ABU DHABI - December 31, 2011 - Italian Alex Carella of the Qatar Team used both his driving skills and youthful exuberance to overtake his wily veteran teammate Jay Price of the USA with a victory in Abu Dhabi in early December to win the 2011 UIM F1 H2O World Championship for power boating for the first time in only his second season in the series.
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ABU DHABI - December 31, 2011 - The 2008 World Champion and two time runner-up of the UIM F1 H2O World Championship for the past two seasons Jay Price of New Orleans, Louisiana is announcing he has officially resigned from the championship Qatar Team as of today.
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ABU DHABI - Siegfried "Ziggy" Boettle, who has become an institution in the sport while serving over 40 years as one of Outboard Marine Corporation's (OMC) top engineers for almost five decades, was part of the third class of enshrines to the official UIM F1 H2O World Championship "Hall-of-Fame" receiving his award at the official Gala Dinner on the evening of the 16th of December.
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SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates - Friday, December 16, 2011 - What was expected to be a 37-lap battle for the 2011 UIM F1 H2O World Championship at the 13th Grand Prix of Sharjah ended three corners into the opening lap when Qatar Team driver Jay Price got tangled up with his teammate Alex Carella going into the circuits tightest turn crashing out in spectacular fashion ending both drivers day and giving the young Italian his first World Championship in only his 15th career start.
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SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates, Friday December 16 - This final race of the 2011 season will be a talking point for many months to come. As pole setter Ahmed Al Hameli led the charge around the first lap, young Italian 'rookie' Alex Carella and Qatari team mate Jay Price clashed big time.
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SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates, December 16 - Team Atlantic's Mat Palfreyman knew he only had to finish 5th or higher to secure the 2011 Eurofin F4S championship, played out today in the Khalid Lagoon, Sharjah.
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SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates - December 15, 2011 - The stage is set for a nailbiting finale to the 2011 season as Abu Dhabi's Ahmed Al Hameli clinched pole position ahead of one of the contenders for the 2011 world crown Jay Price of Team Qatar.
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SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates - December 15, 2011 - Mat Palfreyman made another electric start to leave his seven rivals gazing at his rooster. The British Team Atlantic pilot led the pack by a sizable margin after one lap but his arch rival, Team Sweden's Bimba Sjoholm was soon eating into Palfreyman's lead and around the halfway stage, Mat was facing a two prong attack by Sjoholm and Qatar's Khaled Al Shamlen.
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SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates - Thursday, December 15, 2011 - Yesterday's pre-race press conference, the talk was all about Jay Price and Alex Carella and whichever won the race will be crowned 2011 World Champion.
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Sharjah, UAE - 14th December - Sharjah - Following their horror crash in the penultimate Grand Prix in Abu Dhabi, many assumed Team Nautica's Polish driver Bartek Marszalek and Team Qatar's Shaun Torrente would be missing from the 'Grand Finale' in the magnificent surroundings of Sharjah.
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SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates - Tuesday, December 13, 2011 - The story one year ago was quite different than this weekend for Qatar Team driver Jay Price as the 2008 World Champion was leading by four points heading into the final round of the UIM F1 H2O World Championship.
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ABU DHABI - Friday, December 9, 2011 - Italian Alex Carella of the Qatar Team held off rival Ahmed Al Hameli of Team Abu Dhabi and teammate Jay Price to move into first overall in the UIM F1 H2O World Championship drivers standings going into the final race of the 2011 season next Friday in the United Arab Emirates city of Sharjah.
ABU DHABI - Friday, December 9, 2011 - In the intense heat of the UAE, Britain's Matt Palfreyman produced another stunning display of controlled driving to secure his second victory of the weekend in the Eurofin F4S championship.
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ABU DHABI - Friday, December 9, 2011 - All the pilots from the 2011 UIM World F1 series have signed the crash helmet of Marco Simoncelli, the Italian Moto GP rider who tragically lost his life in a horror crash during the 2011 Malaysian round of the MotoGP World Championship. The helmet will be presented to the Museum of Coriano, Italy in memory of this great sportsman.
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8th December - Abu Dhabi - In the first of two races in Abu Dhabi, Team Sweden's Bimba Sjoholm lost the chance of extending her lead in the 2011 Eurofin Trophy F4S championship by hooking on a turn buoy while challenging Team Atlantic's British pilot Matt Palfreyman.
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ABU DHABI - Thursday, December 8, 2011 - Italian Alex Carella fought off sickness and seventeen other drivers to capture his second pole position of the season and his fourth of his career with a 49.66 second lap and a speed of 166.73 kph and will lead the field for tomorrow's 20th Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi along the edge of the Gulf in what is expected to be in front of thousands of race fans.
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ABU DHABI - Wednesday, December 7, 2011 - It's taken weeks of planning, a trip to Canada and a flight halfway around the world for both boat and driver but Rookie-of-the-Year front runner Shaun Torrente arrives from Miami to race for the Qatar Team looking to change his luck for this weekend's 20th Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi.
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ABU DHABI - Tuesday, December 6, 2011 - As the UIM F1 H2O World Championship race teams roll into the paddock area surrounded by the lovely area around the city of Abu Dhabi, two things are starting to stand out as story lines for this pivotal sixth round of the championship that will be run this Friday at 15:30 (11:30 GMT).
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Alex Carella | 84.0 |
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Jay Price | 79.0 |
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Thani Al Qamzi | 75.0 |
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Ahmed Al Hameli | 70.0 |
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Philippe Chiappe | 47.0 |
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Francesco Cantando | 42.0 |
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Sami Selio | 21.0 |
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Davide Padovan | 21.0 |
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Jonas Andersson | 19.0 |
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Pierre Lundin | 16.0 |
| F1H2O World Championship | ||||
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QAT | Doha | Mar, 10th | C |
| TBA | TBA | Jun, 3rd | TBA | |
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RUS | Kazan | Jun, 24th | C |
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RUS | TBA | Jul, 8th | TBA |
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UKR | Kiev Region | Jul, 29th | TBC |
| TBA | TBA | Oct, 1st | TBA | |
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AUS | Perth | Oct, 28th | C |
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UAE | Abu Dhabi | Dec, 1st | C |
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UAE | Sharjah | Dec, 7th | C |
| F1H2O Nations Cup Championship | ||||
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UAE | Sharjah | Mar, 30th | TBC |
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RSA | Durban | Oct, 21st | C |
| TBA | TBA | Dec, 21st | TBA | |
| date and venue could be changed | ||||
| C=Confirmed TBC= To Be Confirmed TBA=To Be Announced | ||||
| Sharjah (UAE) | ||
| 01 | Ahmed Al Hameli | |
| 02 | Thani Al Qamzi | + 3.30 secs |
| 03 | Philippe Chiappe | + 7.75 secs |
| Fastest Lap | ||
| Thani Al Qamzi | 0:52.08 | |
| Pole Position | ||
| Alex Carella | 0:47.72 | |