2007 F1 Powerboat World Championship season

The 2007 UIM F1 World Championship was the 24th season of Formula 1 Powerboat racing. The calendar consisted of eight events, beginning in Portimao, Portugal on 13 May 2007, and ending in Sharjah, UAE on 14 December 2007.^[1] Sami Seliö, driving for F1 Team Energy, secured his maiden drivers' title, the first driver outside of Italy, the USA and the UK to do so.^[2]

Teams and drivers

Team	Hull	Engine	No.	Race drivers	Rounds
Emirates F1 Team	DAC	Mercury 2.5l	1	Scott Gillman	1–3
				Ahmed Al Hameli[3]	4–8
			2	Thani Al Qamzi[3]	All
			27	Ahmed Al Hameli[4]	1–3
				Majed Al Mansoori	5–8
XPV Racing	GTR	Mercury 2.5l	3	Bob Trask[5]	All
			4	David Trask[5]	All
F1 Team Energy	BaBa	Mercury 2.5l	5	Sami Seliö[6]	All
			6	Stanislav Kourtsenovsky[6]	All
CTIC China Team Charente Maritime	DAC	Mercury 2.5l	7	Philippe Dessertenne[7]	1, 3–8
			8	Peng Lin Wu[7]	All
			17	Philippe Dessertenne	2
Atlantic Team	BaBa	Mercury 2.5l	9	Philippe Chiappe	All
	Dragon		10	Duarte Benavente[8]	All
Qatar Team	BaBa	Mercury 2.5l	11	Jay Price	All
	DAC		12	Leo Bonelli[4]	1–6
				Philippe Tourre	7–8
F1 Team Sweden	DAC	Mercury 2.5l	14	Jonas Andersson[4]	All
			15	Philippe Tourre[4]	1–6
				Marit Strømøy	7–8
			36	Marit Strømøy	5–6
Comparato Racing Team	Comparato	Mercury 2.5l	19	Fabio Comparato	All
			20	Pierre Lundin[9]	All
Tamoil F1 Team	DAC	Mercury 2.5l	21	Guido Cappellini	All
			22	Marco Gambi[4]	1–2
				Ivan Brigada	3–6
				Ugis Gross	7–8
Singha Racing Team	Blaze	Mercury 2.5l	23	Franco Leidi[9]	All
			24	Francesco Cantando[9]	All
	DAC		35	Marco Gambi[10]	7–8
Rainbow Team	DAC	Mercury 2.5l	31	Fabrizio Bocca[9]	All
			32	Valerio Lagiannella[9]	1–6
				Shaun Torrente[11]	7
ACE Racing	Dragon	Mercury 2.5l	33	Andy Elliott[8]	2, 7–8
Woodstock Racing Team	BaBa	Mercury 2.5l	46	Massimo Roggiero	7–8

Season Calendar

Round	Race Title	Circuit Location	Date
1	9th Grand Prix of Portugal	Portimão[12]	12–13 May
2	18th Grand Prix of France	La Rochelle[13]	19–20 May
3	6th Grand Prix of China	Xi'an[14]	4–5 October
4	7th Grand Prix of China	Shenzen[15]	20–21 October
5	3rd Grand Prix of Qatar	Doha[16]	23–24 November
6	4th Grand Prix of Qatar	Doha[17]	26–27 November
7	15th Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi	Abu Dhabi[18]	6–7 December
8	8th Grand Prix of Sharjah	Sharjah[19]	13–14 December

Results and standings

Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers. A maximum of two boats per team are eligible for points in the teams' championship.

Drivers standings

Pos	Driver	POR	FRA	CHN	CHN	QAT	QAT	ABU	SHA	Points
1	Sami Seliö	4	1	3	3	5	7	1	1	104
2	Guido Cappellini	2	Ret	2	1	2	1	2	Ret	100
3	Thani Al Qamzi	Ret	Ret	1	2	1	2	Ret	4	79
4	Pierre Lundin	6	Ret	4	DNS	3	3	4	7	51
5	Jay Price	3	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	7	2	47
6	Scott Gillman	1	2	Ret						35
7	David Trask	7	Ret	5	Ret	8	Ret	6	3	31
8	Philippe Chiappe	8	5	Ret	Ret	4	6	Ret	6	29
9	Jonas Andersson	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	24
10	Ahmed Al Hameli	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	12	4	Ret	5	18
11	Francesco Cantando	Ret	Ret	10	6	6	Ret	5	Ret	18
12	Philippe Dessertenne	5	DSQ	DNS	5	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	15
13	Fabrizio Bocca	9	8	8	8	9	9	Ret	DNS	15
14	Ivan Brigada			Ret	4	Ret	DNS			9
15	Philippe Tourre	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	7	DNS	Ret	Ret	9
16	Stanislav Kourtsenovsky	15	6	Ret	11	Ret	DNS	8	Ret	8
17	Duarte Benavente	Ret	9	7	10	Ret	DNS	11	Ret	7
18	Leo Bonelli	10	7	DNS	9	DNS	Ret			7
19	Bob Trask	11	11	11	7	Ret	10	13	Ret	5
20	Andy Elliott		12					9	9	4
21	Marit Strømøy					11	11	Ret	8	3
22	Fabio Comparato	Ret	Ret	14	12	Ret	8	Ret	DNS	3
23	Franco Leidi	14	DNS	15	14	14	13	Ret	10	1
24	Marco Gambi	Ret	10					Ret	Ret	1
25	Ugis Gross							10	DNS	1
26	Peng Lin Wu	13	Ret	13	Ret	DNS	12	12	DNS	0
27	Valerio Lagiannella	12	Ret	12	13	Ret	DNS			0
28	Massimo Roggiero							Ret	Ret	0
29	Majed Al Mansoori					DNS	DNS	Ret	DNS	0
30	Shaun Torrente							DNS		0

Teams standings

Pos	Team	Boat No.	QAT	POR	FIN	RUS	CHN	CHN	ABU	SHA	Points
1	Emirates F1 Team	1	1	2	Ret	Ret	12	4	Ret	5	130
		2	Ret	Ret	1	2	1	2	Ret	4
		27	Ret	Ret	9		DNS	DNS	Ret	DNS
2	F1 Team Energy	5	4	1	3	3	5	7	1	1	112
		6	15	6	Ret	11	Ret	DNS	8	Ret
3	Tamoil F1 Team	21	2	Ret	2	1	2	1	2	Ret	110
		22	Ret	10	Ret	4	Ret	DNS	10	DNS
4	Qatar Team	11	3	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	7	2	63
		12	10	7	DNS	9	DNS	Ret	Ret	Ret
5	Comparato Racing Team	19	Ret	Ret	14	12	Ret	8	Ret	DNS	54
		20	6	Ret	4	DNS	3	3	4	7
6	XPV Racing	3	11	11	11	7	Ret	10	13	Ret	36
		4	7	Ret	5	Ret	8	Ret	6	3
7	Atlantic Team	9	8	5	Ret	Ret	4	6	Ret	6	36
		10	Ret	9	7	10	Ret	DNS	11	Ret
8	F1 Team Sweden	14	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	27
		15	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	7	DNS	Ret	8
		36					11	11
9	Singha Racing Team	23	14	DNS	15	14	14	13	Ret	10	20
		24	Ret	Ret	10	6	6	Ret	5	Ret
		35							Ret	Ret
10	CTIC China Team Charente Maritime	7	5		DNS	5	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	15
		8	13	Ret	13	Ret	DNS	12	12	DNS
		17		DSQ
11	Rainbow Team	31	9	8	8	8	9	9	Ret	DNS	15
		32	12	Ret	12	13	Ret	DNS	DNS
12	ACE Racing	33		12					9	9	4
13	Woodstock Racing Team	46							Ret	Ret	0

References

External links

• The official website of the UIM F1 H2O World Championship
• The official website of the Union Internationale Motonautique