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Dubai Police wins the Fujairah Trophy Speed CAT Run

While waiting for the last race of the Fujairah GP, today December 3rd the XCAT boats got in the water to compete for the Fujairah Trophy Speed CAT Run.
Celebrating its return after 3 years, the "Speed Cat Run” is a match generating a separated ranking classification.
During the Speed Cat Run, only two boats, in turn, compete in an elimination race on a linear 800 meters course, where the reaction time to the “GO”, the acceleration and the top speed all count for success.
Then, in the water in front of the "Timing area", the XCAT teams challenged each other with their engine power, and the winners of each heat moved on to the next round until the final couple battled for the Trophy win.

The starting grid, randomly decided by a draw, was:
- Six (boat n.6) vs New Star (boat n.9)
- Team GB (boat n.8) vs 222 Offshore (boat n.10)
- Abu Dhabi 4 (boat n.4) vs Victory team (boat n.7)
- Abu Dhabi 5 (boat n.5) vs Foresti e Suardi (boat n.16)
- Dubai police (boat n.3) vs Kuwait (boat n.17)
- HPI Racing Team (boat n.96) vs Pasta Amato (boat n.22).

The winners of the first heat were: Six (boat.6), 222 Offshore(boat n.10), Abu-Dhabi 4 (boat n.4), Abu-Dhabi 5 (boat n.5), Dubai Police (boat n.3) and Pasta Amato (boat n.22).
For the second round, due to the odd number of competitors, the Victory Team with the boat n.7 got a repechage and they were invited to challenge boat n.22. The winners of the second heat resulted being: boat n.6, boat n.5, boat n.3 and boat n.7.
In the final rounds, the Abu-Dhabi 5 (boat n.5) and the Dubai Police (boat n.3) raced for the Trophy, while the Victory Team (boat n.7) and the Six (boat n.6) challenged for the second position.

Ultimately, the final heat saw the Dubai Police celebrating their success by clinching the Fujairah Trophy Speed CAT Run with the boat number 3, while the second position went to Abu Dhabi Team with their boat n.5; the third step of the podium was occupied by the Victory Team with boat n.7.
In conclusion, the Fujairah Trophy Speed CAT Run has shown to be an exciting competition and a valuable opportunity for the drivers to battle within a different format, in order to recharge their energy and to get ready for tomorrow’s race valid for the 2021 XCAT World Championship.