Dubai: Falcon Racing Team claimed a clinical victory in the Kartdrome 600 Laps kart race, second round of the 2015 Kartdrome Endurance Championship driven by Mini as they overcame a top field to bag maximum points ahead of CG Racing Pro who chased throughout the race.

With Ali Al Mansouri, Sam Zian and Steve Lyall on driver duty and managed by team principal Hadi Al Bloushi, the Falcons kept to their gameplan of consistency, speed and no mistakes to post an important victory in their quest for championship honours.

They took the lead early on in the race and retained the upperhand through to the end when the chequered flag waved to end proceedings around 10 am on Saturday. They completed 600 laps in 13 hours, winning by less than a minute and bagging enough points to put them tied at the top of the championship standings with CG Racing Pro.

Al Bloushi said afterwards: “It was a great result for us after a tough race where we did not know what was going to happen until the last lap. But thankfully we managed to win. I want to dedicate this to all our sponsors and of course Shaikh Hamdan Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, for making this team happen.”

Having won the opening race in March, CG Racing Pro, with drivers David Terrien, Rami Azzam and Piers Pakenham-Walsh in action, stalked the winners all the way to the flag. Their quest was not helped by a late pit-stop penalty, but despite this they fought gamely right to the very end - but when the chequered flag dropped they were 57.172 seconds short of the top step of the podium.

CG Racing were, nevertheless, able to celebrate victory in the corporate category and Nations Cup with their CG Racing 1 entry led by team captain Oliver Saade, with drivers Julien Analy, Maged Traboulsi, Omar Moukahchar and Wael Moghrabi doing the business. They started from pole position and ended third overall.

Team boss Pierre Choueiri said: “It was a good race for us first in Nations Cup, first in Corporate, second overall second in Pro and third in overall. So well done to our team we did a great job, especially our Corporate team to get third place overall is a fine achievement. But also well done to Dubai Falcons because they won this one on merit and deserve it.”

Team Emirates were fourth across the line, which was enough to claim second spot in the Corporate Category with their line-up of Juby Kuriakose (captain), Mohhammad Zubair, Fabio Davoli and Keith Janaway.