Fabienne sweeps the board in Senior Max

Dubai: Female driver Fabienne Lanz made a cameo appearance in the final race of the DAMC Karting Championship and walked away with top honours as she powered to victory in the Senior Max category at Dubai Kartdrome yesterday on the day the season's DAMC champions were crowned.

Lanz, who normally competes mainly in South Africa and Europe, was untouchable as she qualified in pole position and then proceeded to win the heat race and the pre-final before romping home to win the final.

Next best was Piers Pakenham-Walsh, who was runner-up each time. Phillipe Valenza was third in the final.

In the DAMC Max Seniors championship, consistency paid off as Ammar Rayess walked off with the champion's trophy having scored in every round.

In the Max Masters it was a three-way battle all day between Jonathan Mowatt, Walid Al Qassemi and Paul Walsh. There was little to separate the trio, but in the end it was Mowatt who took top honours in the final after winning the pre-final.

Al Qassemi qualified in pole and went on to win the heat race, but had to settle for second in the final. Walsh was third. The result was enough for Al Qassemi to be awarded the 2011/2012 DAMC Masters champion's trophy.

Oliver George scored a hat-trick of wins in the DD2 class, which ran combined with the Masters, but the championship went to Maurits Knopjes, who had done enough to seal the honours in the previous outing and sat out the finale. Instead he saw his son, Sem, make his karting debut in the Cadet class.

Although only a small field turned out for the DAMC Max Juniors finale, it produced some of the closest racing. There was hardly anything to separate Pasqual Pook, Tom Bale, Ameer Hassan and Patrick Hannah.

Pook crossed the line to beat Bale by 0.253 seconds in the heat race with Hassan third. In the pre-final, Hassan bounced back to take the win with Bale again second. In the final race Hassan managed to edge away late on to win, from Hannah in second and Pook third. The victory was enough for Hassan to claim the 2011/2012 DAMC Max Juniors title.

Victory in the final of the Cadet class went to Taymour Kermanshahchi, who also bagged the championship crown.

Kartdrome manager Ryan Trutchsaid: "We witnessed some of the biggest grids seen in recent years with a high level of competition across all classes, coupled with the emergence of some talented drivers across the board."