A mistake knocks the title holder out of the main race

Al Mansouri runner-up at the opening of the Formula 2 World Cup in Poland

The Abu Dhabi boat 36, led by Mansour Al Mansouri, won the second place and runner-up for the opening round of the Formula 2 World Championship, which was held in Augusto, Poland, the day before yesterday. Monty Cass, and the race witnessed the exit of the Abu Dhabi 1 boat, led by Rashid Al-Qemzi, the title holder, from the competition, after he was leading until the middle of the race due to the wrong turn of the Polish boat 23 Masizalak on the Al-Qemzi boat at one of the race gates, and the boat's cover fell in the water.

The race, which was postponed more than once during the final day, due to strong winds and climate variability, started at 7:00 pm Poland time, where Al-Qamzi started the competition in the lead, taking advantage of his first place in the best time race, followed by German Stefan, and thirdly Al-Mansoori. And as the race entered the 22nd session, Al-Qemzi was subjected to a sudden deflection from the Polish boat Marcisalak, which upset the balance of the boat, causing the main cover to fall into the water, and causing Al-Qemzi to leave the competition, a moment that Stefan took advantage of to move forward and stay in the lead until the 40th session, and the competition ended with a victory Stefan scored the first 20 points and topped the overall standings, while Al Mansouri came second, to be his first podium since the start of his participation with the Abu Dhabi team, and also scored 15 points, to be second in the overall standings of the championship, and Tobias won the third place, winning 12 points, and third in the overall ranking with end of the first round.

For his part, Salem Al Rumaithi, head of the Abu Dhabi team mission, confirmed that Al Qamzi’s exit from the competition came after a heroic and honorable performance until the moments during which he exited due to the mistake of another rider. “Al Qamzi does not bear any blame, as he was the victim of a naive mistake by a rider who committed an explicit violation On the race track, we tell him that the next will be better, and we remember last season when he came out of the first race with a late position, and despite that he won the championship title after winning all the following races, we expect him to be the best in the next rounds, and make up for what happened in the first race ».

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