Marszalek who clouted and destroyed a turn buoy and passed him four
laps from the flag to take his second podium in Portimao.
Thedriveof theday belonged toAbuDhabi’sAlexCarella after a desperate
weekend for the team, with Carella salvaging team pride and his early
championship hopes with a valuable nine points.
Despite qualifying in fifth, an engine change forced the Italian to start from
15th off the pontoon, but he clawed his way through the pack to finish in
a remarkable fourth place, after Marszalek was given a one lap penalty for
taking out the buoy, a result he [Carella] described that it felt like a win
after all the issues they had faced.
Cedric Deguisne marked his and his Maverick F1 Team’s full time entry
into the championship with sixth place, despite running for 40 laps with
a sticking throttle and controlling the boat with the trim. But it was a
disappointing debut for his teammate Amaury Jousseaume, retiring on lap
27.
Australia’sGrant Trask completeda very goodday for theF1AtlanticTeam,
driving from 16th to take seventh place, Chiappe’s new CTIC teammate
Peter Morin picking up two championship points on his F1H2O debut in
ninth.
It was a disappointing day for Emirates racing with Marit Stromoy retiring
on lap seven after qualifying strongly in tenth and teammateMike Szymura
disqualified for failing to respond to the race commissioner’s instructions.
It was also a frustrating day for Mad Croc’s Filip Roms, a loose camera
hitting the kill switch on his fuel pump and forcing him to retire on lap 31.
F1H2O
It was a frustrating session for Italy’s Francesco
Cantando who was in the mix in qualifying before
he crashed out.
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