First stop in the 2011 Ocean Grand Prix Powerboat World Championship is the beautiful Mediterranean island Malta. In the past few months International Sea Racing Limited (ISR), a Malta based company, on long term contract with Union Internationale Motonautique (UIM) to hold exclusively the rights for the Ocean Grand Prix (OGP) Powerboat World Championships, had to deal with many obstacles. Thanks to their perseverance and diplomatic approach the 2011 season is here.
Thank God for that. Some minor changes were made. One of them is that the two classes will be called Supersport and “Evo” (and no longer Evolution). Powerpole is no more, long live Pole Position. This season there will be 4 race weekends; two of them will have 3 instead of 2 rounds. For the teams the new season brought also important challenges. Finder sponsorship is a big one. The 2010 World Champions in evo class Metamarine won’t be defending their precious title in 2011. It came as a big surprise for all of us. We neither see OSG competing and in Supersport only 3 teams remain. Times are tough but every 2011 competitor is convinced that the World Championship must continue. We wish all the powerboating teams a safe and great World Championship! So, now we give you the time table and parcours and hope to meet you in Malta!
Event Schedule*
This time table is for the 1st and 2nd rounds of the UIM World Championship 2011 Powerboat Endurance Racing for Evo and SuperSport class boats, also named the 2011 World Championship OGP. It also applies to the 1th and 2nd rounds of the UIM European Championship 2011 Powerboat Endurance Racing for Evo and SuperSport class boats, also named the 2011 European Championship OGP.
| Thursday 9 June 2011 | Friday 10 June 2011 |
| 08:00 – 17:00 Arrival of trucks and boats in dry pits 12:00 – 18:30 Event- and Race Administration Office open 12:00 – 18:30 Race registration open 10:00 – 18:30 Technical scrutineering 16:00 – 20:00 3 Boats to parade around Malta as promotion 19:00 Safety boats’ crew briefing |
08:30 – 12:00 Race registration open – Final registration at 12:00. 08:30 – 12:00 Technical scrutineering 09:00 – 19:30 Race Control open 10:00 – 12:00 Official testing open to all classes on Friday morning test course 14:00 – 14:20 Pilots’ briefing Pole Position 15:00 – 16:30 Official practice: obligatory to all classes on Pole Position course 17:00 – 18:00 2011 Powerboat Malta Ocean Grand Prix: Pole Position 19:00 – 19:30 Pilots’ main briefing |
| Saturday 11 June 2011 | Sunday 12 June 2011 |
| 09:00 – 18:30 Race Control open 08:30 – 19:00 Event- and Race Administration Office open 09:30 – 11:00 Official Practice: obligatory to all classes on full race course 11:30 – 12:00 Pre-race Pilots’ Briefing (if required !) 12:00 Official visit by a VIP 13:30 – 15:00 Official Testing: open to all classes on full race course 16:00 – 17:00 2011 Powerboat Malta Ocean Grand Prix: WC Round 1 SuperSport & Evo – EC Round 1 SuperSport & Evo 18:30 – 18:45 Podium Presentations SuperSport & Evo, Round 1 WC 21:00 OGP Welcome Party |
09:00 – 18:30 Race Control open 08:30 – 19:00 Event- and Race Administration Office open 09:30 – 11:00 Official Practice: obligatory to all classes on full race course 11:30 – 12:00 Pre-race Pilots’ Briefing (if required !) 12:00 Official visit by a VIP 13:30 – 15:00 Official Testing: open to all classes on full race course 16:00 – 17:15 2011 Powerboat Malta Ocean Grand Prix: WC Round 2 SuperSport & Evo – EC Round 2 SuperSport & Evo 18:30 – 19:00 Podium Presentations SuperSport & Evo, Round 2 WC Podium Presentations SuperSport & Evo, EC Grand Prix Podium Presentations SuperSport & Evo, WC Grand Prix |
* This time schedule can be altered by the organization.
Pole Position on Friday
The Pole Position will be run in counterclockwise direction over a length of 2.53 Nm (4,685 km).
Sprint on Saturday**
SuperSport will cover a start lap and 9 laps giving a total race length of 43.00 Nm (79,63 km). Evo has a start lap plus 10 laps to go giving a total race length of 47.42 Nm (87,821 km). Each lap is 4.42 Nm (8,185 km). The start lap is 3.22 Nm (5,963 km) and each lap is 4.42 Nm (8,185 km). The race will be in a clockwise direction.
Endurance on Sunday**
For the SuperSport class there the start lap followed by 15 laps giving a total race length of 69.52 Nm (128,751 km). Evo class will cover a start lap plus 16 laps giving a total race length of 73.94 Nm (136,936 km). The start lap is 3.22 Nm (5,963 km) and each lap is 4.42 Nm (8,185 km). The race will be in a clockwise direction.
** In the event of adverse conditions, a storm course will be run over a reduced number of laps – exact distance to be advised at the briefing.
Race village and pits
The Race village with dry and wet pits will be located in a new location and not anymore in Valletta or in Sliema as last year as construction works are going on there. The address of the dry pits is Sa Maison Quay, Sa Maison, Pieta (Malta).
