Al Qamzi to defend UIM F4-S series lead
harbin (China) — Team Abu Dhabi resumes its challenge in the UIM F1 H2O World Championship as Alex Carella and Thani Al Qamzi represent the team at this weekend’s Grand Prix of Harbin in China.
Just days after sending a team to a round of the UIM F2 Championship in Lithuania, Team Abu Dhabi heads straight to Asia, where Carella hopes to defend his slender two-point lead in the championship and stay on course to give the ADIMSC a long awaited UIM F1 H2O world title.
The last few races in this highly competitive series have been thrilling spectacles and Carella managed to overcome a technical issue at the last race in Portugal to coax his DAC over the line in fifth place and remain two points clear of the double World Champion, Philippe Chiappe, and a further four in front of the talented American driver Shaun Torrente of Dubai’s Victory Team.
These three drivers have edged clear of the rest of the field over the course of the first three rounds of the series in Dubai, France and Portugal, but Carella knows full well that several other drivers, including team-mate Thani Al Qamzi, Sami Selio, Jonas Andersson, Erik Stark and Ahmed Al Hameli, are more than capable of springing a surprise in Harbin and snatching points from the leading trio.