Author: karel
2010 – Bacoli Grand Prix of the Sea Nigel Hook
President Chiulli opened up new horizons in China
The UIM – F1 H2O circus was successfully involved with three spectacular GP’s in China. The cities of Linyi, Liuzhou and Shenzen hosted respectively the third, fourth and fifth leg of the 2010 UIM – F1 H2O World Championship. China, which hosted also the last race of the UIM 2010 Aquabike Classpro World Championship at Liuzhou, confirmed once more to be an ideal arena for powerboating.
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The 83rd UIM General Assembly welcomes International Olympic Committee to Malta
The 83rd UIM General Assembly held in Malta on the 17th of October represented a key moment for the sport of powerboating. The UIM, fully recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) since this year Winter Olympic Games of Vancouver, is acting as a loyal and proud member of the Olympic Family. The General Assembly, hosted by the Maltese Powerboating Federation, has been a success both in terms of organization and participation. Several constructive and effective meetings took place during the whole week and brought an invaluable contribution to advancing the UIM agenda.
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Sprint race success for Italy and Belgium
In the Evolution class of the 2010 Siracusa GPS Furnibo (B) wins while in the Supersport class the triumph goes to Al&Al racing team (I) with Big Sergio. These two teams were dominant in the first race of the final weekend of the 2010 World Championship Powerboat Grand Prix of Siracusa. (more…)
Powerpole Siracusa GPS 2010: Furnibo and Baia Attolini rule
With winds around 4 Bft and gusts up to 5 the Powerpole was run in the beautiful deep blue waters of Siracusa under a burning sun. In Evolution Furnibo 2B1 (B) beat Snav Kiton Interporto Sud Europa (I) with almost 14 seconds which is a huge distance. Metamarine Foresti Suardi (I) follows on more then 13 seconds of Snav Kiton (I) and got 3rd place. (more…)
Siracusa 2010 official entry list
In Supersport we have 5 teams competing; in Evolution 7. Silverline Racing is back and we love to see them on the water again. Already many people stop when they see all these powerboats and the big cranes. At 16:30 hours the Powerpole will decide who will be starting where in the Sprint and Endurance race. (more…)
Luca Formilli Fendi leaves OSG Racing Team
ROMA. Con la presente comunico ufficialmente all’organizzazione del Campionato Mondiale Endurance GPS 2010, di aver deciso, a partire dalla data odierna, di comunicare la mia uscita definitiva dal Team OSG Racing. Siracusa 2010 Grand Prix of the Sea race info
Rounds 9 and 10 of the UIM 2010 World Championship Grand Prix of the sea are hours away. Siracusa is the arena for the final and closing rounds of the World Championship. On Sunday we will have the nex World Champions in Supersport and Evolution. The powerpole on Friday determines the starting positions for the rounds 9 (Sprint race) and 10 (Endurance race). (more…)
In both classes, Supersport and Evolution, Murphy struck some teams hard. For the Supersport Sprint on Saturday Karelpiu and Big Sergio couldn’t take any points and for the Endurance Race on Sunday Seagull Chaudron and again Big Sergio failed to race.