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.
Teams and drivers Team Hull Engine Race drivers Rounds Emirates F1 Team DAC Mercury 2.5 V6 1 Scott Gillman All 2 Thani Al Qamzi All Team Green DAC Mercury 2.5 V6 3 Laith Pharaon All 4 Massimo Roggiero All Rainbow Team DAC Mercury 2.5 V6 7 Fabrizio Bocca All 8 Valerio Lagiannella 1–2 Mohamed Al Ali 3–6 Atlantic Team DAC Mercury 2.5 V6 9 Marco Gambi All Burgess 10 Duarte Benavente All DanIta Racing Team DAC Mercury 2.5 V6 11 Gert Ladefoged 1, 4–5 Moore Cédric Deguisne 2 DAC Arif Al Zafeen 3 Moore 12 Cédric Deguisne 1 DAC Rolf Magne Sunde 2–4 Chris Fairchild 5 Singha F1 Racing Team Blaze Mercury 2.5 V6 14 Massimiliano Moreschi All 15 Francesco Cantando All Ligier Charente Maritime DAC Mercury 2.5 V6 17 Philippe Dessertenne All Moore 18 Philippe Chiappe All XPV Racing GTR Mercury 2.5 V6 19 Bob Trask All DAC 20 David Trask All Seliö F1 Powerboat BaBa Mercury 2.5 V6 25 Sami Seliö All DAC 26 Julius Leysen All Comparato Racing Team DAC Mercury 2.5 V6 29 Luca Fornasarig 1–2 Luigi Roberto 3–6 30 Fabio Comparato All ACE Racing Dragon Mercury 2.5 V6 31 Andy Elliott All Tamoil F1 Team DAC Mercury 2.5 V6 43 Guido Cappellini All 44 Fabian Kalsow All 47 Ivan Brigada 2 Team ART Boat DAC Mercury 2.5 V6 71 Bruno Corsin 2Key Regular boat/driver Boat ineligible for team points
Season calendar
Round Race title Date Circuit location Race winner Hull/Engine 1 7th Grand Prix of Portugal 22 May Portimão Guido Cappellini DAC/Mercury 2 9th Grand Prix of Italy 10 July Como Guido Cappellini DAC/Mercury 3 6th Grand Prix of Singapore 18 September Singapore Francesco Cantando Blaze/Mercury 4 1st Grand Prix of Qatar 19 November Doha Guido Cappellini DAC/Mercury 5 13th Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi 9 December Abu Dhabi Scott Gillman DAC/Mercury 6 6th Grand Prix of Sharjah 16 December Sharjah 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
† Half points were awarded at the Grand Prix of Singapore as less than 70% of the race distance had been completed.
Teams standings Only boats with results eligible for points counting towards the teams' championship are shown here. Pos Team BoatNo. 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
† Half points were awarded at the Grand Prix of Singapore as less than 70% of the race distance had been completed.
References
External links The official website of the UIM F1 H2O World Championship The official website of the Union Internationale Motonautique