2006 F1 Powerboat World Championship

The 2006 UIM F1 World Championship was the 23rd season of Formula 1 Powerboat racing. The calendar consisted of six events, beginning in Doha, Qatar on 15 April 2006, and ending in Sharjah, UAE on 15 December 2006. Scott Gillman, driving for the Emirates F1 Team, clinched his fourth and ultimately last F1 championship which remains the second highest total in the sport's history.[1]

2006 F1 Powerboat World Championship
Previous: 2005 Next: 2007

Teams and drivers

Team Hull Engine No. Race drivers Rounds
Italy Tamoil F1 Team DAC Mercury 2.5 V6 1 Italy Guido Cappellini[2] All
2 Italy Ivan Brigada[2] 1–3, 5–6
BaBa Germany Fabian Kalsow 4
44 Germany Fabian Kalsow 2–3, 5–6
Italy Team Green BaBa
DAC[3]
Mercury 2.5 V6 3 Saudi Arabia Laith Pharaon[2] 1–2, 5–6
BaBa 4 Italy Massimo Roggiero[2] 1
DAC Italy Leo Bonelli 2–3
Italy Rainbow Team DAC Mercury 2.5 V6 7 Italy Fabrizio Bocca[2] All
8 Italy Valerio Lagiannella[2] 1–2
Sweden Jonas Andersson 3–6
41 Sweden Jonas Andersson[3] 2
71 Italy Valerio Lagiannella 3
Portugal Atlantic Team Dragon Mercury 2.5 V6 9 United Kingdom Andy Elliott[2] All
10 Portugal Duarte Benavente[2] All
Italy Singha Racing Team Blaze Mercury 2.5 V6 14 Italy Massimiliano Moreschi[2] All
15 Italy Francesco Cantando[2] All
France CTIC China Team Charente Maritime DAC Mercury 2.5 V6 17 France Philippe Dessertenne[2] All
BaBa 18 France Philippe Chiappe[2] All
DAC 81 China Peng Lin Wu[3] 2–6
Australia XPV Racing GTR Mercury 2.5 V6 19 Australia Bob Trask[2] All
20 Australia David Trask[2] All
Finland Red Devil Seliö F1 BaBa Mercury 2.5 V6 25 Finland Sami Seliö[2] All
26 Belgium Julius Leysen[2] All
United Arab Emirates Emirates F1 Team DAC Mercury 2.5 V6 27 United States Scott Gillman[2] All
28 United Arab Emirates Thani Al Qamzi[2] All
Italy Comparato Racing Team Comparato Mercury 2.5 V6 29 Italy Luigi Roberto All
DAC 30 Italy Fabio Comparato[2] All
Comparato 47 Sweden Pierre Lundin[3] 3
Italy ASMC Racing DAC Mercury 2.5 V6 33 Italy Marco Gambi[2] All
Blaze 34 Italy Franco Leidi[2] 1–3
DAC United Arab Emirates Ahmed Al Hameli 3, 5–6
Qatar Qatar Team BaBa Mercury 2.5 V6 55 United States Jay Price[3] 2–6
56 Italy Massimo Roggiero[3] 2–6
96 Qatar Mohamed Al Ali 1
Key
Regular boat/driver
Boat ineligible for team points

Season calendar

Countries that hosted F1 Powerboat races in 2006, shown in green. Former host nations are shown in pink.

A six-race calendar was maintained from the 2005 season, with just one change: the incident-packed race from the previous year in Singapore was replaced by the return of China to the schedule after a year's absence. The venue chosen was Chongzhou where F1 would visit for the first time.[4] The 2006 season marked a watershed for Italy's presence in the sport. Whilst Italian teams and drivers have gone on to participate in the series for years to follow, 2006 is the last time an Italian round has featured on the calendar to date. It was therefore somewhat fitting that on the 25th anniversary of the first championship season the venue was Lake Como where the first F1 race, and the first Grand Prix of Italy, had been held in 1981.[5]

Round Race Title Date Circuit Location Race Winner Hull/Engine
1 Qatar 2nd Grand Prix of Qatar 15 April Doha[2] Italy Ivan Brigada DAC/Mercury
2 Portugal 8th Grand Prix of Portugal 20 May Portimão[6] Italy Guido Cappellini DAC/Mercury
3 Italy 10th Grand Prix of Italy 16 July Como[5] Italy Guido Cappellini DAC/Mercury
4 China 5th Grand Prix of China 5 October Chongzhou[4] United States Scott Gillman DAC/Mercury
5 United Arab Emirates 14th Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi 8 December Abu Dhabi[7] Italy Guido Cappellini DAC/Mercury
6 United Arab Emirates 7th Grand Prix of Sharjah 15 December Sharjah[8] United Arab Emirates Thani Al Qamzi DAC/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 QAT
Qatar
POR
Portugal
ITA
Italy
CHN
China
ABU
United Arab Emirates
SHA
United Arab Emirates
Points
1 United States Scott Gillman 2 2 Ret 1 2 7 69
2 Italy Guido Cappellini Ret 1 1 6 1 Ret 65
3 United Arab Emirates Thani Al Qamzi 4 5 2 Ret 3 1 63
4 Italy Ivan Brigada 1 Ret Ret Ret 2 35
5 Australia David Trask DNS Ret 4 3 DSQ 5 28
6 Sweden Jonas Andersson 4 Ret Ret 5 3 28
7 Australia Bob Trask 5 6 Ret 5 Ret 6 24
8 United States Jay Price 14 6 2 DNS DSQ 20
9 France Philippe Dessertenne 3 11 12 9 8 8 20
10 Finland Sami Seliö 6 Ret Ret 10 6 4 20
11 France Philippe Chiappe 8 8 11 7 4 DNS 19
12 Italy Fabio Comparato 12 3 10 Ret 7 DNS 17
13 Italy Massimo Roggiero DNS Ret 3 DNS Ret Ret 12
14 United Kingdom Andy Elliott Ret 9 Ret 4 Ret 10 12
15 Portugal Duarte Benavente 9 Ret 5 Ret DSQ 13 9
16 Germany Fabian Kalsow 12 8 8 9 14 8
17 Italy Francesco Cantando Ret 7 Ret Ret 11 11 4
18 Belgium Julius Leysen Ret 13 7 Ret Ret 15 4
19 Italy Massimiliano Moreschi 7 Ret 13 Ret Ret Ret 4
20 United Arab Emirates Ahmed Al Hameli DNS 10 9 3
21 Italy Fabrizio Bocca Ret Ret 9 Ret Ret 12 2
22 Italy Luigi Roberto 11 10 Ret 11 Ret DNS 1
23 Saudi Arabia Laith Pharaon 10 Ret Ret Ret 1
24 China Peng Lin Wu DNQ 14 Ret 12 16 0
25 Italy Marco Gambi Ret Ret Ret DNS Ret Ret 0
26 Italy Valerio Lagiannella Ret Ret DNS 0
27 Italy Franco Leidi Ret DNQ DNS 0
28 Italy Leo Bonelli DNQ Ret 0
29 Qatar Mohamed Al Ali Ret 0
30 Sweden Pierre Lundin Ret 0
Key
Colour Result
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird 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)
Did not enter (cell empty)
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.
QAT
Qatar
POR
Portugal
ITA
Italy
CHN
China
ABU
United Arab Emirates
SHA
United Arab Emirates
Points
1 United Arab Emirates Emirates F1 Team 27 2 2 Ret 1 2 7 132
28 4 5 2 Ret 3 1
2 Italy Tamoil F1 Team 1 Ret 1 1 6 1 Ret 103
2 1 Ret Ret 8 Ret 2
3 Australia XPV Racing 19 5 6 Ret 5 Ret 6 52
20 DNS Ret 4 3 DSQ 5
4 France CTIC China Team Charente Maritime 17 3 11 12 9 8 8 39
18 8 8 11 7 4 DNS
5 Qatar Qatar Team 55 14 6 2 DNS DSQ 32
56 Ret 3 DNS Ret Ret
6 Finland Red Devil Seliö F1 25 6 Ret Ret 10 6 4 24
26 Ret 13 7 Ret Ret 15
7 Italy Rainbow Team 7 Ret Ret 9 Ret Ret 12 21
8 Ret Ret Ret Ret 5 3
8 Portugal Atlantic Team 9 Ret 9 Ret 4 Ret 10 21
10 9 Ret 5 Ret DSQ 13
9 Italy Comparato Racing Team 29 11 10 Ret 11 Ret DNS 18
30 12 3 10 Ret 7 DNS
10 Italy Singha Racing Team 14 7 Ret 13 Ret Ret Ret 8
15 Ret 7 Ret Ret 11 11
11 Italy ASMC Racing 33 Ret Ret Ret DNS Ret Ret 3
34 Ret DNQ DNS 10 9
12 Italy Team Green 3 10 Ret Ret Ret 1
4 DNS DNQ Ret
Key
Colour Result
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird 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)
Did not enter (cell empty)
Text formatting Meaning
Bold Pole position
Italics Fastest lap


References

  1. "GILLMAN'S CONSISTANCY [sic] WINS HIM A 4TH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP!". F1H2O. 30 December 2006. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  2. "CAPPELLINI'S QUEST OF 10 WORLD TITLES ABOUT TO BEGIN IN QATAR!". F1H2O. 3 April 2006. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  3. "RUMORS FLY AS NEW DRIVERS EXPECTED IN PORTIMAO!". F1H2O. 5 May 2006. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  4. "CAPPELLINI AND GILLMAN LOOK FOR REPEAT WINS IN CHINA!". F1H2O. 9 September 2006. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  5. "GP OF ITALY MARKS 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF F1 RACING!". F1H2O. 13 July 2006. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  6. "8TH G.P. OF PORTUGAL SET TO BE ANOTHER CAPPELLINI SHOW?". F1H2O. 23 May 2006. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  7. "LONG STANDING ABU DHABI EVENT FEATURES MANY HERO'S!". F1H2O. 1 December 2006. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  8. "GAME ON!!! IT'S ALL OR NOTHING FOR GUIDO CAPPELLINI & SCOTT GILLMAN!". F1H2O. 13 December 2006. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
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