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t’s taken the Emirates Team driver and crowd
favorite, Ahmed Al Hameli, five years and 20
Grand Prix to get his “mo-jo” back but he did it in a
bigway in earlyOctober in Liuzhou, Chinawinning
from pole position and once again becoming a
factor in the world of UIM F1H2O powerboat
racing.
The 37-year-old driver from Abu Dhabi had
his world turn upside down back in 2012 while
leading the world drivers title after three rounds and
soon discovering a life changing diagnosis that no
one wants to hear when he found out his frequent
headaches were coming from a tumor he had in his
brain.
Quick medical work and months of rehabilitation in
the United States gave him back his world of being a
racing driver but it took him from 2013 to Liuzhou to
truly find himself and bring himself back as a true race
winner in the sport in Liuzhou. “Yes, I got the monkey
off my back and you can’t imagine how excited not only
myself, my team, my teammate and my family is but all
those who had faith inme to get this turned around and
get back on track,” stated Al Hameli.
“Coming off a big victory in Liuzhou and now I am so
pumped up and ready to try and win for the first time
in my hometown in Abu Dhabi and my third trip to the
top step in Sharjah to end the season on a real high and
shot for 2017.”
The hurdles this driver from Abu Dhabi has had to
endure are nothing compared to his current race win.
If anyone in the starting field of drivers will try to upset
the championship fight, it will be Al Hameli, out of the
battle for 2016 with 25 points but ready to continue
his life change and push for victory at home and make
his mark this time around.
Let’s see if the youngster can keep the drive alive in
December.
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