2005 F1 Powerboat World Championship

2005 F1 Powerboat World Championship
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The 2005 UIM F1 World Championship was the 22nd season of Formula 1 Powerboat racing. The calendar consisted of six events, beginning in Portimão, Portugal on 22 May 2005, and ending in Sharjah, UAE on 16 December 2005. Guido Cappellini, driving for the Tamoil F1 Team, clinched his ninth world title, re-taking the championship from defending champion Scott Gillman.^[1]

Team	Hull	Engine	No.	Race drivers	Rounds
Emirates F1 Team	DAC	Mercury 2.5 V6	1	Scott Gillman^[2]	All
Emirates F1 Team	DAC	Mercury 2.5 V6	2	Thani Al Qamzi^[2]	All
Team Green	DAC	Mercury 2.5 V6	3	Laith Pharaon^[2]	All
Team Green	DAC	Mercury 2.5 V6	4	Massimo Roggiero^[2]	All
Rainbow Team	DAC	Mercury 2.5 V6	7	Fabrizio Bocca^[2]	All
			8	Valerio Lagiannella^[2]	1–2
			8	Mohamed Al Ali^[3]	3–6
Atlantic Team	DAC	Mercury 2.5 V6	9	Marco Gambi^[2]	All
Atlantic Team	Burgess	Mercury 2.5 V6	10	Duarte Benavente^[2]	All
DanIta Racing Team	DAC	Mercury 2.5 V6	11	Gert Ladefoged^[2]	1, 4–5
	Moore			Cédric Deguisne	2
	DAC			Arif Al Zafeen^[3]	3
	Moore		12	Cédric Deguisne^[2]	1
	DAC			Rolf Magne Sunde^[4]	2–4
	DAC			Chris Fairchild^[5]	5
Singha F1 Racing Team	Blaze	Mercury 2.5 V6	14	Massimiliano Moreschi^[2]	All
Singha F1 Racing Team	Blaze	Mercury 2.5 V6	15	Francesco Cantando^[2]	All
Ligier Charente Maritime	DAC	Mercury 2.5 V6	17	Philippe Dessertenne^[2]	All
Ligier Charente Maritime	Moore	Mercury 2.5 V6	18	Philippe Chiappe^[2]	All
XPV Racing	GTR	Mercury 2.5 V6	19	Bob Trask^[2]	All
XPV Racing	DAC	Mercury 2.5 V6	20	David Trask^[2]	All
Seliö F1 Powerboat	BaBa	Mercury 2.5 V6	25	Sami Seliö^[2]	All
Seliö F1 Powerboat	DAC	Mercury 2.5 V6	26	Julius Leysen^[2]	All
Comparato Racing Team	DAC	Mercury 2.5 V6	29	Luca Fornasarig^[2]	1–2
			29	Luigi Roberto	3–6
			30	Fabio Comparato^[2]	All
ACE Racing	Dragon	Mercury 2.5 V6	31	Andy Elliott	All
Tamoil F1 Team	DAC	Mercury 2.5 V6	43	Guido Cappellini^[2]	All
			44	Fabian Kalsow^[2]	All
			47	Ivan Brigada^[4]	2
Team ART Boat	DAC	Mercury 2.5 V6	71	Bruno Corsin^[4]	2

Key
Regular boat/driver
Boat ineligible for team points

Season calendar

Round	Race title	Date	Circuit location	Race winner	Hull/Engine
1	7th Grand Prix of Portugal	22 May	Portimão^[2]	Guido Cappellini	DAC/Mercury
2	9th Grand Prix of Italy	10 July	Como^[6]	Guido Cappellini	DAC/Mercury
3	6th Grand Prix of Singapore	18 September	Singapore^[7]	Francesco Cantando	Blaze/Mercury
4	1st Grand Prix of Qatar	19 November	Doha^[8]	Guido Cappellini	DAC/Mercury
5	13th Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi	9 December	Abu Dhabi^[5]	Scott Gillman	DAC/Mercury
6	6th Grand Prix of Sharjah	16 December	Sharjah^[9]	Guido Cappellini	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.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	20	15	12	9	7	5	4	3	2	1

Drivers standings

Pos	Driver	POR	ITA	SIN^†	QAT	ABU	SHA	Points
1	Guido Cappellini	1	1	Ret	1	3	1	92
2	Sami Seliö	12	2	2	3	Ret	2	49.5
3	Scott Gillman	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	5	42
4	Fabio Comparato	3	6	4	4	Ret	4	39.5
5	Philippe Dessertenne	4	Ret	3	2	4	Ret	39
6	Laith Pharaon	5	5	5	Ret	2	DNS	32.5
7	Francesco Cantando	Ret	4	1	Ret	10	3	32
8	David Trask	8	7	6	5	DNS	Ret	16.5
9	Andy Elliott	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNS	12
10	Massimo Roggiero	DNS	Ret	7	6	6	Ret	12
11	Thani Al Qamzi	7	9	10	Ret	11	6	11.5
12	Julius Leysen	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	8	7	9
13	Duarte Benavente	10	8	12	7	DNS	Ret	8
14	Gert Ladefoged	15			DNS	5		7
15	Fabrizio Bocca	9	10	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	7
16	Fabian Kalsow	DNS	16	11	8	Ret	8	6
17	Cédric Deguisne	6	18					5
18	Mohamed Al Ali			DSQ	Ret	9	9	4
19	Luigi Roberto			8	Ret	DNS	Ret	1.5
20	Rolf Magne Sunde		DNS	9	Ret			1
21	Bob Trask	Ret	DSQ	Ret	11	Ret	10	1
22	Marco Gambi	Ret	13	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	1
23	Philippe Chiappe	13	12	Ret	DNS	Ret	11	0
24	Massimiliano Moreschi	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	0
25	Ivan Brigada		11					0
26	Luca Fornasarig	14	14					0
27	Valerio Lagiannella	DSQ	15					0
28	Bruno Corsin		17					0
29	Chris Fairchild					Ret		0
30	Arif Al Zafeen			DSQ				0

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Other points position
Blue	Other classified position
Blue	Not classified, finished (NC)
Purple	Not classified, retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Excluded (EX)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Withdrawn (WD)
	Did not enter (cell empty)
Text formatting	Meaning
Bold	Pole position
Italics	Fastest lap

† Half points were awarded at the Grand Prix of Singapore as less than 70% of the race distance had been completed.^[10]

Teams standings

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

Pos	Team	Boat No.	POR	ITA	SIN^†	QAT	ABU	SHA	Points
1	Tamoil F1 Team	43	1	1	Ret	1	3	1	98
1	Tamoil F1 Team	44	DNS	16	11	8	Ret	8	98
2	Seliö F1 Powerboat	25	12	2	2	3	Ret	2	58.5
2	Seliö F1 Powerboat	26	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	8	7	58.5
3	Emirates F1 Team	1	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	5	53.5
3	Emirates F1 Team	2	7	9	10	Ret	11	6	53.5
4	Team Green	3	5	5	5	Ret	2	DNS	44.5
4	Team Green	4	DNS	Ret	7	6	6	Ret	44.5
5	Comparato Racing Team	29	14	14	8	Ret	DNS	Ret	41
5	Comparato Racing Team	30	3	6	4	4	Ret	4	41
6	Ligier Charente Maritime	17	4	Ret	3	2	4	Ret	39
6	Ligier Charente Maritime	18	13	12	Ret	DNS	Ret	11	39
7	Singha F1 Racing Team	14	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	32
7	Singha F1 Racing Team	15	Ret	4	1	Ret	10	3	32
8	XPV Racing	19	Ret	DSQ	Ret	11	Ret	10	21
8	XPV Racing	20	8	7	6	5	DNS	Ret	21
9	DanIta Racing Team	11	15	18	DSQ	DNS	5		13
9	DanIta Racing Team	12	6	DNS	9	Ret	Ret		13
10	ACE Racing	31	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNS	12
11	Rainbow Team	7	9	10	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	11
11	Rainbow Team	8	DSQ	15	DSQ	Ret	9	9	11
12	Atlantic Team	9	Ret	13	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	9
12	Atlantic Team	10	10	8	12	7	DNS	Ret	9
13	Team ART Boat	71		17					0

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Other points position
Blue	Other classified position
Blue	Not classified, finished (NC)
Purple	Not classified, retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Excluded (EX)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Withdrawn (WD)
	Did not enter (cell empty)
Text formatting	Meaning
Bold	Pole position
Italics	Fastest lap

† Half points were awarded at the Grand Prix of Singapore as less than 70% of the race distance had been completed.^[10]

2005 F1 Powerboat World Championship

Season calendar

Results and standings

Drivers standings

Teams standings

References

External links

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