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ZHANGZHOU, 30th April, 2023 (WAM) — Shaun Torrente and Rashed Al Qemzi teamed up to round out Team Abu Dhabi’s Zhengzhou Grand Prix as Sweden’s Jonas Andersson won second in China. Round UIM F1H2O World Championship.
Three-time world champion Torrent battled his way from fourth on the grid to second behind Anderson as the Swede claimed an impressive start-to-finish win from pole.
With Al Qemzi finishing seventh after holding onto fourth at halftime, the Abu Dhabi duo are at the top of the race for the world team title they have won over the past five seasons.
After losing pole position 24 hours ago, his best lap time was wiped out due to violations, and defending UIM F1H2O champion Torrente has always encountered it when trying to catch Anderson.
He made his intentions clear from the start, moving up two positions on the first lap, but was unable to beat his world champion in dramatic fashion in Sharjah last December.
Now fourth in the championship, less than six points behind Anderson, Torrent will enjoy another chance to challenge for the title at the French Grand Prix in two months’ time.
Team-mate Al Qemzi completed the race weekend and his reputation was confirmed as a rising talent after representing his cousin, veteran driver Thani Al Qemzi.
The young Emiratis, who was fastest in the first practice session, re-emphasized his pace from the start today, moving up three places before eventually having to finish seventh where he started.
The Abu Dhabi team currently leads the Sharjah team by one point in the constructors’ standings, with Dutch driver Ferdinand Zandbergen finishing third in China.
Victory Team’s Erik Stark finished fourth, moving up to second in the standings. Neither Poland’s Bartek Marszalek (the first-round winner in Indonesia) nor Sharjah’s two-time world champion Sami Selio made the cut.
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