Abu Dhabi star Al Mansoori retains lead in 2022 UIM F2 World Championship

Monaco’s Giacomo Sacchi took pole position 24 hours ago with a superb start-to-finish victory at Ribadouro, delaying Selio by 9.7 seconds , climbed to fourth place in the standings. American Brent Dillard finished third.

After arriving in Portugal three points ahead of Hajin, Al Mansoori needed his full attention today as a mechanical problem stalled him in qualifying, forcing him to start from 14th.

The Emiratis shrugged off this setback and calmly finished seventh, crucially one place ahead of Hajin, who was also knocked out in qualifying with a mechanical problem.

Abu Dhabi’s Rashed Al Qemzi was looking to repeat his Ribaduro victory 12 months ago after narrowly missing pole position yesterday, but was halted after just one lap with an engine problem, completely missing the point. luck.

Portugal’s Duarte Benavente was out after just two laps, while Mette Bjerknæs became the third early casualty to also withdraw after 12 laps with an engine problem.

From Ribaduro, the F2 World Championship will travel 270 kilometers south to Vila Velha de Ródão next weekend, with the final round of the 2022 series on the Tagus River.

Al Qemzi completed back-to-back victories in Portugal 12 months ago to become F2 world champion for the third time after victories in 2017 and 2019.

This is the 14th World Powerboat Race title for the Abu Dhabi team since Guido Cappellini took over as team manager and manager in February 2015.

1. Mansoor Al Mansoori (UAE) 39 points

2. Sami Seliö (UAE) 37 points

3. Stefan Hagin (Germany) 35 points

4. Giacomo Sacchi (Mon) with 29 points

5. Edgaras Riabko (LTU) 20 points

6. Tobias Munthe-Cass (NOR) 19 points