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Qatar's Price takes outright World Championship lead
Qatar's Jay Price finished first overall in the 10th Grand Prix of Portugal on the Rio Arada, near Portimao and now leads the UIM F1 World Championship by 14 points after the biggest win of his illustrious powerboat racing career.
- Agencies
- Published: 00:27 May 5, 2008
Portimao, Portugal: Qatar's Jay Price finished first overall in the 10th Grand Prix of Portugal on the Rio Arada, near Portimao and now leads the UIM F1 World Championship by 14 points after the biggest win of his illustrious powerboat racing career.
The result also gave the Qatar Team the advantage in the Teams' Championship after a memorable afternoon in Portugal.
The UAE's Ahmad Al Hameli finished second and World Champion Sami Selio was third.
"This is a fantastic result for the whole team," said a delighted Price.
Position
"It was an exciting race, but we have been knocking on the door now for the last two races with two second places. It gives us a great position in the championship."
Team Abu Dhabi's Ahmad Al Hameli had the slight advantage of his first ever Pole Position at the start of what promised to be a thrilling race, but the race was yellow flagged on the opening lap when championship leader JonasAndersson stopped on the course and Thani Al Qamzi also hit mechanical trouble.
Al Hameli led through the yellow flag laps from Price, with David Trask, Sami Selio and Phillipe Chiappe their nearest rivals, as the leaders waited for the green flag and the race to begin in earnest for the 17 surviving boats. The green flag was raised on lap six and Al Hameli began to pull away from his Qatar Team rival.
Trask slipped out of contention on lap 23 and Al-Hameli increased his lead over Price to just 1.37s after lap 25, with Selio, Chiappe, Lundin and Francesco Cantando completing the top six. Al Hameli's lead was just 0.42s after 40 laps, as Price closed in on the outright World Championship lead for the Qatar Team. But Price sensationally hit the front after fierce pressure on the 46th lap clinched a sensational win for the Qatar Team.
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