2009 F1 Powerboat World Championship

The 2009 UIM F1 H₂O World Championship was the 26th season of Formula 1 Powerboat racing. The calendar consisted of sixteen races, two per event, beginning in Portimão, Portugal on 4 April 2009, and ending in Sharjah, UAE on 11 December 2009.[1] The format of two races per weekend was a new feature for 2009, introduced by series promoter Nicolo di San Germano at the official pre-season meeting in March.[2] Guido Cappellini, driving for Zepter Team, was drivers' champion, securing an unprecedented tenth championship crown before retiring at the end of the year.[3]

2009 F1 Powerboat World Championship
Previous:	2008	Next:	2010

Guido Cappellini won his tenth and final championship in 2009.

Teams and drivers

Guido Cappellini at the Grand Prix of Russia in St. Petersburg.

Thani Al Qamzi at the Grand Prix of Russia in St. Petersburg.

Team	Hull	Engine	No.	Race drivers	Rounds
Qatar Team	DAC	Mercury 2.5 V6	1	Jay Price	All
	BaBa		2	Leo Bonelli	1–2
	Dragon			Andy Elliott[4]	3–6
				Craig Bailey	7–10
				Malcolm Goodman[5]	11–16
Team Abu Dhabi	DAC	Mercury 2.5 V6	5	Thani Al Qamzi	All
Team Abu Dhabi	BaBa	Mercury 2.5 V6	6	Ahmed Al Hameli	All
CTIC China Team	DAC	Mercury 2.5 V6	7	Pierre Lundin	All
CTIC China Team	BaBa	Mercury 2.5 V6	8	Fabian Kalsow	All
F1 Atlantic Team	Moore	Mercury 2.5 V6	9	Philippe Chiappe	All
F1 Atlantic Team	Dragon	Mercury 2.5 V6	10	Duarte Benavente	All
Team Mad Croc	BaBa	Mercury 2.5 V6	11	Sami Seliö	All
			12	Massimo Roggiero	1–4
			12	Rinaldo Osculati	5–8, 11–16
	DAC		18	Daniele Martignoni	1–6
Team Azerbaijan	DAC	Mercury 2.5 V6	14	Jonas Andersson	All
Team Azerbaijan	DAC	Mercury 2.5 V6	15	Marit Strømøy	All
Singha F1 Racing Team	DAC	Mercury 2.5 V6	23	Marco Gambi	All
Singha F1 Racing Team	Blaze	Mercury 2.5 V6	24	Francesco Cantando	All
Ace Racing	Dragon	Mercury 2.5 V6	50	Andy Elliott	1–2
800 Doctor	DAC	Mercury 2.5 V6	69	Valerio Lagiannella	All
800 Doctor	BaBa	Mercury 2.5 V6	70	Fabio Comparato	All
Zepter Team	DAC	Mercury 2.5 V6	74	Guido Cappellini	All
			75	Ugis Gross	1–10
			75	Tomas Cermak	11–16
Prox F1 Racing Team	DAC	Mercury 2.5 V6	77	Stanislav Kourtsenovsky[6]	3–4

Key
Regular boat/driver
Boat ineligible for team points

Season calendar

Countries that hosted F1 Powerboat races in 2009, shown in green. Former host nations are shown in pink.

Jonas Andersson at the Grand Prix of Russia in St. Petersburg.

The winners of the Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi second race; left to right: Ahmed Al Hameli, UAE, (second place); Jay Price, USA, (first place); and Philippe Chiappe, France, (third place).

The most significant change for the 2009 season was the introduction of a two-race format for each event making up the championship. With eight rounds confirmed by the UIM prior to the season's start[1] the season would be made up of a total of 16 points-scoring races, the highest in its history. Only the thirteen races in 2000 came close in the previous 10 years. Initial reaction to the new format was positive, with drivers and fans commending the decision following its debut at the Grand Prix of Portugal.[7] However whilst it increased the spectacle and offered teams and drivers more opportunities for success, costs were forced upwards and the format wasn't retained for 2010.

The initial calendar for the 2009 season featured the Grand Prix of Russia in St Petersburg as the second round of the championship, taking place on 5 and 6 June.[1] However the race was postponed, with an announcement made on 22 April that it would instead be moved to the second week of August, with the Grand Prix of Finland becoming the second round, on 12 and 13 June.[8]

Round	Race Title	Date	Circuit Location	Race	Race Winner	Hull/Engine
1	11th Grand Prix of Portugal	4–5 April	Portimão	1	Ahmed Al Hameli	BaBa/Mercury
1	11th Grand Prix of Portugal	4–5 April	Portimão	2	Thani Al Qamzi	DAC/Mercury
2	5th Grand Prix of Finland	12–13 June	Lahti[8]	1	Guido Cappellini	DAC/Mercury
2	5th Grand Prix of Finland	12–13 June	Lahti[8]	2	Jay Price	DAC/Mercury
3	7th Grand Prix of Russia	8–9 August	St Petersburg[8]	1	Jay Price	DAC/Mercury
3	7th Grand Prix of Russia	8–9 August	St Petersburg[8]	2	Jonas Andersson	DAC/Mercury
4	10th Grand Prix of China	6–7 October	Liuzhou	1	Sami Seliö	BaBa/Mercury
4	10th Grand Prix of China	6–7 October	Liuzhou	2	Jonas Andersson	DAC/Mercury
5	11th Grand Prix of China	17–18 October	Shenzhen	1	Guido Cappellini	DAC/Mercury
5	11th Grand Prix of China	17–18 October	Shenzhen	2	Sami Seliö	BaBa/Mercury
6	6th Grand Prix of Qatar	27–28 November	Doha	1	Guido Cappellini	DAC/Mercury
6	6th Grand Prix of Qatar	27–28 November	Doha	2	Guido Cappellini	DAC/Mercury
7	17th Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi	4–5 December	Abu Dhabi	1	Guido Cappellini	DAC/Mercury
7	17th Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi	4–5 December	Abu Dhabi	2	Jay Price	DAC/Mercury
8	10th Grand Prix of Sharjah	10–11 December	Sharjah	1	Jay Price	DAC/Mercury
8	10th Grand Prix of Sharjah	10–11 December	Sharjah	2	Sami Seliö	BaBa/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	POR		FIN		RUS		CHN		CHN		QAT		ABU		SHA		Points
Pos	Driver	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	2	Points
1	Guido Cappellini	10	Ret	1	4	Ret	Ret	7	2	1	Ret	1	1	1	Ret	3	3	153
2	Thani Al Qamzi	4	1	4	2	Ret	3	Ret	3	7	5	2	4	5	Ret	4	2	143
3	Sami Seliö	Ret	Ret	5	3	Ret	2	1	Ret	4	1	Ret	6	3	Ret	2	1	135
4	Jay Price	2	Ret	Ret	1	1	DNS	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	2	1	1	Ret	125
5	Jonas Andersson	3	9	2	8	Ret	1	5	1	3	10	7	8	6	Ret	6	4	118
6	Franceso Cantando	Ret	2	Ret	7	Ret	8	2	Ret	2	8	Ret	2	4	5	Ret	10	87
7	Ahmed Al Hameli	1	Ret	Ret	6	2	5	Ret	Ret	6	DNS	Ret	5	8	2	5	DNS	84
8	Philippe Chiappe	Ret	12	11	5	3	7	4	10	Ret	3	4	3	7	3	Ret	DNS	82
9	Fabio Comparato	5	Ret	3	Ret	4	4	6	Ret	Ret	7	3	9	9	4	Ret	DNS	71
10	Pierre Lundin	Ret	5	DSQ	Ret	5	DSQ	3	4	5	DNS	6	7	11	Ret	10	7	56
11	Duarte Benavente	Ret	3	6	9	Ret	Ret	8	7	8	6	Ret	10	10	6	DNS	Ret	41
12	Marit Strømøy	7	8	9	13	7	10	Ret	5	Ret	DNS	10	11	13	7	7	5	37
13	Fabian Kalsow	9	11	13	11	9	11	10	6	9	4	8	12	12	10	DNS	6	30
14	Ugis Gross	6	Ret	7	10	Ret	6	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS							15
15	Valerio Lagiannella	DNS	DNS	8	Ret	6	Ret	9	DNS	11	Ret	DNS	Ret	DNS	8	DNS	DNS	13
16	Marco Gambi	Ret	10	14	DNS	10	Ret	11	9	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	14	9	8	Ret	11
17	Malcolm Goodman											5	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	10
18	Daniele Martignoni	11	6	12	Ret	8	9											10
19	Andy Elliott	Ret	4	DNS	Ret	DNS	DNS											9
20	Leo Bonelli	8	7															7
21	Craig Bailey							Ret	8	10	9							6
22	Rinaldo Osculati					Ret	12	Ret	11			11	13	DNS	DNS	9	9	4
23	Stanislav Kourtsenovsky			10	12													1
24	Tomas Cermak											DNS	DNS	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	0
25	Massimo Roggiero	DNS	DNS	Ret	Ret													0

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Other points position
Blue	Other classified position
Blue	Not classified, finished (NC)
Purple	Not classified, retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	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.	POR		FIN		RUS		CHN		CHN		QAT		ABU		SHA		Points
Pos	Team	Boat No.	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	2	Points
1	Team Abu Dhabi	5	4	1	4	2	Ret	3	Ret	3	7	5	2	4	5	Ret	4	2	227
1	Team Abu Dhabi	6	1	Ret	Ret	6	2	5	Ret	Ret	6	DNS	Ret	5	8	2	5	DNS	227
2	Zepter Team	74	10	Ret	1	4	Ret	Ret	7	2	1	Ret	1	1	1	Ret	3	3	168
2	Zepter Team	75	6	Ret	7	10	Ret	6	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	168
3	Team Azerbaijan	14	3	9	2	8	Ret	1	5	1	3	10	7	8	6	Ret	6	4	155
3	Team Azerbaijan	15	7	8	9	13	7	10	Ret	5	Ret	DNS	10	11	13	7	7	5	155
4	Qatar Team	1	2	Ret	Ret	1	1	DNS	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	2	1	1	Ret	148
4	Qatar Team	2	8	7	DNS	Ret	DNS	DNS	Ret	8	10	9	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	148
5	Team Mad Croc	11	Ret	Ret	5	3	Ret	2	1	Ret	4	1	Ret	6	3	Ret	2	1	139
5	Team Mad Croc	12	DNS	DNS	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	11			11	13	DNS	DNS	9	9	139
6	F1 Atlantic Team	9	Ret	12	11	5	3	7	4	10	Ret	3	4	3	7	3	Ret	DNS	123
6	F1 Atlantic Team	10	Ret	3	6	9	Ret	Ret	8	7	8	6	Ret	10	10	6	DNS	Ret	123
7	Singha F1 Racing Team	23	Ret	10	14	DNS	10	Ret	11	9	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	14	9	8	Ret	98
7	Singha F1 Racing Team	24	Ret	2	Ret	7	Ret	8	2	Ret	2	8	Ret	2	4	5	Ret	10	98
8	CTIC China Team	7	Ret	5	DSQ	Ret	5	DSQ	3	4	5	DNS	6	7	11	Ret	10	7	86
8	CTIC China Team	8	9	11	13	11	9	11	10	6	9	4	8	12	12	10	DNS	6	86
9	800 Doctor	69	DNS	DNS	8	Ret	6	Ret	9	DNS	11	Ret	DNS	Ret	DNS	8	DNS	DNS	84
9	800 Doctor	70	5	Ret	3	Ret	4	4	6	Ret	Ret	7	3	9	9	4	Ret	DNS	84
10	Ace Racing	50	Ret	4															9
11	Prox F1 Racing Team	77			10	12													1

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Other points position
Blue	Other classified position
Blue	Not classified, finished (NC)
Purple	Not classified, retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	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

"ADVANCE REGULATIONS 2009". Union Internationale Motonautique. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
"Lahti Host Pre-Season F1 Party". F1H2O. 13 March 2009. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
"Cappellini's late Charge Leads to 10th World Title!!". F1H2O. 31 December 2009. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
"Qatar Team Welcomes English Veteran Andy Elliott!". F1H2O. 2 June 2009. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
"Malcolm Goodman joins Jay Price in Qatar Team". F1H2O. 24 November 2009. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
"Russian Driver Kourtsenovsky Ready For New Start!". F1H2O. 11 June 2009. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
"New race format adds excitement for drivers!". F1H2O. 17 April 2009. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
"Postponement of the GP of Russia". F1H2O. 22 April 2009. Retrieved 18 March 2013.

External links

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[AdvancedCalender-1] "ADVANCE REGULATIONS 2009". Union Internationale Motonautique. Retrieved 10 March 2013.

[2] "Lahti Host Pre-Season F1 Party". F1H2O. 13 March 2009. Retrieved 18 March 2013.

[3] "Cappellini's late Charge Leads to 10th World Title!!". F1H2O. 31 December 2009. Retrieved 10 March 2013.

[4] "Qatar Team Welcomes English Veteran Andy Elliott!". F1H2O. 2 June 2009. Retrieved 18 March 2013.

[5] "Malcolm Goodman joins Jay Price in Qatar Team". F1H2O. 24 November 2009. Retrieved 18 March 2013.

[6] "Russian Driver Kourtsenovsky Ready For New Start!". F1H2O. 11 June 2009. Retrieved 18 March 2013.

[7] "New race format adds excitement for drivers!". F1H2O. 17 April 2009. Retrieved 18 March 2013.

[RussiaPostponed-8] "Postponement of the GP of Russia". F1H2O. 22 April 2009. Retrieved 18 March 2013.