The fifth round of Qatar Superstock 600 will take place this weekend on 5th & 6th May at Losail International Circuit, organizers have announced.

The events have been scheduled to take place during the night when the temperatures are much more comfortable for the crowd and racers.

Following the results in the last round, Saeed Al Sulaiti is now leading the championship only by 5 points ahead of Mishal Al Naimi and this round will be crucial for both riders, who are trying to get as much points. Al Sulaiti and Al Naimi had crashed in the last race.

"I am looking forward to the next round and try to extend the lead by winning both races of this round. I am recovering from the injury of last race as I have a fracture in my ankle but I raced in the last track day and I felt good so it will not stop me for fighting for a win," said Al Sulaiti.

Al Naimi is riding a new bike for the last two remaining rounds as the previous one was completely damaged in the crash last round.

"I am ready for the last two rounds of the championship. I am now testing a new bike as the other bike was broken due to my crash so I am now trying to set it up and be ready for this weekend. I have just come from Bahrain where I won for second time the Bahrain Superbike Championship," said Al Naimi.

Nasser Al Malki is in third place in the championship with 137 points and Ali Al Shammari is fourth with 98 points. 17-year-old rider Abdullah Al Qubaisi finished second in the last race of the championship and is now leading the standings in fifth place with 94 points.

On Friday, the track activity will start at 16:00 with the Free Practice 1 and the Free Practice 2 will be at 18:45. Superpole 1 is scheduled at 20:45 and Superpole 2 at 21:10. On Saturday, the Race 1 will start at 16:55 and Race 2 at 19:10.

This weekend it will be also the penultimate round of the Qatar Touring Car Championship.

With more participants that joined the last races, the competition is getting stronger in every round and in the last weekend we witnessed a good fight between the leader of the championship, Abdullah Al Khelaifi and Mansour Al Hajri.

Mansour Al Hajri is in second place in the standings 'We have seen a great performance from all drivers in the last round and hopefully we can keep this rhythm to have a more challenging competition in the two remaining rounds' commented Al Hajri.

The QTCC Practice will be on Friday at 18:45 and both races are on Saturday at 18:05 and 20:20. There entry is free for all the fans at the grandstand and also at the Paddock.