Tag: United Arab Emirates

UIM Class 1 offshore powerboat GP in Terracina Italy

Miles Jennings and Alfredo Amato produced one of the most popular and surprising results of the weekend with a simply sensational win in race 2 of the Mediterranean Grand Prix, which started to turn dramatically on its head as early as lap 8 of… Continue Reading “UIM Class 1 offshore powerboat GP in Terracina Italy”

Turkey cool runnings in the Class 1 Offshore GP

Victory’s Arif Al Zaffain and Mohammed Al Marri banished all memories of yesterday’s early exit in race 1 and produced an emphatic start-to-finish win in race 2 of the Isiklar Turkish Grand Prix. The Dubai pairing led from the flag and were pulling away… Continue Reading “Turkey cool runnings in the Class 1 Offshore GP”

Faster than Bruce Lee in the Sanya Class 1 World Powerboat China Grand Prix

SANYA (China): Arif Al Zaffain and Mohammed Al Marri wrapped up the perfect opening to their season, winning race 2 of the Sanya Grand Prix to add to their wins in qualifying and race 1 to complete their Sanya hat-trick. But Ugur Isik and Christian Zaborowski’s hopes of carrying the… Continue Reading “Faster than Bruce Lee in the Sanya Class 1 World Powerboat China Grand Prix”

The newly crowned World Champions finish in style at the Abu Dhabi Class 1 UIM Offshore Grand Prix 2012

Mohammed Al Marri completed their Abu Dhabi Grand Prix treble after cruising to a comfortable victory in race 2. Their seventh of the season, ends a near perfect season for the Champions, claiming top spot in the World, Middle East and Edox Pole Position Championships

Class racing at Lake Como in Italy so fasten your seat belts its 160mph+ in the Class 1 offshore GP

Spirit of Qatar’s Ali Al Neama and Matteo Nicolini produced a simply stunning performance in this afternoon’s thriller on Lake Como to win race 2 of the Italian Grand Prix.Victory’s Arif Al Zafeen and Mohammed Al Marri just failed to pull off what would… Continue Reading “Class racing at Lake Como in Italy so fasten your seat belts its 160mph+ in the Class 1 offshore GP”

Its another 160mph high speed world title for the Class 1 offshore power boat Victory Team

Arif Al Zafeen and Mohammed Al Marri produced another faultless display to win race 2 of the Skydive Dubai & Dubai Duty Free Grand Prix and clinch the 2011 UIM Class 1 World Powerboat Championship. In what has been a difficult week for the Dubai team the scratch… Continue Reading “Its another 160mph high speed world title for the Class 1 offshore power boat Victory Team”

Who has become the 2011 European Champions at 160mph in the Class 1 Italian offshore Grand Prix

Victory’s Arif Al Zafeen and Nadir bin Hendi completed the perfect weekend winning race 2 of the Italian Grand Prix to clinch the 2011 Class 1 European Championship in an incident-filled afternoon which saw Italians Luca Formilli Fendi and Giovanni Carpitella crash out.

Do the can-can at Cannes international boat and yacht show 2011

With 80,000 m2 of exhibition space on land and in water, and more than 500 boats on display, the Festival de la Plaisance de Cannes is Europe’s leading in-water boat and yacht show and no doubt one of the world’s most prestigious. It attracts… Continue Reading “Do the can-can at Cannes international boat and yacht show 2011”

No where to hide at 160 mph in the Norwegian UIM Class 1 offshore power boat Grand Prix 2011

Sheikh Hassan bin Jabor Al-Thani celebrated his 50th race start and his first win in Class 1 alongside Steve Curtis with a superb flag-to-finish victory in race 1 of the BMW Norwegian Grand Prix.

Its back, the 160mph class 1 offshore power boat new season starts in Abu Dhabi

In the new Class 1 Offshore Power Boat season in Abu Dhabi, Arif Al Zafeen and Nadir bin Hendi won the race in an impressive performance, with Spirit of Qatar 96 and 95 coming in second and third. The Victory Team now leads the championship with Spirit of Qatar closely behind. The season promises thrilling races for fans.

The 2010 season ends in Dubai with Fazza crowned world champions at 170mph

Arif Al Zafeen and Nader Bin Hendi secured their ninth win of the season at the Emirates/Dubai Duty-Free Dubai Grand Prix, dedicating the victory to their late teammates. The victory also clinched the Middle East Class 1 Championship for Fazza, adding to their World and European crowns. They finished the race at an average speed of 178.38kmph.