The 2026 UIM-ABP Aquabike Circuit Pro World Championship will open in Shanghai, China on October 1-2, H2O Racing has confirmed, with a four-round calendar that stretches from the Far East to the Middle East before the season closes in December.
The announcement came on March 4th and carries an immediate headline: the original Middle Eastern … Read more
Aquabike Promotion has confirmed a three-round calendar for the 2026 UIM-ABP European Continental Aquabike Championship, with Grand Prix in Portugal, Hungary and France running from July through to September. 3 Grand Prix July 3 Season Opens Sept 6 Season Closes Portugal Opens the Season The championship begins at Barrinha da Praia in the town of … Read more
The Powerboat News 2026 World Championship Calendar has been updated with the latest dates from UIM Calendar News, adding three new events and correcting venue details for aquabike and circuit racing championships.
Latest UIM Calendar Updates The UIM published its first calendar update of 2026 in February, confirming three additional events across circuit and aquabike … Read more
UIM Secures 10-Year Aquabike Promotion Partnership Renewal UIM Aquabike | Governance The Union Internationale Motonautique has renewed its promotional agreement with Aquabike Promotion Ltd for a further ten-year period, securing the future of the UIM Aquabike World and Continental Championships through 2036.
Monaco Meeting Concludes Partnership Extension UIM Secretary General Thomas Kurth and Raimondo Di … Read more
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.
Poret claimed her maiden Ski Ladies GP1 crown while Koch Hansen took his first Ski GP1 title.
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 … Read more
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.
French rider Estelle Poret, Belgian Quinten Bossche, Kuwait’s Yousef Al-Abdulrazzaq, Emirati Amer Hawair and Team Abu Dhabi’s Rashid Al-Mulla secured the top starting positions in their … Read more
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 … Read more
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.
The State of Qatar makes its return to the international powerboat racing calendar this weekend when Doha hosts the final round of the UIM-ABP Aquabike World Championship for the first time in 10 years.
Aquabike Promotion and the Doha Marine Sports Club will stage the three-day Old Doha Port Grand Prix of Qatar on Doha … Read more
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.
The championship will follow a similar structure to 2025, opening with the Grand Prix of Poland on June 12th-14th, though on slightly later dates than this year.
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 … Read more
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.
Championship contenders staked their claims across the UIM-ABP Aquabike World Championship categories, with Quinten Bossche, François Medori and … Read more
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.
A Weekend of Thrills on the Adriatic Twenty-three fearless racers descended on the picturesque Italian coastal town of Torre Dell’Orso for what would … Read more
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 … Read more
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.
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.
