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<p>However one of the Aquabikes developed jet pump troubles and the trio was directed to F1’s <strong>Alex Radovanovic’s</strong> marina on the River Danube in Belgrade, Serbia. Alex has fixed the problem and given all three craft a good service before they set off on the next stage of their voyage.</p>

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates – Sunday, August 15, 2010 – A team of New Jet skiers set off from London’s Excel Marine on the River Thames on 1st August in what is described as the Ultimate Ride. The team led by Jeremy Burfoot and includes fellow Kiwi Travis Donoghue and Jeff Martin along with Croatian Ivan Otulic are attempting to set a world record from riding from London to Auckland, New Zealand, a distance of 32,000 km.

The Ultimate Ride is a charity event raising money for Cancer Research. The route takes them across many seas and inland waterways of Europe around the Arabian peninsula via the old Arab Spice Sea Trade down the western coast of India via Singapore then all the way across to Auckland.

<p>The UIM F1 H2O World Championship for powerboating has it's second “Lap of Honor” recipients for 2010. Fred Hauenstein, a tireless ambassador and true builder of the sport for almost 50 years, along with four time World Champion Scott Gillman, winner of 23 races in just 89 starts, have been elected into the UIM F1 H2O Hall Of Fame for 2010 after a three month long voting process involving race fans and journalists throughout the world taking part in the decision making.</p>

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates – Tuesday, July 27, 2010 – The UIM F1 H2O World Championship for powerboating has it's second “Lap of Honor” recipients for 2010. Fred Hauenstein, a tireless ambassador and true builder of the sport for almost 50 years, along with four time World Champion Scott Gillman, winner of 23 races in just 89 starts, have been elected into the UIM F1 H2O Hall Of Fame for 2010 after a three month long voting process involving race fans and journalists throughout the world taking part in the decision making.

Fred, who has worked in all levels of powerboat racing as an innovative engineer, respected UIM and APBA officer who specializes in engine development and safety improvements in the sport, is still enjoying racing, this being, his 51st season in 2010. Fred, first drove and then helped build OMC factory engines in the early 1970's before switching to Mercury Marine and helping develop the famous T-3 and T-4 power plants. Later, he worked on development of engines for both offshore and unlimited hydroplane racing classes.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates – Monday, July 26, 2010 – The Brunei based racing team Siong Racing which has a long racing tradition in Asia, particularly in F3000, is training Maarof Mahari to join the F1 World Championship, possibly as from next Grand Prix of Linyi.

This recent picture shows a smiling Maarof with and old friend of F1, Aussie Craig Bailey.

<p>GP OF RUSSIA-110710-PL-From left to right, Alex Carella of Italy of the Team Mad Croc, 2nd place, 1st place, Sami Selio of Finland Team Mad Croc F1 and 3rd place Jay Price of USA of the Qatar team pictured on on the podium after the Grand Prix of Russia the 2nd leg of the UIM F1 Powerboat Grand Prix World Championship, July 10-11, 2010, on the Neva River, St Petersburg, Russia. Picture by Paul Lakatos/Idea Marketing.</p>

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates – Thursday, July 22, 2010 – The recently completed 8th Grand Prix of Russia in St. Petersburg witnessed by the tens of thousands of fans along the Neva River saw five of the worlds most talented drivers battle for the final three podium positions in a titanic struggle during the season's only night event. There was some unbelievable unseen drama going on out on the 2.014 kilometer circuit during the race that most people didn't notice at the time!

The UIM F1 H2O World Championship's second round of 2010 was the official end to the “European” campaign as the the series gets set for a summer recess leading up to the start of the Far East and Middle Eastern portion of it's calendar that runs into the month of December.

What the race followers in St. Petersburg saw when the Grand Prix was finally completed, was a pair of past World Champion's going toe to toe on the water in various forms of comfort, with a new upcoming star making his first strong impression to the world of F1 racing showing that someday he possibly could be candidate a legitimate candidate for future World Championships.

Sami Selio the “Finnish Flyer” who is the 2007 world title holder, came away with his first victory of the 2010 campaign and put himself right back into the championship picture picking up 20 points for the victory and his first points of the season and now sits just outside first place in the drivers championship by one point. The Mad Croc Team driver from Helsinki set the pace during the evening event winning by just two seconds over his rookie teammate.

<p>Last 2 seater event from the 17th and 18 th July in Heiligenhafen (Baltic Sea). We have many guests in the 2 seater and it was a big harbour party. In front of our sponsor Baltic Kölln we have had our pontoon. I was sick like in russia so Alex Radovanovic was the driver and did a good job.</p>
<p>Fabian Kalsow</p>

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates – Tuesday, July 20, 2010 – Just because he had a terrible bout of a rare flu virus that he contracted during the last Grand Prix in St. Petersburg, Russia over a week ago, F1 Atlantic Team driver Fabian Kalsow took to the road once again promoting both his sponsors and his sport between races of the UIM F1 H2O World Championship tour in Heiligenhafen, Germany.

“I caught the flu early in the race week in St. Petersburg and I desperately tried to race but in the end I was just too weak to make the effort,” said the driver from Neustadt, Germany. “I tried during the morning warm-up on Sunday but I soon realized I wasn't up for the rigors of six g cornering on the 2.014 kilometer circuit on the Neva River that evening.”

The 28 year-old driver who has 26 career starts and two top-10 finishes in his last two starts realized that he was going to have to go home and prepare for two days of promoting his sponsor Baltic Kolln at the harbor party in Heiligenhafen. Since he wasn't back to full strength physically he called in his long time friend and veteran F1 and two-seat driver Alex Radovanovic from Belgrade, Serbia to “pinch hit” as a relief driver for the weekend.

	Thani Al Qamzi	21
	Jay Price	21
	Ahmed Al Hameli	20
	Sami Selio	20
	Francesco Cantando	15
	Alex Carella	15
	Pierre Lundin	12
	Andy Elliott	7
	Jonas Andersson	7
	Davide Padovan	6

Country		Date	Status
	POR	08/09 May	C
	RUS	10/11 Jul	C
	CHN	02/03 Oct	C
	CHN	16/17 Oct	C
	CHN	23/24 Oct	C
	QAT	26/27 Nov	C
	UAE	03/04 Dec	C
	UAE	09/10 Dec	C
C: Confirmed TBA: To Be Announced TBC: To Be Confirmed

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