Stresa, lago Maggiore: 4a tappa del Mondiale XCat Offshore
Tutto pronto a Stresa per lo UIM Skydive Dubai XCat World Series, lo spettacolare Campionato Mondiale di Offshore,che si svolgerà
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Read moreDubai (UAE): Nader Bin Hendi and Arif Al Zafeen brought down the curtain on the UIM Class 1 World Powerboat Championship with their ninth win of the season on a day of mixed emotions at the Emirates/Dubai Duty Free Dubai Grand Prix
On the first anniversary of the tragic loss of powerboat race champions Mohammed Al Mehairi and Jean Marc Sanchez, the Dubai Victory Team’s Fazza crew wanted to mark the occasion with a win dedicated to their team-mates.
And on a day when the Class 1 circus produced the race of the season, they delivered a fitting tribute to Sanchez and Al Mehairi winning from the front despite a titanic effort by EDOX Pole Position World Champions Kolbjorn Selmer and Jorn Tandberg in Welmax. The Norwegians pushed the UAE stars all the way losing out by just 3.81s after 67.74Nm of intense competition.
“On tighter course they might have caught us but today crowns what has been a wonderful season for everyone in the Victory Team,” said throttleman Bin Hendi after wrapping up the 21st Class 1 win of his career with Al Zafeen at an average speed of 178.38kmph. “The whole team has played their part in getting us to the chequered flag and we share the world title with every single one of them.”
Read moreDubai (UAE): Class 1 World Champions Nader Bin Hendi and Arif Al Zafeen maintained their remarkable 2010 season with win number eight in the opening race of the Emirates/Dubai Duty Free Grand Prix at Mina Seyahi yesterday (Friday).
The Fazza crew have dominated the Class One scene over the past few years and they underlined their supremacy with the 20th race win of their careers some 14 seconds ahead of Team Abu Dhabi’s Rashid Al Tayer and John Tomlinson with Italians Guido Cappellini and Giampaolo Montavoci just over eight seconds further adrift in third with GSG Ceramic Design.
It’s a win that continues their rise through Class 1’s Hall of Fame – now only British racing legend Steve Curtis (40 wins) and Norwegian pilot Bjorn Gjelsten (34) are ahead of them in the modern era.
“With the World Championship already won, there was no pressure on us to win in Dubai,” said throttleman Bin Hendi. “But we wanted to go out and put on a show and that’s exactly what we did. It was a perfect race for us.”
Read moreSTRESA (Italy): Norway’s Jorn Tandberg and Kolbjorn Selmer clinched their first win of the 2010 UIM Class 1 World Powerboat Championship on Saturday, dominating the opening race at the Italian Grand Prix in Stresa.
Defending World Champions Nader Bin Hendi and Arif Al Zafeen of the UAE are the new Class 1 European Powerboat Champions after a flawless wire-to-wire victory at the Italian Grand Prix in Stresa – Race 2.
The Emiratis went into the 64.82Nm race with a narrow one point lead over their nearest title challengers but left them trailing in their wake by storming from pole position to the chequered flag at an average speed of 188.90kmph in what were grim racing conditions.
Battling low visibility and fog on the course, Bin Hendi and Al Zafeen won in a time of 39m:31.29s and fifteen seconds ahead of a titanic fight for second place ultimately won by Italian racing legend Guido Cappellini and Swiss co-pilot Marcello Menegatto just two seconds ahead of the Skydive Dubai pairing of Talib Al Sayed and Abdullah Al Mehairbi.
Read moreSTRESA (Italy): The future of the sport may be the hot topic off the water but on Italy’s Lake Maggiore it was business as usual for world champions Nader Bin Hendi and Arif Al Zafeen yesterday (Friday) as they set their sights on the 2010 Class 1 European Powerboat Championship.
Piloting the Dubai cat Fazza – powered by twin V12 Victory engines – Bin Hendi and Al Zafeen lit up a gloomy day on Italy’s second largest lake by setting the fastest time in practice on the eve of race one at the Italian Grand Prix in Stresa.
The UAE stars quickly established the best time of the day but with their rivals starting to close in on Fazza’s fastest lap Bin Hendi and Al Zafeen took to the course for two flawless final laps in the last fifteen minutes of the session to better their previous best by almost two seconds and strike the first psychological blow of the weekend.
Read moreSTRESA (Italy): The Class 1 European Powerboat Championship will be on the line for three teams when the Italian Grand Prix is staged on the waters of Lake Maggiore in Stresa tomorrow and Sunday (October 2-3).
Italian Giovanni Carpitella leads the European standings and will aiming to land the first Class 1 title for Italy in five years when he pairs up with new partner Chris Parsonage of the UK.
Twelve points behind Carpitella, world champions Nader Bin Hendi and Arif Al Zafeen in Fazza will be desperate to leapfrog the Italian after the disappointment of the previous race in Sweden.
Read moreManca poco alla partenza del GP di Stresa, tappa italiana del Campionato Mondiale di Ofsshore UIM Class 1. In attesa alcuni filmati relativi alla gara del 2009.
Few time to the start of Italian GP in Stresa, part of UIM World Powerboat Championship Class 1. In the meanwhile, some videos from 2009.
Read moreITALIANO
Mancano pochi giorni oramai al GP di Stresa, tappa italiana del Campionato Mondiale di Offshore Classe 1. Dopo il grande successo ottenuto nella scorsa edizione, infatti, Stresa – la “perla del lago Maggiore” – luogo che ha ospitato la prima gara mondiale di motonautica nel lontano 1954, si è aggiudicata la candidatura ed ospiterà il Gran Premio d’Italia del Campionato Mondiale UIM Offshore Classe 1 anche per il triennio 2010-12.
Diverse sono le categorie di imbarcazioni she sfrecceranno sullo sfondo del magnifico Lago Maggiore
ENGLISH
Few days and the Italian GP of UIM World Powerboat Championship Class 1, will take place. After the great success reached in last edition, Stresa, “the pearl of Lake Maggiore” – place which hosted the first powerboat race in far 1954, has obtained the candidacy and it will host the Italian Grand Prix since 2010 to 2012. Besides CLASS 1 other categories will battle on the water of Lake Maggiore.
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