2009 IOTA - All rights reserved Published by IOTA / IOTA Headquarters c/o QMSF, PO Box 23311, Doha - Qatar

/ Produced by IOTA / Director: Nigel Quilter / Art director: Alessandra Balzan @ Comcentrica / Photographers: Raffaello Bastiani, Simon Palfrader

The season sTarTs in Doha

SEASON-OPENER april

CLASS 1 SET FOR

UNPREDICTABLE

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 ROLL OUT THREE WORLD CHAMPIONS

Victory Team field a heavyweight line-up as they go after a second hat-trick of world titles. 2007 World and European Champion, Arif Saif Al Zafeen, makes a welcome return to racing to partner the defending World, Middle East and Edox Pole Position Champion, Nadir Bin Hendi, in Fazza 3, with Championship-winning throttleman, Jean-Marc Sanchez, guiding Class 1 rookie, Mohmmad Majed Mohammad Salem Al Mehairi, in Victory 1.

ALL-ITALIAN
LINE-UP
A restructured Veneta Marina-Scam-YCM Team sees an all-Italian pairing in Foresti & Suardi Roscioli Hotels, with experienced throttleman, Giampaolo Montavoci joined in the cockpit by veteran racer, Francesco Pansini, for their first outing together, marking Pansinis return to Class 1 action after a 13-year absence.

SEA DUBAI

CLASS 1S NEW PLATINUM PARTNER

Class 1s newest commercial initiative was launched at the 17th Dubai International Boat Show, with the distinguished UAE sports brand Sea Dubai becoming a Platinum Partner of the 2009 UIM-WPPA Class 1 World Powerboat Championship. This exciting initiative with Class 1 will highlight to a truly global audience the significance of the

Emirate of Dubai as a major destination for international watersports, said Saeed Hareb, Chief Executive Officer, Mina Seyahi.

TANDBERG AND ZABOROWSKI TEAM UP FOR QATAR GP

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Norwegians Jorn Tandberg and Christian Zaborowski reform their successful racing partnership in Doha. Tandberg, the defending Class 1 European Champion, confirmed the teams revised driver-throttleman combination for the opening race of the season, with Ugland Offshore Racings distinctive, scarlet, MercuryClass 1, V8-powered raceboat running under the colours of Norwegian company, Welmax AS.

CURTIS CONFIDENT OF SUCCESS IN 2009

Eight times World Champion, Steve Curtis, wants his world title back and is confident the team will deliver wins and trophies in 2009.

NICOLA TEAMS UP WITH AL SUWAIDI

Nicola Giorgi and Ahmed Al Suwaidi will race together for only their second time in the Qatar Grand Prix. The pair teamed up last year in Dubai, following Nicolas maiden podium finish, and he believes that the team can build on that success. 2008 was a year of development. Now I believe we finally have found the right solutions to be competitive in the Championship, and the podium we gained in Dubai is just the start and we can only improve.

Duemme Broker team boss, Domenico Cirilli, will unveil his new-look team for 2009 - owned by Duemme Yacht Brokers Spain S.L and based out of Torrevieja, Spain - at the Spanish Grand Prix in Alicante, 5-7 June. Cirilli confirmed that he will throttle the Lamborghini-SKEMA V12-powered, Victory-built hull and that he will announce his new Spanish driver in the coming weeks.

CIRILLI

TO DEBUT NEW TEAM LINE-UP IN ALICANTE

TO POWER SPIRIT OF SPAIN
The flamboyant Giovanni Carpitella retains the throttle-seat in Spirit of Spain in 2009 and will guide relative newcomer, Mohammed Abdelkader Ahmed, through his first full season in Class 1. Carpitella took the sticks in the Mercury-Class 1-powered Tencara at the end of last season, finishing an impressive fourth in the final race of the year.

ITALIAN
Qatar 96s throttleman has vowed to return to winning ways, after a disastrous 2008 campaign saw the former Champion and team principal, Sheikh Hassan, without a race win. This year will be a very different story. We have put in a lot of work over the winter, we have several new guys on the team and we are all very, very focussed, he said. We have made some quite radical changes to the boat, we know she is very good in rough seas, but with the likelihood of limited rough races this year, we really need a boat that is also quick in flat conditions.

PREPARE TO TAKE ON THE WORLDS BEST IN CLASS 1

Maritimo Australia mark their return to full time racing in Class 1 in Qatar, the venue where team boss Bill Barry-Cotter and Peter McGrath took the teams historic maiden win in Class 1 in 2002. Leading Maritimo Australias two-boat assault on the world title and out onto the water for the season opener is Class 1s youngest competitor, Tom Barry-Cotter, who celebrated his 21st birthday on 27 March. Tom will partner Norwegian Pal Virik Nilsen, with the straight-talking New Zealander, Peter Muddy McGrath, back in Class 1 for the first time in over three years, alongside Italian, Giorgio Manuzzi.

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Ten boats line up for the 21-lap, 96.45Nm Qatar Grand Prix, but with the introduction of new rules governing the use of electronics and limited propeller choice, the outcome of the season-opener is hard to predict.
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CLASS 1
UNPREDICTABLE
SEASON-OPENER
New rules, Victory want the Grand Slam, Qatar want a first World title and all their rivals want a piece of the action - Class 1 looks set for a captivating and possibly unpredictable season.

SET FOR

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Dubais Victory team, the defending World, Middle East and Edox Pole Position Champions, will start amongst the favourites for race honours and have rolled out three World Champions as they launch their bid to retain their crowns and hunt down a fourth win in Qatari waters. Defending Champion, Nadir Bin Hendi is joined in Fazza 3 by 2007 World and European Champion, Arif Al Zafeen, with his former partner, Jean-Marc Sanchez, again called on by the team to steer another rookie Mohammad Al Mehairi - through his first season.

The Qatar tEam pose the greatest threat, and Sheikh Hassan Bin Jabor Al-Thani is in absolutely no doubt that his team can kick-start their season-long campaign with a win on home waters. Sheikh Hassan, looking for his first win in Doha, lines up with former World Champion Steve Curtis - looking for his sixth win - in Qatar 96, with team-mates Matteo Nicolini and Abdullah Al-Sulaiti, who hold the in-house bragging rights after taking the teams only win in 2008, lining up in the Sterling V8-powered, Qatar 95, with Al-Sulaiti looking for his second win in front of a partisan crowd. The bid to oust the sports two titans and upset the form book, is headed by the defending European Champion, Jorn Tandberg, who reforms his winning partnership with fellow Norwegian, Christian Zaborowski, running the MercuryClass 1-powered scarlet MTI, WElmax. maritimo australia is the third team fielding a two-boat line-up and will be hoping to repeat the success that team owner, Bill Barry-Cotter and Peter McGrath enjoyed in Doha in 2002, when they took their maiden Class 1 win. Twenty oneyear-old, Tom Barry-Cotter and Pal Virik Nilsen form the youngest partnership in Class 1, but can boast the most races together of any driver-throttleman combination in the Championship, and will run a new hull, Maritimo 11, with Peter McGrath joined by Italian, Giorgio Manuzzi, in the boat the team debuted in Dubai last season - both outfits opting to run Maritimo Performance V8 power-plants.

new driver combinations dominate throughout the fleet and add to the unpredictability; Giampaolo Montavoci and Francesco Pansini, making a welcome return to Class 1 after a 13year absence, team up for the first time and make up the only all-italian pairing in the Championship in ForEsti & suardi- roscioli HotEls.

nicola Giorgi, who grabbed his first Class 1 podium in the penultimate race in Dubai in 2008 teams up with former Victory driver, ahmed al suwaidi in GiorGioFFsHorE, with italian throttleman Giovanni Carpitella partnering Mohammed abdelkader ahmed in spirit oF spain.

THIS SEASON SEES THE INTrOducTION Of NEw rulES gOvErNINg THE uSE Of ElEcTrONIcS ANd lImITEd prOpEllEr cHOIcE

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a destination of discovery and gateway to the arabian gulf

Qatar is simply the perfect gateway to the Arabian Gulf and has grown to become a major destination of discovery for visitors from all over the world. Situated on the western shoreline of the Arabian Gulf, Qatar is a country of fascinating contrast with an abundance of wellpreserved natural and historical sites, the untamed natural beauty of the desert and miles of unspoilt beaches bordering the Arabian Sea. At the heart of this thriving and vibrant country and built on the shores of a beautiful bay and palm tree-lined corniche, is its capital city and commercial and administrative centre, Doha, whose cosmopolitan spirit strikes a perfect balance with its rich cultural and religious heritage and where the traditional sits comfortably alongside the modern. Complementing the countrys emergence as a top-flight business and tourist destination, Doha has also become a major venue on the international sporting stage, attracting a diversity of prestigious World Championship events including Tennis, MotoGP, Powerboat Racing and World Superbikes and in 2006, Qatar had the honour of hosting the 15th Asian Games.

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SEA DUBAI

EDOX

PLATINUM PARTNER
Sea Dubai is the distinguished UAE sports brand that promotes the highest levels of competition in numerous watersports through regional and international strategies. Established in 2007 under the patronage of HH Sheikh Majid bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Sea Dubai highlights the Emirate as a major destination and the sporting capital for watersports in the Middle East. Sea Dubai is not merely aimed at fostering and preserving the bond between culture and sports, it also aims to link the past with the future. The history and heritage of the country is deeply rooted, and the vision of its leaders encourages local competitors to portray their skills and culture on the one hand, whilst international competitors showcase the modern side of marine motorsports.

OFFICIAL TIMEKEEPER
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.

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

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.

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QATAR TEAM TARGET HOME WIN AND EYE WORLD TITLE

We have a very strong team this year. The blue boats are a big threat and I think Qatar 96 can win the title but first they have to get past me and Abdullah Matteo Nicolini: throttleman - Qatar 95.

WORLD POWERBOAT CHAMPIONSHIP

victoryteam.ae

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

DRIVER
Mohammad Al Mehairi (UAE) Date of Birth: 5 January, 1975 Place of Birth: Dubai, UAE Lives: Dubai

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Overall Length: Beam: Racing Weight: Engines: Builder: Boat Construction: 12.67m 3.75m 4800kgs Victory V12 Victory Composites

THROTTLEMAN
Jean-Marc Sanchez (France) Date of Birth: 27 March, 1961 Place of Birth: St Tropez, France Lives: Dubai, UAE

victoryteam.ae

3 faZZa
Team: VICTORY TEAM (Dubai, UAE) Boat: # 3 Fazza Team owner: Government of Dubai Managing Director: Khalfan Harib General Manager: Gianfranco Venturelli

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

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Overall Length: Beam: Racing Weight: Engines: Builder: Boat Construction: 12.67m 3.75m 4800kgs Victory V12 Victory Composites

THROTTLEMAN
Nadir Bin Hendi (UAE) Date of Birth: 15 December, 1969 Place of Birth: Dubai, U.A.E. Residence: Dubai

venetamarina.com

scam-srl.it

8 foresti & suardi - roscioli hotels

Team: VENETA MARINA - SCAM - YCM (Italy) Boat: # 8 Foresti & Suardi - Roscioli Hotels Team owner: Franco Alloni Team Manager: Giampaolo Maschietto

DRIVER
Francesco Pansini (Italy) Date of Birth: 22 April, 1965 Place of Birth: Pavia, Italy Lives: Principality of Monaco

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Overall Length: Beam: Racing Weight: Engines: Builder: Boat Construction: 13.02m 3.60m 4800kgs Lamborghini-SCAM 8.2litre, V12 Victory Carbon Kevlar Composites

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

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10 sPirit of sPain
Team: SOC.DI NAV. AURANTIUM-SPIRIT OF SPAIN (Spain) Boat: # 10 Spirit of Spain Team owner: Soc. di Nav. Aurantium Team Manager: Giuseppe Pippo Cascone

DRIVER
Mohammed Abdelkader Ahmed (Spain) Date of Birth: 3 May, 1984 Place of Birth: Ceuta, Spain Residence: Marbella

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Overall Length: Beam: Racing Weight: Engines: Builder: Boat Construction: 13.33m 3.57m 4800kgs Mercury-Class 1, 9.1litre V8 Tencara Composites

THROTTLEMAN
Giovanni Carpitella (Italy) Date of Birth: 22 August, 1968 Place of Birth: Grottammare (AP) Italy Residence: Grottammare

maritimo.com.au

11 MaritiMo
Team: MARITIMO AUSTRALIA (Australia) Boat: # 11 Maritimo Team owner: Bill Barry-Cotter Team Manager: Jim Poole

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

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Overall Length: Beam: Racing Weight: Engines: Builder: Boat Construction: maritimo.com.au 12.90m 3.50m 4800kgs MARITIMO Performance Engines 9.1litre supercharged V8 Maritimo Composites

THROTTLEMAN
Pal Virik Nilsen (Norway) Date of Birth: 20 December, 1974 Place of Birth: Tonsberg, Norway Lives: Sandefjord

12 MaritiMo
Team: MARITIMO AUSTRALIA (Australia) Boat: # 12 Maritimo Team owner: Bill Barry-Cotter Team Manager: Ann-Marie Cook

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

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Overall Length: Beam: Racing Weight: Engines: Builder: Boat Construction: giorgioffshore.com 12.90m 3.50m 4800kgs MARITIMO Performance Engines 9.1litre supercharged V8 Maritimo Composites

THROTTLEMAN
Peter Muddy McGrath (New Zealand) Date of Birth: 5 January, 1956 Place of Birth: Auckland, New Zealand Lives: Gold Coast, Australia

18 giorgioffshore
Team: GIORGIOFFSHORE (Italy) Boat: # 18 Giorgioffshore Team owner: Gianni Giorgi Team Manager: Gianni Giorgi

DRIVER
Ahmed Al Suwaidi (UAE) Date of Birth: 5 October, 1971 Place of Birth: Dubai, UAE Residence: Dubai

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Overall Length: Beam: Racing Weight: Engines: Builder: Boat Construction: 13.44m 3.69m 4800kgs GIORGI V12 Victory Carbon Kevlar - Epoxy

THROTTLEMAN
Nicola Giorgi (Italy) Date of Birth: 18 August, 1973 Place of Birth: Florence, Italy Lives: Montecatini Terme

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duemme-offshore.com

88 esPana
Team: DUEMME BROKER (Spain) Boat: # 88 Espana Team owner: Duemme Yacht Brokers Spain S.L Team Manager: Domenico Cirilli

DRIVER

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Overall Length: Beam: Racing Weight: Engines: Builder: Boat Construction: 13.02m 3.60m 4800kgs Lamborghini-SKEMA 8.2litre, V12 Victory Composites

THROTTLEMAN
Domenico Cirilli (Spain) Date of Birth: 8 January, 1960 Place of Birth: Rome, Italy Residence: Alicante, Spain

uglandoffshoreracing.com

90 welMaX
Team: UGLAND OFFSHORE RACING (Norway) Boat: # 90 Welmax Team owners: Jorn Tandberg Team Manager: Jorn Tandberg

DRIVER
Christian Zaborowski (Norway) Date of Birth: 20 April, 1973 Place of Birth: Asker, Norway Residence: Asker

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Overall Length: Beam: Racing Weight: Engines: Builder: Boat Construction: 12.25m 3.47m 4800kgs Mercury-Class 1, 9.1litre V8 Marine Technology Inc Composites

THROTTLEMAN
Jorn Tandberg (Norway) Date of Birth: 15 March, 1964 Place of Birth: Larvik, Norway Lives: Larvik

qmsf.org

95 Qatar
Team: TEAM QATAR (Qatar) Boat: # 95 Qatar Team owner: Qatar Marine Sports Federation (QMSF) Team Principal: HE Sheikh Hassan bin Jabor Al-Thani Team Manager: Matteo Nicolini

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

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Overall Length: Beam: Racing Weight: Engines: Builder: Boat Construction: 12.67m 3.75m 4800kgs Sterling V8 supercharged Victory Composites

THROTTLEMAN
Matteo Nicolini (Italy) Date of Birth: 8 July, 1964 Place of Birth: Fermo, Italy Residence: Dubai, UAE

96 Qatar
Team: TEAM QATAR (Qatar) Boat: # 96 Qatar Team owner: Qatar Marine Sports Federation (QMSF) Team Principal: HE Sheikh Hassan bin Jabor Al-Thani Team Manager: Matteo Nicolini

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

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Overall Length: Beam: Racing Weight: Engines: Builder: Boat Construction: 12.67m 3.75m 4800kgs SKEMA V12 Victory Composites

THROTTLEMAN
Steve Curtis (England) Date of Birth: 9 June, 1964 Place of Birth: Wimbledon, England Lives: Hythe

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Class 1 is the spiritual heir to offshore powerboat racing of the 1980s, when lightning-fast catamarans started to do battle on open seas around the world. Today, Class 1 sets out to be the ultimate in top-flight powerboat racing, with spectacular events on coastal racecourses, and easily

seen by ever increasing crowds of spectators. Class 1 is also the point of reference for the world of powerboat racing in terms of its levels of technology and safety, which have been achieved thanks to its Racing Rules, which enable racing with substantial parity of competition, despite using engines of conceptually diverse designs.
For further information contact: Marco Sala IOTA tel: + 39 02 3651 9780 email: marco@class-1.com class-1.com

eLiGiBiLiTY To CoMPeTe - racing rules summary

Hull dimEnsions and minimum WEiGHts: Any existing hull built prior to 1st January 2001, measuring 12.0/14.63m (39ft.4in/48ft.0in) and weighing a minimum of 4800kg after race completion, will be grandfathered indefinitely. Any hull built after 1st January 2001, measuring 12.19/13.41m (40/44 feet) and weighing a minimum of 4800kg after race completion. Any hull measuring 11.5/13m using the 790 hp naturally aspirated engines and weighing 4100kg after race completion. Other hull/engine combinations may be permitted to compete in Class 1 through specific dispensation from the World Professional Powerboating Association (WPPA).

EnGinE rEstrictions: V12 naturally aspirated engines max Rpm 8700 All other engines max 7600 Rpm V8 Engines max 7600 Rpm (See WPPA Rules/technical notes for 790 hp/ 495 to 510 cu carbureted engines thewppa.com) Max 4 camshafts per engine OEM camshaft position cannot be changed OEM position of lifter bores cannot be changed Pistons to be produced from automotive piston alloys Heads and blocks to be manufactured in cast Aluminium or Iron only Max 4 valves per cylinder No Titanium components or coatings with the exception of cylinder head valves No Ceramic components or coatings with the exception of spark plugs, seals and bearings Any Diamond or hardened coatings Valves must open and close using conventional mechanical methods No variable length tracts or ducts Original registered quantity of spark plugs to be retained comprEssion ratio maximum alloWaBlE: Natural aspirated 10.0:1 Pressure charged 8.5:1 Carbureted 10.5:1

propEllErs: From 1st January 2009 there will be 1 supplier of propellers for Class 1. The Propeller thickness cannot be altered, and will be specified by the manufacturer and/or the WPPA. Propeller cup may be altered; however, this will void any warranty claim that may arise. The manufacturer will specify the areas that can be modified. Three sets of propellers which were used in the 2008 season can be registered and used for the 2009 season and can only be replaced with the official suppliers Class 1 2009 specification propellers. All Propellers must adhere to the Minimum thickness. Three different pairs of propellers per boat will be allowed. Propellers can only be changed for the identical type as those initially registered, due to damage or wear. Propellers will be allocated to a boat, for use on that boat only. For instance a two-boat team may not swap registered propellers from one boat to the other. However a two-boat team with fewer than 4 sets of registered propellers may use them on either boat. For 2009 Season only, 1x set of propellers can be changed for a different diameter or pitch during the racing season.

crEW control: The system must be homologated and fully inspected before installation, including all drawings and details of components. The system must meet the rule and the spirit of the rules in all aspects. The scrutineers decision not to allow any or all components in the system is entirely at his discretion and cannot be appealed. The system cannot be improved, changed or modified in any way without prior written approval. Rule All control inputs affecting trimming and steering of the boat must be directly provided by the crew. It is not permitted to interface the operation of the control surfaces, drives, ballast tanks, fuel tanks or throttles with any devices that provide additional control input, whether electronic, mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, or any other source. Any additional sensing devices, such as, but not exclusively, those used in a data acquisition system, must be demonstrably physically independent of any individual control system. For 790 HP naturally aspirated 4100kg boats; Steering must be by either drives or rudders, not both. Rudders must only be allowed to move on one axis (no retractable rudders). Drives must not steer independently of each other (no toe in or out underway). If an electronic tie bar is used, a data logger must be fitted at the teams cost.

maximum lEVEls:

pErmittEd

noisE

The maximum permitted noise levels from any individual competing boat in a WPPA Class 1 race is 100 Decibels +5%. Readings are taken at 50 metres distance, at max RPM+/- 2% with no other race boat in the vicinity. Readings are only accepted as official when taken with the official WPPA calibrated sound meter. 106 DBA and above after the first 2 races 2009 season, non eligibility to race

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2009 SEES TEAMS AND COMPETITORS FROM AUSTRALIA, ENGLAND, FRANCE, ITALY, NEW ZEALAND, NORWAY, QATAR, SPAIN AND THE UAE COMPETING IN EIGHT RACES AT SPECTACULAR VENUES ACROSS SCANDINAVIA, SOUTHERN EUROPE AND THE MIDDLE EAST.

QaTar / Doha sPain / alicante norWaY / arendal roMania / Constanta iTaLY / stresa MiDDLe easT / tbc U.a.e. / abu Dhabi - tbc U.a.e. / Dubai

25 April 7 June 19 July 30 August 4 October 7 November 20 November 12 December

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orGanisations
uimpowerboating.com

Qatar mariNe FestiVaL GraND PriX

DoHa 23 - 25 aPriL 2009
Round 1 of the CLASS 1 WORLD POWERBOAT CHAMPIONSHIP Round 1 of the CLASS 1 MIDDLE EAST CHAMPIONSHIP

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

thewppa.com

WORLD PROFESSIONAL POWERBOATING ASSOCIATION - WPPA

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. President: Saeed Hareb General Secretary: Sid Bensalah

timEtaBlE
Thursday, 23 April 2009 09:00 - 12:00 Administration/Registration 09:00 - 12:00 Technical Scrutineering 09:00 - 18:00 Crane Available 10:00 - 18:00 Fuel Available 10:30 Team Managers Briefing 11:00 - 11:30 Pilots Viewing on C1 Rib 12:00 - 14:00 Official Practice 16:00 - 17:00 Boat Parade 18:00 Drivers Briefing - Sheraton Hotel Friday, 24 April 2009 08:00 - 18:00 08:00 - 20:00 10:30 - 12:00 15:00 - 16:00 20:00 Crane Available Fuel Available Official Practice Edox polE position followed by Podium Presentation Opening Ceremony and Official Dinner - Sheraton Hotel

class-1.com

INTERNATIONAL OFFSHORE TEAM ASSOCIATION - IOTA

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

Saturday, 25 April 2009 08:00 - 18:00 Crane Available 10:30 - 11:30 Official Practice on Racecourse, incl. Long Lap 15:00 Qatar marinE FEstiVal Grand prix followed by Podium Presentation

racE map
First Lap
Start Gate (F Y5) X X1 X2 B B1 C C1 - D D1 E E1 F

5.15 Nm 4.50 Nm 5.15 Nm 96.45 Nm

Race Lap
F A A1 A2 - B B1 C C1 D D1 E E1 F

Long Lap

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F X X1 X2 B B1 C C1 - D D1 E E1 - F

FOR INFORMATION CONTACT:

Nigel Quilter tel:+44(0)1252 713223 / mob:+44(0)7785 325346 q@class-1.com / q@q4media.com / class-1.com

First Lap + 18 Race Laps + 2 Long Laps