Nailbiting victory for XDubai duo
Date
3/23/2015 7:37:24 AM
(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) After one of the most exciting XCAT races to date last years Series champions XDubai duo of Arif Al Zaffain and Nadir bin Hendi prevailed to take top honours.
XDubai duo of Arif Al Zaffain and Nadir bin Hendi celebrate on the podium. — Supplied photo
Dubai: If Round one was all about outlasting the challenging conditions in Fujairah round two of the UIM XCAT World Series which took place in Dubai on Saturday was all to do with strategy and speed.
After one of the most exciting XCAT races to date last year’s Series champions XDubai duo of Arif Al Zaffain and Nadir bin Hendi prevailed to take top honours.
And once again it was the T-bone Station team of Giovanni Carpitella and Ahmed Al Hameli who left disappointed after leading the race for much of the afternoon.
The T-bone boat had a blistering start to power ahead of XDubai who started on poll only to be called back for a restart after Air Team were adjudged to have jumped the gun.
Carpitella and Al Hameli managed to do it a second time though getting the edge on XDubai to take the lead on the first lap.
XDubai then took the strategic decision to complete their obligatory long lap immediately and steadily worked their way back up through the field closing the gap on T-Bone Station and Fujairah winners Abu Dhabi (Rashid Al Tayer and Faleh Al Mansoori) who were then in first and second spot and yet to take their long laps.
They left it a bit long perhaps and only took the compulsory detour on the third last lap. T-Bone still managed to come out in front of the chasing XDubai but only just with Abu Dhabi relegated to third. And the defending Series champions proved too strong manoeuvring their way into the lead on the penultimate lap much to the cheering crowd’s delight.
By that stage T-Bone had pushed as hard as they could and a problem with the fuel feed to one of their engines saw them dropping out of contention completely.
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