TUESDAY PRACTICE
U
AE Micro MAX Champion Keanu Al
Azhari continued to shine on day
two of practice for the Rotax MAX
Challenge Grand Finals, with Kyle Blockley in
the DD2 Masters class and Jamie Day in the
Mini MAX enjoying a strong Tuesday for Team
UAE in glorious sunshine.
Dubai schoolboy Al Azhari, son of multiple
UAE motor racing champion Karim Al Azhari,
continued to set the pace among the top 36
Micro MAX drivers from around the globe.
With a best lap time of 1:08.732, a tenth faster
than his closest rival in a field which saw the
top 24 within a second of the top time.
In the DD2 Masters Blockley found a good
setup overnight and enjoyed good speed in
the morning session in which he finished third
fastest and only a quarter of a second shy of
the top DD2 Masters pace setter.
Day, whose father Kevin Day is also
competing in this year’s Grand Finals in the
DD2 Masters, was eighth fastest in the highly
competitive Mini MAX class. Day was only
three tenths down on the top time in his class.
Emirati lady racer Amna Al Qubaisi is one
of four females in the line-up of 360 drivers \
at this edition of the Grand Finals. She ended
the day 13th fastest in the Senior MAX class.
Also showing strong pace on the day was
Abdullah Al Rawahi, racing under the flag
of Oman, setting the 13th fastest time in the
morning session, only three tenths down on
the top time in DD2.
All the Team UAE drivers improved on
their day one lap times, with most creeping up
the timing sheets and a number of drivers in
sight of the top ten ahead of qualifying.