2011 F1 Powerboat World Championship Explained

The 2011 UIM F1 H₂O World Championship was the 28th season of Formula 1 Powerboat racing. The calendar consisted of seven races, beginning in Doha, Qatar on 5 March 2011, and ending in Sharjah, UAE on 16 December 2011.^[1] Italian Alex Carella won the Drivers' World Championship, driving for the Qatar Team.^[2]

Teams and drivers

Team Hull Engine Race drivers Rounds Mad Croc F1 Team BaBa Mercury 2.5 V6 1 Sami Seliö 1–5 2 Davide Padovan All 19 Youssef Al Rubayan 6–7 Team Nautica BaBa Mercury 2.5 V6 3 Rinaldo Osculati All DAC 4 Marit Strømøy All BaBa 18 Bartek Marszalek 2, 4–7 Team Abu Dhabi BaBa Mercury 2.5 V6 5 Thani Al Qamzi All 6 Ahmed Al Hameli 1–2, 4–7 Scott Gillman 3 CTIC China Team Moore Mercury 2.5 V6 7 Philippe Chiappe All DAC 8 Pierre Lundin All F1 Atlantic Team DAC Mercury 2.5 V6 9 Philippe Tourre All Dragon 10 Duarte Benavente All Qatar Team DAC Mercury 2.5 V6 11 Jay Price All 12 Alex Carella All Gran Prix 13 Shaun Torrente 6–7 Team Sweden BaBa Mercury 2.5 V6 14 Jonas Andersson All Gran Prix 15 Shaun Torrente^[3] 1–4 DAC Rhys Coles^[4] 5–7 BaBa 16 Tommy Wahlsten 5 Singha F1 Racing Team DAC Mercury 2.5 V6 23 Stefano Paoletti 1 BaBa Ivan Brigada 2 DAC Valerio Lagiannella 3–7 Blaze 24 Francesco Cantando All Jetech Tool F1 Racing DAC Mercury 2.5 V6 77 Stanislav Kourtsenovsky 3–4

Key Regular boat/driver Boat ineligible for team points

Season calendar

There were a total of 10 individual races originally planned for the 2011 season by the UIM,^[1] with events in St Petersburg, Nanyang and Haikou alongside the seven that ultimately took place. These included a brand new race in Vyshhorod which was announced on 25 January, bringing F1 powerboats to Ukraine for the first time.^[5] However on 12 April it was announced that the planned race in St Petersburg was to be rescheduled for 2012, with the Kazan race moved back a week to avoid a clash with the Class 1 Norwegian Grand Prix.^[6]

Round	Race Title	Date	Circuit Location	Race Winner	Hull/Engine
1	8th Grand Prix of Qatar	5 March	Doha	Jay Price	DAC/Mercury
2	13th Grand Prix of Portugal	22 May	Portimao	Jay Price	DAC/Mercury
3	1st Grand Prix of Tatarstan	17 July	Kazan	Alex Carella	DAC/Mercury
4	1st Grand Prix of Ukraine	30 July	Vyshhorod	Ahmed Al Hameli	BaBa/Mercury
5	15th Grand Prix of China	2 October	Liuzhou	Thani Al Qamzi	BaBa/Mercury
6	19th Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi	9 December	Abu Dhabi	Alex Carella	DAC/Mercury
7	12th Grand Prix of Sharjah	16 December	Sharjah	Ahmed Al Hameli	BaBa/Mercury

Results and standings

Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers. A maximum of two boats per team were eligible for points in the teams' championship.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	20	15	12	9	7	5	4	3	2	1

Drivers standings

Pos Driver QAT POR RUS UKR CHN ABU SHA Points 1 Alex Carella 2 2 1 5 5 1 Ret 84 2 Jay Price 1 1 3 2 DSQ 3 Ret 79 3 Thani Al Qamzi 7 3 2 7 1 6 2 75 4 Ahmed Al Hameli 15 Ret 1 2 2 1 70 5 Philippe Chiappe 3 9 5 9 3 Ret 3 47 6 Francesco Cantando 9 5 8 4 6 5 4 42 7 Sami Seliö 14 4 DNS 3 Ret 21 8 Davide Padovan 6 6 Ret DNS 4 Ret 9 21 9 Jonas Andersson 5 Ret Ret 6 Ret 7 8 19 10 Shaun Torrente 4 Ret Ret Ret Ret 5 16 11 Pierre Lundin 11 Ret Ret 8 7 4 Ret 16 12 Duarte Benavente 10 7 Ret 12 8 8 6 16 13 Scott Gillman 4 9 14 Marit Strømøy 8 Ret 6 Ret Ret 10 DSQ 9 15 Rhys Coles 10 11 7 5 16 Philippe Tourre DNS 8 9 11 DNS DNS Ret 5 17 Stanislav Kourtsenovsky 7 Ret 4 18 Youssef Al Rubayan 9 11 2 19 Tommy Wahlsten 9 2 20 Rinaldo Osculati 12 11 10 14 Ret Ret DNS 1 21 Bartek Marszalek 12 10 Ret Ret DNS 1 22 Valerio Lagiannella DNS 13 DNS Ret 10 1 23 Ivan Brigada 10 1 24 Stefano Paoletti 13 0

Teams standings

Only boats with results eligible for points counting towards the teams' championship are shown here.

Pos Team Boat No. QAT POR RUS UKR CHN ABU SHA Points 1 Qatar Team 11 1 1 3 2 DSQ 3 Ret 172 12 2 2 1 5 5 1 Ret 2 Team Abu Dhabi 5 7 3 2 7 1 6 2 154 6 15 Ret 4 1 2 2 1 3 CTIC China Team 7 3 9 5 9 3 Ret 3 63 8 11 Ret Ret 8 7 4 Ret 4 Mad Croc F1 Team 1 14 4 DNS 3 Ret 44 2 6 6 Ret DNS 4 Ret 9 19 9 11 5 Singha F1 Racing Team 23 13 10 DNS 13 DNS Ret 10 44 24 9 5 8 4 6 5 4 6 Team Sweden 14 5 Ret Ret 6 Ret 7 8 24 15 4 Ret Ret Ret 10 11 7 7 F1 Atlantic Team 9 DNS 8 9 11 DNS DNS Ret 21 10 10 7 Ret 12 8 8 6 8 Team Nautica 3 12 11 10 14 Ret Ret DNS 10 4 8 Ret 6 Ret Ret 10 DSQ 9 Jetech Tool F1 Racing 77 7 Ret 4

External links

• The official website of the UIM F1 H2O World Championship
  The official website of the Union Internationale Motonautique

Notes and References

1. News: Advance Regulations 2011. Union Internationale Motonautique. 19 September 2012.
2. News: Al Hameli Wins; Qatar Team Crash Gives Carella World Title!. F1H20. 16 December 2011. 18 September 2012.
3. News: North American Champ Shaun Torrente Joins Team Sweden!. F1H20. 6 February 2011. 27 January 2016.
4. News: F1H20 Grand Prix of China - Aussie Rhys Coles to drive for Team Sweden. seabreeze.com.au. 13 September 2011. 18 September 2012.
5. News: New Venue Added to 2011 Calendar.... F1H2O. 25 January 2011. 20 October 2012.
6. News: Revision to F1H2O calendar. F1H2O. 12 April 2011. 20 October 2012.