Free practice at the inaugural 24 Heures Motonautiques de Normandie has concluded at Poses in the Eure, with Race 1 – twelve hours of racing, running through to midnight – scheduled to start at 12:00 CEST. All eleven entered boats completed the 09:00-10:30 session on the 2,183-metre circuit on the Seine. The session was not timed.
The entry list has been updated to version 6 since the original preview was published in March. Team Inshore Performance on Boat 1 – Alexis Fischer, Loic Huet and Aymeric Troussel – arrive as reigning UIM S3 World Champions, having secured the 2025 title at the decisive round in Mons, Belgium last August.
Boat 2, Team Touax MRK Racing, fields Peter Morin, Nelson Morin and Thomas Cleret. Peter is a seven-time Class 3 Endurance World Champion and current F1H2O competitor; Nelson is a multiple Endurance World Champion and the most prolific winner in the history of the 24 Heures de Rouen. Between them they won that event consecutively from 2013 to 2017.
Boat 27, BRT Maverick Racing, carries Alexandre Bourgeot, who races in F1H2O for Maverick Racing, alongside Thibault Clement and Enzo Lethiec. Boat 13, GSET by MRC, fields Jean-Baptiste Thomas – UIM F4 vice-world champion in 2025 – alongside Jérémy Brisset and Quentin Dailly, who together were part of the French squad that won the UIM World Circuit Endurance Championship.
On Boat 38, Monsnauteam mix Belgian and Swedish crews: Benjamin Berti and Maverick Grolet (Belgium) share driving duties with Hilmer Wiberg and Adam Wrenkler (Sweden). Wiberg, born in 2005, holds three world championship titles across GT15, GT30 and 3J, and took world silver in his debut F2 season in 2025. Wrenkler finished third in the 2025 UIM F4 World Championship. The Latvian-Lithuanian entry on Boat 69, Akvashelf Racing, fields four pilots from the Baltic states: Toms Smilskalns and Niklaus Rimeicans (Latvia), with Nida Kilinskaite and Paulius Stainys (Lithuania).
Confirmed entry list – Version 6 (30 April 2026)
| No. | Team | Hull | Pilots |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Team Inshore Performance | Molgard | Alexis Fischer (FRA), Loic Huet (FRA), Aymeric Troussel (FRA) |
| 2 | Team Touax MRK Racing | Moore | Nelson Morin (FRA), Peter Morin (FRA), Thomas Cleret (FRA) |
| 5 | Team Autovision | Molgaard | Philippe Karras (GRE), Jean-Paul Karras (GRE), Maitos Konstantinos (GRE) |
| 6 | Team VSI Racing | Molgard | Michael Dragutin (FRA), Florian Girard (FRA), Florian Sévéré (FRA) |
| 9 | Team Torpilleurs Racing | Moore | Pierre Lambert (FRA), Romain Nedelec (ESP), Alexandre Jean (FRA) |
| 13 | GSET by MRC | Motor Mix | Jérémy Brisset (FRA), Quentin Dailly (FRA), Jean-Baptiste Thomas (FRA) |
| 27 | BRT Maverick Racing | Moore | Alexandre Bourgeot (FRA), Thibault Clement (FRA), Enzo Lethiec (FRA) |
| 38 | Monsnauteam | Molgaard | Benjamin Berti (BEL), Maverick Grolet (BEL), Hilmer Wiberg (SWE), Adam Wrenkler (SWE) |
| 69 | Akvashelf Racing | ASV | Toms Smilskalns (LAT), Niklaus Rimeicans (LAT), Nida Kilinskaite (LTU), Paulius Stainys (LTU) |
| 86 | Slovakia Team | Moore | Simon Jung (SVK), Marian Jung (SVK), Vladimir Slany (SVK) |
| 87 | Club Motonautique Normand | Alicat | Paul Palenzuela (FRA), Bastien Masselin (FRA), Pierre Labigne (FRA), Jason Houisse (FRA) |
Nations represented: France, Belgium, Sweden, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, Greece and Spain.
What changed from the original entry list
Version 6, issued 30 April, differs from the V4 bis document published in March. The Karras family on Boat 5 are correctly listed as Greek (GRE) throughout. Boat 6, Team VSI Racing, now carries three pilots rather than four; Jens Westphal, who appeared in earlier versions, is not listed. Boat 13 is named GSET by MRC in V6; Antoine Boutrais, who appeared in earlier versions, does not appear. Boat 87 confirms Jason Houisse as a fourth pilot.
Race 1 programme
Race 1 runs from 12:00 to 24:00 CEST on the 2,183-metre circuit. Race 2 (seven hours) follows on Saturday, May 2, with Race 3 (five hours) completing the 24-hour total on Sunday, May 3. The event is free to attend throughout the weekend. The venue is the Rouen-Poses Nautical Club, Quai de Seine, Mesnil de Poses, 27740 Poses.
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His involvement in powerboat racing began in 1981 when he competed in his first offshore powerboat race. After a career as a Financial Futures broker in the City of London, specialising in UK interest rate markets, he became actively involved in event organisation and powerboat racing journalism.
He served as Event Director for the Cowes–Torquay–Cowes races between 2010 and 2013. In 2016, he launched Powerboat Racing World, a digital platform providing global powerboat racing news and insights. The following year, he co-founded UKOPRA, helping to rejuvenate offshore racing in the United Kingdom. He sold Powerboat Racing World in late 2021 and remained actively involved with UKOPRA until 2025.
In September 2025, he established Powerboat News, returning to independent journalism with a focus on neutral and comprehensive coverage of the sport.
