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point leading the title race, the year then began to unravel.
Chiappe now sits in fifth spot on 34 points and it is his son-
in-law and teammate Peter Morin carrying the fight to the
front runners and five points better off in the standings above
him and having a very good season and currently leading the
points chase in the Fast Lap Trophy.
For the remainder of drivers in the championship the title race
is run but with two races left and 40 points on offer there is
still the opportunity to move up in the standings and finish the
year strongly.
After her brilliant second in qualifying and in the race in India
Marit Stromoy leads the best of the rest in sixth spot with 26
points and will line up in Abu Dhabi looking to go one better
than her second place there last year. And on her performance
last time out a win is more than possible, knowing that she
has the boat, the engine, the race craft and the sheer bloody-
minded determination to do it.
For teammate Bartek Marszalek the final two races are an
opportunity to show what he is more than capable of after a
frustrating year plagued by engine issues and try to move up
in the standings from a lowly 16th.
Erik Edin sits in seventh on 18 points and currently has the
edge over teammate Jonas Andersson in the Amaravati camp
in ninth after a strong showing in India finishing sixth, with
Andersson looking to bounce back after failing to go the
distance after running in fourth for the majority of the race.
Victory Team will be desperate to end its season on a positive
note and build on the marked improvements that they
showed at times in India but still under achieved, Ahmed Al
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