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Zach David holding his P3 trophy after race 2 of round 4 of Formula Regional Middle East Championship held in Abu Dhabi. (Photo courtesy of Dutch Photo Agency)


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Zach David back in top 10 after twin podiums in FRMEC

Nina Angela Mikaela Cruz

ABS-CBN News

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/Trophy.png" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">Zach David holding his P3 trophy after race 2 of round 4 of Formula Regional Middle East Championship held in Abu Dhabi. <em>(Photo courtesy of Dutch Photo Agency)</em></span> </span></span></span> </div><p>Filipino driver Zach David is back in the top 10 after he picked up back-to-back podiums at the Formula Regional Middle East Championship (FRMEC). </p><p>Getting in the groove at the Yas Marina Circuit where he picked up a debut podium for this championship, David had his best weekend so far as he impressed with P3 finishes in round 4’s second and last races, and a P4 in race 1. </p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/01/15/24/zach-david-makes-debut-podium-in-fr-middle-east" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Zach David makes debut podium in FR Middle East</a></div><p>The Maltese-licensed driver was fifth in the starting grid and moved up to P4 early on. Difficulty in overtaking allowed him to keep this position through the finish line.</p><p>Race 2’s victory proved to be more hard-fought for the Filipino racer as he mounted multiple challenges to move up from P7 to P3.</p><p>David was quick to move up to P6 in the early minutes of the race. He advanced to P5 about halfway in, when race leader Bruno Del Pino crashed into the barriers due to a suspension failure.</p><p>The last 10 minutes saw David launching more charges to squeeze into podium positions.</p><p>Coming in hot from the inside, David successfully moved to P4 past James Wharton. He attempted the same inside attack on Nikhil Bohra for P3, but the attempt was spoiled.</p><p>A sneaky outside overtake on Bohra while he was defending against inside-attacker Wharton got David his P3 with less than two minutes left in the Abu Dhabi race that finished under a yellow flag.</p><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/Race2.png" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">Zach David (left) attacking from the outside against Nikhil Bohra (middle) and James Wharton (right) during race 2 of round 4. <em>(Screengrab from FRMEC/YouTube)</em></span><em> </em></span></span></span></div><p>“The start was quite alright. We moved up one position already, and then it was quite a tough battle to overtake the other cars and eventually we got them. Then we finished P3 so quite happy about that,” he said in a post-race interview.</p><p>Race 3 was comparatively more relaxed for David in terms of attack, but it had him in full defense mode of his P3 qualifying result.</p><p>David got wheel-to-wheel against Mari Boya, but the Filipino driver fought well and stayed on P4 right before the race was put under a yellow flag which prohibited overtaking.</p><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/Race3.png" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none"> Zach David (right) going wheel-to-wheel against Mari Boya (left) during race 3 of round 4.<em> (Screengrab from FRMEC/YouTube)</em></span><em> </em></span></span></span></div><p>He maintained his P3 until the end, and after the three races this weekend, took home a sum of 42 championship points.</p><p>“Overall a much better weekend than the last. Made the most of all three races and now look to do the same next week for the final round at Dubai,” David said in a statement.</p><p>After falling off the top 10 after round 3, David got back in the leadership standings at seventh place with 74 points.</p><p>FRMEC’s last three races will take place on Feb. 17-18 at the Dubai Autodrome Circuit.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/01/07/24/zach-david-to-compete-in-formula-regional-in-2024" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Filipino racer Zach David to compete in Formula Regional in 2024</a></div><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/01/14/24/zach-david-a-filipino-formula-driver-and-f1-dreamer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Zach David: A Filipino Formula driver and F1 dreamer</a></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>

<p>Filipino driver Zach David is back in the top 10 after he picked up back-to-back podiums at the Formula Regional Middle East Championship. </p>

Filipino driver Zach David is back in the top 10 after he picked up back-to-back podiums at the Formula Regional Middle East Championship.