Dubai, 13 February 2022 |
The 488 GT3 Evo 2020 of the Piacenza-based team led almost throughout, first with Conrad Grunewald,
then Louis Prette and finally Vincent Abril. However, Rinaldi Racing’s twin car pulled off a fine comeback
after a qualifying session that saw it starting from the middle of the pack. Rino Mastronardi handed over the
wheel to David Perel, who gave the car to Davide Rigon in third position. The Italian first moved into second
place with a superb overtaking move on the Aston Martin of Oman Racing. Then he started to put pressure
on Abril, shadowing him in the last hour. The Frenchman, who had already received a warning for veering off
track, was given a drive-through eight minutes before the chequered flag, which knocked him back to third,
defended in the final moments from the attacks of the Optimum Racing McLaren. The number 51 Ferrari of
AF Corse, with Piovanetti-Gomez-Pier Guidi, finished fifteenth. This result puts Rinaldi Racing just one point
behind Inception Racing in first, while AF Corse follows in third, fourteen points off the leaders. |