The Powerboat P1 2009 Season comes to its final round on the island of Sicily in Syracuse. This year has been characterized by a superb level of competition in both the classes. Another unusual surprise for P1 was the calm waters racing helped also by closed seaway venues as Turkey and Sweden, but also classic rough sea rounds like Malta offered relatively flat conditions. Syracuse and its South Ionian sea are normally associated with very unstable weather patterns, so now its up to see how these turnout. Evolution Class will be about the hunt for the championship win by second and third standers, 88 SNAV OSG and 10 Cigarette Smash Poker. With 88 SNAV OSG showing good pace in this second part of the season winning three races out of four in the last two venues. Can they reach the reliable but slow 47 Silverline and win the 2009 title? Fourth standers 77 Lucas Oil who after the spin and sinking of the fourty three feet Outerlimits boat in the second race in Sweden, will be using the old 2008 Skater boat. The team did try hard to work it out with the Outerlimits SV40 used for the 2007 season which they did not manage to set up. 33 Furnibo will be looking to repeat there first win of the season in Sweden second race, but surely the Fountain Mercury package is a top runner, and only the missing race in Malta forbid the Belgian team from challenging a title win. 66 Cranefields will be looking to stabilize there package and see where they can improve for the coming year. 53 Metamarine Pignolo after missing in Sweden confirmed they will run in Syracuse. Supersport Class follows the script of the bigger Evolution, but in a tighter package and less points distance between the first and second place. Twenty eight points separate class leaders 43 Seagull Chaudron and second stander 38 Baia Attolini. Will they be enough to give Tedeschi and a 41 feet Chaudron hull there third title? I am sure 38 Baia Attolini after a very convincing and reliable chasing season have other plans. Third placed 17 Spirit of Belgium who made a season of reliability stand in third place, will want to repeat the good pace shown in Sweden and will make all there best to defend the Bronze honour. 26 Team SW1 stand at fourth, although if it was not for reliability and bad luck, the British boat could have easily challenged for the championship of what so far appeared to be the fastest Supersport boat. Female driven 44 Iko Casa will be looking to climb up the charts on the 2007 and 2008 title winning Chaudron hull. At the end of the table stand the double team entry of 28 Big Sergio and 22 Blue Shaft, of what was so far has been a very disappointing season from the Naples based outfit. PowerYachtBlog will also be giving daily updates of this enthusiastic last round of the Powerboat P1 season, starting from tomorrow for a Powerpole update, and following the Saturday and Sunday races to announce the winners and losers of the year.
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