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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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