MICHAEL DOCHERTY
(zaf) 1.78m / 82kgAficiones
Cycling, Off Road Riding & Training
Sponsors
Team Dad, SRG Motorsports UAE, Transcom Sharaf, Alpine Stars, McClarty Shipping, NS 45 Dubai and many special Family & Friends
2023: 3rd Rally2, Best rookie
Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge:
2022: DNF After Leading Stage 1
2021: 1st Rally 2
Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge
2022: DNF After Leading Stage 1
2021: 1st Rally 2
Other races:
2018: 1st Place B Final MX of Nations Red Bud USA
2017 to 2020: UAE MX 1 National Champion
“A top 5 in Rally2 would be a good result – a win would be great!”
Michael Docherty started racing motorcycles at the tender age of 6 and at 8 won the South Africa National 65cc Championship. Since then he has had considerable success in the discipline racing in the States, Europe and the Middle East. Living in Dubai these last 3 years he inevitably started riding in the desert and in 2021 entered his first rally-raid, the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge, going on to win the Rally2 class. He was back again in 2022 and won the prologue and the first stage before crashing out on day 2. In 2023, with help from SRG Motorsports in Dubai and HT Rally Raid he finally got himself to the Dakar. He started slightly injured and had a big crash on day 3 that left him with a dislocated wrist. Most would have probably called it quits but the tough young South African gritted his teeth and went on to win 4 stages in Rally2, while regularly getting amongst the RallyGP top guns. At the end of the race he’d worked his way up to third overall in the Rally2 class and took the coveted Best Rookie award.
“Despite my injury I was pleased with my Dakar debut and I learnt a lot. Unfortunately due to my injured wrist I wasn’t able to get back on a bike before June which obviously killed any chances of following up my Dakar performance with any strong W2RC results. For this Dakar the goal is to finish in top 5 in Rally2 and the top 10 overall – to win the Rally2 class would be really great. Then I’ll do the first round of the W2RC in Abu Dhabi which is my home race and we’ll take stock of the situation as we can’t keep self-financing for ever… ”
Vehículo
BAS WORLD KTM RACING TEAM
KTM 450 RALLY REPLICA
BAS WORLD KTM RACING TEAM
- Marca KTM
- Modelo 450 RALLY REPLICA
- Preparador SRG Motorsports UAE
- Asistencia BAS World KTM Racing Team
- Clase Rally 2
Clasificación 2024
Toute l'actualité de M. Docherty
Docherty por los suelos
Líder hasta el km 318 en la categoría de motos, el piloto de Rally 2 Michael Docherty sufrió una caída en el km 323. Tiene una contusión en la cadera y ha sido trasladado en helicóptero al hospital de Medina.
Docherty por delante en el km 281
El piloto de Rally 2 Michael Docherty, que partía en 40ª posición esta mañana, ha realizado el mejor paso de la carrera en el kilómetro 281. El piloto del BAS World KTM Racing aventajaba en 53'' a Ricky Brabec y en 2'25'' a la otra Honda de Pablo Quintanilla. Lorenzo Santolino, de Sherco, ha sido 4º. Pero no hay que olvidar que Ross...
Docherty pierde terreno
Tras pasar en cabeza por el primer punto de control, Michael Docherty se encontraba a 25'' de Ross Branch en el km 87. El sudafricano es ahora segundo por delante de tres pilotos del Monster Energy Honda Team: Pablo Quintanilla, Ricky Brabec y Tosha Schareina.
Docherty, pequeño entre los grandes
Mejor debutante y tercero en Rally 2 el año pasado a pesar de una lesión de muñeca, Michael Docherty ha marcado el mejor tiempo en el primer paso intermedio, 17 segundos por delante de Ross Branch y 35 segundos por delante de Tosha Schareina.
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