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The same three drivers were deadlocked in 2013.
Coming to Sharjah, this time it was Torrente who had the two
point margin, only to lose the title finishing third while his
teammate Carella won his third overall title. Chiappe came home
second in the race and third in the title chase.
Not convinced yet? Want more?
In 2011, teammates on the Qatar Team again deadlocked in a
battle for the title, with another American Jay Price, who had
already won a crown e first turn of the first lap, Alex had slipped
through and with Price pushing hard from behind the two
touched crashing violently out of the race handing Carella the
world title for the first time in his career.
A year earlier, Sharjah was the deciding factor for a title win once
again.
This time Price was leading the table, but this time Finnish driver
Sami Selio stole the showfinishing second to Price’s conservative
sixth place result. Thus, Selio leap frogged over Price for his
second championship while Jay was left shaking his head.
This is just a sampling of the past six years as the list goes on and
on.
OK, a few more memories to sprinkle into the mix.
Sami Selio’s miracle come-from-behind back- to-back victories
to win his first world title from Hall-of-Fame driver Guido
Cappellini in 2007.
Another Hall-of-Fame competitor, American Scott Gillman,
earned his fourth and final title a year earlier cruising home to
a seventh place finish after Cappellini dropped out of the race
and once again having bad luck on the Khalid Lagoon, finishing
runner-up in the championship.
So, when all is done and dusted coming into the pair of races in
the Emirates there are five drivers still in with a shout.
Two-time world champion Philippe Chiappe is leading the way
with Shaun Torrente 13 points back in second and Sami Selio 20
points back in third as they head to the Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi.
Italian Alex Carella is 25 points back of Chiappe and Swede
Jonas Andersson the dark horse with 30 points still to gain.
In all, Torrente needs to findmagic in Emirates and win in Sharjah
for the first time in order to have a real chance at catching
Chiappe and not let the Frenchman win a title for the third
straight season.
It’s all coming to the final act, all on theKhalid Lagoon. Once again
Sharjah will have the world center stage on the 18 December.
F1H2O
Torrente needs to find magic in Emirates and win
in Sharjah for the first time in order to have a real
chance at catching Chiappe.
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