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For the two-timeWorldChampion Selio, it brought himsolidly back into
the championship fight. Selio, who also finished third in Liuzhou and now
sits just 20 points back of the points leader Chiappe, will be hoping for
the Frenchman to run into more bad luck in the Emirates in December.
Meanwhile, Carella’s season only would get worse.
His misfortune only grew as he failed to finish the race in Liuzhou
after qualifying in a fine third position. His dreams of a comeback and
of winning for a second time in 2016 fell apart when he DNF’d in 15th
position dropping him to fourth in the title chase with 42 points and 25
behind leader Chiappe.
The first of back-to-back races in China and the lovely setting that
is Harbin also highlighted the charge from the back of the grid by
American driver Shaun Torrente.
Torrente, who drives for the Emirates based Victory Team, flew in
perfect formation with Chiappe as they both carved their way up
through the field at the start of the 60 lap event. He would eventually
finish a sterling fourth after starting 16th on the dock.
UIM F1H2O WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2016
after round 5
POS NOS RIDER
TEAM
POINTS
1
1 Philippe Chiappe
CTIC F1 SHENZEN CHINA TEAM
67
2
4 Shaun Torrente
VICTORY TEAM
54
3
11 Sami Selio
MAD-CROC BABA RACING
47
4
6 Alex Carella
TEAM ABU DHABI
42
5
14 Jonas Andersson
TEAM SWEDEN
37
6
27 Ahmed Al Hameli
EMIRATES RACING TEAM
25
7
28 Erik Stark
EMIRATES RACING TEAM
19
8
10 Duarte Benavente
F1 ATLANTIC TEAM
19
9
12 Filip Roms
MAD-CROC BABA RACING
18
10
50 Marit Stromoy
EMIC RACING TEAM
10
11
73 Cédric Deguisne
MAVERICK RACING
9
12
2 Xiong Ziwei
CTIC F1 SHENZEN CHINA TEAM
9
13
5 Thani Al Qamzi
TEAM ABU DHABI
9
14
9 Christophe Larigot
F1 ATLANTIC TEAM
7
15
23 Bartek Marszalek
BLAZE PERFORMANCE TEAM
5
16
80 Ivan Brigada
EMIC RACING TEAM
4
17
51 Mike Szymura
EMIC RACING TEAM
4
18
24 Francesco Cantando
BLAZE PERFORMANCE TEAM
3
19
3 Nadir Bin Hendi
VICTORY TEAM
2
20
15 Jesper Forss
TEAM SWEDEN
0
17
F1H2O