2018_F1_Powerboat_World_Championship Knowpia

2018 F1 Powerboat World Championship
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The 2018 UIM F1 H₂O World Championship was the 35th season of Formula 1 Powerboat racing.

Teams and drivers edit

Team	Hull	Engine	No.	Race drivers	Rounds
Victory Team	Victory	Mercury 2.5 V6	1	Alex Carella	1–2, 4–7
	BaBa		1	Alex Carella	3
	Victory		3	Ahmed Al Hameli	All
Team Abu Dhabi	DAC	Mercury 2.5 V6	5	Thani Al Qamzi	All
			6	Shaun Torrente	All
			35	Rashed Al Qamzi	1
			35	Erik Stark	3–7
CTIC F1 Shenzhen China	Moore	Mercury 2.5 V6	7	Philippe Chiappe	All
CTIC F1 Shenzhen China	Moore	Mercury 2.5 V6	8	Peter Morin	All
F1 Atlantic Team	DAC	Mercury 2.5 V6	9	Grant Trask	All
F1 Atlantic Team	Moore	Mercury 2.5 V6	10	Duarte Benavente	All
Mad-Croc BaBa Racing	BaBa	Mercury 2.5 V6	11	Sami Seliö	All
Mad-Croc BaBa Racing	BaBa	Mercury 2.5 V6	12	Filip Roms	All
Team Sweden	DAC	Mercury 2.5 V6	14	Jonas Andersson	All
Team Sweden	DAC	Mercury 2.5 V6	15	Erik Edin	All
Blaze Performance	DAC	Mercury 2.5 V6	36	Simone Bianca Schuft	All
Blaze Performance	Blaze	Mercury 2.5 V6	37	Francesco Cantando	All
Emirates Racing Team	BaBa	Mercury 2.5 V6	50	Marit Strømøy	All
Emirates Racing Team	DAC	Mercury 2.5 V6	51	Bartek Marszalek	All
Maverick F1 Racing	Moore	Mercury 2.5 V6	70	Mette Brandt Bjerknæs	2
	Moore		73	Cédric Deguisne	All
	DAC		74	Erik Stark	1–2
	Moore			Mette Brandt Bjerknæs	3
	Moore			Sutthipan Sookbuangbon	4–7

Round	Race Title	Date	Circuit Location	Race Winner	Hull/Engine
1	17th Grand Prix of Portugal	20 May	Portimão	Shaun Torrente	DAC/Mercury
2	Grand Prix of London	17 June	London	Erik Stark	DAC/Mercury
3	22nd Grand Prix of France	1 July	Évian-les-Bains	Erik Stark	DAC/Mercury
4	23rd Grand Prix of China	23 September	Xiangyang	Shaun Torrente	DAC/Mercury
5	Grand Prix of India	18 November	Amaravati	Shaun Torrente	DAC/Mercury
6	26th Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi	8 December	Abu Dhabi	Thani Al Qamzi	DAC/Mercury
7	19th Grand Prix of Sharjah	15 December	Sharjah	Erik Stark	DAC/Mercury

Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers. A maximum of two boats per team are 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

Pos	Driver	POR	GBR	FRA	CHN	IND	ABU	SHA	Points
1	Shaun Torrente	1	Ret	3	1	1	6	3	89
2	Erik Stark	10	1	1	3	3	Ret	1	85
3	Thani Al Qamzi	2	4	2	2	Ret	1	Ret	74
4	Peter Morin	5	3	5	7	4	2	Ret	54
5	Philippe Chiappe	3	2	15	5	Ret	8	6	42
6	Marit Strømøy	Ret	7	7	8	2	4	Ret	35
7	Jonas Andersson	Ret	Ret	6	4	Ret	Ret	2	29
8	Sami Seliö	DNS	5	Ret	Ret	DNS	3	4	28
9	Erik Edin	9	Ret	4	9	6	Ret	5	25
10	Ahmed Al Hameli	6	8	9	6	8	DNS	DNS	18
11	Francesco Cantando	8	Ret	14	DNS	5	5	10	18
12	Alex Carella	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	9
13	Filip Roms	Ret	DNS	Ret	12	7	10	7	9
14	Grant Trask	14	6	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	8
15	Bartek Marszalek	11	DNS	8	10	Ret	7	Ret	8
16	Cedric Deguisne	12	9	10	11	Ret	9	9	7
17	Duarte Benavente	7	10	11	Ret	Ret	11	DNS	5
18	Simone Bianca Schuft	15	Ret	DNS	DNS	9	13	11	2
19	Sutthipan Sookbuangbon				13	10	DNP	Ret	1
20	Mette Brandt Bjerknæs		11	13					0
	Rashed Al Qamzi	13							0