Benediktas Čirba was the man to beat in the final Oman International Drift Championship qualification. The Lithuanian driver scored 89.3 points. Ahmad Daham was second with 87.3, round 3 win Ali Maksheed got third place – 85.3.
Standings before Top 32
Ali Maksheed leads the championship with 252 points, and Čirba is 5 points behind. A. Daham moves to 3rd with 209, N. Bertans with 199 and A. Vasiliauskas with 175 still can win the OIDC title.
Top 32
![](https://drift.news/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Untitled-1-2.jpg)
Advanced to the Top 16: Benediktas Čirba, Denis Migal, Nasser Alharbali, Ahmed Al Amri, Haitham Alhadidy, Andrius Vasiliauskas, Steve Baggsy.
![](https://drift.news/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Untitled-5-2.jpg)
Ahmad Daham, Nicholas Solomon, Ali Maksheed, Clint Van Oort, Edgars Krogers.
![](https://drift.news/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Untitled-7-1.jpg)
After the Top 32, only four drivers can win the title: Ali Maksheed, Benediktas Čirba, Ahmad Daham, and Nikolass Bertans.
Top 16
B. Čirba and D. Migal crash, and Benediktas gets competition time-out. Drivers collide during the second run, and judges calls for one more time. In the lead run, Benediktas makes an enormous mistake and is knocked out of the competition.
![](https://drift.news/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Untitled-8.jpg)
Another crash – F. Wei Shern is in the wall.
![](https://drift.news/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Untitled-9-1.jpg)
Nicholas Solomon crashes!
![](https://drift.news/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Untitled-11-1.jpg)
Advanced to the Top 8: N. D. Migal, Alharbali, H. Alhadidy, A. Daham, A. Vasiliauskas, N. Bertans, A. Maksheed, E. Krogers.
After the Top 16, only two drivers can win the title: Ali Maksheed and Ahmad Daham.
Top 8
![](https://drift.news/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Untitled-16.jpg)
A. Vasiliauskas was disqualified from competition due to improper behaviour.
![](https://drift.news/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Untitled-15-1.jpg)
Advance to the semi-finals: N. Alharbali, H. Alhadidy, A. Maksheed, N. Bertans.
A. Maksheed wins the Oman championship as A. Daham is knocked from the competition by Nikolass Bertans.
Top 4
![](https://drift.news/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Untitled-19.jpg)
N. Alharbali vs H. Alhadidy. Nasser is doing better job and advances to the final.
![](https://drift.news/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Untitled-20.jpg)
A. Maksheed vs N. Bertans. Due to Nicolass’ fault driver crashes, Ali advances to the final!
Finals
N. Bertans has a bye run and claims the final podium position. Nasser Alharbali takes the win!
Ali Maksheed wins the championship, Benediktas Čirba takes 2nd place, Nasser Alharbali – is 3rd, Nikolass Bertans – is 4th, and Ahmad Daham – is 5th.