In race 2 Victory and Chaudron produced the stand-out
performances of the afternoon and cruised to emphatic victories
in their respective classes in a dramatic race that was red flagged
after Abu Dhabi crashed out at the first corner, both Faleh AL
Mansoori and Rashed Al Tayer emerging unscathed from the
upturned boat.
It was a bitter blow for Al Mansoori and Al Tayer on their debut
weekend in their new boat and after going second quickest in
qualifying earlier in the day and running second behind Victory
when they hooked and went over.
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.
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 in race 1, and any hopes of team success
faded early when Tarik Oktem and Miles Jennings limped back
to the pits before the restart.
The honours in V1 went to Aaron Ciantar and Dominique 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 a lap 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.
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