POWERBOAT RACING IN ABU DHABI, UAE BRINGS DOWN CURTAIN ON UIM F2 SERIES

The Grand Prix of Dhabi brings the 2019 UIM F2 World Championship to an end one weekend from now toward the beginning of a fascinating month for worldwide powerboat contesting which will see three world titles chose in the UAE.

Group Abu Dhabi's Rashed Al Qemzi, who has just verified the F2 world crown for the second time in three years in the wake of overwhelming the 2019 series, has the chance to adjust an amazing season with a loved victory on home waters.

This will be the first occasion when that Abu Dhabi International Marine Sports Club (ADIMSC) has facilitated a series of the UIM F2 Championship, and Al Qemzi gets the opportunity of somewhere else in the record books as the first ever F2 Grand Prix winner in the UAE capital.

Among those planning to obstruct his fix to winner are four drivers battling it out for other participants spot in the title, Portugal's Duarte Benavente, Dutchman Ferdinand Zandbergen Sweden's Ola Pettersson, and Germany's Stefan Hagin, victor of the current year's Grand Prix of Norway.

They are in a ground-breaking 19-boat line-up amassing at ADIMSC, home base for Team Abu Dhabi who have likewise verified the current year's World Endurance Championships.

The title haul could arrive at five during the month. Shaun Torrente and Faleh Al Mansoori will fight to hold their UIM XCAT World Championship in Dubai on 13-14 December, while after seven days, Torrente expects to arrive a second progressive F1H2O drivers crown in Sharjah, and simultaneously secure another group title with Thani Al Qemzi.

"It will be an exciting month to adjust of the big showdown powerboat hustling season, with such a great amount in question," said Salem Al Remeithi, General Manager of ADIMSC.

"Our first need is to give an ideal stage to the final round of the UIM F2 World Championship, which we are delighted to have for the first time. We anticipate a great fight for triumph in the Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi between the best drivers in the arrangement."

Group Abu Dhabi's Rashid Al Tayer, whose boat was harmed during the past round in Portugal constraining him to miss the Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi, will at present be in action this end of the week.

Al Tayer will challenge the Pro Runabout GP division at the Jet Ski World Cup 2019 in Pattaya City, Thailand. The Emirati lies seven points behind Poland's Andrzej Wisniewski in the race for the Runabout GP1 title in this present season's UIM-ABP Aquabike World Championship, with the last round in Sharjah from 17-20 December.

ADIMSC has set out a 1,825m F2 circuit which is decreased to 1,015m for the GT15 and F4 national class races additionally included in the Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi program.

The F2 vessels take to the water at 3pm on Thursday with the expectation of complimentary practice, with another training session following at 10.15am the following day in front of the three-organize qualifying arrangement getting going at 3.30pm. The 2019 Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi thunders to life at 3.30pm on Saturday.

UIM F2 World Championship leading situations with score points after 4 of 5 rounds

1. Rashed Al Qemzi UAE 75 (The world champion)

2. Duarte Benavente POR 38

3. Ola Pettersson SWE 34

4. Ferdinand Zandbergen NL 34

5. Stefan Hagin GER 20

6. Daniel Segenmark SWE 20

Captions

1. Rashed Al Qemzi secured the UIM F2 world title with victory in Norway.

2. Al Qemzi needs to adjust the season with a victory on home waters in Abu Dhabi.