Sport | Motorsport

Dubai Victory Team ready to fight back

The Dubai Victory Team will shrug off the disappointment of losing their appeal against a three-point penalty and focus on a three-race run towards the Class 1 title that begins with the Egyptian Grand Prix in Porto Marina on Saturday.

  • Staff Report
  • Published: 23:56 October 22, 2008
  • Gulf News

Porto Marina: The Dubai Victory Team will shrug off the disappointment of losing their appeal against a three-point penalty and focus on a three-race run towards the Class 1 title that begins with the Egyptian Grand Prix in Porto Marina on Saturday.

To be staged at the Porto Marina complex on the banks of the Mediterranean some four hours from Cairo, the 20-lap, 91.67Nm Egyptian Grand Prix is expected to be the roughest of the Class 1 World Championship.

And with the Dubai team still sore at missing out on the European Championship because of the penalty, it promises to be a fight to the finish.

The race is the first for the Class 1 fleet since the championship's Appeal Committee threw out the protest made by the Victory Team over the three points they were docked from Victory 1 for hitting and destroying a marker buoy during the BMW Norwegian Grand Prix in Arendal.

Despite maintaining that the destruction of the buoy was caused by the actions of Jorn Tandberg and Inge Brigt Aarbakke in Jotun 90, the Victory Team refused to protest against their rivals.

Victory Team general manager Gianfranco Venturelli admitted he was disappointed. "It was a move forced on Mohammad [Al Marri] and Nader [Ben Hendi] by the actions of Jotun 90. If they had avoided the buoy or made a drastic reduction in speed, there was every possibility an accident would not have happened."

  • Rate this article
  • Average reader rating (0 votes) 0 Stars
Tools

Emailing an article to friend is a simple way to share a news item. Your friend will receive an email with your name and email address as well any personal message you choose to send.

The information you provide on this page will not be used to send unsolicited emails.

This service is not intended to encourage spam, and action may be taken against individuals who maliciously enter personal details of another individual.

Share this article

More from Motorsport

  1. Nearly 100 confirmed for Motorsport Festival

  2. Motorsport festival set to entertain fans

  3. Abu Dhabi race was roaring success

  4. Dubai rally set on National Day weekend

All articles in Motorsport

More from Sport

Gulf News
Popular in Sport
Goal rush expected at Beach Soccer World Cup
Football

Goal rush expected at Beach Soccer World Cup

A total of 970 scored in four editions

Sport Editor's choice