Vid helgens tävlingar i Medelhavet segrade Victory och Chaudron efter en fantastisk körning där de helt dominerade race 2 i Mediterranean Grand Prix. Tävlingarna blev dock dramatiska med röd flagg efter att Abu Dhabi hade kraschat vid inledningen av racet. Båda team Abu Dhabis förare, Faleh AL Mansoori och Rashed Al Tayer, lyckades ta sig ur båten oskadda, men båten låg upp och ner och det hade mycket väl kunnat sluta riktigt illa. Det var därmed ingen särskilt trevlig start för Al Mansoori och Al Tayer i deras Grand Prix debut i den helt nya båt som de har i år. Att bli tvåa efter Victory redan efter första rundningen är ingen kul start…
Här är ett referat på engelska av resten av tävlingarna:
The boats were led round under the yellow flag and from the restart Victory’s Arif Al Zaffain and Nadir Bin Hendi dropped the hammer and simply disappeared off into the distance and were unchallenged throughout to take the win and complete a perfect weekend in Ibiza for the Dubai duo on their first outing together in Class 1 since 2011.
Ugur Isik and Christian Zaborowski produced another solid performance and despite breaking two gearboxes over the weekend picked up another podium finishing in second place, with Guido Cappellini and Mikhail Kitashev on their first outing together also picking up a second podium, with third.
It was a frustrating and disappointing day for Fendi Racing, with Luca Fendi and Giovanni Carpitella failing to make the start after breaking their gearbox yesterday, and any hopes of team success faded early when Tarek Oktem and Miles Jennings limped back to the pits before the restart.
The honours in V1 went to Aaron Ciantar and Dominic Martini in Chaudron who, like Victory, left their rivals in their wake to win unchallenged over the 12 laps, taking the chequered flag with the chasing pack well in arrears, finishing on the same lap as the C1 boats ahead of them to take an early lead in the Championship standings.
Second home was Karelpiu, the team switching driver for race 2 with Federico Montanari teaming -up with Antonio Schiano. The duo held off a strong challenge from Aquasport on lap 3 as the two outfits thundered through the start-finish line side-by-side and then from a momentarily advancing Tommy One.
The drive off the afternoon belonged to Drew Langdon and Ian Blacker in Silverline who found good pace mid race, moving up from sixth spot on lap 2, passing Bernico-New Star and overhauling Aquasport and Tommy One on lap 7 to take the third step of the podium.
Info: http://www.class-1.com/
For the full set of results go to class-1.com
