2006 F1 Powerboat World Championship

The 2006 UIM F1 World Championship was the 23rd season of Formula 1 Powerboat racing. The calendar consisted of six events, beginning in Doha, Qatar on 15 April 2006, and ending in Sharjah, UAE on 15 December 2006. Scott Gillman, driving for the Emirates F1 Team, clinched his fourth and ultimately last F1 championship which remains the second highest total in the sport's history.^[1]

Teams and drivers

Team Hull Engine No. Race drivers Rounds Tamoil F1 Team DAC Mercury 2.5 V6 1 Guido Cappellini[2] All 2 Ivan Brigada[2] 1–3, 5–6 BaBa Fabian Kalsow 4 44 Fabian Kalsow 2–3, 5–6 Team Green BaBa DAC[3] Mercury 2.5 V6 3 Laith Pharaon[2] 1–2, 5–6 BaBa 4 Massimo Roggiero[2] 1 DAC Leo Bonelli 2–3 Rainbow Team DAC Mercury 2.5 V6 7 Fabrizio Bocca[2] All 8 Valerio Lagiannella[2] 1–2 Jonas Andersson 3–6 41 Jonas Andersson[3] 2 71 Valerio Lagiannella 3 Atlantic Team Dragon Mercury 2.5 V6 9 Andy Elliott[2] All 10 Duarte Benavente[2] All Singha Racing Team Blaze Mercury 2.5 V6 14 Massimiliano Moreschi[2] All 15 Francesco Cantando[2] All CTIC China Team Charente Maritime DAC Mercury 2.5 V6 17 Philippe Dessertenne[2] All BaBa 18 Philippe Chiappe[2] All DAC 81 Peng Lin Wu[3] 2–6 XPV Racing GTR Mercury 2.5 V6 19 Bob Trask[2] All 20 David Trask[2] All Red Devil Seliö F1 BaBa Mercury 2.5 V6 25 Sami Seliö[2] All 26 Julius Leysen[2] All Emirates F1 Team DAC Mercury 2.5 V6 27 Scott Gillman[2] All 28 Thani Al Qamzi[2] All Comparato Racing Team Comparato Mercury 2.5 V6 29 Luigi Roberto All DAC 30 Fabio Comparato[2] All Comparato 47 Pierre Lundin[3] 3 ASMC Racing DAC Mercury 2.5 V6 33 Marco Gambi[2] All Blaze 34 Franco Leidi[2] 1–3 DAC Ahmed Al Hameli 3, 5–6 Qatar Team BaBa Mercury 2.5 V6 55 Jay Price[3] 2–6 56 Massimo Roggiero[3] 2–6 96 Mohamed Al Ali 1

Key Regular boat/driver Boat ineligible for team points

Season calendar

Countries that hosted F1 Powerboat races in 2006, shown in green. Former host nations are shown in pink.

A six-race calendar was maintained from the 2005 season, with just one change: the incident-packed race from the previous year in Singapore was replaced by the return of China to the schedule after a year's absence. The venue chosen was Chongzhou where F1 would visit for the first time.^[4] The 2006 season marked a watershed for Italy's presence in the sport. Whilst Italian teams and drivers have gone on to participate in the series for years to follow, 2006 is the last time an Italian round has featured on the calendar to date. It was therefore somewhat fitting that on the 25th anniversary of the first championship season the venue was Lake Como where the first F1 race, and the first Grand Prix of Italy, had been held in 1981.^[5]

Round	Race Title	Date	Circuit Location	Race Winner	Hull/Engine
1	2nd Grand Prix of Qatar	15 April	Doha[2]	Ivan Brigada	DAC/Mercury
2	8th Grand Prix of Portugal	20 May	Portimão[6]	Guido Cappellini	DAC/Mercury
3	10th Grand Prix of Italy	16 July	Como[5]	Guido Cappellini	DAC/Mercury
4	5th Grand Prix of China	5 October	Chongzhou[4]	Scott Gillman	DAC/Mercury
5	14th Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi	8 December	Abu Dhabi[7]	Guido Cappellini	DAC/Mercury
6	7th Grand Prix of Sharjah	15 December	Sharjah[8]	Thani Al Qamzi	DAC/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.

Drivers standings

Pos Driver QAT POR ITA CHN ABU SHA Points 1 Scott Gillman 2 2 Ret 1 2 7 69 2 Guido Cappellini Ret 1 1 6 1 Ret 65 3 Thani Al Qamzi 4 5 2 Ret 3 1 63 4 Ivan Brigada 1 Ret Ret Ret 2 35 5 David Trask DNS Ret 4 3 DSQ 5 28 6 Jonas Andersson 4 Ret Ret 5 3 28 7 Bob Trask 5 6 Ret 5 Ret 6 24 8 Jay Price 14 6 2 DNS DSQ 20 9 Philippe Dessertenne 3 11 12 9 8 8 20 10 Sami Seliö 6 Ret Ret 10 6 4 20 11 Philippe Chiappe 8 8 11 7 4 DNS 19 12 Fabio Comparato 12 3 10 Ret 7 DNS 17 13 Massimo Roggiero DNS Ret 3 DNS Ret Ret 12 14 Andy Elliott Ret 9 Ret 4 Ret 10 12 15 Duarte Benavente 9 Ret 5 Ret DSQ 13 9 16 Fabian Kalsow 12 8 8 9 14 8 17 Francesco Cantando Ret 7 Ret Ret 11 11 4 18 Julius Leysen Ret 13 7 Ret Ret 15 4 19 Massimiliano Moreschi 7 Ret 13 Ret Ret Ret 4 20 Ahmed Al Hameli DNS 10 9 3 21 Fabrizio Bocca Ret Ret 9 Ret Ret 12 2 22 Luigi Roberto 11 10 Ret 11 Ret DNS 1 23 Laith Pharaon 10 Ret Ret Ret 1 24 Peng Lin Wu DNQ 14 Ret 12 16 0 25 Marco Gambi Ret Ret Ret DNS Ret Ret 0 26 Valerio Lagiannella Ret Ret DNS 0 27 Franco Leidi Ret DNQ DNS 0 28 Leo Bonelli DNQ Ret 0 29 Mohamed Al Ali Ret 0 30 Pierre Lundin Ret 0

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrawn (WD) Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap

Teams standings

Only boats with results eligible for points counting towards the teams' championship are shown here.

Pos Team Boat No. QAT POR ITA CHN ABU SHA Points 1 Emirates F1 Team 27 2 2 Ret 1 2 7 132 28 4 5 2 Ret 3 1 2 Tamoil F1 Team 1 Ret 1 1 6 1 Ret 103 2 1 Ret Ret 8 Ret 2 3 XPV Racing 19 5 6 Ret 5 Ret 6 52 20 DNS Ret 4 3 DSQ 5 4 CTIC China Team Charente Maritime 17 3 11 12 9 8 8 39 18 8 8 11 7 4 DNS 5 Qatar Team 55 14 6 2 DNS DSQ 32 56 Ret 3 DNS Ret Ret 6 Red Devil Seliö F1 25 6 Ret Ret 10 6 4 24 26 Ret 13 7 Ret Ret 15 7 Rainbow Team 7 Ret Ret 9 Ret Ret 12 21 8 Ret Ret Ret Ret 5 3 8 Atlantic Team 9 Ret 9 Ret 4 Ret 10 21 10 9 Ret 5 Ret DSQ 13 9 Comparato Racing Team 29 11 10 Ret 11 Ret DNS 18 30 12 3 10 Ret 7 DNS 10 Singha Racing Team 14 7 Ret 13 Ret Ret Ret 8 15 Ret 7 Ret Ret 11 11 11 ASMC Racing 33 Ret Ret Ret DNS Ret Ret 3 34 Ret DNQ DNS 10 9 12 Team Green 3 10 Ret Ret Ret 1 4 DNS DNQ Ret

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrawn (WD) Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap

References

External links

• The official website of the UIM F1 H2O World Championship
• The official website of the Union Internationale Motonautique