Dubai’s Victory Team on the pace in free practices off Ibiza

Sport360 staff 08:36 06/09/2014
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  • Flying start: Victory Team went fastest in both free practices yesterday.

    For the first time in over two dec­ades, catamarans and monohulls raced alongside each other in the UIM Class 1 and V1 World Pow­erboat Championships yesterday, with Dubai’s Victory Team going fastest in both Class 1 free practices and Karelpiu and Chaudron shar­ing the V1 honours off Playa D’en Bossa in the Mediterranean Grand Prix.

    The Spanish island of Ibiza is playing host to the two champi­onships this weekend, where de­fending and six-time Class 1 World Champion Arif Al Zaffain reignited his formidable partnership with Nadir Bin Hendi. The Victory duo clocking two minutes 51.29 seconds and two minutes 51.23 seconds in the two practices respectively.

    Newstar-Poliform (3:05.01 and 3:01.16) went second fastest, with LFF10 (3.06.27) and LFF8 (3:01.27 best of the rest in third in practice one and two respectively.

    Meanwhile, Team Abu Dhabi has retained the same line up that end­ed last year with a double podium at their home Grand Prix, with Faleh Al Mansoori and three-time race-winner Rashed Al Tayer in a new Randy Scism-designed and built MTI boat, switching from V12 to Mercury V8 power-plants.

    Today’s third practice is followed by Race 1 at 15:30 (17:30 UAE), with a final morning practice session and qualifying for Race 2 at 15:15 (17:15 UAE) tomorrow. 

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