Breaking: Thani Al Qemzi wins the F1H2O GP of Sardinia
OLBIA (SARDINIA): Sunday, October 16: Team Abu Dhabi’s Thani Al-Qemzi closed to within nine points of his team-mate Shaun Torrente in the UIM F1 H2O World Championship after leading from start-to-finish to claim a 2.97-second victory in the Italian Grand Prix of Regione Sardegna on Sunday afternoon.
OLBIA (SARDINIA): Sunday, October 16:
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After fending off a race-long challenge from Team Sweden’s Jonas Andersson, a 10th career win for the Emirati earned him 20 championship points and sets up the prospect of a thrilling showdown for the title in December. Second place for Andersson keeps the Swede third in the points’ standings, 18 points behind Torrente, who eased his pace towards the end to secure third place and the 29th podium of his career.
A triumphant Al-Qemzi said: “I am happy today to win the race. The start was good. The course helped me. It was a small course but we handled it from the start to the finish. Now we focus on Sharjah and hope to get more points.”
ITALIAN GRAND PRIX OF REGIONE SARDEGNA
OLBIA, ITALY – October 14/16, 2022
| 1 | 5 | Thani Al Qemzi | 70 | + 0:00 | 20 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Jonas Andersson | 70 | + 2.97 | 15 | ||
| 3 | 6 | Shaun Torrente | 70 | + 16.04 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 66 | Alec Weckstrom | 70 | + 18.67 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 12 | Ferdinand Zandbergen | 70 | + 21.75 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 7 | Philippe Chiappe | 69 | + L1 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 50 | Marit Stromoy | 68 | + L2 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 73 | Cédric Deguisne | 65 | + L5 | 3 | ||
| 9 | 74 | Alexandre Bourgeot | 63 | + L7 | 2 | ||
| 10 | 11 | Sami Selio | 58 | DNF | 0 | ||
| 11 | 10 | Duarte Benavente | 31 | DNF | 0 | ||
| 12 | 97 | Alberto Comparato | 28 | DNF | 0 | ||
| 13 | 77 | Bartek Marszalek | 23 | DNF | 0 | ||
| 14 | 55 | Filip Roms | 19 | DNF | 0 | ||
| 15 | 2 | Kalle Viippo | 1 | DNF | 0 |
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