Filipino racer Zach David began sturdy within the Formula Regional Middle East Championship as he completed P2 in collision-filled race 2 to clinch a debut podium on Sunday on the Yas Marina Circuit.
David completed P8 in race 1 and subsequently certified as P3 for race 2’s reverse grid order.
He launched an out of doors assault within the early minutes, and efficiently swiped P2 from Alexander Abkhazava and P4-sitter Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak in a three-way battle.
Abkhazava briefly regained his place, however David was fast to squeeze in when the Pinnacle Motorsport driver ran extensive.
After the race was yellow flagged and a security automotive was deployed for a couple of third of the race, David was in a position to defend his place till he crossed the end line 0.879 seconds behind Mumbai Falcon’s Arvid Lindblad who began on pole.
“I feel the beginning was fairly first rate. I used to be in a position to get to second proper earlier than the protection automotive. And then from then simply tried to maintain the stress on Arvid… however ultimately he did it so we needed to accept second,” he mentioned post-race.
In race 3, David transformed his P12 qualifying consequence right into a P10 end.
FRMEC’s spherical 2 will start on January 19-21 in the identical circuit.
David is ready to compete for R-ace GP till the third spherical.