CG Racing Pro powered to third place in the 2015 SWS Endurance Grand Finals at the RKC track near Paris on Saturday.
Having finished second in the 2014 edition, the Dubai-based team were targeting the top step of the podium this time around.
Italian outfit Pastino Veneto Corse took top honours in the 12-hour finale.
Belgium’s Modave Racing PPS stalked the Dubai team all the way to the flag, finishing second a mere 15.9sec adrift, with CG Racing completing the podium after a strong showing by drivers David Terrien, Piers Pakenham-Walsh and Rami Azzam in the final minutes.
CG Racing Pro were constantly at the sharp end of proceedings from the start, but with less than an hour to go they seemed destined for fourth place.
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But a huge effort by Terrien during his final stint saw him claw his way past Batelco of Bahrain and snatch third place with barely 30 minutes left of the race.
Batelco finished fourth ahead of BG Racing from France, CER ASK Karting in fifth, Team Swiss Pro in seventh, Alfa Romeo Team and JPS Racing eighth and ninth, with DRGM rounding out the top 10.
CG Racing 1 finished 21st out of the 40 teams, while the third UAE team in the field – F3 Racing – had to settle for 18th place.
The Grand Finals was the culmination of the world-wide contest that ran in the 2014 season, with the top teams from the 15 participating nations qualifying for the honour of racing at the annual event.
