 November.
This year’s RMCGF, hosted by Portugal, follows the grand success of the 2025 edition, held at Bahrain International Karting Circuit (BIKC) in Sakhir. Bahrain hosted the event for the third time in five years, following the previous editions in 2021 and 2023.
