(MENAFN- Muscat Daily) Oman's Al Faisal al Zubair geared up for the final two rounds of the Porsche Mobil 1 Super Cup next month in Mexico with a determined display in the final race of his hectic European Porsche circuit racing season on Sunday by finishing 12th in the concluding race of the Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland season at the Hockenheim circuit in Germany.
The Lechner Racing Team Middle East driver had qualified in 17th position for the race in the series that he competed to stay 'match-fit' before Mexico races on October 26-28.
Thomas Preining confirmed the Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland title on Saturday afternoon with one round to spare and he and Michael Ammermüller fought a nip and tuck battle for supremacy on the final German race of the season.
The race was stopped for several minutes after a serious crash and four laps were lost, but Preining held on to take the win over 13 laps by 0.38 seconds.
Speaking after the race, Al Faisal said, 'It was a good race but it was shortened because of the red flag. We had the safety car on the track and four less laps. Other than that, I had some really good moves in the race. I started 17th and finished 12th. I had good pace and I am happy with that.'
Newly-crowned champion Preining led 30 rivals into the second of the weekend's races and managed to fend off Ammermüller and Dylan Pereira through the opening laps, as Al Faisal climbed a position to 16th and then moved up to 15th on lap five before a serious crash involving Henric Skoog and rookie Jake Eidson forced the race to be stopped for several minutes.
The leading trio held station through lap ten, but Al Faisal was still on the move and the Omani was delivering some impressive pace. He climbed to 13th at the start of lap 11.
Heading into lap 12, the Omani climbed another position to 12th and stayed till the end. Preining held on to reach the chequered flag 0.38 seconds ahead of last year's Porsche Mobil 1 Super Cup champion.
Al Faisal is currently 15th overall in the Super Cup after eight rounds with Ammermüller leading the standings with 119 points. Nick Yelloly is second with 114 and Preining is third with 105.
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