Abu Dhabi’s Al Qemzi extends lead
tonsberg (norway) — Team Abu Dhabi’s Rashed Al Qemzi secured a vital podium finish in an enthralling 45-lap EDH Tonsberg Batrace, round three of the 2017 UIM F2 World Championship, in Norway on Sunday afternoon.
The driver running out of the Abu Dhabi International Marine Sports Club (ADIMSC) came into the weekend’s racing with a championship lead of five points and was able to extend that to 12 points with a fine third overall in a race that was won by Sweden’s defending champion Pierre Lundin after he overtook the Russian New Star driver Konstantin Ustinov with just two laps remaining.
Sweden’s Erik Edin led from start-to-finish through two yellow flags, but was docked one lap for a jump-start and slipped out of the top 10. Fellow Swede Ola Pettersson finished fourth and Frenchman Nelson Morin rounded off the top five. Team Abu Dhabi’s Mohammed Al Mehairbi finished eighth in the Repocharge race and missed out on the main EDH Tonsberg Batrace.
“This was another high quality field and a very difficult race but Rashed again delivered a superb performance,” said Salem Al Remeithi. Action resumes in the UIM F2 World Championship calendar with the European Championship event at Kupiškis in Lithuania on August 19-20.