Congradulations to Extremeboats Dragon
 

Congradulation to the Extremeboats Dragon for the win in the speed trials in Malta. Added to their convincing win in the offshore leg the team is proving that they are serious contenders to repeat as P1 UIM Super Sport Champoins in 2007.

1 55 Extremeboat.com 0 mins, 58.77 seconds 79.66 mph
2 44 Roscioli Hotels Roma 0 mins, 59.57 seconds (+ 0.80) 78.59 mph
3 46 Chaudron 1 mins, 00.63 seconds (+ 1.86) 77.21 mph
4 08 Sun Lik Beer 1 mins, 01.43 seconds (+ 2.66) 76.21 mph
5 47 Buzzi Bullet III 1 mins, 01.97 seconds (+ 3.20) 75.54 mph
6 11 Sunseeker Challenger 1 mins, 06.60 seconds (+ 7.43) 70.87 mph
7 07 Voom Voom.com 1 mins, 06.89 seconds (+ 8.12) 69.99 mph
8 09 Marex 1 mins, 12.77 seconds (+ 14.00) 64.87 mph

CIG,

I'm trying to follow the who program over there in P1...
In the time trials...since they are capped on speed...
can they not brake out of the 80 mph cap...or can they just run ...I notice everyone is just under the 80 mph mark....

It just goes to show how interesting a Class with a speed limit can be....8 boats in the time trials. Sounds like just the right number of boats on the water at the same time.

I din't realize they capped at 80 mph....for some reason I thought it was higher.....I was thinking it was 80 klicks...but that would be slower.

So....I guess speed limits are not just a way for old Super Vee boats that can't cut the mustard anymore to keep racing.

God I feel old...anybody know how to get ahold of Viagra...I need a Sponsor...and some samples.:evilb:


Congrats Extremeboat.com Dragon!

congrats for Extremeboat/Dragon.

In my opinion all the boats that finished on Saturday's race they are all winners considering that they had 15to 20 foot waves to negotiate.
As for the time trials, all boats that took part went over 80mph, but the 80mph speed limit is for when they race the course.
These are some clips.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZqaBDU3ti0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMX3weFAvLI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmUxzAs-L6w&mode

D Harry,

I noticed that in the time trails some finished under 1 min...

but in there time trials is that like our kilo run...or dose the time trails have to avg. 80 mph...

I know Mike said they were goint to GPS's

I know they ran in big sea's and would never hit them kinds of speeds...but was woundering how they run there time trails...

Manitie,

The time trails they ran, was the first time that P1 organisned it just to entertain the spectators, instead of cancelling the event, they just improvised. which in my opinion they did a great job.
As for the normal race course the supersport class cannot go over 75mph average for each lap, and a straight line speed of 80mph, but I don't know if they are able to check the straight line speed in normal racing conditions, because if you see the video's of last year's races, you will notice that some supersport boats ran very close to the evolution class boats from the green flag to the first buoy.:eek:

D Harry,

Thanks for the info...

Gino

You're welcome.

New rules for 2007:
Supersportclass

The maximum average speed for any boat in the class shall be 75mph,
measured over the whole race distance. Any boat exceeding this average will
receive a penalty of 30 seconds, which will be added to the total elapsed race
time. Any boat exceeding the average by more than 2 mph but less than
4mph measured over the whole race distance will receive a penalty of 1
minute added to the total elapsed time. Any boat exceeding the limit by more
4mph will be automatically disqualified.


Evolutionclass

The maximum average speed for any boat in the class shall be 87mph,
measured over the whole race distance. Any boat exceeding this average will
receive a penalty of 30 seconds, which will be added to the total elapsed race
time. Any boat exceeding the average by more than 2 mph but less than
4mph measured over the whole race distance will receive a penalty of 1

Thanks D...

I think there systm works well over there will no complaints becasue they seem to always have big water so the speed caps are never hit....

Gino