2010 F1 Powerboat World Championship
Sami Seliö (left, pictured in 2008) won his second world title in 2010.
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]
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 |
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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]
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
Teams standings
Only boats with results eligible for points counting towards the teams' championship are shown here.
References
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