The overall series may have already been secured, but the Fazza pair of Arif Al Zaffain and Nadir bin Hendi simply couldn’t resist that top step of the podium at the Emirates Airline XCAT GP on Saturday afternoon.
Fazza had to stave off a tough challenge from Dubai 7 (Salem Al Adidi and Jay Price), who's impressive start saw them finish in second place.
Meanwhile, completing the podium for Saturday’s event was the Italian Videx team of Alfredo Amato and Marco Pennesi – their first top-three performance of the season.
“It was very good – especially with trying the new engines this weekend to see if we could complete the race and thank God we did,” said Bin Hendi afterwards.
“This is a new start for these new engines and we are very happy to have won this race As for the chances of completing a clean sweep of all the races in the 2015 Series. We are going to try our best."
Price, however, was thrilled with his and Al Adidi’s performance.
“It started off a little rough on testing and qualifying but we figured out the problems and I think from the Speed Cat Run yesterday we really were running very well.
“Our biggest concern was the start. Starting in eighth is not a good spot. But we fought through that and probably came out in a good fifth or sixth position in the first lap. We had to really fly the boat to make sure we got the acceleration on the other drivers and we picked them off one by one.
“For me this is the most exciting racing. You don’t just win from the front – you fight from the back and earn every position. This is for me the ultimate in racing – when you really have to battle and push to the limit. I mean we lost control of the boat in the air quite a few times but we couldn’t back off,” added Price.
Also celebrating a great performance for the day were the Mouawad team of Joakim Kumlin and Gary Ballough who managed a fourth place finish in today’s Emirates Airline XCAT GP.
