This weekend sees the opening round of the UIM Formula 2 World Championship taking place in Dunaújváros, Hungary. A relatively young city by European standards, some seventy kilometres south of the capital Budapest, which following the Hungarian revolution was renamed from Sztálinváros (Stalin City) to Dunaújváros, meaning ‘Danube New City’. In a relative short space of time the city has hosted several international powerboat events stretching right back to the...Read More
It had been almost eight weeks since the F2 teams had loaded their containers in Goteborg, Budapest, Milan and Riga for the trip to the Free State in South Africa and now with a mix of eagerness and nervous anticipation they couldn’t wait to test the water. Of all the eighteen competitors who had signed on, the driver, who was actually in touching distance of winning his third world championship...Read More
It’s probably been hard not to notice that the entire world’s attention has been focused on South Africa over the last few days, as mourners and ninety-one world leaders gathered in the FNB Stadium to unite in tribute to a man who became a global symbol of reconciliation, in one of the biggest send-offs in history. Just one hour’s drive south of the South African flagship sports venue, that...Read More
It’s a cold damp Sunday evening in Milan, Italy. The powerboat racing world should have been celebrating the fact that Sweden’s Erik Stark had just won his second F2 European Championship title. Instead the hugs exchanged in the race pits were for Paolo Zantelli’s family after the Italian driver was tragically killed in the fourth and final heat that day. The racing accident took place just metres from the start...Read More
With sixteen entries all vying to become the 2013 F2 European Champion this weekend at the Idroscalo in Milan, the driver who can adapt quickest to the challenge of four heats of fifteen lap sprint racing will be a worthy winner of the UIM title. Setting the standard straight away was the local hero Paolo Zantelli after he claimed pole position on this tricky four pin course. Finding the mix of...Read More
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