Sunday, 7 September, IBIZA: Fendi Racing’s number one crew of Luca Fendi and Giovanni Carpitella in LFF10 will not line up for race 2 of the Mediterranean Grand as a result of being unable to source a replacement gearbox in time. Fendi and Carpitella, who posted the equal fastest time in yesterday’s official qualifying with Victory, were lying in second place in race 1 when the gearbox broke, forcing them out and retiring on lap 10. The team’s second boat LFF8-Polimersan will run, with Miles Jennings and Tarek Oktem starting from fourth and looking to improve on yesterday’s fourth placed finish.
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Ibiza 2014: Victory wins race 1 – Tommy One wins in V1
Saturday, 6 September: Thirteen boats lined for the first race in over two decades to see Class 1 catamarans and V1 monohulls running side-by-side, with Arif Al Zaffain and Nadir Bin Hendi carrying on from where they left off and when they last raced together in 2011, cruising to an easy victory in race 1 of the Mediterranean Grand Prix to win by a massive 49 second margin. The Victory duo who earlier in the day shared the pole position spoils with LFF10, led from the start and were never challenged, going on to complete the 13 laps in 35:41.85s. (more…)
Ibiza 2014: Pole, victory for KarelPiu in V1
Saturday, 6 September, IBIZA: For the first time in qualifying in C1 for the coveted Pole Position spot, two outfits posted identical times. LFF10’s Luca Fendi and Giovanni Carpitella and Victory’s Arif Al Zaffain and Nadir Bin Hendi could not be separated in this morning’s two hour qualifying session for race 1 of the Mediterranean Grand Prix with both posting a 2:46.45s lap. “This is a big step forward. To match the best team in the world is always our target,” said Luca Fendi. (more…)
Ibiza 2014: Pole position being moved to Saturday morning
Friday, 5 September, IBIZA: The first outing of C1 and V1 running together saw the majority that took to the water using today’s two practice sessions to shakedown boats and familiarise themselves with the tandem-circuit, the recorded times of a secondary interest. At an earlier meeting before taking to the water the two sets of driver’s voted for a change to the planned race format which will now see the C1 catamarans taking the turns on the outside course marks, the V1 monohulls the inside. All drivers also called for more time on the water before getting into competitive running, resulting in the pole position being moved to Saturday morning ahead of race 1 in the afternoon.
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NewStar Bernico has left the building
Nico Bertels, CEO of Bernico International, will be competing in the 2014 Ibiza World Championship with his Fountain Lightning. Locked and loaded, the white powerboat sets for Barcelona, Spain. There they will take the ferry to the island of Ibiza where he will be joined by the other powerboats. (more…)
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Mike Fiore, CEO of Outerlimits Powerboats, passed away at the age of 44
Mike Fiore passed away in August 2014 due to complications from surgery after a boating crash during a race in Missouri (Lake of the Ozarks). Outerlimits general counsel Frank Sciacca said: “Mike’s love for high-speed boating was only outmatched by the love for his wife, three young children and his family,” Sciacca continued. “Details on arrangements will be made and released in the coming days, and in the meantime we hope all understand the family’s need to grieve for their loss privately.” Fiore founded the Outerlimits Company in 1993 that builds powerful V-bottoms and cats.