Balige, The Indonesia Post – Thani Al-Qemzi from the Abu Dhabi Team scored excellent results in the extra free practice session of the first round of the F1 Powerboat World Championship (F1H2O) in the waters of Lake Toba, Muliaraja Napitupulu Harbor area, Balige, North Sumatra, Friday.
He recorded the fastest time on lap 15 with 1 minute 06.75 seconds. This result places Al-Qemzi in first place out of 16 racers who made their debut in the world’s largest volcanic lake.
This result became the initial capital before the racer who was born on December 23, 1978 to carry out the qualifying session on Saturday (25/2) and the race one day after.
While the racer with the second best time record was Erik Stark from the Victory Team, who on the eighth lap recorded a time of 1 minute 08.00 seconds
Then Jonas Andersson who represented Team Sweden was in third place when bulldozing the fifth lap with a time of 1 minute 09.17 seconds. Fourth is Cedric Deguisne from Maverick Racing who recorded the fastest time of 1 minute 10.08 seconds on the ninth lap.
Last season’s world champion Shaun Torrente from Team Abu Dhabi became the fifth racer with the best record time on the seventh lap with 1 minute, 11.67 seconds.
The extra free practice session was attended by 16 of the total 20 drivers who competed in the first round of F1H2O. Ferdinand Zandbergen (Team Sharjah) and Duarte Benavente (F1 Atlantic) only covered the track for 2.2 km for one lap. Meanwhile, Marit Stromoy (Stromoy Racing F1H2O) and CTIC China Team representative Peter Morin did not take part in the session.
The following are the results of the first round of F1 Powerboat extra free practice in the waters of Lake Toba, the Muliaraja Napitupulu Harbor area, Balige, North Sumatra, Friday (24/2).
1. Thani Al-Qemzi (Abu Dhabi) – 1 minute 06.75 seconds
2. Erik Stark (Victory) – 1 minute 08.00 seconds
3. Jonas Andersson (Sweden) – 1 minute 09.17 seconds
4. Cdric Deguisne (Maverick Racing) – 1 minute 10.08 seconds
5. Shaun Torrente (Abu Dhabi) – 1 minute 11.67 seconds
6. Ahmed Al-Fahim (Victory) – 1 minute 11.86 seconds
7. Kalle Viippo (Sweden) – 1 minute 12.29 seconds
8. Brock Cohen (Comparato) – 1 minute 12.57 seconds
9. Sami Selio (Sharjah) – 1 minute 16.75 seconds
10. Brent Dillard (China CTIC) – 1 minute 19.79 seconds
11. Alberto Comparato (Comparato F1) – 1 minute 22.09 seconds
12. Filip Roms (Gillman Racing) – 1 minute 22.56 seconds
13. Alexandre Bourgeot (Maverick Racing) – 1 minute 24.25 seconds
14. Ben Jelf (F1 Atlantic) – 1 minute 26.07 seconds
15. Bartek Marszalek (Stromoy Racing F1H2O) – 1 minute 26.71 seconds
16. Alec Weckström (Gillman Racing) – 1 min 30.76 sec
17. Ferdinand Zandbergen (Sharjah) – 2 min 10.01 sec
18. Duarte Benavente (F1 Atlantic) – 2 min 27.80 sec
Peter Morin (CTIC China) – did not start
Marit Strompy (Stromoy Racing F1H2O) – did not start. (mhn/bbs)
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