Monday, 15 February: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Vancouver, Canada, approved its Executive Board's decision to give to the Union Internationale Motonautique (UIM) ‘full recognition’.
The UIM President Dr. Raffaele Chiulli stated: “The UIM is extremely proud and honoured of the recognition given by the International Olympic Committee to the UIM and to our sport. This is significant acknowledgment and appreciation and will ...
Monday, 15 February: Giampaolo Montavoci and Domenico Cirilli have re-established their racing alliance and confirmed that they will run a two-boat team in this year’s UIM-WPPA Class 1 World Powerboat Championship.
The renewed collaboration between Italian, Montavoci and Spaniard, Cirilli - first established in 2004 with the Italian-Spanish pairing sharing the cockpit in 22 Grands Prix, taking a Pole Position win and second place in the ...
Sunday, 24 January, DUESSELDORF (Germany): Rio de Janeiro is the spectacular setting for the first Grand Prix of the 2010 UIM-WPPA Class 1 World Powerboat Championship, with the International Offshore Team Association (IOTA), the organiser and worldwide television and commercial rights holder, confirming a seven-venue, 14-race calendar.
The International Offshore Team Association (IOTA) will announce the calendar for the 2010 Class 1 World Powerboat Championship at the 41st International Boat Show, Boot 2010 Duesseldorf.
The press conference will take place at the Duesseldorf Exhibition Centre on Sunday, 24th January 2010, at 12.30 hrs, at the Marinepool - Spirit of the Ocean stand, Hall 11, Stand H41
Friday, 1 January 2010: For the first time since joining the Class 1 World Powerboat Championship in 1993, 2009 saw the Victory Team achieve the Grand Slam of all four titles in the same year, winning the World, European, Middle East and Edox Pole Position Championships.
But their year was shrouded in sadness and ended in tragedy with the loss of the lives of pilots, Mohammad Al Mehairi and Jean-Marc Sanchez in a high-speed racing ...
