2018 F1 Powerboat World Championship

The 2018 UIM F1 H₂O World Championship was the 35th season of Formula 1 Powerboat racing.

2018 F1 Powerboat World Championship
Previous:	2017	Next:	2019

Teams and drivers

Team	Hull	Engine	No.	Race drivers	Rounds	Reserve driver(s)
Victory Team	Victory	Mercury 2.5 V6	1	Alex Carella	1–2, 4–7
	BaBa				3
	Victory		3	Ahmed Al Hameli	All
Team Abu Dhabi	DAC	Mercury 2.5 V6	5	Thani Al Qamzi	All
			6	Shaun Torrente	All
			35	Rashed Al Qamzi	1
				Erik Stark	3–7
CTIC F1 Shenzhen China	Moore	Mercury 2.5 V6	7	Philippe Chiappe	All
			8	Peter Morin	All
F1 Atlantic Team	DAC	Mercury 2.5 V6	9	Grant Trask	All
	Moore		10	Duarte Benavente	All
Mad-Croc BaBa Racing	BaBa	Mercury 2.5 V6	11	Sami Seliö	All
			12	Filip Roms	All
Team Sweden	DAC	Mercury 2.5 V6	14	Jonas Andersson	All
			15	Erik Edin	All
Blaze Performance	DAC	Mercury 2.5 V6	36	Simone Bianca Schuft	All
	Blaze		37	Francesco Cantando	All
Emirates Racing Team	BaBa	Mercury 2.5 V6	50	Marit Strømøy	All
	DAC		51	Bartek Marszalek	All
Maverick F1 Racing	Moore	Mercury 2.5 V6	70	Mette Brandt Bjerknæs	2
			73	Cédric Deguisne	All
	DAC		74	Erik Stark	1–2
	Moore			Mette Brandt Bjerknæs	3
				Sutthipan Sookbuangbon	4–7

Season calendar

Round	Race Title	Date	Circuit Location	Race Winner	Hull/Engine
1	17th Grand Prix of Portugal	20 May	Portimão	Shaun Torrente	DAC/Mercury
2	Grand Prix of London	17 June	London	Erik Stark	DAC/Mercury
3	22nd Grand Prix of France	1 July	Évian-les-Bains	Erik Stark	DAC/Mercury
4	23rd Grand Prix of China	23 September	Xiangyang	Shaun Torrente	DAC/Mercury
5	Grand Prix of India	18 November	Amaravati	Shaun Torrente	DAC/Mercury
6	26th Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi	8 December	Abu Dhabi	Thani Al Qamzi	DAC/Mercury
7	19th Grand Prix of Sharjah	15 December	Sharjah	Erik Stark	DAC/Mercury

Results and standings

Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers. A maximum of two boats per team are eligible for points in the teams' championship.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	20	15	12	9	7	5	4	3	2	1

Drivers standings

Pos Driver POR GBR FRA CHN IND ABU SHA Points 1 Shaun Torrente 1 Ret 3 1 1 6 3 89 2 Erik Stark 10 1 1 3 3 Ret 1 85 3 Thani Al Qamzi 2 4 2 2 Ret 1 Ret 74 4 Peter Morin 5 3 5 7 4 2 Ret 54 5 Philippe Chiappe 3 2 15 5 Ret 8 6 42 6 Marit Strømøy Ret 7 7 8 2 4 Ret 35 7 Jonas Andersson Ret Ret 6 4 Ret Ret 2 29 8 Sami Seliö DNS 5 Ret Ret DNS 3 4 28 9 Erik Edin 9 Ret 4 9 6 Ret 5 25 10 Ahmed Al Hameli 6 8 9 6 8 DNS DNS 18 11 Francesco Cantando 8 Ret 14 DNS 5 5 10 18 12 Alex Carella 4 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 9 13 Filip Roms Ret DNS Ret 12 7 10 7 9 14 Grant Trask 14 6 12 Ret Ret Ret 8 8 15 Bartek Marszalek 11 DNS 8 10 Ret 7 Ret 8 16 Cedric Deguisne 12 9 10 11 Ret 9 9 7 17 Duarte Benavente 7 10 11 Ret Ret 11 DNS 5 18 Simone Bianca Schuft 15 Ret DNS DNS 9 13 11 2 19 Sutthipan Sookbuangbon 13 10 DNP Ret 1 20 Mette Brandt Bjerknæs 11 13 0 Rashed Al Qamzi 13 0

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Other points position Blue Other classified position Not classified, finished (NC) Purple Not classified, retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrawn (WD) Did not enter (cell empty) Text formatting Meaning Bold Pole position Italics Fastest lap