Asian LMS
COOL Racing wins the 4 Hours of Abu Dhabi
Malthe Jakobsen and Alexandre Coigny won with this Oreca © Jules Beaumont
The wisdom of the team manager has spoken. At the wheel of theearca 07 in the first two Asian races Le Mans Series this winter in Dubai, Nicolas lapierre had voluntarily taken a step back for the final weekend in Abu Dhabi. The boss-driver of COOL Racing wanted to let Malthe Jakobsen and Alexandre Coigny compete on their own at the 4 Hours of Abu Dhabi, in order to gain experience for the season in ELMS to come up.
He did well! The COOL Racing team, reduced to two drivers, won the race on Saturday February 18 at the Yas Marina circuit. “It’s a great feeling, declared Malthe Jakobsen, aged only 19 and who scored his first success in the LM P2 category. VSIt was a long run as I rode for the last two hours. »
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“Malthe shows something new in each event, he’s brilliant,” analyzes Alexandre Coigny, his teammate. He proved it in LM P3 last year, and now he confirms his talent in LM P2. »
The podium is completed by the two Oreca from United Autosports. Also reduced to two drivers, the Ligier of Matt Bell and Tony Wells won in the LM P3 class. In GT, Luca Stolz, Al Faisal Al Zubair and Martin Konrad won on their Mercedes). Jules Gounon (Mercedes) finished just off the podium.
In the championship, on the eve of the last competition still planned in Abu Dhabi, Salih Yoluc, Ayhançan Guven and Charlie Eastwood (Oreca) are at the top of the LM P2 Drivers ranking. The winners of the day move up to 3rd place.
Final classification:
GT classification:
LM P2 Championship:
Medhi Casaurang
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