Izz Bustami wins the battle for the first place!

August 19th, 2011

More drivers registered for the 2nd round of the 2011 Ramadan Karting Challenge and the competition started on the day before at the official practice. The drivers started to get better times using the Mojo Tires, which they all had to use for the first time.

The organizers had to delay the start of the event because of failure in the timing system. In the qualifying session, Omar Farrah marked his 2nd pole position in the series and Izz Bustami came in 2nd followed by Othman Abu Samra and Abdullah Bustami. The start of the race was smooth and all drivers passed the first lap without any accidents. Farrah took the lead, but this time with lots of pressure from Izz and Othman being right behind! Abu Samra’s injury didn’t stop him from setting the fastest time on track! Saif Abdelhadi was next, followed by Abdullah Bustami who set the 2nd fastest time.  Terry Farah managed to maintain her 5th position. Abdullah Gokahshaw did a great job and moved up from 9th place to finish in 6th. At the end of the pre-final race, the scrutineers reported Abu Samra’s kart to be exceeding the maximum overall width of the kart, therefore the stewards decided to penalize him by placing him in the last position for the pre-final race. Mike Sharaiha couldn’t start the prefinal race as engine broke down in the qualifying session.

The start of the final race witnessed 2 accidents of the first lap which forced Abdullah Bustami and Tery Farah to retire on Turn 1, Saif and Yousef Abdelhadi on Turn 2! Othman Abu Samra had a great start and managed to climb from the back of the grid to the 3rd position! Few laps later he decided to leave the race because of sever pain in his back. Omar Farrah again was leading, but Izz Bustami was on head-to-head battle with him. Izz was insisting on taking the lead but all his attempts failed. When the organizers showed the 3 laps remaining sign, Izz had to use all what he have to win the race. On lap 22/23, he pushed to hard and managed to take the lead from Farrah to finish the final race in the 1st place! The retirement of many drivers came into other drivers advantage! Ahmad Abdelkhaliq makred his first podium result and finished 3rd place, followed by Abdullah Gokahshaw and Christian Atnas.

The juniors race started with Roubens Bouchabkeh in the first place, but not for long. The Ramadan Champion for the past two years Nafe Jarrar was there to take the lead and mark his 2nd win this year! Ghassan Abu Hassan followed the leaders smoothly satisfied with his position.

For detailed results please visit the results page.