H2O Racing
Union Internationale Motonautique
GRAND PRIX OF INDONESIA
AUGUST 22/24, 2025 - BALIGE-LAKE TOBA, INDONESIA
LAKE TOBA

North Sumatra is one of the leading tourism destinations in Indonesia. based on data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) In 2019, the number of foreign tourist visits in this province reached 258,822 people. However, this number decreased drastically in 2010 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The North Sumatra government is targeting the number in 2023 foreign tourists can reach 500 thousand people. To achieve this target, sport tourism become a flagship program so that it can attract more and more foreign tourists visited North Sumatra.
Lake Toba as one of the Super Priority Tourism Destinations (DPSP) certainly requires more efforts to attract domestic and foreign tourists. What's more, the Government is pushing domestic tourist arrivals up to 1.3 billion trips in 2023.

THE CIRCUIT
NATURE OF WATER Fresh Water TOTAL LENGTH OF CIRCUIT 2218 m
NUMBER OF BUOYS 11 DESCRIPTION OF TURNING BUOYS 7 Orange, 2 Yellow and 2 Green
MINIMUM DEPTH OF CIRCUIT AT JETTY 10 m MINIMUM DEPTH OF RACE COURSE 20 m
MINIMUM WIDTH OF RACE COURSE 99 m HEIGHT OF THE BANKS 2 m
ENTRY TO WATER By crane (two cranes) PLACE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC Yes
PROTECTION OF PUBLIC Authorities Parapets and Barriers ALTITUDE OF VENUE 905 m
CATEGORIES TO RACE F1 MAX NUMBER OF BOATS TO RACE 22 Boats
POSITION OF SOUND LEVEL METER
PROMO
EVENT NEWS
August 24, 2025
SHARJAH TEAM’S RUSTY WYATT EARNS SECOND SUCCESSIVE WIN IN INDONESIA
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August 23, 2025
SHAUN TORRENTE HEADS A VICTORY TEAM 1-2 FINISH IN SPRINT RACE 2 IN INDONESIA
Saturday, August 23: Three-time world champion Shaun Torrente managed to pass his Victory Team colleague Alec Weckström on the opening lap and went on to confirm a 2.061-second victory in the ...
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August 23, 2025
SPRINT RACE ONE LAURELS GO TO TEAM SWEDEN’S JONAS ANDERSSON IN INDONESIA
Saturday, August 23: Team Sweden’s defending World Champion Jonas Andersson stormed to a start-to-finish victory in the first of the Sprint races at the 3rd Grand Prix of Indonesia on ...
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August 22, 2025
TEAM SWEDEN’S ANDERSSON BREEZES TO POLE POSITION FOR GRAND PRIX OF INDONESIA
Friday, August 22: A lap of 55.995 seconds was sufficient for Team Sweden’s three-time World Champion Jonas Andersson to snatch pole position in breezy conditions after a pulsating qualifying ...
F1H2O
August 22, 2025
INDONESIAN FREE PRACTICE OPENS PROCEEDINGS IN THIS YEAR’S UIM F1H2O WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Friday, August 22: While most of the western world was in slumber, spectacular Lake Toba and the town of Balige hosted the opening two free practice sessions of the new UIM F1H2O World Championship ...
F1H2O
August 18, 2025
TEAMS PREPARE FOR OPENING GRAND PRIX OF THE 2025 F1H2O SEASON ON INDONESIA’S LAKE TOBA
Tuesday, August 19: Hours, weeks and months of meticulous preparation will be put to the test this weekend when spectacular Lake Toba in deepest Sumatra hosts the 3rd Grand Prix of Indonesia, the ...
F1H2O
August 9, 2025
TEAM ABU DHABI ANNOUNCED MANSOOR AL MANSOORI AS NEW DRIVER OF F1H2O
Saturday, August 9: Team Abu Dhabi proudly announced that Mansoor Al Mansoori will be stepping up as the team’s new driver in the prestigious Formula One Powerboat category in this year’s ...
F1H2O
July 18, 2025
COUNTDOWN TICKS ON AS TEAMS LOOK AHEAD TO OPENING F1H2O SHOWDOWN ON LAKE TOBA
Friday, July 18: The opening round of the 2025 UIM F1H2O World Championship is just over a month away but, as the shipment of boats and equipment makes its way to deepest Sumatra in good time for the ...
F1H2O
June 27, 2025
MORNING TIMETABLE ANNOUNCED FOR OPENING ROUND OF UIM F1H2O WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ON LAKE TOBA
Friday, June 27: H2O Racing has now released the official timetable for the Grand Prix of Indonesia, the opening round of the 2025 UIM F1H2O World Championship, which takes place on spectacular Lake ...
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June 7, 2025
TEAMS MAKE FINAL PREPARATIONS BEFORE EQUIPMENT IS SHIPPED TO INDONESIA FOR SEASON’S OPENER
  Saturday, June 7: Several F1H2O drivers have been preparing for the first round of the UIM F1H2O World Championship in very different ways as the clock ticks down to the equipment being ...
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May 23, 2025
F1 ATLANTIC TEAM’S BEN JELF ENTERS THE HISTORY BOOKS
Friday, May 23: The F1 Atlantic Team’s Ben Jelf has entered the history books by breaking a 41-year-old powerboat record. The Maidstone driver, 24, clocked a time of 27.14 seconds to set a new ...
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May 14, 2025
VETERAN DUARTE BENAVENTE EYES A CHANGE OF FORTUNE IN 2025
Wednesday, May 14: Duarte Benavente is the undisputed veteran of the UIM F1H2O World Championship but he continues to push for success 26 years after making his race debut in the highest echelon of ...
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May 7, 2025
STEFAN ARAND LOOKS TO KICKSTART HIS F1H2O CAREER WITH SWITCH TO SHARJAH TEAM
Wednesday, May 7: Talented young Estonian driver Stefan Arand will start the second part of his UIM F1H2O World Championship career with the Sharjah Team in 2025. The 23-year-old burst on to the ...
F1H2O
April 24, 2025
CAN FERDINAND ZANDBERGEN WIN HIS SECOND GRAND PRIX THIS SEASON?
  Thursday, April 24: Dutchman Ferdinand Zandbergen burst on to the UIM F1H2O World Championship scene with the Sharjah Team after the opening Grand Prix of the 2021 season. He netted a superb ...
F1H2O
April 3, 2025
SELIÖ LOOKS TO UPSET THE APPLECART WITH THE NEW SHARJAH-DESIGNED BOAT
  Thursday, April 3: Two-time UIM F1H2O World Champion Sami Seliö is a man on a mission. The Finnish veteran of 170 Grand Prix starts has been developing a new Sharjah-designed boat behind ...
F1H2O
April 1, 2025
BACK SURGERY FOR DILLARD SEES GRANT TRASK STAND IN FOR START OF NEW SEASON
  Tuesday, April 1: The China CTIC Team’s Brent Dillard confirmed on Monday that back surgery will prevent him from starting the new UIM F1H2O World Championship season. His place in the ...
F1H2O
March 24, 2025
IS BARTEK MARSZALEK ON THE VERGE OF BREAKING INTO THE TOP THREE?
Monday, March 24 : Strømøy Racing’s Bartek Marszalek has been knocking on the door of a major breakthrough in the UIM F1H2O World Championship for several seasons. Twice a ...
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March 18, 2025
BACK-TO-BACK AUGUST DATES FOR AQUABIKE AND F1H2O RACES IN INDONESIA
Tuesday, March 18: Indonesian, Aquabike Promotion and H2O Racing officials have confirmed that this year’s rounds of the UIM-ABP Aquabike Circuit Pro/Endurance and UIM F1H2O World Championships ...
F1H2O
March 17, 2025
JONAS ANDERSSON RECEIVES UIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RECOGNITION AT AWARDS’ CEREMONY IN MONACO
  Monday, March 17: Team Vietnam’s Jonas Andersson received his third UIM F1H2O World Championship title at the annual awards’ ceremony for the UIM F1H2O World Championship in ...
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March 11, 2025
COULD THANI AL-QAMZI ROUND OFF 25 YEARS AT THE TOP WITH A MAIDEN WORLD TITLE?
  Tuesday, March 11: Thani Al-Qamzi has been there, done that and got all but one T-shirt after years of competing in the UIM F1H2O World Championship. The long-time Team Abu Dhabi stalwart is ...
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