Dubai crash costly for Matt Griffin and Dragon Racing
Griffin and British drivers John Hartshorne and Alex Kapadia and Kuwaiti Kahled Al Mudhaf were joined by Briton Robb Barff, a late addition, as they qualified 11th on the grid.
Griffin drove for the opening stint and ran as high as sixth until a technical issue cost the team about five laps. Kapadia, Al Mudhaf and Hartstone all had stints. Then, Barff had a crash and they spent about 20 laps in the pit repairing the car. Griffin, who had four different stints in the car, totalling just over seven hours, did have the satisfaction of setting the fastest lap of all the Ferrari 458s. The race provided Audi with its inaugural win in the Dubai event as the Belgian Audi Club Team took their R8 LMS to the chequered flag. The No. 16 Black Falcon team finished second with its Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 — five laps down on the winners.
