MAYA HARTGE Claims Overall Victory While BESMA AL HEJARI Suffers DNF at Yas Marina

February 2, 2024

• MAYA HARTGE delivered the perfect weekend opener, leading the Ferrari Challenge Winter race from pole position to checkered flag at Yas Marina Circuit. The Al Tayer Motors driver didn’t just win her Coppa Shell class – she claimed the overall victory against the entire field, proving that when women get equal machinery, we get equal results.
• BESMA AL HEJARI showed her qualifying speed by securing pole position in the Coppa Shell Am class, but an early retirement robbed us of what could have been a dominant performance. The Kuwait Automobile & Trading Co. driver’s DNF opened the door for Ruihua Wu and LISA CLARK to claim second and third in class, with Clark proving consistent pace pays off.
• The women’s presence across multiple Ferrari Challenge classes demonstrates the growing depth of female talent in the series. While Hartge controlled the overall race and Al Hejari showed pure speed in qualifying, Clark’s podium finish adds another data point to our argument that women belong at every level of motorsport competition.

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