Team Abu Dhabi’s Rashed Al-Tayer was promoted from fourth to third position in Sunday’s EDH Grand Prix of Norway (Tonsberg Båtrace) after Russian driver Konstantin Ustinov was disqualified from the official results after the race for an engine eligibility violation.
The additional three championship points earned means that the Emirati climbs to equal fifth in the UIM F2 World Championship after three rounds. Race winner Alberto Comparato retains an 18-point advantage over Tobias Munthe-Kaas.
Owen Jelf was also disqualified from the Tonsberg UIM F2 race for taking out a turn buoy.
2018 EDH Grand Prix of Norway – result:
1. Alberto Comparato (ITA)
2. Tobias Munthe-Kaas (NOR)
3. Rashed Al-Tayer (UAE)
4. Brent Dillard (USA)
5. Daniel Segenmark (SWE)
6. Héctor Sanz (ESP)
7. Ola Pettersson (SWE)
8. Rupert Temper (AUT)
9. Bimba Sjöholm (SWE)
10. Kalle Viippo (FIN)
11. Johan Österberg (SWE)
Ferdinand Zandbergen (NED) DNF
Stefan Hagin (DEU) DNF
Edgaras Riabko (LIT) DNF
Rashed Al-Qemzi (UAE) DNF
Frode Sundsdal (NOR) DNF
Konstantin Ustinov (RUS) DQ
Owen Jelf (GBR) DQ
2018 UIM F2 World Championship – positions after round 3 (unofficial):
1. Alberto Comparato (ITA) 40pts
2. Tobias Munthe-Kaas (NOR) 22pts
3. Edgaras Riabko (LIT) 15pts
4. Stefan Hagin (DEU) 12pts
4. Brent Dillard (USA) 12pts
7. Rashed Al-Tayer (UAE) 9pts
7. Rashed Al-Qemzi (UAE) 9pts
7. Daniel Segenmark (SWE) 9pts
10. Héctor Sanz (ESP) 4pts
11. Ola Pettersson (SWE) 3pts
11. Duarte Benavente (PRT) 3pts
13. Rupert Temper (AUT) 2pts
13. Oskar Samuelsson (SWE) 2pts
15. Mette Bjerknaes (NOR) 1pt
15. Bimba Sjöholm (SWE) 1pt