Sami Seliö (left, pictured in 2008) won his second world title in 2010.

The 2010 UIM F1 H₂O World Championship was the 27th season of Formula 1 Powerboat racing, and the 30th anniversary year since the series' foundation in 1981. The calendar consisted of eight races, beginning in Portimão, Portugal on 9 May 2010, and ending in Sharjah, UAE on 10 December 2010.^[1] Sami Seliö finished the season as drivers' champion driving for Team Mad Croc, clinching his second title with his first having been in 2007.^[2]

Teams and drivers

Team Hull Engine No. Race drivers Rounds Team Nautica BaBa Mercury 2.5 V6 3 Rinaldo Osculati 1–2, 4–8 4 Tomas Cermak 2–8 Team Abu Dhabi DAC Mercury 2.5 V6 5 Thani Al Qamzi[3] All BaBa 6 Ahmed Al Hameli[3] All CTIC China Team Moore Mercury 2.5 V6 7 Philippe Chiappe All DAC 8 Pierre Lundin All F1 Atlantic Team BaBa Mercury 2.5 V6 9 Fabian Kalsow 1–3 Moore Philippe Tourre 4–8 Dragon 10 Duarte Benavente All BaBa 22 Fabian Kalsow 6–8 Team Mad Croc BaBa Mercury 2.5 V6 11 Sami Seliö All 12 Alex Carella All Team Azerbaijan DAC Mercury 2.5 V6 14 Jonas Andersson All 15 Marit Strømøy All 18 Ma'arof Mahari[4] 3 Qatar Team DAC Mercury 2.5 V6 16 Jay Price All Dragon 17 Andy Elliott[5] All Team Skydive Dubai BaBa Mercury 2.5 V6 21 Tim Seebold[6] 3–5 Ivan Brigada 8 Singha F1 Racing Team DAC Mercury 2.5 V6 23 Marco Gambi 1–7 Blaze 24 Francesco Cantando All Rainbow Team DAC Mercury 2.5 V6 31 Davide Padovan All 800 Doctor BaBa Mercury 2.5 V6 69 Luigi Roberto 2–4 70 Fabio Comparato All Pringles Xtreme F1 Racing DAC Mercury 2.5 V6 77 Stanislav Kourtsenovsky[7] 2

Key Regular boat/driver Boat ineligible for team points

Season calendar

Countries that hosted F1 Powerboat races in 2010, shown in green. Former host nations are shown in pink.

A total of eight rounds comprised the 2010 championship, the same as in 2009. However the concept of running two races at each event, an idea introduced the previous year, was dropped for 2010, with the championship returning to the traditional format of practice and qualifying on the first day, and racing on the second. The Grand Prix of Finland, having been held at Lahti for the past two years, was replaced by a third Chinese race in Linyi which was announced at the beginning of the year.^[8][9] The initial calendar published by the UIM featured an additional race in the week following the St Petersburg event, however a location was never finalised, and it was dropped from the schedule.^[1]

Round	Race Title	Date	Circuit Location	Race Winner	Hull/Engine
1	12th Grand Prix of Portugal	9 May	Portimão	Ahmed Al Hameli	BaBa/Mercury
2	8th Grand Prix of Russia	11 July	St Petersburg	Sami Seliö	BaBa/Mercury
3	12th Grand Prix of China	3 October	Linyi[8][9]	Alex Carella	BaBa/Mercury
4	13th Grand Prix of China	17 October	Liuzhou	Jay Price	DAC/Mercury
5	14th Grand Prix of China	24 October	Shenzhen	Francesco Cantando	Blaze/Mercury
6	7th Grand Prix of Qatar	27 November	Doha	Jay Price	DAC/Mercury
7	18th Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi	4 December	Abu Dhabi	Sami Seliö	BaBa/Mercury
8	11th Grand Prix of Sharjah	10 December	Sharjah	Ahmed Al Hameli	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.

Drivers standings

Pos Driver POR RUS CHN CHN CHN QAT ABU SHA Points 1 Sami Seliö DSQ 1 2 Ret 4 2 1 2 94 2 Jay Price 4 3 5 1 Ret 1 2 6 88 3 Alex Carella Ret 2 1 6 5 3 Ret 3 71 4 Thani Al Qamzi 3 4 8 2 6 6 3 5 68 5 Francesco Cantando 2 Ret 3 3 1 Ret Ret DNS 59 6 Ahmed Al Hameli 1 Ret Ret Ret Ret 4 4 1 58 7 Pierre Lundin 5 6 14 4 3 Ret 6 9 40 8 Philippe Chiappe Ret Ret 9 Ret 2 9 5 Ret 26 9 Jonas Andersson DNS 5 10 7 10 Ret Ret 4 22 10 Fabio Comparato DSQ Ret 4 10 9 10 7 DNS 17 11 Tim Seebold 6 5 7 16 12 Fabian Kalsow 7 DNS Ret 5 Ret 7 15 13 Davide Padovan 8 8 Ret 9 Ret 7 9 11 14 14 Marit Strømøy Ret 7 DNS Ret 8 Ret 8 8 13 15 Duarte Benavente Ret Ret 7 8 11 8 Ret Ret 10 16 Andy Elliott 6 9 Ret 13 12 Ret Ret Ret 7 17 Philippe Tourre 11 15 13 Ret 10 1 18 Tomas Cermak 12 Ret 14 16 12 10 12 1 19 Stanislav Kourtsenovsky 10 1 20 Rinaldo Osculati Ret DNS Ret 17 11 11 Ret 0 21 Luigi Roberto 11 11 DNS 0 22 Marco Gambi DSQ Ret Ret 12 13 Ret Ret 0 23 Ma'arof Mahari 12 0 24 Ivan Brigada Ret 0

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Other points position Blue Other classified position Not classified, finished (NC) Purple Not classified, retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (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. POR RUS CHN CHN CHN QAT ABU SHA Points 1 Team Mad Croc 11 DSQ 1 2 Ret 4 2 1 2 165 12 Ret 2 1 6 5 3 Ret 3 2 Team Abu Dhabi 5 3 4 8 2 6 6 3 5 126 6 1 Ret Ret Ret Ret 4 4 1 3 Qatar Team 16 4 3 5 1 Ret 1 2 6 95 17 6 9 Ret 13 12 Ret Ret Ret 4 CTIC China Team 7 Ret Ret 9 Ret 2 9 5 Ret 66 8 5 6 14 4 3 Ret 6 9 5 Singha F1 Racing Team 23 DSQ Ret Ret 12 13 Ret Ret 59 24 2 Ret 3 3 1 Ret Ret DNS 6 Team Azerbaijan 14 DNS 5 10 7 10 Ret Ret 4 35 15 Ret 7 DNS Ret 8 Ret 8 8 7 800 Doctor 69 11 11 DNS 17 70 DSQ Ret 4 10 9 10 7 DNS 8 F1 Atlantic Team 9 7 DNS Ret 11 15 13 Ret 10 15 10 Ret Ret 7 8 11 8 Ret Ret 9 Rainbow Team 31 8 8 Ret 9 Ret 7 9 11 14 10 Team Skydive Dubai 21 6 5 7 Ret 11 11 Team Nautica 3 Ret DNS Ret 17 11 11 Ret 1 4 12 Ret 14 16 12 10 12 12 Pringles Xtreme F1 Racing 77 10 1

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

External links

• The official website of the UIM F1 H2O World Championship
• The official website of the Union Internationale Motonautique