Team Touax MRK Racing have won the 2026 UIM S3 World Endurance Championship at Poses, with Nelson Morin, Peter Morin and Thomas Cleret taking the title after victory in Sunday’s five-hour Race 3 on the River Seine. It is the culmination of a weekend that has rewritten the history of powerboat endurance racing in Normandy.
This weekend at Poses was the entire 2026 UIM S3 World Endurance Championship: three heats, one venue, three days on the Seine. Team Touax MRK Racing won Race 1 on Friday night, held second in Race 2 on Saturday, then won Race 3 on Sunday to clinch the title with a commanding points total. Rain fell over Poses for the finale, adding one final test to a weekend that had already delivered sunshine, thunderstorms and night racing.
For Peter Morin, Friday night’s Race 1 victory carried weight that went beyond points. In the two previous editions of the 24 Hours at Rouen, the Morin family raced for Red Star and led both races, only to lose both in the closing stages. Winning the night race at Poses had been a specific, personal goal carried over from those near-misses.
It was a long time that we wanted to race more in the night. The last two editions of the 24 Hours were very unlucky. We were leading two times and missed the victory. It was a very good adventure but very sad, finally.
With second place secured in Race 2 on Saturday, Morin spoke with the clarity of a driver running the championship mathematics in real time.
For this race, we would like to get to second position because we cannot catch the first. The main thing the whole team wanted was to win the night race. That was the target.
Sunday delivered the title to complete what Friday’s night win had begun. Peter Morin also races in both the UIM F1H2O World Championship and UIM F2 World Championship, with Sardinia and a new venue in Asia among his F1H2O fixtures this season.
Monsnauteam took second in Race 3 to confirm the vice-championship title. Benjamin Berti, Maverick Grolet, Hilmer Wiberg and Adam Wrenkler led for more than an hour before a fuel shortage forced them to cede the lead. They fought back to finish second, a result that confirmed their standing as the closest challengers and set up what promises to be a compelling rivalry at future S3 championship events.
Akvashelf Racing took the Race 3 podium in third, with Toms Smilskalns, Niklavs Rimeicans, Nida Kilinskaite and Paulius Stainys completing 211 laps. Team Torpilleur Racing finished fourth on the same lap count.
Race 3 Result
| Pos | Boat | Team | Laps | Best Lap | Best Speed | Pen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Team Touax MRK Racing | 220 | 1:16.86 | 97.939 km/h | 0 |
| 2 | 38 | Monsnauteam | 219 | 1:14.93 | 100.461 km/h | 0 |
| 3 | 69 | Akvashelf Racing | 211 | 1:20.32 | 93.720 km/h | 0 |
| 4 | 9 | Team Torpilleur Racing | 211 | 1:16.21 | 98.774 km/h | 0 |
| 5 | 87 | Club Motonautique Normand | 205 | 1:16.41 | 98.515 km/h | 3 |
| 6 | 27 | BRT Maverick Racing | 177 | 1:18.44 | 95.966 km/h | 0 |
| 7 | 6 | Team VSI Racing | 111 | 1:17.38 | 97.280 km/h | 0 |
| DNF | 1 | Team Inshore Performance | Not classified | |||
| DNF | 5 | Team Autovision | Not classified | |||
2026 UIM S3 World Endurance Championship — Final Standings
| Pos | Boat | Team | R1 | R2 | R3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Team Touax MRK Racing | 20 | 17 | 20 | 57 pts |
| 2 | 38 | Monsnauteam | 13 | 20 | 17 | 50 pts |
| 3 | 9 | Team Torpilleur Racing | 17 | 15 | 13 | 45 pts |
| 4 | 69 | Akvashelf Racing | 10 | 13 | 15 | 38 pts |
| 5 | 27 | BRT Maverick Racing | 11 | 9 | 10 | 30 pts |
| 6 | 1 | Team Inshore Performance | 15 | 11 | DNF | 26 pts |
| 7 | 87 | Club Motonautique Normand | 9 | DNF | 11 | 20 pts |
| 8 | 5 | Team Autovision | DNF | 10 | DNF | 10 pts |
| 9 | 6 | Team VSI Racing | DNF | DNF | 9 | 9 pts |
| 10 | 86 | Slovakia Team | 8 | DNF | DNS | 8 pts |
| 11 | 13 | GSET by MRC | 7 | DNF | DNS | 7 pts |
Full coverage of the 24 Heures Motonautiques de Normandie 2026 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.
