ACCIONA | Sainz XE Staff‘s Desert X Prix obtained off to a tough begin when Fraser McConnell rolled on the final lap of the Grand Closing on Saturday. Happily, Sunday was a brand new day and McConnell obtained to finish his maiden weekend with the staff on high.
After qualifying for the second Grand Closing with the assistance of a warmth win, McConnell and Laia Sanz dominated from begin to end as they by no means misplaced the lead. With Saturday winner Rosberg X Racing ending final within the Grand Closing, the Sainz outfit narrowed the early championship hole between the 2 to a few factors.
“Getting into this staff was such an enormous step for me,” stated McConnell. “So many different folks may have had the chance, however I used to be chosen by Carlos (Sainz) and the staff to be right here. They noticed one thing in me, they believed in me, and this gave me a lot confidence to dig as deep as I may. I’m residing this chance as whether it is my final, ensuring I could make a reputation for myself and the staff. Carlos has been a hero of mine rising up, so racing for him is such a sense. It has been an excellent first weekend.
“Yesterday we didn’t get what we wished, however this stuff can occur once you push. We’re right here to win, to not be second or third, and everybody in ACCIONA | SAINZ XE Staff is doing all the pieces they will to meet this aim. I’m going to take pleasure in this win as a lot as I can. It’s a lengthy break now till the subsequent spherical, however we’ll undergo all the pieces to research what we did proper and what we did mistaken. We’ll carry the positives and work on the negatives. Superior feeling and able to go for it once more.”
McLaren XE received the Redemption Race after passing Legacy Motor Membership within the closing lap, spoiling Travis Pastrana‘s hopes of lastly beating his shut good friend and longtime rallycross rival Mattias Ekström. Pastrana even arrived in Saudi Arabia with a t-shirt itemizing objects corresponding to successful the Nitrocross championship and qualifying for the Daytona 500, and on the high was “beat Mattias Ekström”.
“Sorry, Travis! I take pleasure in this recreation just a bit bit an excessive amount of,” Ekström quipped.
Regardless of lacking out on the win, Legacy actually may have had a worse début as they completed runner-up in each Redemption Races. Pastrana’s team-mate Grey Leadbetter additionally secured the Continental Traction Problem on Sunday by setting the quickest whole time by the third sector within the first warmth, although she obtained a fifteen-second penalty after beginning her stint too quickly earlier than crew members left the change bay.
Fellow collection newcomer SUN Minimeal Staff completed third within the Redemption Race. JBXE retired after Dania Akeel rolled.
