Team Abu Dhabi have set themselves a big target in the penultimate round of the 2015 UIM F1 H2O World Championship, aiming for an outright race win to improve their chances for a second world title of the season.
While Thani Al-Qamzi and Alex Carella both have a mathematical chance of landing the drivers’ world championship, Team Abu Dhabi manager Guido Cappellini made it clear that the main focus is on Friday’s Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi.
“Yes we know that Thani and Alex are among nine drivers who could be champions, but realistically that is almost impossible,” said Cappellini, who captured the world title 10 times in his career.
“For me, the main focus is to get a win here in Abu Dhabi and to take the team championship at the end of the season because there is a better possibility that we could do that.”
Cappellini believes the Frenchman Philippe Chiappe’s 26 point lead means he is virtually certain to be crowned world champion.
In the team championship, however, Al-Qamzi and Alex Carella are within 15 points of the CTIC China Team pairing of Chiappe and Ziwei Xiong with one more race to go in Sharjah. Team Abu Dhabi will be aiming to add to the UIM Class 1 World Powerboat Championship title which Gary Ballough and John Tomlinson secured last month for Abu Dhabi International Marine Sports Club, where the team is based.
