Regarding the driver, I don't know if he was Qatari or not, I think he was not the owner but just a driver (though wearing the thobe) because there was a lady on the backseat that he seemed to be chauffeuring. The other guy who was in my car is a consultant that I picked up from the hotel, we were going to a workshop. The irony is I was not supposed to take that route, I took it only to show him the corniche. LOL, I guess he doesn't care much about the Doha corniche now!