2007 F1 Powerboat World Championship
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Sami Seliö (left, pictured in 2008) won the first title for a Finnish driver in 2007.
The 2007 UIM F1 World Championship was the 24th season of Formula 1 Powerboat racing. The calendar consisted of eight events, beginning in Portimao , Portugal on 13 May 2007, and ending in Sharjah , UAE on 14 December 2007.[1] Sami Seliö , driving for F1 Team Energy, secured his maiden drivers' title, the first driver outside of Italy, the USA and the UK to do so.[2]
Teams and drivers [ ]
Team
Hull
Engine
Race drivers
Rounds
Emirates F1 Team
DAC
Mercury 2.5 V6
1
1–3
Ahmed Al Hameli[3]
4–8
2
Thani Al Qamzi[3]
All
27
Ahmed Al Hameli[4]
1–3
Majed Al Mansoori
5–8
XPV Racing
GTR
Mercury 2.5 V6
3
Bob Trask[5]
All
4
David Trask[5]
All
F1 Team Energy
BaBa
Mercury 2.5 V6
5
Sami Seliö [6]
All
6
Stanislav Kourtsenovsky[6]
All
CTIC China Team Charente Maritime
DAC
Mercury 2.5 V6
7
Philippe Dessertenne[7]
1, 3–8
8
Peng Lin Wu[7]
All
17
Philippe Dessertenne
2
Atlantic Team
BaBa
Mercury 2.5 V6
9
Philippe Chiappe
All
Dragon
10
Duarte Benavente[8]
All
Qatar Team
BaBa
Mercury 2.5 V6
11
All
DAC
12
Leo Bonelli[4]
1–6
Philippe Tourre
7–8
F1 Team Sweden
DAC
Mercury 2.5 V6
14
Jonas Andersson[4]
All
15
Philippe Tourre[4]
1–6
7–8
36
Marit Strømøy
5–6
Comparato Racing Team
Comparato
Mercury 2.5 V6
19
Fabio Comparato
All
20
Pierre Lundin[9]
All
Tamoil F1 Team
DAC
Mercury 2.5 V6
21
Guido Cappellini
All
22
Marco Gambi[4]
1–2
Ivan Brigada
3–6
Ugis Gross
7–8
Singha Racing Team
Blaze
Mercury 2.5 V6
23
Franco Leidi[9]
All
24
Francesco Cantando[9]
All
DAC
35
Marco Gambi[10]
7–8
Rainbow Team
DAC
Mercury 2.5 V6
31
[9]
All
32
Valerio Lagiannella[9]
1–6
Shaun Torrente[11]
7
ACE Racing
Dragon
Mercury 2.5 V6
33
Andy Elliott[8]
2, 7–8
Woodstock Racing Team
BaBa
Mercury 2.5 V6
46
Massimo Roggiero[12]
7–8
Key
Regular boat/driver
Boat ineligible for team points
Season calendar [ ]
Countries that hosted F1 Powerboat races in 2007, shown in green. Former host nations are shown in pink.
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 [ ]
Teams standings [ ]
Only boats with results eligible for points counting towards the teams' championship are shown here.
References [ ]
External links [ ]