2016 F1 Powerboat World Championship
2016 F1 Powerboat World Championship | |||
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The 2016 UIM F1 H2O World Championship is the 33rd season of Formula 1 Powerboat racing. The season is scheduled to consist of seven races, beginning in Dubai, UAE on 4 March 2016, and ending in Sharjah, UAE on 16 December 2016, although initial plans indicated a ten race calendar.[1][2]
Philippe Chiappe, driving for the CTIC China Team, enters the season as defending double world champion after he won his second title in as many years in 2015.[3]
Teams and drivers
Team | Hull | Engine | No. | Race drivers | Rounds | Reserve driver |
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Moore | Mercury 2.5 V6 | 1 | ![]() |
1–5 | ![]() |
2 | ![]() |
1–5 | ||||
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Victory Moore[4] |
Mercury 2.5 V6 | 3 | ![]() |
1–5 | |
4 | ![]() |
1–5 | ||||
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DAC | Mercury 2.5 V6 | 5 | ![]() |
1–5 | |
6 | ![]() |
1–5 | ||||
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DAC Moore |
Mercury 2.5 V6 | 9 | ![]() |
1–5 | |
Moore | 10 | ![]() |
1–5 | |||
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BaBa | Mercury 2.5 V6 | 11 | ![]() |
1–5 | ![]() |
12 | ![]() |
1–5 | ||||
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Molgaard | Mercury 2.5 V6 | 14 | ![]() |
1–5 | |
15 | ![]() |
1–5 | ||||
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DAC | Mercury 2.5 V6 | 23 | ![]() |
1–5 | ![]() |
Blaze | 24 | ![]() |
1–5 | |||
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BaBa | Mercury 2.5 V6 | 27 | ![]() |
2–5 | ![]() |
DAC | 28 | ![]() |
1–5 | |||
BaBa | 29 | ![]() |
1 | |||
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BaBa | Mercury 2.5 V6 | 50 | ![]() |
1–5 | |
DAC Dragon[10] |
51 | ![]() |
1–5 | |||
BaBa | 80 | ![]() |
2 | |||
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Moore | Mercury 2.5 V6 | 73 | ![]() |
2–3 | |
Source: [12] |
Season calendar
A ten-race preliminary calendar for the 2016 championship was revealed in a press release on the sport's official website in January.[1] Amongst regular fixtures Abu Dhabi and Sharjah were two new races, with the championship scheduled to make its first appearances in Dubai and Croatia.[13] Races in France and Portugal returned after their re-introduction in 2015, although the Portuguese race switched venues from Porto back to its traditional location Portimão.[14] China returned to having two races on the calendar, an arrangement last seen in 2010 when three races from the country featured. An additional two rounds, expected to be in Asia, were left vacant by the announcement to be confirmed at a later date. Speculation linked one of these vacant slots to a proposed race in Phuket, Thailand,[15] which had provisionally held a slot on the 2015 calendar before the round was cancelled mid-way through the year. A race in Macau was also under negotiation to fill the other calendar slot.[16] Ultimately however, neither the Thai nor Macau race materialised, while the Croatian event was also cancelled, leaving the calendar at seven confirmed races for the year.
Round | Race Title | Date | Circuit Location | Race Winner | Hull/Engine |
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1 | ![]() |
4 March | Dubai | ![]() |
Moore/Mercury |
2 | ![]() |
17 July | Évian-les-Bains | ![]() |
DAC/Mercury |
3 | ![]() |
31 July | Portimão[14] | ![]() |
Moore/Mercury |
4 | ![]() |
4 September | Harbin[17] | ![]() |
BaBa/Mercury |
5 | ![]() |
3 October | Liuzhou | ![]() |
BaBa/Mercury |
6 | ![]() |
9 December | Abu Dhabi | ||
7 | ![]() |
16 December | Sharjah |
Results and standings
Points will be awarded to the top 10 classified finishers. A maximum of two boats per team are eligible for points in the teams' championship.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
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Points | 20 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Drivers standings
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Bold – Pole position |
Teams standings
Only boats with results eligible for points counting towards the teams' championship are shown here.
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Bold – Pole position |
References
- 1 2 "DUBAI TO OPEN 2016 SEASON". F1H2O. 25 January 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ↑ David Sewell (25 January 2016). "Dubai to host F1h20 season opener". Raceboat International. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ↑ "CHIAPPE'S MID-SEASON HOT STREAK EARNS HIM 2ND STRAIGHT TITLE!". F1H2O. 22 December 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ↑ "VICTORY TEAM OPTS FOR MOORE OF THE SAME!". F1H2O. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
- 1 2 "VICTORY TEAM BEGINS AN HISTORIC 'NEW ERA' IN DUBAI!". F1H2O. 19 February 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
- 1 2 "SELIO READY AND SET TO FIGHT FOR TITLE". F1H2O. 17 February 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
- 1 2 David Sewell (10 February 2016). "Germans join UIM World F1h2o fleet". Raceboat International. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
- ↑ David Sewell (7 July 2016). "AHMED AL HAMELI RETURNS TO EMIRATE RACING". Raceboat International. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
- ↑ David Sewell (2 March 2016). "UIM F1 H20 replaces Class 1 in Dubai". Raceboat International. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- ↑ "SZYMURA ENJOYS FIRST EXPERIENCE OF THE JONES DRAGON". F1H2O. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
- ↑ "F4-S TROPHY CHAMPION MIKE SZYMURA STEPS UP INTO F1H2O TO JOIN TEAM EMIC". F1H2O. 10 February 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
- ↑ "EXCITING 18 STRONG DRIVER LINE UP FOR GRAND PRIX OF DUBAI". F1H2O. 12 February 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
- ↑ Danni Matijaca (27 January 2016). "Attractive Water Formula 1 World Championship Coming to Croatia in June". Total Croatia News. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
- 1 2 "F1H2O WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RETURNS TO PORTIMAO". F1H2O. 11 April 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
- ↑ David Sewell (27 February 2016). "UIM F1H2o heading to Phuket in Thailand this November?". Raceboat International. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- ↑ Sergio Fonseca (25 February 2016). "F1 dos barcos quer vir a Macau e negociações já começaram". Hoje Macau. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- ↑ "PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY AS HARBIN GETS GREEN LIGHT TO HOST ROUND FOUR". F1H2O. 27 May 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2016.