Team Touax MRK Racing have won Race 1 of the 24 Heures Motonautiques de Normandie 2026, completing 505 laps of the 2.183km River Seine circuit at Poses to cover 1,102.4 kilometres in twelve hours of racing that ran from noon until midnight on Friday, May 1.
Nelson Morin, Peter Morin and Thomas Cleret held the lead for most of the race and came through rain, falling temperatures and thunderstorms to finish 18 laps clear of Team Inshore Performance. Alexis Fischer, Loic Huet and Aymeric Troussel took second on 487 laps. Team Torpilleur Racing (Pierre Lambert, Romain Nedelec and Alexandre Jean) completed the podium four laps further back on 483.
The fight for second place ran to the wire. Inshore Performance and Torpilleur were locked together on 466 laps at the eleven-and-a-half hour mark. Fischer’s crew pulled clear in the final thirty minutes, finishing four laps ahead.
Monsnauteam took fourth on 465 laps, carrying an eight-lap penalty that the team protested as too severe. The eight-lap penalty stands in the official result. BRT Maverick Racing finished fifth, two laps behind on 463. Akvashelf Racing, with a three-lap penalty applied, took sixth on 432 laps.
Slovakia Team recovered strongly through the night to take seventh on 422 laps, ahead of Club Motonautique Normand in eighth on 390. Jeremy Brisset’s GSET by MRC crew completed the classified finishers in ninth on 186 laps. Brisset had flipped while leading in the second hour and walked away uninjured, yet his team set the fastest lap of the entire race: a 1:01.95 at 126.857 km/h.
Team Autovision (Boat 5) and VSI Racing (Boat 6) did not finish. Team Autovision’s retirement had been confirmed before midnight by team manager Tullio Abbate, with driver Maitos Konstantinos having injured his wrist in an earlier incident.
Race 1 Result
| Pos | Boat | Team | Laps | Gap | Pen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Team Touax MRK Racing | 505 | Leader | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | Team Inshore Performance | 487 | -18 | 0 |
| 3 | 9 | Team Torpilleur Racing | 483 | -22 | 0 |
| 4 | 38 | Monsnauteam | 465 | -40 | 8 |
| 5 | 27 | BRT Maverick Racing | 463 | -42 | 0 |
| 6 | 69 | Akvashelf Racing | 432 | -73 | 3 |
| 7 | 86 | Slovakia Team | 422 | -83 | 0 |
| 8 | 87 | Club Motonautique Normand | 390 | -115 | 0 |
| 9 | 13 | GSET by MRC | 186 | -319 | 0 |
Race 2 takes place on Saturday, May 2. Full coverage at the 24 Heures Motonautiques de Normandie 2026 hub.
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.
