Team Abu Dhabi’s Thani Al Qamzi and Ahmed Al Hameli will be hoping to bounce back from a disappointing Linyi race in China, when they tackle the fourth round of the UIM F1 World Championship in Liuzhou this weekend.
Technical problems have seen Al Qamzi and Al Hameli slip to fifth and sixth positions in the UIM F1 Drivers’ points standings and a strong performance on the Liu River course on Sunday afternoon is crucial if the Team Abu Dhabi pair are to close the gap on joint championship leaders, Alex Carella and Sami Selio, from the Mad Croc Team.
Al Qamzi trails the Italian and the Finn by 11 points and realises the importance of a podium finish in Liuzhou, especially with 20 points available to the winner and 15 to the runner-up.
Al Hameli is 15 points adrift of the Mad Croc pair, but has the consolation of holding second place in the UIM F1 Pole Position Championship, a mere two points behind Selio.
American racer Tim Seebold joined Team Abu Dhabi for the recent race in Linyi and he will drive the third boat for a second Grand Prix with Skydive Dubai sponsorship.
Seebold finished sixth on his debut with the team and will be aiming to build upon that initial success.
Liuzhou race weekend will also mark the second appearance of the F4 boats in a pair of their own practice sessions, a time trial and two 20-minute races on Saturday and Sunday afternoon.
Team Abu Dhabi’s Majed Al Mansoori showed early glimpses of his talent in the practice sessions in Linyi, but both races were cancelled and the racers face their first F4 race test on the Liu River on Saturday afternoon.
Racer Rashid Al Tayer has also travelled with the party to Liuzhou under the Team Abu Dhabi management of Salem Al Rumaithi.
Team Abu Dhabi runs under the auspices of the ADIMSC with full support from the Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority (ADTA), under the chairmanship of Sheikh Sultan bin Tahnoon Al Nahyan and the patronage of Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Khalifa Al Nahyan.
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