Al Hameli Match Race King Of Lion City

F1H2O Nations Cup MARINA BAY, Singapore, Saturday, 19 November 2011 Al Hameli Match Race King Of Lion City header_nov19-1.jpgAhmed Al Hameli backed up his pole position in qualifying to win this afternoon's F1H2O Nations Cup Match Race and complete an impressive double for Team UAE.

And for the second time today Team Qatar’s Khalid Al Shamlan had to settle for second place behind the UAE driver, just missing out in a closely contested final shoot-out on Singapore’s Marina Bay. The two-hour match race saw 16 drivers go through from qualifying to go head-to-head in a straight, knockout elimination, with Al Hameli coming out on top to match his success in the President’s Cup Match Race in Kyiv back in July. A relatively easy route to the semi-final saw Al Hameli first dispose of Team Brazil, and then rather surprisingly, ease past Team South Africa’s Mark Sheperd. Al Shamlan’s route appeared as effortless, taking the younger of Team Hungary’s Vo brothers, Viktor, in the first round and then Team Finland’s Risto Painio. The semi-finals saw the UAE driver outpace Team Malaysia’s Kane Fernandez ” who was gifted third overall after Team Brunei’s Ismail bin haji Kabon was disqualified ” with Al Shamlan running solo around the course due to Kabon’s DQ. The Match Race final brought together the two fastest men on the water, with Al Hameli having to work hard to just get across the line in front of Al Shamlan. F1H2O Nations Cup ” Match race result/points 1 6 UAE / Ahmed Al Hameli ” 25pts 2 4 Qatar / Khalid Al Shamlan ” 22pts 3 16 Malaysia / Kane Fernandez ” 20pts 4 14 Finland / Risto Painio ” 18pts 5 12 Singapore / Larry Chua Wen Zheng ” 16pts 6 7 South Africa / Mark Shepherd ” 15pts 7 10 Brunei / Ismail bin Hj Kabon ” 14pts 8 22 Hungary / Viktor Vo ” 13pts 9 18 Brazil / Paul Gaiser ” 12pts 10= 11 Singapore / Laurence Wong Seong ” 11pts 10= 21 Hungary / Kornel Vo ” 11pts 12 15 Malaysia / Robert Fernandez ” 9pts 13 13 Finland / Meeri Painio ” 8pts 14= 3 Qatar / Khalid Al Kuwari ” 7pts 14= 19 Saudi Arabia / Naeem al Kedawi ” 7pts 14= 5 UAE / Majed Al Mansoori ” 7pts 17 17 Brazil / Lebos Chaguri ” 4pts 18 8 South Africa / Tomthy Fetherstonhaugh ” dns 18 9 Brunei / Nordin bin Haji Mohamad - dns (NB ” positions below top 3 determined by times / or position in qualifying if driver did not qualify for match race) For further information: http://www.cuph2o.com