Sharjah 24 – WAM: Team Abu Dhabi’s Rashed Al Qemzi regained the lead in the 2024 UIM F2 World Championship on Sunday with a commanding victory in the Grand Prix of Italy.
The four-time F2 world champion led from start to finish to secure his second Grand Prix success of the season ahead of team-mate Mansoor Al Mansoori in a carbon copy of their dominant one-two success in Norway last month.
Al Qemzi now has an eight-point championship lead over Sweden’s Mathilda Wiberg, who took the third podium place in San Nazzaro, with Lithuania’s Edgaras Riabko another point away after his fifth-place finish.
Attempting to become the first driver to clinch the F2 title five times, the Emirati driver is in a powerful position to grab that place in the record books ahead of the back-to-back final two race weekends in Portugal later this month.
Meanwhile, Al Mansoori has given himself a chance of a place in the championship’s final top three after a composed display on Sunday which lifted him into fourth place in the standings.
After edging out his Abu Dhabi team-mate to take pole position yesterday, Al Qemzi once again looked in complete control as he secured his second successive Grand Prix success in San Nazzaro.
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