The undefeated 2008 Powerboat P1 SuperSport Class Champions will be back in 2009 with a new boat, new engines and flying the flag of a new sponsor–literally. Chaudron
Team throttleman, Angelo Tedeschi and pilot, Aaron Ciantar recently launched a new Ilmor High Performance Marine-powered, 41-foot, Maltese-built Chaudron hull. The Ukrainian Spirit team christened the #43 Seagull, painting it in the color scheme of the Ukrainian Flag. …Â Details
Testing conditions greeted competitors in the NZ Offshore Powerboat Championship in Napier on Saturday, and despite one to two metre swells and a one metre chop, both the 100-mile and 60-mile races saw very close racing.
The leading 100-mile and 60-mile competitors finished within two to three hundred metres of each other, commented Greg Brinck, spokesperson for the New Zealand Offshore Powerboat Association and driver of 60-mile championship leader ‘Konica Minolta’…. Details
Arif Saif Al Zafein is making a return to Class One action alongside Nader Bin Hendi as World Champions Victory 1 start the defence of their crown with the opening round of the UIM WPPA 2009 World Offshore Powerboating Championship in Qatar later next month.
“Arif is back in the driver’s seat and he will be alongside Nader,” Victory Team manager Gianfranco Venturelli told Gulf News…. Details
After an action-packed race along the Napier foreshore last year, competitors in the Rayglass New Zealand Offshore Powerboat Racing Championship are preparing themselves for another intense battle in the Hawke’s Bay on Saturday 7 March.
‘The ocean off Napier’s Westshore can develop some massive swells,’ says Cary Gleeson, vice-president of the New Zealand Offshore Powerboat Association (NZOPA) and throttle-man for ‘Doosan’, current leader of the superboat lite class.
‘You can be racing side-by-side with another boat then it disappears from view into a swell…Â ….. DetailsÂ