A total of six invitations were up for grabs in the four-race mini series, which comprised a pair of four-hour races at the Dubai Autodrome on February 12-13 and two more races at Abu Dhabi’s Yas Marina circuit last weekend.
The top LMP2 class was dominated by the only Pro car entered for all four races, the Nielsen Racing Oreca 07-Gibson of Matt Bell, Ben Hanley and bronze-rated American driver Rodrigo Sales.
Bell, Hanley and Sales swept the board with a pair of wins at Dubai, and then finishing second in both Abu Dhabi races behind the United Autosports car of Paul di Resta and American youngster Josh Pierson.
United did not enter the Dubai races as Pierson – who will contest the FIA World Endurance Championship with the team this year – only reached the minimum age of 16 in the week running up to Abu Dhabi.
That meant di Resta and Pierson did not score points, giving the Nielsen squad an easy run to the title and the Le Mans auto-invite that goes with it.
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