Repeat win for Batelco Racing at Dubai Kartdrome Endurance Championship

Saeed Al Mehairi, Mohammed Mattar and Ramez Azzam of Batelco racing are now two-for-two after winning the second round of the Endurance Champion at Dubai Kartdrome on Saturday (29 April).

Team Emirates topped the Corporate Class and ZOOM Racing Group made its first Nations Cup victory.

A total of 29 teams lined up for the popular Le Mans design running beginning of the race on the 1.245 kilometre Switchback Circuit at Dubai Kartdrome. The 600-lap endurance race began at 19.00 on Friday and took practically 13 hours to end up by Saturday early morning.

Ramez Azzam obtained Batelco Racing off to a terrific begin by topping timing screens during certifying with a blazing lap time of 1:10.620, simply 0.030 secs in advance of arch-rivals CG Racing Pro and 0.051 secs in advance of Bin Drai Karting Team in 3rd.

CG Racing Pro obtained the dive on the pole caretaker on the opening lap, but it only took a few trips around the track for Azzam to gain back the lead for Batelco. From there it was a limited race in between both heavyweight teams with Bin Drai Karting Group and ZOOM Racing Team intermittently challenging for the front as well.

Systematic strategy and relentless speed throughout the evening maintained Batelco Competing just out of reach of competing groups. Saeed Al Mehairi wrapped up the 600th lap and went across the goal 31.650 seconds ahead of Alban Varutti of CG Racing Pro.

The overall win gave Batelco Racing its 2nd Pro Class victory in a row, with CG Competing Pro needing to choose 2nd place both times and Bin Drai Karting Group also repeating its 3rd place position on the Pro podium.

Team representative Ali Abbas of Batelco Racing remarked, "The team did a wonderful work. The crew and motorists complied with the method from the get go. We strove and pressed, and the approach worked really good for us."

Team Emirates managed to cover the Company Course for the 2nd round in a row, in spite of very early obstacles which had two Choueiri Group (CG) groups out in front for the initial fifty percent of the race. The team maintained constant throughout the contest and ultimately restored the lead, taking the class win.

CG Racing 1 took residence second place cutlery in Company, while IUM Competing declared third.

In the Nations Cup, for drivers of the very same race, ZOOM Racing Group accomplished a distressed victory over veteran squad Dubai Falcon Racing Team. ZOOM experienced a draw out on the opening lap, dropping down to last place on the grid, but the Indian chauffeurs took care of to claw back right into the race and end up an unbelievable fourth place on the whole.

It was an maiden Nations Cup win for ZOOM Competing Group, followed by the all-Emirati Dubai Falcon Racing Team in second place and Lukoil Racing Team of Russia in third.

Subtitles:
1. Start of Dubai Kartdrome Endurance Champion Round two
2. Mohammed Mattar in the lead for Batelco Racing
3. Saeed Al Mehairi going across the finish line for Batelco Racing