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SPECIAL EDITION

BOOT DSSELDORF

CLASS 1 VICTORY
THE TEAM TO BEAT

SET FOR OUTSTANDING SEASON

CLASS 1
BACK RACING IN SPAIN AND ITALY

MARITIMO
CONFIRM TWO BOAT ENTRY

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CLASS 1 SET FOR OUTSTANDING SEASON

The 2009 Class 1 World Powerboat Championship is set for a potentially outstanding year, with Championship Organiser, IOTA (International Offshore Team Association), confirming two new venues on the calendar - Alicante, Spain and Stresa, Italy - with a possible third new venue to be announced in the coming weeks. IOTA also revealed a provisional 12-boat line-up for the season, which includes new boat designs, new pilots and the likelihood of a new team and 13th boat to be confirmed. In the build-up to the first race, all but one of the teams competing in the Championship will enjoy the benefits of pre-season preparation and winter testing under the sun in the Middle East. Following the climax to the 2008 season in Dubai, the majority of raceboats, workshops and hospitality units were shipped to Doha - where the season kicks off with the Qatar Grand Prix on 25 April - and where special facilities to house the raceboats have been laid on by Championship Organisers, IOTA and the Qatar Marine Sport Federation (QMSF). Understandably, the World, Middle East and Edox Pole Position Champions, Victory, have remained at home in the UAE at their state-of-the-art facility in Dubai, whilst Spanish outfit, Duemme Offshore, opted to ship their two boats back to Spain.

AL ZAFEEN BACK TO PARTNER BIN HENDI

Victory Teams general manager, Gianfranco Venturelli, has confirmed that 2007 World and European Champion, Arif Saif Al Zafeen, will make a welcome return to racing this season to partner the newly crowned 2008 World, Middle East and Edox Pole Position Champion, Nadir Bin Hendi, in Victory 1. The decision sees Al Zafeen and Bin Hendi rekindle a formidable partnership that saw them win the season opener in Qatar last year, before an injury - sustained in a Formula 2 race - sidelined Al Zafeen, with the team drafting in the services of 2001 World Champion, Mohammed Al Marri, to replace him. Venturelli also said that at this stage, no decision had been taken on the line-up for their second boat.

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ADVERTORIAL

NICOLINI KEEPING HIS OPTIONS OPEN

Qatar 95s Matteo Nicolini is keeping his options open as to which boat he will opt to run in 2009 - their current Michael Peters-designed, Victory-built hull or the new Nicolini Offshore-designed NOC1CAT that raced in Moscow and Arendal - confirming that he will run a series of crucial pre-season tests, with the first in Doha in February. Nicolini and Abdullah Al-Sulaiti ended the season as the top Qatar outfit, taking a sensational race win in the last race of the year to finish above their team-mates and take third overall in the championship standings. The boat with Sterlings is very strong and with some additional development to the modifications we have already done, we can improve the performance, he said. We will test both boats properly in February, running our current boat with V8s to try to find a strong flat water set-up and will also test the new boat with both V12s and V8s.

REBUILT QATAR 96 WILL BE A NEW AND VERY DIFFERENT BOAT

Qatar 96 throttleman, Steve Curtis, says that their rebuilt raceboat will be like having a virtually new boat and will bear little resemblance to the old Spirit of Norway. Following Sheikh Hassan and Curtis crash in qualifying in Doha last year, which all but destroyed the teams number one boat, Qatar 96 has been almost totally rebuilt. The main rebuild of the hull and deck was carried out at Nicolini Offshores facility near Lake Lecco in Italy, before being moved to the teams second European base in Norway, where Curtis has spent the early part of 2009 overseeing the crucial re-rigging before the boat is shipped to Qatar at the end of February to test in March. There was very little left after the crash and it was simply a case of starting from scratch, commented Curtis. The positive side is that we have been able to rebuild to suit not just Sheikh Hassan and myself, but to suit the courses we run these days. We have made extensive modifications to the hull and in other key areas, focusing on acceleration and ultimately a boat that will be quick in all conditions.

MARITIMO CONFIRM TWO BOAT ENTRY

Australias Maritimo Racing Team has confirmed they will enter two of their new specification Class 1 raceboats in their bid for race and title honours in 2009. The new lighter hull, powered by two Mercury 790 V8s - designed and built by Australias premiere manufacturer of long-range luxury motoryachts, Maritimo was unveiled in Dubai at the end of last year, finishing in fifth place on its race debut. In some ways, it was disappointing that we had no time to test before taking the boat out of the box, but what we saw was very encouraging, said Maritimo team owner, Bill Barry-Cotter. We identified some fundamental issues, the main one being the rudder configuration, but we will put them right and make one or two other minor modifications before Doha. The 2007-8 Australian Offshore Superboat Champions, Tom Barry-Cotter and Pal Virik Nilsen, who competed in three Class 1 races last year, posting two top-six finishes, will head the two-boat assault, with the experienced and straight-talking New Zealand throttleman, Peter Muddy McGrath, joined in the second boat by Italian Giorgio Manuzzi, who raced last year alongside Nicola Giorgi in SeveneleveN.

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CLASS 1 SUPPORTS THE QATAR ORPHAN FOUNDATION

At the beginning of 2008 the International Offshore Team Association (IOTA) reached an agreement with the Qatar Marine Sports Federation (QMSF) to launch Class 1 for Dhreima an initiative to support the Qatar Orphan Foundation. Sheikh Hassan Bin Jabor Al-Thani, President of the QMSF and IOTA, was instrumental in encouraging Class 1 a sport in which he has been a leading figure since 2003 to become an active vehicle to raise awareness of the foundation. In presenting this initiative I wanted to emphasise how sport, in whatever form or however extreme, can support the values and the importance of the activities of an organisation such as the Qatar Orphan Foundation. During the course of the year, the association between Class 1 and Dhreima developed a series of activities and events that took place at races, with the purpose of highlighting the activities of Dhreima and finding synergy with similar organisations based in countries that host Class 1 GP events. The Qatar Orphan Foundation - Dhreima was launched on 10 June 2003 under the patronage of Her Highness Sheikha Moza Bint Nasser Al-Misnad, Chairman of the Supreme Council. We in the Qatari Orphan Foundation believe that our community values of solidarity, compassion and cooperation make us truly capable of providing all the support the children need, said Nabil Ali Bin Ali, Chairman of the Dhreima Board, adding, and we are extremely happy that the Class 1 Championship has elected to support the Foundation.

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VICTORY TAKE THE TRIPLE CROWN JOTUN UPHOLD EUROPEAN PRIDE

2008 provided some tough challenges for the Class 1 World Powerboat Championship, but the sport responded and faced them in a highly professional manner and showed great resilience, highlighted by an eleven-boat line-up at the end of the year in Dubai. It was a year in which the sport set new standards, achieved extraordinary levels of technical excellence and enjoyed great excitement and wonderful entertainment - both on and off the water. The year also saw the Championship continue to reach an ever increasing media audience and grow both commercially, thanks to the valued support of its partners Edox, Nor-Tech, Marinepool, Marinetek and Moving, as well as geographically, with two new venues Budva and Moscow demonstrating the thriving interest from new venues and countries looking to host a round of this prestigious international series.

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And on the water, it was Dubais Victory Team, who, without question, was the team of the year; Victory 1s Mohammed Al Marri and Nadir Bin Hendi led them to a 64th Grand Prix win, their eighth World Championship, a third Middle East title and their sixth Pole Position Championship in sixteen years. But whilst the statistics give Victory the deserved accolades, 2008 saw Jotun emerge as the leading European challenger who took on and beat the might of the Middle East and lift the European Championship, the V8 break the V12 engine dominance, powering Jotun and Qatar 95 to race wins, three new pilots enter the Championship and two new boat designs, by Nicolini Offshore and Maritimo, take their first tentative racing steps into arguably the most competitive international powerboat series in the world. But the season belongs to Victory 1; Al Marri stepped in to replace the injured Arif Al Zafeen after a winning start to their title defence in Qatar, and alongside Bin Hendi produced an imperious season-long display to take a further four wins in Montenegro, Russia, Egypt and Dubai to complete the title treble and end the year as World, Middle East and Edox Pole Position Champions a second World title for Al Marri and a first for the tenacious Bin Hendi. Victorys strength in depth was highlighted by the performance of teammates, Abdullah Al Mehairbi and outgoing Champion, Jean-Marc Sanchez in Victory 7, who guided his rookie driver to the runners-up slot in both the World and Middle East Championships, taking an impressive seven podium finishes from eight starts. Qatars season hit trouble on day one of competitive action, with Sheikh Hassan and Steve Curtis destroying their number 1 raceboat in qualifying. Despite jumping into their spare boat to finish second in the season opener, they would ultimately be on the back foot all season and record just three podium finishes. Reliability, or rather lack of, proved their Achilles heel and the Qatar 96 crew saw race-winning positions and podium performances end ignominiously on more than one occasion. But Qatari pride was restored in the last race of the season with a sensational win by Abdullah Al-Sulaiti and Matteo Nicolini over their Dubai rivals, and with three previous podiums, Qatar 95 ended the season third overall and put one over their team-mates to finish as the number one boat in the Qatar camp.

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With Cirilli unable to make the final three races of the season, for the first outing in the teams new Class 1 Mercury V8-powered Tencara in Egypt, Carrasco was joined by the flamboyant and experienced Italian throttleman, Giovanni Carpitella, to see out the season, achieving the teams best result of the year, finishing fourth in the last race. A disrupted season is the best way to describe 2008 for Chris Parsonage Racing. What looked like being a great season opener running comfortably in third and with a podium finish in their sights went wrong with just three laps to go, when Bard Eker and Chris Parsonage crashed out. Parsonage elected to sit out the European rounds, but returned to race in Egypt and Dubai. With Eker, the 2005 World Champion, unavailable, Parsonage switched to take the wheel and brought in American throttle ace, Billy Moore to take the sticks. The Anglo-American pairing gelled immediately to mark an impressive return for Parsonage and Class 1 debut for Moore, finishing third, but they were unable to repeat this performance in Dubai, failing to start the penultimate race and finishing sixth in the final race. There was also a cameo role this year for the much talked-about new Class 1 raceboat, built by Italian boat builder, Nicolini Offshore - the NO C1CAT. The first new design in Class 1 for five years was unveiled at the Russian Grand Prix in the colours of the Qatar Team and given the immediate thumbs-up by the man behind the project, Matteo Nicolini. And two race outings with Mohammed Al Nassr and Luca Nicolini in the cockpit Russia and Norway gave a clear indication of the boats potential and pace, with consistent top-six times in practice and in qualifying. The second new design of the season appeared in Dubai. Given wild card entry status by officials for the races in Norway and Dubai, Class 1s youngest partnership, Tom Barry-Cotter and Pal Virik Nilsen returned to Class 1 action as the 2007/8 Australian Offshore Superboat Champions. In Norway, the Australian-Norwegian pairing jumped back into their old Class 1 Mercury V8-powered Tencara to finish sixth, and in Dubai unveiled their new Class 1 specification raceboat, designed and built by Australias premiere manufacturer of long-range luxury motoryachts, Maritimo. Despite the obvious teething troubles of testing and developing a new raceboat under race conditions and getting acclimatised to its handling characteristics, the Maritimo crew produced a very creditable performance to take fifth place in the Mina Seyahi Grand Prix, but lost out in the last Grand Prix of the year after a big impact spin-out ended their race on lap 14 of 20. But it was Victory 1 who deservedly took all the plaudits and ended the year as the World, Middle East and Edox Pole Position Champions, and who remain the team to beat in 2009.

By the mid-season point, the Championship needed a team to remind Victory that there were other boats out there, and it was the marauding Norwegians in the scarlet, Class 1 Mercury V8-powered Jotun who delivered. Inge Brigt Aarbakke and Jorn Tandberg, after just one outing together in Moscow, produced a simply stellar performance on their home waters of Arendal in the BMW Norwegian Grand Prix to pass both Victory outfits and take a sensational win. A race later in Romania, they seized on Victory 1s misfortune to romp home and take a second win and lift the European Championship by one point, ending the year as the top European challenger in fifth place overall and third in the Edox Pole Position Championship. Foresti & Suardi ended the year with the teams highest points tally in Class 1, with Montavoci and Selmer proving to be one of the most consistent teams in the Championship, always in the points and never finishing outside the top six, producing their best result of the season, fourth, in rough seas in the Egyptian Grand Prix in Porto Marina to end their year as top European outfit in the Middle East Championship and sixth in the overall Championship standings.

For Giorgioffshore, 2008 produced a landmark moment for the team. In a season of development, running a new Michael Peters-designed, Victory-built raceboat and trying various engine packages along the way, it all came together for Nicola Giorgi and Giorgio Manuzzi in the Mina Seyahi Grand Prix, taking the teams first Class 1 podium with a well-deserved third place. For Duemme Offshore Team boss, Domenico Cirilli, 2008 was a season to focus on team development and to introduce new Spanish pilots into Class 1. He started the year in Montenegro alongside debutant, Sergio Mora Carrasco, taking points in their next three outings before a planned switch for the allSpanish pairing to a new raceboat later in the season. In Egypt it was the turn for a second Spanish newcomer to make his debut. Mohammed Abdelkader Ahmed survived a baptism of fire to beat the rough seas alongside Ahmed Al Suwaidi to bring the boat home in seventh place, and in the final race of the year was joined by another Class 1 debutant, Christian Rivolta, and added to his tally of points.

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1 VICTORY
Team: Boat: Team Owner: Managing Director: Team Manager: VICTORY TEAM (DUBAI, UAE) #1 Victory Government of Dubai Khalfan Harib Gianfranco Venturelli

11 MARITIMO
Team: Boat: Team Owner: Team Manager: MARITIMO OFFSHORE RACING (AUSTRALIA) #11 Maritimo Bill Barry-Cotter Ann-Marie Cook

victoryteam.ae

maritimo.com

DRIVER
Arif Saif Al Zafeen (UAE) Date of Birth: 1 September, 1974 Place of Birth: Dubai, U.A.E. Lives: Dubai

THROTTLEMAN
Nadir Bin Hendi (UAE) Date of Birth: 15 December, 1969 Place of Birth: Dubai, U.A.E. Lives: Dubai Builder: Boat Construction: Victory Composites

DRIVER
Tom Barry-Cotter (Australia) Date of Birth: 27 March, 1988 Place of Birth: Sidney, Australia Lives: Gold Coast

THROTTLEMAN
Pal Virik Nilsen (Norway) Date of Birth: 20 December, 1974 Place of Birth: Tonsberg, Norway Lives: Sandefjord Builder: Boat Construction: Maritimo Composites

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Overall Length: Beam:

12.67m 3.75m

Racing Weight: Engines:

4800kgs Victory V12

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Overall Length: Beam:

12.90m 3.49m

Racing Weight: Engines:

4100kgs Mercury 790 V8

7 VICTORY
Team: Boat: Team Owner: Managing Director: Team Manager: TBC VICTORY TEAM (DUBAI, UAE) #7 Victory Government of Dubai Khalfan Harib Gianfranco Venturelli TBC

12 MARITIMO
Team: Boat: Team Owner: Team Manager: MARITIMO OFFSHORE RACING (AUSTRALIA) #12 Maritimo Bill Barry-Cotter Ann-Marie Cook

victoryteam.ae

maritimo.com

DRIVER

THROTTLEMAN

DRIVER
Giorgio Manuzzi (Italy) Date of Birth: 20 May, 1964 Place of Birth: Cesena, Italy Lives: Cesena

THROTTLEMAN
Peter Muddy McGrath (New Zeland) Date of Birth: 5 January, 1956 Place of Birth: Auckland, New Zeland Lives: Gold Coast, Australia Builder: Boat Construction: Maritimo Composites

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Overall Length: Beam:

12.67m 3.75m

Racing Weight: Engines:

4800kgs Victory V12

Builder: Boat Construction:

Victory Composites

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Overall Length: Beam:

12.90m 3.49m

Racing Weight: Engines:

4100kgs Mercury 790 V8

8 FORESTI & SUARDI

Team: Boat: Team Owner: Team Manager: TBC #8 Foresti & Suardi SCAM Per Jrgensen scam-srl.it

18 GIORGIOFFSHORE
Team: GIORGIOFFSHORE (ITALY) Boat: #18 Giorgioffshore Team Owner / Manager: Gianni Giorgi giorgioffshore.com

DRIVER
Kolbjorn Selmer (Norway) Date of Birth: 4 December, 1976 Place of Birth: Trondheim, Norway Lives: Trondheim

THROTTLEMAN
Giampaolo Montavoci (Italy) Date of Birth: 10 December, 1959 Place of Birth: Venice, Italy Lives: Venice Victory Carbon Kevlar

DRIVER
TBC

THROTTLEMAN
Nicola Giorgi (Italy) Date of Birth: 18 August, 1973 Place of Birth: Florence, Italy Lives: Montecatini Terme 4800kgs Giorgi V12 Builder: Boat Construction: Victory Carbon Kevlar -

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Overall Length: Beam:

13.02m 3.60m

Racing Weight: 4800kgs Builder: Engines: Lamborghini-SCAM 8.2litre, V12 Boat Construction:

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Overall Length: Beam:

14.44m 3.69m

Racing Weight: Engines:

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50 NEGOTIATOR
Team: Boat: Team Owner: Team Manager: CHRIS PARSONAGE RACING (ENGLAND) #50 Negotiator Chris Parsonage Jim Poole chrisparsonageracing.com
Team: Boat: Team Owner: Team Manager: UGLAND OFFSHORE RACING (NORWAY) #90 Jotun Andreas O Ugland, Jorn Tandberg Jorn Tandberg

90 JOTUN

uglandoffshoreracing.com

DRIVER
Chris Parsonage (England) Date of Birth: 5 May, 1958 Place of Birth: Chester, England Lives: Liskeard

THROTTLEMAN
William Moore (USA) Date of Birth: 5 December, 1974 Place of Birth: Hollywood, Florida, USA Lives: Oriental, North Carolina Builder: Victory Boat Construction: Carbon Fibre Composites

DRIVER
Inge Brigt Aarbakke (Norway) Date of Birth: 5 july, 1959 Place of Birth: Bryne, Norway Lives: Naerbo

THROTTLEMAN
Jorn Tandberg (Norway) Date of Birth: 15 March, 1964 Place of Birth: Larvik, Norway Lives: Larvik Builder: Marine Technology Inc Boat Construction: Composites

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Overall Length: Beam:

13.44m 3.69m

Racing Weight: 4800kgs Engines: STERLING V8 supercharged

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Overall Length: Beam:

12.25m 3.47m

Racing Weight: 4800kgs Engines: Mercury Class 1, 9.1litre V8

60 ROSCIOLI HOTELS ROMA

Team: Boat: Team Owner: Team Manager: DUEMME OFFSHORE (SPAIN) #60 Roscioli Hotels Roma Domenico Cirilli Pippo Cascone
Team: Boat: Team Owner: Team Principal: Team Manager: TEAM QATAR (QATAR) #95 Qatar Qatar Marine Sports Federation (QMSF) HE Sheikh Hassan bin Jabor Al-Thani Matteo Nicolini

95 QATAR

duemme-offshore.com

qmsf.org

DRIVER
TBC Date of Birth: TBC Place of Birth: TBC Lives: TBC

THROTTLEMAN
TBC Date of Birth: TBC Place of Birth: TBC Lives: TBC Builder: Victory Boat Construction: Carbon Kevlar Composites

DRIVER
Abdullah Al-Sulaiti (Qatar) Date of Birth: 20 August, 1975 Place of Birth: Doha, Qatar Lives: Doha

THROTTLEMAN
Matteo Nicolini (Italy) Date of Birth: 8 July, 1964 Place of Birth: Fermo, Italy Lives: Dubai, U.A.E. Builder: Boat Construction: Victory Composites

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Overall Length: Beam:

13.02m 3.60m

Racing Weight: 4800kgs Engines: Lamborghini-SCAM 8.2litre, V12

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Overall Length: Beam:

12.67m 3.75m

Racing Weight: 4800kgs Engines: STERLING V8 supercharged

88 SPIRIT OF SPAIN
Team: Boat: Team Owner: Team Manager: DUEMME OFFSHORE (SPAIN) #88 Spirit of Spain Domenico Cirilli Pippo Cascone duemme-offshore.com
Team: Boat: Team Owner: Team Principal: Team Manager: TEAM QATAR (QATAR) #96 Qatar Qatar Marine Sports Federation (QMSF) HE Sheikh Hassan bin Jabor Al-Thani Matteo Nicolini

96 QATAR

qmsf.org

DRIVER
TBC

THROTTLEMAN
Domenico cirilli (Spain) Date of Birth: 8 January, 1960 Place of Birth: Rome, Italy Lives: Alicante, Spain Builder: Boat Construction: Tencara Composites

DRIVER
HE Sheikh Hassan bin Jabor Al-Thani (Qatar) Date of Birth: 20 July, 1968 Place of Birth: Doha, Qatar Lives: Doha

THROTTLEMAN
Steve Curtis (England) Date of Birth: 9 June, 1964 Place of Birth: Wimbledon, England Lives: Hythe Builder: Boat Construction: Victory Composites

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Overall Length: Beam:

13.33m 3.57m

Racing Weight: 4800kgs Engines: Mercury-Class 1, 9.1litre V8

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Overall Length: Beam:

12.67m 3.75m

Racing Weight: Engines:

4800kgs Skema V12

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ADVERTORIAL

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EDOX OFFICIAL TIMEKEEPER

edox.ch

As the official and exclusive timekeeper of the Class 1 World Powerboat Championship and the EDOX Pole Position Championship, EDOX underlines the sporting values of quest for performance, precision and pushing oneself to the limit. EDOX first became involved in Class 1 at the beginning of 2006 as an official partner of World Champions, Spirit of Norway, and Christian Hotz, EDOX Marketing Director, saw the opportunity to strengthen the companys commitment in 2007 to what he describes as a spectacular and nerve-tingling sport and to increase the synergy between the two brands. EDOX is a young, dynamic, privately-owned company with a product range that reflects excellence, quality, style, reliability and glamour and the Class 1 World Powerboat Championship epitomises these values.

MARINEPOOL OFFICIAL CLOTHING SUPPLIER

Marinepool Spirit of the Ocean, founded in 1991, is the biggest life jacket manufacturer in Europe. The company is equally well known for its range of versatile marine and leisure clothing composed of functional fashion, shoes and bags all manufactured to the very highest technical specification. Marinepool has established itself as a global player in the marine and leisure industry with commercial interests in 38 countries. The brand is especially well known for its reliability and top of the range quality and within the world of powerboat racing is the official clothing supplier to the Qatar and Victory teams as well as the World Professional Powerboating Association.

CLASS 1
NOR-TECH OFFICIAL PACE BOAT
Americas leading high-performance boat manufacturer provides the Class 1 World Powerboat Championship with two state-of-the-art, twin-engined, five-seater Nor-Tech 3600 Supercats, powered by the new CE approved Mercury 600 with NXT drives and the latest Nor-Tech stealth exhaust system. We are delighted to have teamed up with the worlds leading powerboat championship, said Trond Schou, President and owner of Nor-Tech. Nor-Tech has the most complete line of custom products of any hi-performance builder in the industry and our partnership with Class 1 allows us to showcase our products on a worldwide stage.

marinepool.com

MARINETEK OFFICIAL PONTOON SUPPLIER

As one of the leading marina developers in the world offering a wide range of pontoons and breakwaters as well as turn-key marina solutions, Marinetek operates through its representatives and partners in over 25 countries and has been the supplier to the Class 1 World Powerboat Championship, providing its floats for the Wet Pits area, since 2003. There is a perfect synergy between Class 1 and our products, said Marinetek CEO, Ilkka Seppala. The safety and advanced technology of our products were evaluated and are highly regarded by Class 1s team of specialists.

nor-techboats.com

marinetek.net

MOVING OFFICIAL PARTNER

moving-italia.com

Moving provides all the services necessary to companies wishing to promote their brand or their products using dynamic advertising. Its flexible structure is made up of professionals who have always worked in this area and therefore act with good knowledge of the environment and its problems. Moving does not limit itself merely to organising promotional events, but is able to assist with design and planning, drawing ideas from its vast range of experience. The studies and investigations which are carried out on a daily basis enable the company to put forward concrete proposals which are tailored for the target audience.

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QATAR / Doha EGYPT / Porto Sokhna SPAIN / Alicante RUSSIA / Moscow NORWAY / Arendal ROMANIA / Constanta UKRAINE / tba ITALY / Stresa U.A.E. / tba U.A.E. / tba

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UNION INTERNATIONALE MOTONAUTIQUE - UIM

The Union Internationale Motonautique (U.I.M.), was formed in 1922 and is the world governing body for marine motorsport and is recognised as such by both the General Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC). President: Raffaele Chiulli General Secretary: Rgine Vandekerckhove

WORLD PROFESSIONAL POWERBOATING ASSOCIATION - WPPA

thewppa.com

The WPPA was founded on 2 December 2006, based on an agreement between Saeed Hareb and the International Offshore Team Association (IOTA) and is located in Dubai. The WPPA has reached an agreement with the UIM, under the terms of which the Association has the exclusive right to manage Class 1 powerboat racing. The WPPA is responsible for the development of this Class, for setting the Rules and for providing the Race Officials. General Secretary: Sid Bensalah

INTERNATIONAL OFFSHORE TEAM ASSOCIATION - IOTA

class-1.com

Founded in 1987, the International Offshore Team Association (IOTA) is the organiser and the officially-sanctioned promoter and worldwide television and commercial rights holder of the Class 1 World Powerboat Championship. It represents the collective interests of all teams competing in the championship. President: HE Sheikh Hassan bin Jabor Al-Thani General Secretary: Marco Sala

FOR INFORMATION CONTACT:

TIMING

Nigel Quilter tel:+44(0)1252 713223 / mob:+44(0)7785 325346 [email protected] / [email protected] / class-1.com

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