ABU DHABI // The Dubai pair of Arif Saif Al Zafeen and Nadir bin Hendi upstaged Abu Dhabi's Rashed al Tayer in his home grand prix for the second day in succession at the course off Lulu Island yesterday.
Al Tayer, the driver of the Team Abu Dhabi boat with John Tomlinson as throttleman, could only manage fourth place in the second of two races which kicked off the four-venue calender season. But al Zafeen and bin Hendi showed they are determined to hang onto their world crown with another dominant performance.
"It was pleasing to get two finishes under our belts but a podium would have been nice on our home event," al Tayer said.
Al Tayer and Tomlinson lined up in fourth place at the start of the race behind Victory 3, Spirit of Qatar 96 and the number 10 boat of Luca Fendi Racing. No sooner had the race started, it was red flagged by officials and boats reassembled for the restart of a 12-lap race.
Spirit of Qatar 96 managed to beat Victory 3 to the all-important first turns and built up a lead of just under four seconds at the end of lap one. Fendi Racing held third and Team Abu Dhabi slotted into fifth behind Spirit of Qatar 95. Relekta had been repaired following Thursday's accident and headed Welmax 90 in eighth place.
Al Tayer and Tomlinson maintained fifth place through two laps, where they joined Ali al Neama and Matteo Nicolini from Spirit of Qatar 95 on a long lap. Poliform and Parsonage Racing also used the tour for their long lap strategy.
Al Tayer ran a long lap on the third tour as well and slipped 3 seconds behind Spirit of Qatar 95, but the Abu Dhabi team were now able to concentrate on a clear run to the chequered flag over the remaining nine laps.
Spirit of Qatar 95 also ran a long lap on the subsequent tour and al Tayer and Tomlinson found themselves 14 seconds adrift in fifth place heading into lap five. By lap six, Team Abu Dhabi was running in fourth position and al Tayer and Tomlinson managed to pass Fendi Racing to trail Victory 3 and the two Spirit of Qatar boats.
Al Zafeen and bin Hendi extended their advantage at the head of the field from the two Qatar Team boats with four laps to run. Team Abu Dhabi maintained a comfortable fourth place for the second race in two days.
The pair recorded the second fastest lap of 3mins 00.67secs on the second of their two laps taken during the morning's final practice session. Victory 3 again won the stint with a sub-three minute lap.
the pledge
I pledge to uphold the duty of tolerance
I pledge to take a first stand against hate and injustice
I pledge to respect and accept people whose abilities, beliefs and culture are different from my own
I pledge to wish for others what I wish for myself
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I pledge to always be open to dialogue and forgiveness
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I pledge to always stand up for these values: Zayed's values for tolerance and human fraternity
Key findings of Jenkins report
- Founder of the Muslim Brotherhood, Hassan al Banna, "accepted the political utility of violence"
- Views of key Muslim Brotherhood ideologue, Sayyid Qutb, have “consistently been understood” as permitting “the use of extreme violence in the pursuit of the perfect Islamic society” and “never been institutionally disowned” by the movement.
- Muslim Brotherhood at all levels has repeatedly defended Hamas attacks against Israel, including the use of suicide bombers and the killing of civilians.
- Laying out the report in the House of Commons, David Cameron told MPs: "The main findings of the review support the conclusion that membership of, association with, or influence by the Muslim Brotherhood should be considered as a possible indicator of extremism."
The fake news generation
288,000 – the number of posts reported as hate speech that were deleted by Facebook globally each month in May and June this year
11% – the number of Americans who said they trusted the news they read on Snapchat as of June 2017, according to Statista. Over a quarter stated that they ‘rarely trusted’ the news they read on social media in general
31% - the number of young people in the US aged between 10 and 18 who said they had shared a news story online in the last six months that they later found out was wrong or inaccurate
63% - percentage of Arab nationals who said they get their news from social media every single day.
Jeff Buckley: From Hallelujah To The Last Goodbye
By Dave Lory with Jim Irvin
Terror attacks in Paris, November 13, 2015
- At 9.16pm, three suicide attackers killed one person outside the Atade de France during a foootball match between France and Germany
- At 9.25pm, three attackers opened fire on restaurants and cafes over 20 minutes, killing 39 people
- Shortly after 9.40pm, three other attackers launched a three-hour raid on the Bataclan, in which 1,500 people had gathered to watch a rock concert. In total, 90 people were killed
- Salah Abdeslam, the only survivor of the terrorists, did not directly participate in the attacks, thought to be due to a technical glitch in his suicide vest
- He fled to Belgium and was involved in attacks on Brussels in March 2016. He is serving a life sentence in France
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