CLASS 1
Team Abu Dhabi rounded off a frustrating season with
two podiums for Class 1 rookie Faleh Al Mansoori and
Rashed Al Tayer at their home Grand Prix, but is looking
to the future and may well run a new Randy Scism built
and designed MTI hull in 2014.
In China their drivers were split with Tomaso Polli
guiding Al Mansoori to a fifth and a fourth on his debut.
In Turkey Al Tayer was back and on the throttles for the
first time, but a DQ cost them fourth and in race 2 they
crashed out early. Italy was a season low managing just
one lap, but they closed out their year on the podium.
By the time Giampaolo Montavoci arrived in Turkey he
had already dialled in two different drivers, qualifying
in China with Al Mansoori but racing with Al Adidi, and
was about to get a third, Tarek Oktem, who partnered
him for the remainder of the season.
Poliform picked up a sixth place in China and renamed
Poliform-Polimersan finished fourth in race 1 in Turkey.
Oktem and Montavoci’s season-high came in Italy
finishing second in race 2 before ending on a low,
bowing out with two DNF’s.
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