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Philippe Chiappe and Peter Morin made it a double
celebration for the CTIC F1 Shenzhen China Team
finishing second and third after enjoying a race long
inter-team battle.
The unfamiliar rolling start instead of the usual dead-
engine start of the dock was the preferred option of
race officials with Stark leading the 16 boats around the
1.72km three-pin circuit under a yellow caution flag for a
couple of laps before the green flag was given to release
them to race.
Stark held the advantage of starting from P1 and led
from Chiappe, Morin immediately up to third from
Carella and Francesco Cantando with Torrente passing
Erik Edin to move in to sixth spot on lap 9 when he
tangled with the buoy bringing out the first yellow.
The boats were held for six laps under yellow when
the green was given, the front three holding station,
Cantando passing Carella and up into fourth, Jonas
Andersson also getting the jump on Carella a lap later.
The front six boats held point until lap 28 when
Andersson dropped out, Cantando’s impressive drive
and best outing in his relatively new Blaze coming to a
disappointing end on lap 30. Stark remained in control
at the front despite the pressure from the CTIC duo
when the second yellow was shown, signalling Carella’s
dramatic exit.
F1H2O
Cantando narrowly
missed out on a Q3
slot bringing his Blaze
Performance hull home
in seventh
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