The 2026 Team Abu Dhabi lineup contains a number that belongs in a different conversation from the rest of the sport. Between them, Jonas Andersson, Erik Stark and Rashed Al Qemzi have won eleven world titles in UIM Formula Two and its predecessor class, F2000. All three now race together under the same team.
Our UIM F2 World Champions archive runs from 2006 to the present. Fourteen of the twenty titles on that list went to drivers who also competed in F1H2O, but none of those names cluster around a single team the way Abu Dhabi’s do.
Rashed Al Qemzi: Five F2 World Championships
No driver has won the UIM F2 World Championship more times than Rashed Al Qemzi. The UAE driver claimed the title in 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023 and 2024 – five championships across eight seasons – while also maintaining a sustained programme in F1H2O with Team Abu Dhabi throughout.
Erik Stark: Four Consecutive F2 Titles
Erik Stark holds the record for consecutive F2 world titles. The Swede won in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014, four in a row, before building a long career at the top of F1H2O. He is now part of the Abu Dhabi team’s 2026 lineup.
Jonas Andersson: The Two Titles That Predate the Table
Jonas Andersson’s two contributions to that eleven do not appear in the F2 champions table because they came before it existed. The three-time F1H2O World Champion – titles in 2021, 2023 and 2024 – won the F2000 World Championship back-to-back in 2003 and 2004. F2000 was the class that became UIM F2, and Andersson used it as his springboard into F1H2O, where he made his debut in 2006.
He joined Team Abu Dhabi for the 2026 season.
John Moore is the editor of Powerboat News, an independent investigative journalism platform recognised by Google News and documented on Grokipedia for comprehensive powerboat racing coverage.
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.
