The 10th edition of the UIM Awards Giving Ceremony & Gala Dinner to honor the 2018 World Champions & Special Awards Winners on Saturday 23rd March 2019 at the Sporting Monte-Carlo in Monaco will mark a special evening for 3 F2 pilots. World champion Alberto Comparato will be joined by runner up Rashed Al Qamzi...Read More
Just before Christmas, PRW reported that British racer Sam Whittle would be moving up to F2 this season. He told us: Next year I’m going to race in F2, I need time in the boat to get used to it and I’ll be doing some club racing over here, racing in Brodenbach, Germany and then...Read More
It’s been just three months since the final round of the UIM F2 Powerboat World Championship and already preparations are well underway for several drivers for the 2019 racing season. News broke earlier this week that the reigning World Champion, Alberto Comparato has made the move to race alongside Duarte Benavente in the F1H20 series,...Read More
After Alberto Comparato had been confirmed as the 2018 UIM F2 World Champion this afternoon, I spoke to him about his season. Is this a bitter sweet Championship win for you Alberto? To be honest, it’s a dream to win the F2 title! My father and I have worked hard for the last 3 years...Read More
20-year-old Italian, Alberto Comparato has today been confirmed as the 2018 UIM F2 World Champion. After the Sri Lanka cancellation was made known on Saturday, there was an attempt to find a venue willing to host the fifth round of the Championship. The UIM have this afternoon confirmed that a venue could not be found...Read More
Today’s qualifying for the EDH Grand Prix of Norway, round three of the UIM F2 Powerboat World Championship left us with a rather familiar look about it when the top three positions went to the drivers who occupied the winner’s podium back in Lithuania. The Norlux sponsored qualifying session was split into three sessions with...Read More
The Victory Team’s strategy of putting Alex Carella into their UIM F2 hull started to pay off this evening in Tonsberg, Norway. The Italian recoded an impressive 187 KPH in the Speed Run and beat Ola Pettersson in the Match Racing final. Carella said: We have a good package which really worked well today. In...Read More
Speaking to the assembled media at this mornings UIM F2 World Championship Press Conference, held on the roof garden at the Quality Hotel, was the former UIM F2 World Champion and the most successful racer to have competed here in Tonsberg, Pierre Lundin. This weekend the radiomen will have a huge say in who wins...Read More
When the biggest ever variety of Nations gathers in Tønsberg, Norway for Round Three of the UIM F2 Powerboat World Championship, the question on most people’s lips will be who do they think will occupy the top step of podium come Sunday night? After the dramatic change in the weather conditions on Sunday in Aalborg,...Read More
2017 UIM F2 World Champion, Team Abu Dhabi’s Rashed Al-Qemzi heads to Norway’s oldest city of Tønsberg this weekend to tackle the EDH Grand Prix of Norway (Tønsberg Båtrace), the third round of the UIM F2 World Championship. Al-Qemzi took third place on the famous fjord course last season and consolidated the Emirati’s championship lead...Read More
