Race 1
Race
1 of the Romanian Grand Prix, round 3 of the UIM WPPA Class 1 World
Powerboat Championship was packed with incident and accidents, with the
peerless Fazza leading from start-to-finish to claim their second win of
the season. Their team-mates and Championship leaders, Victory 1,
continued their fine season with a third podium in successive races to
take second place.
Welmax had to battle back
from eighth place after an incident with Victory 77 as they crossed the
start-finish line for the first time, to take their first podium of the
season. A spectacular 180 degree flip on one of the more docile corners
of the course saw Maritimo 12 crash out on lap 7 and end their weekend’s
racing.
Defending World Champion Fazza,
followed up this morning’s Edox Pole Position win with another dominant
display. A near perfect start saw them get to the first mark ahead of
Victory 1, and then produce a flawless performance to comfortably take
the chequered flag and with it the joint lead of the Championship. Race 1
of the Romanian Grand Prix, round 3 of the UIM WPPA Class 1 World
Powerboat Championship was packed with incident and accidents, with the
peerless Fazza leading from start-to-finish to claim their second win of
the season. Their team-mates and Championship leaders, Victory 1,
continued their fine season with a third podium in successive races to
take second place.Welmax had to battle back from eighth place after an
incident with Victory 77 as they crossed the start-finish line for the
first time, to take their first podium of the season. A spectacular 180
degree flip on one of the more docile corners of the course saw Maritimo
12 crash out on lap 7 and end their weekend’s racing.
Fazza,
followed up this morning’s Edox Pole Position win with another dominant
display. A near perfect start saw them get to the first mark ahead of
Victory 1, and then produce a flawless performance to comfortably take
the chequered flag and with it the joint lead of the Championship.
Victory
1, claimed a third successive podium place, the only team to do so this
season, but they had to settle for second place as they were unable to
claw back the time during the remainder of the race. The all-Norwegian
pairing of Welmax, powered their way back through the pack to claim a
well earned podium place. Despite making their way through the
tail-enders in just five laps, it looked like they would have to settle
for fourth place, until a hook by Australian boat Maritimo 11 on lap 11
allowed them to slip past and claim an unlikely third place.
Maritimo
11 made a flying start to take third place at the end of the start-lap.
They held onto the position for most of the race, but had to contend
with the ever closing Welmax in their rear-view mirror. The need to
push, forced them to go too hard into a corner and the resulting hook
allowed Welmax to power past and take the podium they thought was
theirs.
Maritimo 12, saw their race end on lap seven, after flipping over on the bottom corner of the race course.
Giorgioffshore,
moved into fifth place on lap nine when a penalty long-lap was handed
to Victory 77 for an infringement at the start. It was a good
performance for the new pairing and fifth place equalled the team’s best
result of the season from Doha, Qatar.
For
the returning Mohammad Al Marri and Abdullah Al Mehairbi in Victory 77
it was an incident-filled race. An infringement at the start, which they
were later penalised for, resulted in them taking fourth spot at the
end of the start lap, despite the collision with Welmax. A battle with
Maritimo 12 looked to have gone against them until the Australian
raceboats accident. The penalty lap cost them fifth place and they came
home in sixth, only to find out they had been disqualified for the
incident involving Welmax.
A difficult day for
Foresti & Suardi Roscioli Hotels, with battle conditions that did
not suit their raceboat to finish in sixth place. It maintains their
phenomenal record of completing every race since December 2006, and
ensures more points on the board for the Italian team.
Race 2
Fazza
completed the perfect weekend with a second race win in as many days,
ensuring a clean sweep of the weekend’s honours. Welmax’s overnight
repairs were rewarded with second place and Maritimo 11 made up for
yesterday’s disappointment by taking the final podium place in Race 2 of
the Romanian Grand Prix , round 3 of the UIM WPPA Class 1 World
Powerboat Championship.
Fazza claimed their
second successive race win to storm to the top of the World Championship
standings. Another phenomenal start saw them power to the front of pack
and they never looked troubled as they cruised to their third race win
of the season. Welmax took their second race podium in successive
outings to put them into fourth place in the Championship standings.
A
good start saw them reach the first mark in third place and they were
able to hold position to claim second spot after Victory 1 had problems
on the penultimate lap.
The third podium
place was taken by Maritimo 11. After having seen a place on yesterday’s
podium slip away, they grabbed the opportunity to make up for that
today with a brilliant long-lap strategy. After a poor start their
decision to take both long-laps in quick succession paid dividends as
they made up time and places.
Double world
Champion, Mohammad Al Mari and Abdullah Al Mehairbi, bounced back after
yesterday’s hectic and incident filled race, which saw this new
partnership disqualified, to bring Victory 77 home in fourth place and
post their first points of the campaign.
Giorgioffshore
matched yesterday’s fifth place with another impressive showing,
however they will be frustrated with the two long-lap penalties they
received for missing two turn marks, that ultimately cost them fourth
place and what would have been their best finish of the season. There
was bitter disappointment for Victory 1, who finished in sixth place,
after seeing a podium finish disappear after running in second place
from the start flag, when their steering broke on the penultimate lap.
The all-Italian pairing of Foresti & Suardi – Roscioli Hotels
maintained their record of consistency to add points, finishing in
seventh place. A spectacular weekend of racing has seen Fazza dominate
from first practice to the final race and return to the top of the World
Championship standings, and move 15 points clear of their team-mates
Victory 1. Maritimo’s second podium in three races keeps them in third
place ahead of round 4 of the championship in Stresa, Italy, 2-4
October.
ROMANIAN GRAND PRIX RACE 1 - results
1. Fazza 3 - A Al Zafeen (UAE) / N Bin Hendi (UAE) 34.56,06
2. Victory 1 - M Al Mehairi (UAE) / JM Sanchez (FRA) + 00.23,98
3. Welmax 90 - KO Selmer (NOR) / J Tandberg (NOR) + 01.08,45
4. Maritimo 11 - T Barry-Cotter (AUS) / PV Nilsen (NOR) + 01.25,33
5. Giorgioffshore 18 – K Olsen (ITA) / N Giorgi (ITA) + 02.17,17
6. Foresti & Suardi - Roscioli Hotels 8 - G Soave (ITA) / G Montavoci (ITA) + 1 Lap
Victory 77 - A Al Mehairbi (UAE) / M Al Marri (UAE) – DQ
Maritimo 12 - G Manuzzi (SMR) / P McGrath (NZL) – DNF
ROMANIAN GRAND PRIX - RACE 2
1. Fazza - A Al Zafeen (UAE) / N Bin Hendi (UAE) 43.07,36
2. Welmax - KO Selmer (NOR) / J Tandberg (NOR) + 01.08,81
3. Maritimo 11 - T Barry-Cotter (AUS) / PV Nilsen (NOR) + 02.20,37
4. Victory 77 - A Al Mehairbi (UAE) / M Al Marri (UAE) + 02.37, 57
5. Giorgioffshore - K Olsen (ITA) / N Giorgi (ITA) + 1 lap
6. Victory 1 - M Al Mehairi (UAE) / JM Sanchez (FRA) + 1 lap
7. Foresti & Suardi - Roscioli Hotels - G Soave (ITA) / G Montavoci (ITA) + 1 lap
Maritimo 12 - G Manuzzi (SMR) / P McGrath (NZL) - DNS
CLASS 1 WORLD POWERBOAT CHAMPIONSHIP – after round 3, race 4 of 10
1. Fazza - 71pts
2. Victory 1 - 56pts
3. Maritimo 11 - 40pts
4. Welmax - 38pts
5. Foresti & Suardi-Roscioli Hotels - 27pts
6. Giorgioffshore - 23pts
7. Qatar 96 - 15pts
8. Maritimo 12 - 12pts
9= Victory 77 - 9pts
9= Aurantium - 9pts
11. Qatar 95 - 4pts
EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP – after round 2, race 3 of 5
1. Fazza – 47pts
2. Victory – 40pts
3. Maritimo 11 – 36pts
4. Welmax – 32pts
5. Foresti & Suardi-Roscioli Hotels – 18pts
6. Giorgioffshore - 14pts
7. Maritimo 12 – 12pts
8. Victory 77 - 9pts
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