2010 F1 Powerboat World Championship season

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 2.5l	3	Rinaldo Osculati	1–2, 4–8
			4	Tomas Cermak	2–8
Team Abu Dhabi	DAC	Mercury 2.5l	5	Thani Al Qamzi[3]	All
	BaBa		6	Ahmed Al Hameli[3]	All
CTIC China Team	Moore	Mercury 2.5l	7	Phillipe Chiappe	All
	DAC		8	Pierre Lundin	All
F1 Atlantic Team	BaBa	Mercury 2.5l	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 2.5l	11	Sami Seliö	All
			12	Alex Carella	All
Team Azerbaijan	DAC	Mercury 2.5l	14	Jonas Andersson	All
			15	Marit Stromoy	All
			18	Ma'arof Mahari[4]	3
Qatar Team	DAC	Mercury 2.5l	16	Jay Price	All
	Dragon		17	Andy Elliott[5]	All
Team Skydive Dubai	BaBa	Mercury 2.5l	21	Tim Seebold[6]	3–5
				Ivan Brigada	8
Singha F1 Racing Team	DAC	Mercury 2.5l	23	Marco Gambi	1–7
	Blaze		24	Francesco Cantando	All
Rainbow Team	DAC	Mercury 2.5l	31	Davide Padovan	All
800 Doctor	BaBa	Mercury 2.5l	69	Luigi Roberto	2–4
			70	Fabio Comparato	All
Pringles Xtreme F1 Racing	DAC	Mercury 2.5l	77	Stanislav Kourtsenovsky[7]	2

Season calendar

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	Circuit Location	Date
1	12th Grand Prix of Portugal	Portimão[10]	9 May
2	8th Grand Prix of Russia	St Petersburg[11]	11 July
3	12th Grand Prix of China	Linyi[12]	3 October
4	13th Grand Prix of China	Liuzhou[13]	17 October
5	14th Grand Prix of China	Shenzen[14]	24 October
6	7th Grand Prix of Qatar	Doha[15]	27 November
7	18th Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi	Abu Dhabi[16]	4 December
8	11th Grand Prix of Sharjah	Sharjah[17]	10 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	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 Stromoy	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

Teams standings

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
		18			12
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
		22						5	Ret	7
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

References

External links

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