Sean H

race results, victory 1 secures world championship

1 VICTORY 1 21 01.00.47,64 +00.00,00 174,88 108,69 20
2 VICTORY 7 21 01.01.49,04 +01.01.40 171,98 106,89 15
3 SEVENELEVEN 18 21 01.03.18,37 +02.30,73 167,94 104,37 12
4 QATAR 95 20 01.01.01,21 + 1 LAP 166,02 103,18 9
5 MARITIMO 11 17 00.52.41,57 + 4 LAPS 163,72 101,75 0
6 FORESTI & SUARDI 8 16 00.50.50,48 + 5 LAPS 159,83 99,33 7
7 QATAR 96 14 00.40.00,03 + 7 LAPS 178,09 110,68 0
8 ROSCIOLI HOTELS ROMA 60 1 00.04.19,50 DNF 0,00 0,00 0
9 JOTUN 90 0 . DNF 0,00 0,00 0
10 SPIRIT OF SPAIN 88 0 . DNF 0,00 0,00 0
11 NEGOTIATOR 50 0 - DNS 0,00 0,00 0

Maximus

Wow!! looks like a race of attrition with only three boats completing all laps.

Cool Vids here. Check out the Victory hook. http://www.class-1.com/video.asp

Georgi offshore takes a PODIUM!! nise work guys!!

Billy and Chris a DNS?!! we need details.

Qater 96 , Gremlins again?!!!

Lou Ann and Allan Campbell are in Dubai gives us an update:

Allen and I are here in Dubai for the race and we're coming back over for next week's race. We saw Jon Maas, Steve Lippincott and Steve Curtis. Haven't seen Billy Moore yet but will today. Haven't seen Jimmy Winters either.

I had a great meeting with the WPPA officials. More on that later...

The weather is outstanding. The amount of money the team owners put into racing just boggles the mind. And the logistics of getting the boats and haulers from Moscow to Qatar and all points in between is a monumental task.

Lou Anne

Starflite X

And Saeed Hareb quits as Chairman of the WPPA and says there will never be another UIM sanctioned race in Dubai after next weekends finale.

A few race pics here
http://www.proprider.com/forum/showthread.php?t=636

mbowers

Cool video!

Maximus

Round 2 and it looks like everyone will make the start. I think you will see Qatar 96 walk away with the win.

VICTORY CHASING DOWN TITLE TREBLE
Wednesday, 10 December, DUBAI (UAE): Victory Team will be looking to cap a brilliant season by adding the Middle East and Edox Pole Position Championships to the World crown they lifted last week, after finishing first and second in the Mina Seyahi Grand Prix.

Victory 1’s Mohammed Al Marri and Nadir Bin Hendi head the Edox Pole Position and Middle East Championships, and will line up for the Emirates and Dubai Duty Free Grand Prix as favourites to complete an impressive treble.

The only threat to their possible treble comes from Sheikh Hassan and Steve Curtis, with the Qatar 96 crew desperate to salvage something from a disappointing season by completing a hat-trick of wins in qualifying to secure a first Pole Position title for Sheikh Hassan and a remarkable straight eighth title for Curtis. But failure to win in qualifying and in the Emirates and Dubai Duty Free Grand Prix would see the eight times World Champion without a race-win or a title for the first time in 12 years.

With the title and the runners-up slot in the World Championship already secured by Victory 1 and Abdullah Al-Mehairbi and Jean-Marc Sanchez in Victory 7, the battle for third place is a three-way fight between both Qatar outfits and Jotun, with Abdullah Al-Sulaiti and Matteo Nicolini in Qatar 95 holding the upper hand.

Victory also dominates the Middle East standings, leaving another three-way fight for third place, with Foresti & Suardi’s Giampaolo Montavoci and Kolbjorn Selmer fighting with the Qatar boats as they bid to finish as the highest-placed European crew.

After taking his first Class 1 podium last week - finishing third - Giorgioffshore’s Nicola Giorgi has confirmed that he will run with the team’s test driver, Riccardo Calugi. Tom Barry-Cotter and Pal Virik Nilsen have used the break between races to test and make modifications to the new Maritimo raceboat, with the Australian-Norwegian pairing looking for a second top six finish in Saturday’s final race of the season.

Roscioli Hotels Roma and Spirit of Spain will hope that engine changes to both boats will resolve the issues that curtailed their last race early in proceedings, whilst Foresti & Suardi has repaired the damage they sustained and Negotiator and Jotun have resolved the problems that prevented both from starting last time out.

Eleven boats will line up for the 21-lap, 97.21Nm Emirates and Dubai Duty Free Grand Prix; first official practice takes place on Thursday, 11 December (12.00-13.00) followed by a second session on Friday morning (10.00-11.30) and the Edox Pole Position at 14.30. Final practice is on Saturday morning (09.30 -10.30) followed by the Emirates and Dubai Duty Free Grand Prix starting at 14.30.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP - after round 7 of 8
1. Victory 1 – 125pts 2. Victory 7 – 105pts 3. Qatar 95 – 81pts 4. Qatar 96 – 71pts 5. Jotun 90 – 64pts 6. Foresti & Suardi 8 – 57pts 7. SeveneleveN 18 – 26pts 8. Spirit of Spain 88 – 19pts 9. Negotiator 50 – 16pts 10. Qatar 9 – 4pts Roscioli Hotels Roma 60 – 0pts

MIDDLE EAST CHAMPIONSHIP - after round 3 of 4
1. Victory 1 – 60pts 2. Victory 7 – 42pts 3= Qatar 95 – 23pts 3= Foresti & Suardi 8 – 23pts 5. Qatar 96 – 22pts 6. SeveneleveN 18 – 17pts 6. Negotiator 50 – 16pts Roscioli Hotels Roma 60 – 0 pts Jotun 90 – 0 pts Spirit of Spain 88 – 0 pts

EDOX POLE POSITION CHAMPIONSHIP – after round 7 of 8
1. Victory 1 – 102pts 2. Qatar 96 – 99pts 3. Jotun 90 – 70pts 4. Qatar 95 – 59pts
5. Victory 7 – 45pts 6. Foresti & Suardi 8 – 24pts 7. SeveneleveN 18 – 20pts
8. Negotiator 50 – 17pts 9 Spirit of Spain 88 – 7pts 10= Qatar 9 – 5pts 10= White 4 – 5pts 12. Roscioli Hotels Roma 60 – 3pts

Ryan Beckley

Did anyone find out what happened to Negotiator last week?

Phantom1

Victory 1 secures world Class 1 offshore title in Dubai

Dubai's Victory Team celebrated their eighth World Championship success in sixteen years on Saturday after Victory 1's Mohammed Al Marri and Nadir Bin Hendi led home their team-mates, Abdullah Al Mehairbi and Jean-Marc Sanchez driving Victory 7, to complete the team's third one-two finish of the season in the Mina Seyahi Grand Prix. Nicola Giorgi and Giorgio Manuzzi celebrated their first Class 1 podium after bringing SeveneleveN home in third place.

The newly crowned world champions knew that they did not have to fight for the win to lift the title, and were happy to let Sheikh Hassan and Steve Curtis - both desperate to take their first win of the season - disappear into the distance in Qatar 96, and run in second spot. But on lap 15, Qatar 96 slowed dramatically, handing the lead to Victory 1 and a second world title to Al Marri and a first for Bin Hendi.

"It is a great feeling to have regained my world title," said Mohammed Al Marri. "The boat has run perfectly all season and today was the same. Our strategy all weekend was to play it safe, and we were happy to run in second behind Qatar 96 at the start knowing we just needed points. It's been a great team performance all year."

Victory 7 once again produced a strong performance, with Abdullah Al Mehairbi and outgoing World Champion, Jean-Marc Sanchez, taking their sixth podium of the season to secure the runners-up slot in the Championship standings.

"It is all about team-work," said Sanchez. "We made a good start and saw Victory 1 on our inside at the first turn. We let them go and then just sat in behind them."

For SeveneleveN's Nicola Giorgi and Giorgio Manuzzi, the only boat other than both Victory outfits to complete 21 laps, third place was well deserved and a just reward for all the work the team has put in this season to develop their new boat.

"I had a good feeling after today's practice that we were going to do something special," said Nicola Giorgi. "It was quite rough out there, but this suited our boat. I think we have proved today that Giorgioffshore is heading in the right direction."

Fourth place for Qatar 95 was little consolation for the team, who, for the second consecutive race, saw a huge race-lead disappear due to unreliability.

"We are disappointed with fourth position," admitted Matteo Nicolini. "This boat is very difficult to drive when it is heavy and full of fuel and we had two spin-outs on the turns. But we managed to recover and were chasing down SeveneleveN when one of the engines lost pressure and we had no power to catch them. Now we must try our best next weekend to get a podium."

For Sheikh Hassan and Steve Curtis, their hopes of a race win ended after leading from the flag and for 15 of the 21 laps.

"It is just not our year," said a disappointed Curtis. "We had a massive 50 second or so lead and then we had a problem with the drop box and that was the end of that. It's very disappointing. Now we must look to next weekend and try and win the Edox Pole Position and again go for the race win to salvage something from this season."

For four crews there was disappointment and frustration; Roscioli Hotels Roma stopped on lap two, after seeing their team-mates, Spirit of Spain, go out on the opening lap, with both Negotiator and Jotun failing to make the start line.


MINA SEYAHI GRAND PRIX

Results

1. Victory 1 - M Al Marri (UAE) / N Bin Hendi (UAE)

2. Victory 7 - A Al Mehairbi (UAE) / JM Sanchez (FRA)

3. SeveneleveN 18 - G Manuzzi (ITA) / N Giorgi (ITA)

4. Qatar 95 - A Al-Sulaiti (QAT) / M Nicolini (ITA)

5. Maritimo 11 - T Barry-Cotter (AUS) / PV Nilsen (NOR) 4 laps

6. Foresti & Suardi 8 - K Selmer (NOR) / G Montavoci (ITA) 5 laps

Qatar 96 - H Al-Thani (QAT) / S Curtis (GB) - dnf

Roscioli Hotels Roma 60 - M A Ahmed (ESP) / A Al Suwaidi (UAE) - dnf

Spirit of Spain 88 - S Carrasco (ESP) / G Carpitella (ITA) - dnf

Jotun 90 - IB Aarbakke (NOR) / J Tandberg (NOR) - dns

Negotiator 50 - C Parsonage (GB) / W Moore (US) - dns


WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP - after round seven of eight

1. Victory 1 - 125pts 2. Victory 7 - 105pts 3. Qatar 95 - 81pts 4. Qatar 96 - 71pts 5. Jotun 90 - 64pts 6. Foresti & Suardi 8 - 57pts 7. SeveneleveN 18 - 26pts 8. Spirit of Spain 88 - 19pts 9. Negotiator 50 - 16pts 10. Qatar 9 - 4pts Roscioli Hotels Roma 60 - 0pts

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skaterdave

anyone know what the two blower motors are spinning rpm ?
the merc 1075 or the sterling?
does the merc only spin 6200 rpm like the 850sc US motor?

Sean H

6500 for the class 1 merc setup. the sterling turns a little higher, don't know the exact number. The 850 is 6k.

Ryan Beckley

I was just told that Negotiator had a main water hose fail right before the start of the race last week causing them not to start.