2014 F1 Powerboat World Championship

April 2026 F1 Powerboat World Championship 2014 2013 2015 thumb|200px|Philippe Chiappe (pictured in 2009) won his first championship. The 2014 UIM F1 H2O World Championship was the 31st season of Formula 1 Powerboat racing. Alex Carella, driving for the Qatar Team, entered the season as defending triple world champion having successfully defended his world championship for the second year in a row in 2013.Carella Locks Down Third Straight Title With Win In Sharjah! http://www.f1h2o.com/post/carella-locks-down-third-straight-title-with-win-in-sharjah F1H2O 13 December 2013 16 December 2013 Carella's streak as champion was ended by France's Philippe Chiappe for the CTIC China Team. Chiappe won the final two races of the season in Abu Dhabi and Sharjah, overhauling a ten-point deficit to Carella and eventually won the championship – the first for a French competitor"Vive La France" Chiappe Wins First Title In Sharjah! http://www.f1h2o.com/post/vive-la-france-chiappe-wins-first-title-in-sharjah F1 Powerboat World Championship H2O Racing 19 December 2014 29 December 2014 – by eight points. Carella had won the season's first two races in Doha and Liuzhou, before he was disqualified in the third race of the season, which was held in Doha.Torrente Sets Doha Alight With His 2nd Career Victory! http://www.f1h2o.com/post/torrente-sets-doha-alight-with-his-2nd-career-victory F1 Powerboat World Championship H2O Racing 15 November 2014 29 December 2014 Third place in the championship went to Carella's teammate Shaun Torrente, who was the only other winner of the 2014 season, in the second Doha event. The results for Carella and Torrente were more than enough for the Qatar Team to win the teams' championship, 40 points clear of the CTIC China Team. The pole position and fastest lap trophies were also taken by Carella, beating Chiappe in both categories. Teams and drivers Team Hull Engine No. Boat number Race drivers Rounds QAT Qatar Team DAC Mercury 2.5 V6 1 ITA Alex CarellaQatar Team "Going All Out" in Prepe ration y For 2014! http://www.f1h2o.com/post/qatar-team-going-all-out-in-preperation-for-2014 F1H2O 28 January 2014 24 February 2014 All 2 USA Shaun Torrente All UAE Team Abu Dhabi BaBa Mercury 2.5 V6 5 UAE Thani Al QamziTeam Abu Dhabi "Re-Energized" For 2014 Opener In Doha! http://www.f1h2o.com/post/team-abu-dhabi-re-energized-for-2014-opener-in-doha F1H2O 27 February 2014 27 February 2014 2, 4–5 6 UAE Ahmed Al Hameli 2, 4–5 CHN CTIC China Team Moore Mercury 2.5 V6 7 FRA Philippe ChiappeCTIC China Team Hungry To Finally Win A World Title! http://www.f1h2o.com/post/ctic-china-team-hungry-to-finally-win-a-world-title F1H2O 7 March 2014 9 March 2014 All DAC 8 CHN Xiong Ziwei All POR F1 Atlantic Team/Interpass/GC DAC Mercury 2.5 V6 9 KUW Youssef Al Rubayan All BaBa 10 POR Duarte Benavente All ITA Mad Croc BaBa Racing Team BaBa Mercury 2.5 V6 11 FIN Sami SeliöSami Selio – More Determined Than Ever For 2014! http://www.f1h2o.com/post/sami-selio-more-determined-than-ever-for-2014 F1H2O 7 February 2014 24 February 2014 All 12 FIN Filip Roms All SWE Team Sweden Molgaard Mercury 2.5 V6 14 SWE Jonas Andersson All 15 SWE Jesper Forss 2–5 ITA Motorglass F1 Team BaBa Mercury 2.5 V6 18 POL Bartek MarszalekCantando To Lead Motorglass F1 Team In 2014! http://www.f1h2o.com/post/cantando-to-lead-motorglass-f1-team-in-2014 F1H2O 13 March 2014 13 March 2014 1 18 POL Bartek Marszalek 2–6 DAC 23 ITA Marco Gambi 1 Blaze 24 ITA Francesco Cantando All RSA Caudwell Racing Caudwell Caudwell 3.5 V6 33 ITA Ivan BrigadaCaudwell Marine Returns With New Promise For China! http://www.f1h2o.com/post/caudwell-marine-returns-with-new-promise-for-china F1H2O 25 August 2014 14 September 2014 2–4 34 SVK Tomas Cermak 2–4 USA Team Nautica BaBa Mercury 2.5 V6 50 NOR Marit StrømøyMarit Stromoy To Lead Strong New "Team Nautica" Line-Up! http://www.f1h2o.com/post/marit-stromoy-to-lead-strong-new-team-nautica-line-up F1H2O 11 February 2014 24 February 2014 All Molgaard 51 SWE Erik Stark AllKey Regular boat/driver Boat ineligible for team points Team and driver changes As in 2013, there were no major changes to the teams present in the 2014 championship. All nine were once again represented, albeit with some sporting new identities. The most significant of these was the new title sponsorship of Francesco Cantando's team. Known as Singha for many years, thanks to sponsorship from the Thai Singha brand of alcohol, Cantando signed a new deal ensuring his team would be known as the Motorglass F1 Team from 2014. Joining Cantando would once again be Bartek Marszalek who competed in five of the six races in 2013, and fellow Italian Marco Gambi. Whereas Bartek competed for the full year, Gambi was only present at the opening round in Doha. Jonas Andersson's team was the other to undergo a change of identity over the winter as he once again reverted to the Team Sweden name, having been sponsored by Azerbaijan the previous year. For the first race in Qatar, Andersson's team ran with just his own boat, but was joined by 2012 F-4S champion and fellow Swede Jesper Forss from the second race onwards. At reigning champions the Qatar Team, everything remained the same with Alex Carella and Shaun Torrente again reprising their roles. Similarly, Team Abu Dhabi also retained Thani Al Qamzi and Ahmed Al Hameli for 2014, however they missed both races in Qatar, the first and third races of the season, reportedly due to matters relating to the politics in the region between Qatar and the UAE.WORLD F1 WEEKEND IN ABU DHABI http://raceboatinternational.com/archive/index.php?id=2187 Raceboat International 18 November 2014 19 November 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20160203060611/http://raceboatinternational.com/archive/index.php?id=2187 3 February 2016 dead dmy-all CTIC China Team kept 2013 runner-up Philippe Chiappe and their young Chinese driver Xiong Ziwei whilst F1 Atlantic Team also stayed with their line-up of Youssef Al Rubayan and Duarte Benavente. Sami Seliö and Filip Roms continued the all-Finnish line-up at the Mad Croc team for 2014 whilst Marit Strømøy led the campaign for Team Nautica again, and for 2014 was partnered with fellow Scandinavian, young Swedish driver Erik Stark, replacing the retired Rinaldo Osculati. Caudwell Racing were also back in the championship, campaigning their unique four-stroke engine package, but the team missed the first race in Qatar. An announcement during the summer however revealed their intentions for the rest of the season, with Ivan Brigada again leading the South African team alongside Slovak Tomáš Čermák who was returning to the sport for the first time since 2010. Despite a very popular double points finish for the team at the Grand Prix of the Middle East, with Brigada an excellent seventh, the challenges faced with running heavier four-stroke engines against the well-established and lighter Mercury two-strokes finally took its toll. Caudwell were forced to bow out of the championship prior to the fifth and final race of the season in Sharjah, with 2014 proving to be their most successful year.CAUDWELL DIALS OUT http://raceboatinternational.com/archive/index.php?id=2216 Raceboat International 14 December 2014 17 December 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20160203065141/http://raceboatinternational.com/archive/index.php?id=2216 3 February 2016 dead dmy-all Season calendar thumb|300px|Countries that hosted F1 Powerboat races in 2014, shown in green. Former host nations are shown in pink. A five race calendar made up the 2014 F1 Powerboat season, the smallest in the history of the championship. It began in Doha, Qatar on 15 March and ended in Sharjah, UAE on 19 December. Having pulled out in 2013, Russia did not return to the calendar for 2014, and in addition a Brazilian race was not held, despite its debut in 2013 amidst much fanfare. The round in Ukraine, scheduled for 24 August, was subsequently cancelled in the wake of the country's unrest, and an additional race in Qatar titled the Grand Prix of the Middle East was added to the calendar in Ukraine's place.Qatar To Host Grand Prix Of The Middle East http://www.f1h2o.com/post/qatar-to-host-grand-prix-of-the-middle-east F1H2O 22 July 2014 14 September 2014 A second round in China was expected initially, but was later removed from the schedule leaving Liuzhou as China's sole representation in 2014, marking 20 years since the championship first visited the country.F1 H2O to Celebrate 20 Years in China With GP at Liuzhou! http://www.f1h2o.com/post/f1-h2o-to-celebrate-20-years-in-china-with-gp-at-liuzhou F1H2O 20 August 2014 14 September 2014 Round Race title Date Circuit location Race winner Hull/Engine 1 QAT 11th Grand Prix of Qatar 15 March DohaU.I.M F1H20 World Championship - GP of Qatar 15 Mar 2014 - Final Race Results http://uim.sportcentric.net/db14//files/serve.php?id=3140 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140407092432/http://uim.sportcentric.net/db14//files/serve.php?id=3140 7 April 2014 6 June 2022 uim.sportcentric.net ITA Alex Carella DAC/Mercury 2 CHN 18th Grand Prix of China 6 October Liuzhou ITA Alex Carella DAC/Mercury 3 QAT 1st Grand Prix of the Middle East 15 November Doha USA Shaun Torrente DAC/Mercury 4 UAE 22nd Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi 21 November Abu Dhabi FRA Philippe Chiappe Moore/Mercury 5 UAE 15th Grand Prix of Sharjah 19 December Sharjah FRA Philippe Chiappe Moore/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 QATQAT CHNCHN MIDQAT ABUUAE SHAUAE Points 1 FRA Philippe Chiappe 2 Ret 2 1 1 70 2 ITA Alex Carella 1 1 DSQ 5 2 62 3 USA Shaun Torrente Ret 4 1 2 3 56 4 FIN Sami Seliö Ret 8 3 4 4 33 5 ITA Francesco Cantando 4 Ret 5 6 5 28 6 SWE Erik Stark Ret 2 6 8 Ret 23 7 POR Duarte Benavente 3 DNS DNS Ret 7 16 8 POL Bartek Marszalek 8 5 8 10 9 16 9 UAE Thani Al Qamzi 3 9 Ret 14 10 UAE Ahmed Al Hameli 9 3 Ret 14 11 FIN Filip Roms 5 7 9 11 Ret 13 12 SWE Jonas Andersson Ret Ret 4 Ret Ret 9 13 NOR Marit Strømøy 6 Ret 11 7 DNS 9 14 CHN Xiong Ziwei 7 10 Ret 13 8 8 15 SWE Jesper Forss Ret Ret 12 6 5 16 KUW Youssef Al Rubayan Ret 6 Ret Ret Ret 5 17 ITA Ivan Brigada Ret 7 Ret 4 18 SVK Tomas Cermak Ret 10 Ret 1 ITA Marco Gambi DNS Teams standings Only boats with results eligible for points counting towards the teams' championship are shown here. Pos Team BoatNo. QATQAT CHNCHN MIDQAT ABUUAE SHAUAE Points 1 QAT Qatar Team 1 1 1 DSQ 5 2 118 2 Ret 4 1 2 3 2 CHN CTIC China Team 7 2 Ret 2 1 1 78 8 7 10 Ret 13 8 3 ITA Mad Croc BaBa Racing Team 11 Ret 8 3 4 4 46 12 5 7 9 11 Ret 4 ITA Motorglass F1 Team 18 5 8 10 9 41 23 DNS 24 4 Ret 5 6 5 5 USA Team Nautica 50 6 Ret 11 7 DNS 32 51 Ret 2 6 8 Ret 6 UAE Team Abu Dhabi 5 3 9 Ret 28 6 9 3 Ret 7 POR F1 Atlantic Team/Interpass/GC 9 Ret 6 Ret Ret Ret 21 10 3 DNS DNS Ret 7 8 SWE Team Sweden 14 Ret Ret 4 Ret Ret 14 15 Ret Ret 12 6 9 RSA Caudwell Racing 33 Ret 7 Ret 5 34 Ret 10 Ret References 30em External links The official website of the UIM F1 H2O World Championship The official website of the Union Internationale Motonautique F1 Powerboat World Championship Category:Formula 1 Powerboat seasons F1 Powerboat World Championship