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Alex Carella WORLD F1 CHAMPION

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Alex Carella WORLD F1 CHAMPION
posted Fri, 12/16/2011 - 8:44am in Frodes Blog

It did not even take a full lap of the UIM F1 Worldchampionship in Sharjah before the decition was made on who would be the 2011 UIM F1 Worldchampion. Alex Carella and Jay Price got together in a spectaculare accident – and crashed out in style. Both drivers un injured – but out of the race. ” I did not want to win it this way, and am sorry for the team – but am glad both drivers are oki” says a dissapionted Worldchampion, Alex Carella.

Non of the Qatar Team drivers wanted to lay blame on the other, and was concerned of each others health after the big accident.

Team Qatar has won it all in 2011 – a perfect year who had a spectaculare final. Well done, and congratulation to Team Qatar as the F1 Champion in 2011.

In the official F1 site they have posted this press release :

Price Wipes Out Qatar Partner Carella



SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates, Friday December 16 – This final race of the 2011 season will be a talking point for many months to come. As pole setter Ahmed Al Hameli led the charge around the first lap, young Italian ‘rookie’ Alex Carella and  Qatari team mate Jay Price clashed big time.

The result was a dramatic crash leaving both boats either sunk or sinking. The most ironic outcome is that Carella wins the world championship as the only person who could beat him was Price. To make matter’s worse for Price was that race winner Ahmed Al Hameli collected enough points to leap-frog him in the points table so the luckless Price ended up 3rd overall.

Chasing Al Hameli all the way was his Abu Dhabi team mate Thani Al Qamzi while CTIC China’s Philippe Chiappe once again proved consistant with 3rd ahead of Francesco Cantando who held off the advances of Marit Stromoy but following a yellow flag situation Qatar’s third driver Shaun Torrente past the Norwegian girl to fill 5th place with Team Atlantic’s Duarte Benavente, Ryys Coles and Jonas Andersson rounding out the top eight.