2005 F1 Powerboat World Championship

2005 F1 Powerboat World Championship
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Guido Cappellini won his ninth championship in 2005.

The 2005 UIM F1 World Championship was the 22nd season of Formula 1 Powerboat racing. The calendar consisted of six events, beginning in Portimão, Portugal on 22 May 2005, and ending in Sharjah, UAE on 16 December 2005. Guido Cappellini, driving for the Tamoil F1 Team, clinched his ninth world title, re-taking the championship from defending champion Scott Gillman.[1]

Teams and drivers

Team Hull Engine No. Race drivers Rounds Emirates F1 Team DAC Mercury 2.5 V6 1 Scott Gillman[2] All 2 Thani Al Qamzi[2] All Team Green DAC Mercury 2.5 V6 3 Laith Pharaon[2] All 4 Massimo Roggiero[2] All Rainbow Team DAC Mercury 2.5 V6 7 Fabrizio Bocca[2] All 8 Valerio Lagiannella[2] 1–2 Mohamed Al Ali[3] 3–6 Atlantic Team DAC Mercury 2.5 V6 9 Marco Gambi[2] All Burgess 10 Duarte Benavente[2] All DanIta Racing Team DAC Mercury 2.5 V6 11 Gert Ladefoged[2] 1, 4–5 Moore Cédric Deguisne 2 DAC Arif Al Zafeen[3] 3 Moore 12 Cédric Deguisne[2] 1 DAC Rolf Magne Sunde[4] 2–4 Chris Fairchild[5] 5 Singha F1 Racing Team Blaze Mercury 2.5 V6 14 Massimiliano Moreschi[2] All 15 Francesco Cantando[2] All Ligier Charente Maritime DAC Mercury 2.5 V6 17 Philippe Dessertenne[2] All Moore 18 Philippe Chiappe[2] All XPV Racing GTR Mercury 2.5 V6 19 Bob Trask[2] All DAC 20 David Trask[2] All Seliö F1 Powerboat BaBa Mercury 2.5 V6 25 Sami Seliö[2] All DAC 26 Julius Leysen[2] All Comparato Racing Team DAC Mercury 2.5 V6 29 Luca Fornasarig[2] 1–2 Luigi Roberto 3–6 30 Fabio Comparato[2] All ACE Racing Dragon Mercury 2.5 V6 31 Andy Elliott All Tamoil F1 Team DAC Mercury 2.5 V6 43 Guido Cappellini[2] All 44 Fabian Kalsow[2] All 47 Ivan Brigada[4] 2 Team ART Boat DAC Mercury 2.5 V6 71 Bruno Corsin[4] 2

Key Regular boat/driver Boat ineligible for team points

Season calendar

Countries that hosted F1 Powerboat races in 2005, shown in green. Former host nations are shown in pink.

Round	Race Title	Date	Circuit Location	Race Winner	Hull/Engine
1	7th Grand Prix of Portugal	22 May	Portimão[2]	Guido Cappellini	DAC/Mercury
2	9th Grand Prix of Italy	10 July	Como[6]	Guido Cappellini	DAC/Mercury
3	6th Grand Prix of Singapore	18 September	Singapore[7]	Francesco Cantando	Blaze/Mercury
4	1st Grand Prix of Qatar	19 November	Doha[8]	Guido Cappellini	DAC/Mercury
5	13th Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi	9 December	Abu Dhabi[5]	Scott Gillman	DAC/Mercury
6	6th Grand Prix of Sharjah	16 December	Sharjah[9]	Guido Cappellini	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 POR ITA SIN^† QAT ABU SHA Points 1 Guido Cappellini 1 1 Ret 1 3 1 92 2 Sami Seliö 12 2 2 3 Ret 2 49.5 3 Scott Gillman 2 Ret Ret Ret 1 5 42 4 Fabio Comparato 3 6 4 4 Ret 4 39.5 5 Philippe Dessertenne 4 Ret 3 2 4 Ret 39 6 Laith Pharaon 5 5 5 Ret 2 DNS 32.5 7 Francesco Cantando Ret 4 1 Ret 10 3 32 8 David Trask 8 7 6 5 DNS Ret 16.5 9 Andy Elliott Ret 3 Ret Ret Ret DNS 12 10 Massimo Roggiero DNS Ret 7 6 6 Ret 12 11 Thani Al Qamzi 7 9 10 Ret 11 6 11.5 12 Julius Leysen Ret Ret Ret 9 8 7 9 13 Duarte Benavente 10 8 12 7 DNS Ret 8 14 Gert Ladefoged 15 DNS 5 7 15 Fabrizio Bocca 9 10 Ret Ret 7 Ret 7 16 Fabian Kalsow DNS 16 11 8 Ret 8 6 17 Cédric Deguisne 6 18 5 18 Mohamed Al Ali DSQ Ret 9 9 4 19 Luigi Roberto 8 Ret DNS Ret 1.5 20 Rolf Magne Sunde DNS 9 Ret 1 21 Bob Trask Ret DSQ Ret 11 Ret 10 1 22 Marco Gambi Ret 13 Ret 10 Ret Ret 1 23 Philippe Chiappe 13 12 Ret DNS Ret 11 0 24 Massimiliano Moreschi 11 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 25 Ivan Brigada 11 0 26 Luca Fornasarig 14 14 0 27 Valerio Lagiannella DSQ 15 0 28 Bruno Corsin 17 0 29 Chris Fairchild Ret 0 30 Arif Al Zafeen DSQ 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

† Half points were awarded at the Grand Prix of Singapore as less than 70% of the race distance had been completed.[10]

Teams standings

Only boats with results eligible for points counting towards the teams' championship are shown here.

Pos Team Boat No. POR ITA SIN^† QAT ABU SHA Points 1 Tamoil F1 Team 43 1 1 Ret 1 3 1 98 44 DNS 16 11 8 Ret 8 2 Seliö F1 Powerboat 25 12 2 2 3 Ret 2 58.5 26 Ret Ret Ret 9 8 7 3 Emirates F1 Team 1 2 Ret Ret Ret 1 5 53.5 2 7 9 10 Ret 11 6 4 Team Green 3 5 5 5 Ret 2 DNS 44.5 4 DNS Ret 7 6 6 Ret 5 Comparato Racing Team 29 14 14 8 Ret DNS Ret 41 30 3 6 4 4 Ret 4 6 Ligier Charente Maritime 17 4 Ret 3 2 4 Ret 39 18 13 12 Ret DNS Ret 11 7 Singha F1 Racing Team 14 11 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 32 15 Ret 4 1 Ret 10 3 8 XPV Racing 19 Ret DSQ Ret 11 Ret 10 21 20 8 7 6 5 DNS Ret 9 DanIta Racing Team 11 15 18 DSQ DNS 5 13 12 6 DNS 9 Ret Ret 10 ACE Racing 31 Ret 3 Ret Ret Ret DNS 12 11 Rainbow Team 7 9 10 Ret Ret 7 Ret 11 8 DSQ 15 DSQ Ret 9 9 12 Atlantic Team 9 Ret 13 Ret 10 Ret Ret 9 10 10 8 12 7 DNS Ret 13 Team ART Boat 71 17 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

† Half points were awarded at the Grand Prix of Singapore as less than 70% of the race distance had been completed.[10]

References

1. "THE YEAR 2005 - A MEMORABLE CAPPELLINI COMEBACK!". F1H2O. 6 January 2006. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
2. "PORTIMAO READY TO KICK OFF 2005 CAMPAIGN!!". F1H2O. 3 May 2005. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
3. "NEW FACES HIT SINGAPORE TO MAKE IMMEDIATE IMPRESSION!". F1H2O. 16 September 2005. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
4. "25 DRIVERS READY TO CHALLENGE GRAND PRIX OF ITALY!". F1H2O. 8 July 2005. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
5. "CAPPELLINI LOOKS TO ABU DHABI AS A DOOR TO HIS 9TH TITLE!". F1H2O. 2 December 2005. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
6. "HISTORIC F1 CIRCUIT IN COMO TO BE A REAL CHALLENGE!". F1H2O. 25 June 2005. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
7. "CAPPELLINI & GILLMAN HOPE TO KEEP WIN STREAKS ALIVE!". F1H2O. 9 September 2005. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
8. "1ST GRAND PRIX OF QATAR TO BEGIN 2ND SEASON!". F1H2O. 11 November 2005. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
9. "THE GLOVES ARE OFF; CAPPELLINI & GILLMAN GO FOR PRIDE IN FINAL!". F1H2O. 14 December 2005. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
10. "CANTANDO WINS WILD SHORTEND RACE IN SINGAPORE!". F1H2O. 18 September 2005. Retrieved 17 February 2016.

External links

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