2010 F1 Powerboat World Championship

The 2010 UIM F1 H2O World Championship was the 27th season of Formula 1 Powerboat racing, and the 30th anniversary year since the series' foundation in 1981. The calendar consisted of eight races, beginning in Portimão, Portugal on 9 May 2010, and ending in Sharjah, UAE on 10 December 2010.[1] Sami Seliö finished the season as drivers' champion driving for Team Mad Croc, clinching his second title with his first having been in 2007.[2]

2010 F1 Powerboat World Championship
Previous: 2009 Next: 2011
Sami Seliö (left, pictured in 2008) won his second world title in 2010.

Teams and drivers
Team Hull Engine No. Race drivers Rounds
Team Nautica BaBa Mercury 2.5 V6 3 Rinaldo Osculati 1–2, 4–8
4 Tomas Cermak 2–8
Team Abu Dhabi DAC Mercury 2.5 V6 5 Thani Al Qamzi[3] All
BaBa 6 Ahmed Al Hameli[3] All
CTIC China Team Moore Mercury 2.5 V6 7 Philippe Chiappe All
DAC 8 Pierre Lundin All
F1 Atlantic Team BaBa Mercury 2.5 V6 9 Fabian Kalsow 1–3
Moore Philippe Tourre 4–8
Dragon 10 Duarte Benavente All
BaBa 22 Fabian Kalsow 6–8
Team Mad Croc BaBa Mercury 2.5 V6 11 Sami Seliö All
12 Alex Carella All
Team Azerbaijan DAC Mercury 2.5 V6 14 Jonas Andersson All
15 Marit Strømøy All
18 Ma'arof Mahari[4] 3
Qatar Team DAC Mercury 2.5 V6 16 Jay Price All
Dragon 17 Andy Elliott[5] All
Team Skydive Dubai BaBa Mercury 2.5 V6 21 Tim Seebold[6] 3–5
Ivan Brigada 8
Singha F1 Racing Team DAC Mercury 2.5 V6 23 Marco Gambi 1–7
Blaze 24 Francesco Cantando All
Rainbow Team DAC Mercury 2.5 V6 31 Davide Padovan All
800 Doctor BaBa Mercury 2.5 V6 69 Luigi Roberto 2–4
70 Fabio Comparato All
Pringles Xtreme F1 Racing DAC Mercury 2.5 V6 77 Stanislav Kourtsenovsky[7] 2
Key
Regular boat/driver
Boat ineligible for team points

Season calendar
Countries that hosted F1 Powerboat races in 2010, shown in green. Former host nations are shown in pink.

A total of eight rounds comprised the 2010 championship, the same as in 2009. However the concept of running two races at each event, an idea introduced the previous year, was dropped for 2010, with the championship returning to the traditional format of practice and qualifying on the first day, and racing on the second. The Grand Prix of Finland, having been held at Lahti for the past two years, was replaced by a third Chinese race in Linyi which was announced at the beginning of the year.[8][9] The initial calendar published by the UIM featured an additional race in the week following the St Petersburg event, however a location was never finalised, and it was dropped from the schedule.[1]

Round Race Title Date Circuit Location Race Winner Hull/Engine
1 12th Grand Prix of Portugal 9 May Portimão Ahmed Al Hameli BaBa/Mercury
2 8th Grand Prix of Russia 11 July St Petersburg Sami Seliö BaBa/Mercury
3 12th Grand Prix of China 3 October Linyi[8][9] Alex Carella BaBa/Mercury
4 13th Grand Prix of China 17 October Liuzhou Jay Price DAC/Mercury
5 14th Grand Prix of China 24 October Shenzen Francesco Cantando Blaze/Mercury
6 7th Grand Prix of Qatar 27 November Doha Jay Price DAC/Mercury
7 18th Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi 4 December Abu Dhabi Sami Seliö BaBa/Mercury
8 11th Grand Prix of Sharjah 10 December Sharjah Ahmed Al Hameli BaBa/Mercury

Results and standings

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

Drivers standings
Pos Driver POR
 RUS
 CHN
 CHN
 CHN
 QAT
 ABU
 SHA
 Points
1 Sami Seliö DSQ 1 2 Ret 4 2 1 2 94
2 Jay Price 4 3 5 1 Ret 1 2 6 88
3 Alex Carella Ret 2 1 6 5 3 Ret 3 71
4 Thani Al Qamzi 3 4 8 2 6 6 3 5 68
5 Francesco Cantando 2 Ret 3 3 1 Ret Ret DNS 59
6 Ahmed Al Hameli 1 Ret Ret Ret Ret 4 4 1 58
7 Pierre Lundin 5 6 14 4 3 Ret 6 9 40
8 Philippe Chiappe Ret Ret 9 Ret 2 9 5 Ret 26
9 Jonas Andersson DNS 5 10 7 10 Ret Ret 4 22
10 Fabio Comparato DSQ Ret 4 10 9 10 7 DNS 17
11 Tim Seebold 6 5 7 16
12 Fabian Kalsow 7 DNS Ret 5 Ret 7 15
13 Davide Padovan 8 8 Ret 9 Ret 7 9 11 14
14 Marit Strømøy Ret 7 DNS Ret 8 Ret 8 8 13
15 Duarte Benavente Ret Ret 7 8 11 8 Ret Ret 10
16 Andy Elliott 6 9 Ret 13 12 Ret Ret Ret 7
17 Philippe Tourre 11 15 13 Ret 10 1
18 Tomas Cermak 12 Ret 14 16 12 10 12 1
19 Stanislav Kourtsenovsky 10 1
20 Rinaldo Osculati Ret DNS Ret 17 11 11 Ret 0
21 Luigi Roberto 11 11 DNS 0
22 Marco Gambi DSQ Ret Ret 12 13 Ret Ret 0
23 Ma'arof Mahari 12 0
24 Ivan Brigada Ret 0
Key
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenOther points position
Blue Other classified position
Not classified, finished (NC)
PurpleNot classified, retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Excluded (EX)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Withdrawn (WD)
Text formatting Meaning
Bold Pole position
Italics Fastest lap


Teams standings

Only boats with results eligible for points counting towards the teams' championship are shown here.

Pos Team Boat
No.		 POR
 RUS
 CHN
 CHN
 CHN
 QAT
 ABU
 SHA
 Points
1 Team Mad Croc 11 DSQ 1 2 Ret 4 2 1 2 165
12 Ret 2 1 6 5 3 Ret 3
2 Team Abu Dhabi 5 3 4 8 2 6 6 3 5 126
6 1 Ret Ret Ret Ret 4 4 1
3 Qatar Team 16 4 3 5 1 Ret 1 2 6 95
17 6 9 Ret 13 12 Ret Ret Ret
4 CTIC China Team 7 Ret Ret 9 Ret 2 9 5 Ret 66
8 5 6 14 4 3 Ret 6 9
5 Singha F1 Racing Team 23 DSQ Ret Ret 12 13 Ret Ret 59
24 2 Ret 3 3 1 Ret Ret DNS
6 Team Azerbaijan 14 DNS 5 10 7 10 Ret Ret 4 35
15 Ret 7 DNS Ret 8 Ret 8 8
7 800 Doctor 69 11 11 DNS 17
70 DSQ Ret 4 10 9 10 7 DNS
8 F1 Atlantic Team 9 7 DNS Ret 11 15 13 Ret 10 15
10 Ret Ret 7 8 11 8 Ret Ret
9 Rainbow Team 31 8 8 Ret 9 Ret 7 9 11 14
10 Team Skydive Dubai 21 6 5 7 Ret 11
11 Team Nautica 3 Ret DNS Ret 17 11 11 Ret 1
4 12 Ret 14 16 12 10 12
12 Pringles Xtreme F1 Racing 77 10 1
Key
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenOther points position
Blue Other classified position
Not classified, finished (NC)
PurpleNot classified, retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Excluded (EX)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Withdrawn (WD)
Text formatting Meaning
Bold Pole position
Italics Fastest lap


References
  1. "ADVANCE REGULATIONS 2010". Union Internationale Motonautique. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
  2. "Sami Selio And Mad Croc Capture Driver And Team Title's In '10!". F1H2O. 31 December 2010. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
  3. "Innovative Design on Boats Ready to Spark Team Abu Dhabi!". F1H2O. 10 April 2010. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
  4. "Bruneian To Test Racing Power In Sarawak". F1H2O. 5 September 2010. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
  5. "Andy Elliott Joins Jay Price To Head Qatar Team's 2010 Uim F1 World Championship Bid". F1H2O. 4 March 2010. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  6. "5-Time American Champ Tim Seebold Joins Abu Dhabi Team!". F1H2O. 29 September 2010. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
  7. "Welcome Back – Stan "The Man"". F1H2O. 28 June 2010. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
  8. "New GP in China". F1H2O. 3 March 2010. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  9. "New venue in China". F1H2O. 22 June 2010. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
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