The latest round of the UAE Sportbike Championship saw two veterans battling it out, with Mahmoud Tannir (Honda) taking the first race victory and Abdulaziz Bin Ladin (Kawasaki) striking back later on to secure race two.

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Ahmed Al Muyin (Kawasaki) fought well in an attempt to catch the frontrunners but ended up settling for third in both races.

Tannir was pleased with the close racing with Bin Ladin and said afterwards, “All in all it was a really good weekend for us and it was a great beginning for the championship.”

Meanwhile, Multiple UAE champion Costas Papantonis was in title-winning form again as the new 2015-16 race season reached the Dubai Autodrome. Papantonis powered his Gulf Petrochem Seat Leon Super Copa to back-to-back Class 1 race victories in the second round of the NGK Racing Series which had been launched at Yas Marina Circuit last month.