Team Abu Dhabi move closer to World Endurance title with victory in Poland

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Team Abu Dhabi move closer to World Endurance title with victory in Poland
Abu Dhabi 35 power their way to victory in Poland to tighten their grip on the World Endurance Championships. - Supplied photo

Abu Dhabi - The combination of Shaun Torrente, Emiratis Rashed Al Qemzi and Rashed Al Tayer and Italian Tullio Abbate in Abu Dhabi 35 strengthened their grip on the World Endurance Championships with victory in the first of the weekend's two back-to-back races.

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Published: Sat 13 Jul 2019, 10:57 PM

Last updated: Sun 14 Jul 2019, 1:00 AM

Team Abu Dhabi stayed firmly on course to land their first world powerboat racing title of the season on Saturday by dominating the opening leg of the Necko Endurance race in Augustów, Poland.
The combination of Shaun Torrente, Emiratis Rashed Al Qemzi and Rashed Al Tayer and Italian Tullio Abbate in Abu Dhabi 35 strengthened their grip on the World Endurance Championships with victory in the first of the weekend's two back-to-back races.
The result puts them in a commanding position to secure the world endurance crown if they can avoid any mechanical failures or major mistakes in the second six-hour race on Sunday.
Meanwhile, a fourth place finish on the Necko Lake means the all-Emirati crew of Majed Al Mansoori, Mohamed Al Mehairbi, Rashed Al Remeithi and Faleh Al Mansoori in Abu Dhabi 36 can take third overall in the championship with a similar performance on Sunday.
With reigning F1H2O world champion Torrente first in action, Abu Dhabi 35 took an immediate lead when the first race got under way as they looked to build on their impressive victory in the 24 Hours of Rouen in France two months ago.
Only briefly did they lose the advantage towards the half way point, firstly to the Navikart Soliodaires French crew of Sebastien Lemoine, Olivier Betin and Stephane Lemoine and then to Russians Konstantin Ustinov and Dimitry Vandyshev and Lithuania's Edgaras Riabko in Nollet 2.
At this point there was often as little as two seconds separating the leaders, but over the last two hours Abu Dhabi 35 gradually eased away to complete 294 laps by the finish, three more than both Nollet 2 in second place and third-placed Navikart Soliodaires. Abu Dhabi 36 finished 276 laps in fourth position.
 


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