Colin and Owen Jelf renewed their sibling rivalry in Portugal this afternoon during the UIM F2 Grand Prix of Vila Velha de Ródão. However, it was a bittersweet race for the brothers. Owen won the race from pole position while Colin crashed out of contention on lap 30. Colin was unharmed although sadly, his hunt...Read More
Britain’s Owen Jelf took a lights to flag win in Portugal this afternoon. Run in gusty conditions, the race was yellow flagged on lap 30 when Jelf’s brother Colin crashed out of contention. The three time UIM F2 World Champion was absolutely fine after the incident, however, his 2020 hopes were dashed. Duarte Benavente took...Read More
Britain’s Owen Jelf grabbed a sensational pole position for today’s UIM F2 Grand Prix of Vila Velha de Ródão. Jelf who took his first pole for ten years has rapidly built a new team around engineer / former Evinrude dealer Keith Whittle, Entertainment Manager Matt Palfreyman with Massimo Roggiero on the radio, Roberto Moliterno and...Read More
Strong winds forced a postponement of qualifying for the UIM F2 Grand Prix of Vila Velha de Ródão yesterday. UIM race director, Pelle Larsson informed the drivers at a meeting this morning of a revised schedule for today. A one hour timed session will commence at 10.30 and the boats with the fastest times will...Read More
Qualifying for the second round of the UIM F2 world championship was postponed until tomorrow after Bimba Sjöholm dramatically crashed out of the shoot-out. Bimba told Chris Davies: That’s twice it happened now, the boat looks okay, but we have to check and dry out the engine. It looks like we have another late night...Read More
Bimba Sjöholm was completing her second lap during the Q3 shoot-out for qualification for the second round of the UIM F2 World Championship when she dramatically blew her Molgaard hull over. The Swedish driver who crashed out of round one while leading the race had posted the second fastest time of the session when the...Read More
Duarte Benavente set the fastest time in the morning free practice in Vila Velha de Ródão this morning. Benavente posted a 42.256 late in the session after Sami Seliö’s time of 42.360 seconds had topped the screens. Edgaras Riabko from Lithuania was just .024 behind the Team Sharjah driver. The top six boats were covered...Read More
Nestling on the banks of the River Tejo proved to be an idyllic location to host the Grande Prémio de Vila Velha de Ródão Press Conference hosted by the Presidente da Câmara Municipal de Vila Velha de Ródão, Luís Pereira and Paulo Ferreira, the Presidente da Federação Portuguesa de Motonáutica. Ferreira admitted that it had...Read More
Paulo Ferreira, the president of the Portuguese Powerboat Federation is looking forward to hosting back-to-back UIM F2 World Championship races in Vila Velha de Ródão next week. The enthusiastic Ferreira was in Kaunus, Lithuania last weekend and witnessed fellow countryman Duarte Benavente win the first round of the championship. He told me today: It was...Read More
Hector Sanz Lopez will be returning to racing action for the final two rounds of the 2020 UIM F2 World Championship in Vila Velha de Ródão next week. The popular racer from the Catalan village of Riba Roja d’Ebre, looked at competing in Lithuania for the first round but the logistics were far too expensive...Read More
