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OLBIAWELCOMES AND
EMBRACES UIM-ABP AQUABIKE
WORLDCHAMPIONSHIP
PERFECT START FOR TORRENTE AND TEAM ABU DHABI
Shaun Torrente made a
perfect start to the year
heading up a Team Abu
Dhabi one-two at the
UIM F1H2O Grand Prix
of Portugal in Portimao
in May.
The American was in
imperious form taking
his second successive
pole
position
in
Portimao and then
leading the 48 lap race
run on the 1,937km
Arade River circuit from
lights out to chequered
flag to take a fifth career
Grand Prix victory and
win by 2.09s, but was
pushed all the way
by teammate Thani
Al Qemzi, with CTIC
F1 Shenzhen China’s
Philippe
Chiappe
completing the podium.
F1H20 HEADING TO
XIANGYANG, CHINA
H2O Racing has confirmed
that Xiangyang in Hubei
Province, China will host
round 4 of the UIM F1H2O
World Championship on 21-23
September.
Xiangyang replaces Harbin on
the calendar and becomes the
eleventh city to host a round
of the championship since the
first Grand Prix was held in
Hangzhou in 1995. The People’s
Republic has hosted 23 Grand
Prix in 17 years.
NEWS
The
UIM-ABP
Aquabike
World Championship has a
new jewel in its crown, the
enchanting town of Olbia
on the north east coast of
the island of Sardinia, which
welcomed and embraced the
UIM-ABP tour, hosting round
2 on the 1-3 June.
It was a spectacular first
event in Olbia and an action
packed weekend with 149
competitors from over 30
countries on show, the elite
riders in GP1 joined by fellow
racers in GP2, GP3 and GP4
competing in the single event
three Moto UIM-ABP World
Championship.
At the end of the weekend
world
champions
were
crowned, new winners and
stars emerged with H2O
Racing President Nicolo di
San Germano addressing the
crowd at a packed podium
ceremony saying “the winner
this weekend is Olbia”.
n° 2 JUNE | 2018
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