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eam Abu Dhabi’s rising young star Rashed
Al Qamzi will have home advantage in
the final two rounds of the F4-S Trophy
Championship in Abu Dhabi and Sharjah as
he bids to become the first Emirati driver
to win the title and follow in the footsteps
of Britain’s Matthew Palfreyman, Sweden’s
Jesper Forss and three-time winner,
Germany’s Mike Szymura.
The 24-year-old from Abu Dhabi is enjoying
a stellar year and leads the pack on 126
points, 36 clear of Mad Croc BABA Racing’s Ferdinand Zandbergen,
with 64 in hand over Team Sweden’s Kalle Viippo and F1 Atlantic’s
Jeremy Brisset.
A pair of wins in the penultimate round in Abu Dhabi will put Al Qamzi
into an unassailable position with two races to spare.
Al Qamzi has been supremely confident and consistent this season,
kicking off the year with his first race win and overall victory in Dubai,
winning again Portimao, taking third in the first of two events in China
in Harbin and winning in Liuzhou to extend his overall lead. From eight
starts this year he has never been outside the top three, taking three
race wins, finishing second twice and third three times.
The overall win that got away from Al Qamzi in Harbin went to series
newcomer Marcus Sederholm, stepping in to replace Kalle Viippo at
Team Sweden, their exploits despite bothmissing Liuzhou putting them
into second place in the Teams Championship behind Abu Dhabi.
RASHED AL QAMZI CLOSING
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n° 4December | 2016