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Antwerp 2017
23
Jul
2017

An Awkward Anticlimax in Antwerp

When powerboat race fans look back in the history books to see which one of their heroes’s won the 2017 UIM F2 Belgian Grand Prix, they will see that twenty six drivers won that day. It’s fair to say that this weekend has been littered with organisational mistakes and that the finger pointing has only...
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22
Jul
2017

Agonising Adjournment to the Action in Antwerp

According to legend for a long time the city of Antwerp was plagued by a giant called Druon Antigoon. He would stop all boats from making their way along the River Scheldt only allowing them to continue if they paid a toll. If anyone refused to pay Antigoon, he would cut off their hand and...
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18
Jul
2017

Benavente Bound for Belgium

As part of the build up to the second round of the UIM Formula 2 World Championship we had a look back at the last time Antwerp, in Belgium held an international powerboat race, which, believe it or not was seventeen years ago. Back then it was the turn of the Formula One drivers to...
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18
Jul
2017

Belgium is Back

With just ten days to go till qualifying gets under way for the Belgium Grand Prix, Antwerp is getting ready to host one of the largest entries ever seen in the UIM F2 Powerboat World Championship. One man, who is looking forward to welcoming teams from fourteen different nations, will the President of the Fédération...
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