Rosario and Joseph Schiano Di Cola proved they are the real thing again in Race 2 of the Kuwait Grand Prix XCAT, the defending world champions capitalised on a first lap accident and the Sharjah Team’s second consecutive retirement to claim their first victory of the season.
Victory Team’s Salem Al Adidi and Eisa Al … Read more
The Pavia Motonautica Association has confirmed the 73rd Raid Pavia-Venezia will start on Sunday, May 31, 2026.
Registration for the world’s longest inland powerboat marathon opens on January 3.
The International Hot Rod Association has doubled its 2026 offshore racing prize purse to $2 million, just weeks after acquiring Powerboat P1 USA and announcing an initial $1 million commitment to the sport.
The organisation confirmed the increased purse following the Key West World Championship, where teams received payment immediately after the awards presentation.
Victory Team extended their world championship lead with a commanding victory in Race 1 of the Kuwait Grand Prix XCAT, Salem Al Adidi and Eisa Al Ali completing 13 laps in 33:13.65 to finish more than a minute ahead of the home team.
Kuwait 17, driven by Abdullatif Al Omani and Khalid Ali, claimed second … Read more
Ten teams will contest the penultimate round of the 2025 UIM XCAT World Championship when Kuwait hosts Round 2 from 20-22 November, with the Victory Team fielding two boats.
Entry List Features Home Nation Kuwait Kuwait’s home entry features Abdullatif Al Omani and Khalid Ali, with Bader Al Dousari named as their reserve driver.
Jaimie Tennant was 19 years old and standing in the pits at Liège when Tom Percival died.
Now, four decades later, he has written an account of that terrible day and the partnership that preceded it.
American F1H2O driver Brent Dillard has announced his return to competitive racing following successful spinal surgery in April, with the China CTIC Shenzhen team member targeting the championship finale in Sharjah this December after months of intensive rehabilitation.
The South Carolina racer took to the water this week for the first time since undergoing surgery … Read more
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 … Read more
Sunday’s Conch Republic Championship delivered a spectacular finale to the 44th Annual Offshore World Championship at Key West, with Mike Falco and Billy Moore’s Team Defalco claiming the Pro Class 1 world title in dramatic fashion whilst championship leaders Dirty Money Racing and Spirit of Qatar secured commanding victories in Super Cat and Extreme classes. … Read more
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 … Read more
Friday’s Southernmost Continental Championship delivered dramatic racing across all categories at the 44th Annual Offshore World Championship, with Mike Falco and Billy Moore’s Team Defalco claiming a significant Pro Class 1 victory whilst championship leaders extended their advantages heading into Sunday’s finale.
The second day of competition featured half-points scoring in the three-race championship format, … Read more
Rafael Nadal’s Team Rafa claimed pole position for Saturday’s E1 Miami GP season finale after Friday’s qualifying on Biscayne Bay, tightening the championship battle to a single point.
Team Rafa pilots Cris Lazarraga and Tom Chiappe topped qualifying ahead of defending champions Team Brady in second and Team Brazil third.
A Turkish-American aerospace dynasty has entered the UIM E1 World Championship presented by PIF, with Team Sierra set to join the all-electric raceboat series for the 2026 season as the championship’s international roster expands to 10 teams.
Majority-owned by the Ozmen family through their Sierra Enterprises holding company, Team Sierra brings aerospace innovation and space … Read more
Tom Brady hosted a Leaders’ Summit at The Setai, Miami Beach on Thursday evening, bringing together global figures from sport, technology, and business on the eve of this weekend’s championship-deciding Miami GP.
The seven-times Super Bowl champion welcomed E1 Chairman Alejandro Agag, E1 Founder and CEO Rodi Basso, and partner executives from Bombay Sapphire, Cambridge … Read more
Three-Event Championship Approved by UIM COMINOFF Plans for the 2026 Offshore Class 3B World and European Championships have cleared the UIM COMINOFF approval stage, setting up what organisers hope will be a landmark season for offshore powerboat racing’s entry class.
Yet as the outlines of the calendar spread through the paddock, teams are weighing enthusiasm … Read more
Wednesday’s opening races at the 44th Annual Offshore World Championship delivered compelling competition across 11 racing categories, with Monster Energy/M CON, Dirty Money Racing and Spirit of Qatar claiming victories in the premier classes at Key West.
The Truman Waterfront Cup featured half-points scoring as the opening salvo in a three-race championship format, setting the … Read more
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.
The Qatari-British pairing, reunited after a decade away from competition, dominated Wednesday’s opening Truman Waterfront Cup race … Read more
The UIM International Court of Appeal has delivered a landmark ruling that annuls a race jury decision from the F4 World Championship and establishes new precedent on jury impartiality.
William Martinsen, competing for Black Pharaoh Racing, successfully appealed a one-lap penalty imposed following Race 2 at Mons on August 24, 2025.
Sam Coleman stands on the brink of defending Team Brady’s Champions of the Water title, but the Welsh pilot knows that a slender three-point advantage heading into this weekend’s Miami finale means nothing is guaranteed.
The 2024 champion and his Finnish co-pilot Emma Kimiläinen have navigated a challenging season across four continents, maintaining their composure … Read more
Miami prepares to host the championship-deciding finale of the 2025 UIM E1 World Championship presented by PIF this weekend, as the all-electric raceboat series makes its historic United States debut at Miami Seaplane Base.
Defending champions Team Brady hold a slender three-point advantage over Team Rafa heading into Friday and Saturday’s racing on Biscayne Bay, … Read more
I recently spoke to Erik Stark who is in Florida for the final round of the 2025 UIM E1 World Championship on November 7-8, finding himself and Team Miami at the bottom of the championship table, a position the highly experienced Swede doesn’t often find himself in.
In fact it hasn’t been the best of … Read more
Severe weather has forced the cancellation of record attempts at the 53rd Coniston Powerboat Records Week on both opening day Monday and today, with heavy rain and flooding leaving the Lake District venue underwater.
Organisers posted on their Facebook page this morning as rain continued to fall across Cumbria: The rain continues to fall here … Read more
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.
Warby Motorsport is preparing to return to Blowering Dam in New South Wales on November 8-9, 2025 … 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.
The 44th Annual Key West World Championship has attracted a record-breaking 96 boats for the November 2-9 event at Truman Waterfront Park.
The championship features a $250,000 purse funded by the International Hot Rod Association, representing a major investment in offshore powerboat racing.
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
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.
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
Chuck Norris: World Powerboat Racing Champion at 51 Offshore Racing | Celebrity Champions Long before the internet decided that Chuck Norris doesn’t do push-ups but rather pushes the Earth down, the martial arts legend was doing something far more impressive: winning a world powerboat racing championship at 140 mph.
The year was 1991.
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
Kyle Maskall made his debut with the China CTIC Team at the back-to-back F1H2O Chinese rounds in Shanghai and Zhengzhou earlier this month.
The Canadian from Chilliwack, British Columbia, competed in his first UIM world championship races at the Grand Prix of Shanghai on October 2-4, followed immediately by the Grand Prix of Zhengzhou on … Read more
