The Victory Team’s Shaun Torrente confirmed a fourth UIM F1H2O World Championship title in a thrilling Road to Sharjah–Grand Prix of Sharjah, despite retiring with a broken engine after just 14 laps of a pulsating race on Sunday afternoon.
While the Dubai-based Victory Team celebrated the American’s world title and a first ever UIM F1H2O Teams’ Championship, the actual race day belonged to the triumphant Sharjah Team.
His Excellency Sheikh Hassan bin Jabor Al-Thani and Steve Curtis MBE have marked their return to offshore powerboat racing with a commanding victory in the Extreme class at the 44th Annual Offshore World Championship in Key West, Florida.
Four world champions were crowned at the Old Doha Port Grand Prix of Qatar on Saturday, with Estelle Poret, Oliver Koch Hansen, François Medori and Roberto Mariani securing UIM-ABP World Aquabike Championship titles in dramatic fashion.
Championship battles intensified across a thrilling day of UIM-ABP Aquabike World Championship racing at the Old Doha Port Grand Prix of Qatar on Friday, with Jéremy Perez seizing the Runabout GP1 title lead after François Medori’s engine failure, whilst Benedicte Drange produced a stunning comeback drive in Ski Ladies GP1 and evening parallel slalom action delivered three new world champions.
The hectic schedule saw eight competitive sessions unfold in brutal October heat, with morning victories for Estelle Poret, Quinten Bossche and Amer Hawair followed by afternoon drama as Perez capitalised on Medori’s misfortune and Drange stormed from the back of the grid to claim a career-defining victory.
Five pole positions were decided on Thursday afternoon as the final round of the UIM-ABP World Aquabike Championship got underway at the Old Doha Port Grand Prix of Qatar.
Competitors across five racing disciplines completed their free practice sessions on Thursday morning at the Old Doha Port Grand Prix of Qatar, with championship contenders posting competitive lap times ahead of this afternoon’s qualifying rounds.
Runabout GP2 Asian Continental Championship Six GCC entrants from Qatar, the UAE and Saudi Arabia opened proceedings on the water following a packed briefing hosted by race director Marco Petrini.
Equipment is in place, registration and scrutineering complete.
The world’s finest aquabike riders are now making their final preparations for the start of the Old Doha Port Grand Prix of Qatar on Thursday morning.
Aquabike Promotion has announced a provisional five-race calendar for the 2026 UIM-ABP European Continental Aquabike Championship, with the season spanning from mid-June through early September.
Six world champions were crowned and four Grand Prix victors celebrated in a thrilling finale to the Regione Sardegna Grand Prix of Italy in Olbia, where dramatic battles and stunning comebacks defined three days of fierce competition.
Siimann Snatches World Title with Final Lap Heroics Mattias Siimann produced the performance of the weekend in Runabout GP2, storming from sixth place to win the final moto and retain his world title in sensational style.
A hectic Friday at the Regione Sardegna Grand Prix of Italy saw 145 riders from 26 nations tackle a revised course in Olbia, with nine category winners emerging from qualifying before darkness descended on the opening Motos.
This weekend sees the beautiful island of Sardinia hosting the Regione Sardegna Grand Prix of Italy out of the idyllic city of Olbia.
The second round of the 2025 UIM-ABP Aquabike World Championship takes place from Friday morning through to Sunday afternoon.
Estonia’s Stefan Arand claimed a stunning first ever F1H2O pole position in Shanghai after a drama-filled qualifying session on the Huangpu River where favourites fell by the wayside and newcomers shone.
While most of the western world was in slumber, Team Abu Dhabi’s Erik Stark opened his account at the UIM F1H2O Grand Prix of Shanghai, China with the quickest lap of 45.
151 seconds in the opening free practice session on Thursday morning.
The crystal-clear waters of Torre Dell’Orso witnessed pure aquabike domination this weekend as François Medori delivered a masterclass performance to claim the UIM-ABP Aquabike Class Pro Offshore World Championship in spectacular fashion.
The final countdown is on to the start of the UIM-ABP Aquabike Class Pro Offshore World Championship in the Italian coastal town of Torre Dell’Orso on Saturday and Sunday.
Twenty-three racers will compete in four physically and mentally demanding offshore Motos over the weekend in their bids for glory in the UIM-ABP Aquabike Class Pro Offshore Grand Prix of Puglia.
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His Excellency Sheikh Hassan bin Jabor Al-Thani today announced a dramatic return to international power boat racing after an 11-year lay-off from the sport.
The former Qatari offshore racer was a regular front-runner in the UIM Class One World Powerboat Championship and the American racing scene until he stopped competing at the end of 2014.
The coastal town of Torre Dell’Orso, Italy will host the UIM-ABP Aquabike Class Pro Offshore Grand Prix of Puglia next weekend (September 26th-28th).
Organising by Aquabike Promotion and Hardwave, the event will be the stand-alone round of the exciting UIM-ABP Aquabike Class Pro Offshore World Championship for three Runabout class disciplines.
Two teams have changed their driver line-ups in the gap between the opening round of the 2025 UIM F1H2O World Championship on Sumatra’s Lake Toba and the forthcoming Grand Prix of Shanghai in China on October 2nd-4th.
Australian Grant Trask has parted company with the China CTIC Team, for whom he finished an excellent sixth overall in August’s Grand Prix of Indonesia, as a stand-in for the recuperating Brent Dillard.
The Allier River played host to a dramatic finale to the 2025 UIM-ABP European Continental and Endurance Aquabike Championships, as riders from across Europe battled through four days of competition at the Grand Prix of Vichy.
Medori Dominates in Endurance and Circuit Corsican star François Medori proved unstoppable in both disciplines.
Rusty Wyatt of the Sharjah Team claimed his second consecutive victory at the Grand Prix of Indonesia on Lake Toba, Sumatra, on 24 August 2025.
He seized the lead after defending World Champion Jonas Andersson retired with mechanical problems after 17 laps, giving Wyatt a five-point advantage in the drivers’ standings.
Rusty Wyatt seized an early championship advantage after defending World Champion Jonas Andersson suffered a cruel mechanical failure whilst dominating the Grand Prix of Indonesia, handing the Canadian his second consecutive victory on Lake Toba.
Andersson had controlled the weekend on Sumatra, claiming pole position, Sprint Race 1 victory and leading the main event for 17 laps before his Team Sweden boat ground to a halt.
