From the 2nd to the 4th September 2011 the International Sea Racing Limited, under the aegis of the Union Internationale Motonautique (UIM) and the authority of the Federazione Italiana Motonautica, will organise at Siracusa, Sicily, Italy, the UIM Powerboat World & European Championship Ocean Grand Prix 2011 for Evo and SuperSport class boats.
For the first time on this beautiful Italian island the 3rd, 4th and 5th rounds of the UIM World Championship 2011 Powerboat Endurance Racing will be held putting more stress on man and machine. It will be very important now to have the crew up and running and on standby. Pilots and trottle men will need to focus harder and longer on their tasks. Never before was the tension so intense. The organization will also need to get in top gear as well as the rescue teams. In short this event will be an absolute acme of the OGP! Don’t miss it.
Time schedule*
| Thursday 1 September 2011 | Friday 2 September 2011 |
| 08:00 – 17:00 Arrival of trucks and boats in dry pits. 14:00 – 18:00 Event- and Race Administration Office open 14:00 – 18:00 Race registration open 14:00 – 18:00 Technical scrutineering 19:00 Safety boats’ crew briefing |
08:30 – 18:30 Event- and Race Administration Office open 08:30 – 11:00 Race registration open – Final registration at 1100 (exceptional) 08:30 – 11:00 Technical scrutineering 09:00 – 18:30 Race Control open 10:00 – 11:30 Official Practice – obligatory to all classes on Pole Position course 12:00 – 12:30 Pilots’ main briefing & Pole Position briefing 14:30 – 15:30 Powerboat Siracusa Ocean Grand Prix – Pole Position 15:45 – 16:30 Official Testing – open to all classes on Pole Position course 17:00 – 18:00 2011 Powerboat Siracusa Ocean Grand Prix: WC Round 3 – SuperSport & Evo EC Round 3 – SuperSport & Evo 18:45 – 19:00 Podium Presentations Evo & SuperSport, WC Round 3 |
| Saturday 3 September 2011 | Sunday 4 September 2011 |
| 08:30 – 18:30 Event- and Race Administration Office open 09:00 – 17:30 Race Control open 10:00 – 11:30 Official Practice – obligatory to all classes on full race course 13:30 – 14:30 Official Testing – open to all classes on full race course 15:30 – 16:30 WC Round 4 – SuperSport & Evo, EC Round 4 – SuperSport & Evo 17:30 – 17:45 Podium Presentations Evo & SuperSport, WC Round 4 |
09:00 – 18:30 Event- and Race Administration Office open 09:30 – 17:45 Race Control open 10:30 – 12:00 Official Practice – obligatory to all classes on full race course 14:00 – 15:00 Official Testing – open to all classes on full race course 15:30 – 16:45 WC Round 5 – SuperSport & Evo, EC Round 5 – SuperSport & Evo 18:00 – 18:30 Podium Presentations Evo & SuperSport, WC Round 5 Podium Presentations Evo & SuperSport, WC & EC Grand Prix |
* can be altered by the organization
Friday Pole Position
This race will be run in clockwise direction over a length of 4.73 Nm (8,759 km).
Friday and Saturday Sprint race
Evo: start lap + 9 laps giving a total race length of 46.71 Nm (86,506 km). SuperSport: start lap + 8 laps giving a total race length of 41.98 Nm (77,746 km).
Each lap is 4.73 Nm (8,759 km). The race will be in a clockwise direction.
Sunday Endurance Race
Evo: start lap + 15 laps giving a total race length of 75.09 Nm (139,066 km). SuperSport: start lap + 14 laps giving a total race length of 70.36 Nm (130.306 km). Each lap is 4,73 Nm (8,759 km). The race will be in a clockwise direction.
The pits will be on the same spot as they were the past two years.
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.
