The International Hot Rod Association has acquired the F1 Powerboat Racing series, the premier American tunnel boat championship, continuing the Ohio-based organisation’s rapid expansion into water-based motorsports following its October purchase of Powerboat P1 USA/P1 Offshore.
The Union Internationale Motonautique has opened public voting for its 2025 Driver of the Year and Junior Driver of the Year awards, with submissions accepted until December 16.
Seven senior nominees and four junior nominees representing six powerboat racing disciplines will compete for the recognition.
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Norwegian F1H2O racer Marit Strømøy has released her latest single “Last to Know”, blending her dual passions for powerboat racing and music as she prepares for a demanding November schedule across two continents.
The track, written and produced by Hallgeir Rustan at Stargate Studios in Trondheim, marks Strømøy’s return to recording after focusing primarily on her F1H2O World Championship campaign this season.
Team Brady secured their second consecutive UIM E1 World Championship title after the championship finale at Miami Seaplane Base delivered a dramatic conclusion that went to the final lap of the season.
Welsh pilot Sam Coleman and Finnish co-pilot Emma Kimiläinen held off a determined challenge from Rafael Nadal’s Team Rafa to claim both race victories on Saturday, ensuring Tom Brady’s team retained the Champions of the Water crown they won in the inaugural 2024 season.
Australian powerboat racer Dave Warby is methodically closing in on one of the most dangerous records in sporting history, the unlimited water speed record set by his late father Ken Warby 47 years ago on October 8, 1978.
The Malta Boat Show returns to Dock 1, Cospicua from October 30 to November 2, 2025, and with it comes a significant moment for Maltese powerboat racing.
Chaudron Powerboats Malta will unveil the SVR 33, the latest evolution of the company’s championship-winning bloodline, designed by five-time world champion Aaron Ciantar.
Doctor Raffaele Chiulli addressed global sport leaders at the United Against Online Abuse conference in Stockholm last month, calling for united action against digital harassment affecting athletes, officials, and fans across all sporting disciplines.
Falcon Tenders, a British full-custom superyacht tender builder based in Southampton, marks its fifth anniversary with the delivery of five tenders.
The company operates from a 2,300-square-metre facility and works with composite, carbon, glass, and wood materials.
The Seebold family has released a statement thanking the global powerboat racing community for its overwhelming support following the death of Billy Seebold on 22nd October.
Hungarian textile company ProSport Apparel has established itself as a trusted supplier of race apparel to leading powerboat racing teams across multiple UIM championships.
Custom Solutions for Powerboat Racing Based in Dunaújváros, the company under the direction of Elek Kozma has supplied Powerboat News alongside teams competing in UIM F1H2O, F2 and F4 championships.
Monégasque powerboat racer Giacomo Sacchi made his UIM E1 World Championship debut in Lagos, Nigeria, stepping in as reserve pilot for Team Miami alongside Patricia Pita Gago.
The appointment came as regular Team Miami pilot Erik Stark competed for Team Abu Dhabi in the UIM F1H2O World Championship.
Powerboat racing has lost its greatest champion.
Bill Seebold Jr, known throughout the sport as Billy or Mr Bill, has passed away following a battle with ALS.
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.
Karolis Ramoska successfully secured adoption of his F2 long lap proposal during the 98th UIM General Assembly in Shanghai, capping 10 days of intensive negotiations with federation leaders from more than 30 countries as the Lithuanian powerboat chief advances his youth development agenda.
The UIM believes that powerboating competitions have recently attracted fewer participants.
The reasons for this phenomenon are both the seasonality of the sport and the growing passion of young people for electronic gadgets.
The UIM Council has officially adopted Rule 105.
05, establishing a new Teams Titled Event format that will debut in the 2026 season.
Doctor Raffaele Chiulli secured a fifth term as UIM President at the 98th General Assembly in Shanghai on Saturday, standing unopposed in the election for the 2025-2029 mandate.
The Italian sports executive’s candidature, submitted by the Italian Federation, received approval from delegates gathered at Baoshan District for powerboating’s most significant institutional event of the year.
COMINSPORT will propose establishing UIM teams titled events tomorrow, introducing a format combining three to five racing categories per team in single-weekend competitions designed to popularise powerboat racing and encourage nations to revive dormant classes.
The structure requires all team members to hold valid racing licences from the same nationality, with one driver per team per category competing across circuit, aquabike, motosurf or offshore disciplines.
The 98th UIM General Assembly is underway in Shanghai this week, marking the federation’s return to China six years after the 2019 Qingdao gathering, with delegates in Baoshan District through 12th October for the sport’s most significant institutional event of the year.
Toni Kade won the 2025 UIM GT15 European Championship at Östhammar, Sweden, taking three heat victories and finishing 200 points clear.
The 14-year-old continues a family racing legacy spanning six decades.
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.
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