CLASS 1
VICTORY
DOMINATE IN IBIZA
WINS FOR TOMMY ONE
AND CHAUDRON
T
hirteen boats lined up in Ibiza for the
Mediterranean Grand Prix with C1
catamarans and V1 monohulls racing
side-by-side for the first time in over two
decades.
Arif Al Zaffain and Nadir Bin Hendi carried on from
where they left off and last raced together in 2011,
cruising to an easy victory in race 1 to win by a massive
49 second margin.
The Victory duo who earlier in the day shared the pole
position spoils with LFF10, led from the start and were
never challenged, going on to complete the 13 laps in
35:41.85s.
Despite matching the winners in qualifying Luca Fendi
and Giovanni Carpitella could not match the sustained
pace of the leader’s, but looked comfortable in second
spot when they suddenly hit trouble on lap 9 and
stopped.
From third place at the end of lap 1 Guido Cappellini and
C1 rookie Mikhail Kitashev held off an initial challenge
from Ugur Isik and Christian Zaborowski in Relekta-
Zabo-Isiklar before opening a comfortable advantage
to move into and take second spot following the exit
of LFF10.
The Relekta-Zabo-Isiklar crew in turn faced a race
long challenge from Faleh Al Mansoori and Rashed
Al Tayer in Team Abu Dhabi’s new MTI, who passed
them on the final lap to take the chequered flag in
third, only to be hit with a 25-second post-race penalty
for destroying a turn buoy, handing the podium spot
to Isiklar and Zaborowski, the Abu Dhabi Dhabi duo
dropping to fifth behind LFF8-Polimersan.
Theperformanceof theday came inV1 fromtheTommy
One crew of Maurizio Schepici and Stefano Bonanno
who powered their way through the field from a long
way back in fourth spot, first passing Bernico-New
Star, then the early race leader’s Chaudron before
setting their sights on and overhauling the pole sitters
Antonio and Giuseppe Schiano in Karelpiu, to take the
win in 36:33.39s.
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