Gabriele Rossi and Massimiliano Cremona were crowned UIM European Powerboat Champions in F-125 and F-250 at Rogoźno, Poland, on Sunday. Both titles were decided outright after four heats on Rogoźno Lake, single-event European Championships run separately from the Hydro GP world series.
F-125
Rossi won all three heats he started, taking Heat 1, Heat 2 and Heat 3, and arrived at Sunday’s fourth and final heat already champion. He did not start Heat 4, finishing on 1200 points.
Tobias Wahlsten won Heat 4 to move above Nicolò Darai into second overall, closing his weekend on 1075 points to Darai’s 938. Henryk Synoracki took fourth on 600 points despite failing to finish both Heat 1 and Heat 4, sandwiched around back-to-back second places in Heats 2 and 3. Ladislav Herbansky rounded out the top five.
Daniele Ghiraldi was handed a one-lap penalty in Heat 3 for damaging or destroying the first buoy. Simona Emilia Fittavolini received a yellow card for dangerous driving in Heat 2. Luca Finotti, entered for the event, did not feature in the final classification.
| Pos | Driver | Nat | Heat 1 | Heat 2 | Heat 3 | Heat 4 | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gabriele Rossi | ITA | 1st (05:34.25/6) | 1st (05:35.28/6) | 1st (05:31.71/6) | DNS | 1200 |
| 2 | Tobias Wahlsten | SWE | 3rd (05:48.44/6) | 3rd (05:44.83/6) | 3rd (05:41.52/6) | 1st (05:39.93/6) | 1075 |
| 3 | Nicolò Darai | ITA | 2nd (05:40.26/6) | 4th (05:49.26/6) | 4th (05:48.48/6) | 2nd (05:42.84/6) | 938 |
| 4 | Henryk Synoracki | POL | DNF | 2nd (05:38.13/6) | 2nd (05:38.58/6) | DNF | 600 |
| 5 | Ladislav Herbansky | SVK | 4th (05:58.82/6) | 6th (05:57.33/6) | 7th (06:12.21/6) | 3rd (05:56.85/6) | 560 |
| 6 | Deyan Yordanov | BUL | 7th (06:13.00/6) | 7th (06:07.86/6) | 5th (06:00.69/6) | 4th (06:00.12/6) | 438 |
| 7 | Davide Scarpa | ITA | 5th (06:00.71/6) | 10th (06:18.12/6) | 6th (06:08.41/6) | 7th (06:09.00/6) | 323 |
| 8 | Daniele Ghiraldi | ITA | 6th (06:02.96/6) | 8th (06:12.85/6) | 10th (06:55.21/5, –1 lap) | 6th (06:05.43/6) | 273 |
| 9 | Michal Kausa | POL | 8th (05:52.57/5) | DNF | 9th (05:56.81/5) | 9th (05:45.08/5) | 133 |
| 10 | Thomas Trabitzsch | GER | DNS | 11th (05:53.88/5) | 8th (06:17.27/6) | 8th (06:30.25/6) | 128 |
| 11 | Viktor Lyubenov | BUL | DNF | 5th (05:51.98/6) | DNS | DNS | 127 |
| 12 | Simona Emilia Fittavolini | ITA | DNF | DNF (YC) | DNF | 5th (06:04.28/6) | 127 |
| 13 | Martin Chlup | CZE | 9th (06:47.71/5) | 9th (06:14.85/6) | DNF | DNF | 80 |
F-250
Massimiliano Cremona won every heat across the weekend, a perfect scorecard for the European title on 1600 points. His brother Alessandro Cremona took second on 825, four points clear of Thomas Mantripp’s 821 after the closest fight of the weekend for the runner-up spot.
Wayne Turner finished fourth on 690 points. Nikola Todorov took fifth after a DNF in Heat 2 and a DNS in Heat 4. Emil Emilov was sixth. Pasquale Contento was disqualified from Heat 2 for damaging or destroying the second buoy, but recovered to fourth in Heat 4 and finished seventh overall. Sebastian Kecinski, sharing race number 25 with Contento, did not start any of the four heats and scored no points.
| Pos | Driver | Nat | Heat 1 | Heat 2 | Heat 3 | Heat 4 | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Massimiliano Cremona | ITA | 1st (07:33.15/10) | 1st (07:36.45/10) | 1st (07:30.54/10) | 1st (07:33.02/10) | 1600 |
| 2 | Alessandro Cremona | USA | 2nd (07:39.27/10) | 2nd (07:39.32/10) | DNF | 3rd (07:59.09/10) | 825 |
| 3 | Thomas Mantripp | GBR | 5th (08:05.81/10) | 4th (08:08.87/10) | 3rd (07:57.72/10) | 2nd (07:53.24/10) | 821 |
| 4 | Wayne Turner | GBR | 4th (07:58.52/10) | 3rd (07:58.58/10) | 4th (08:02.35/10) | 5th (08:05.03/10) | 690 |
| 5 | Nikola Todorov | BUL | 3rd (07:51.04/10) | DNF | 2nd (07:43.26/10) | DNS | 525 |
| 6 | Emil Emilov | BUL | DNF | 5th (07:43.31/9) | 5th (07:36.94/9) | 6th (07:45.98/9) | 349 |
| 7 | Pasquale Contento | ITA | DNF | DSQ | DNF | 4th (08:03.47/10) | 169 |
| – | Sebastian Kecinski | POL | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | 0 |
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