Powerboat P1 - Baia Attolini claim Powerpole, Audrien Ciantar's dream
by Powerboat P1 media on 4 Jul 2009
Racing Project (Ikocasa) driver Shelley Jory (GBR) and throttle Audrienne Ciantar (MAL) celebrate provisionally winning the Sprint race in round 3 of this years P1 Powerboat World Championships in Istanbul, Turkey.
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Audrien Ciantar has sounded a warning to her male rivals in the Powerboat P1 World Championship - she is ready to challenge for the title this year.
Alongside British pilot Shelley Jory, Ciantar was part of the first all-female crew to record a race win in the Powerboat P1 World Championship a fortnight ago in the Turkish capital.
And Ciantar is confident her #44 Iko Casa hull can repeat the feat and sustain a Championship challenge in 2009. 'In Istanbul we won and I would like to replicate that in San Benedetto del Tronto. I have come here to win and to climb to the top of the rankings.
'The boat should be fast and we are looking OK for the race. The feelings within the team are good. I have been racing all of my life and I always want to win!
'In fact, I want to be World Champion this year!'
Iko Casa lie third in the SuperSport champions, 13 points behind #38 Baia Attolini in second place and 33 points behind frontrunners #43 Seagull Chaudron.
Title-chasing #38 Baia Attolini picked the opportune moment to claim their first PowerPole of the 2009 season the SuperSport class.
The Italian outfit recorded a time of 03:14.31 in qualifying - one and a half seconds quicker than Championship leaders #43 Seagull Chaudron.
Jubilant Baia Attolini crew member Stefano Acanfora said: 'I had a very good feeling before today and I hope it can be the same for tomorrow. It is a fantastic start!'
Fellow Chaudron hull #44 Iko Casa took the fourth best time with #17 Spirit of Belgium, #28 Blue Shaft, #22 Big Sergio and #26 Team SW1 Capital making up the rest of the PowerPole competitors.
Unofficial timings had Team SW1 Capital as the fastest boat in PowerPole, but a missed buoy meant that Daniel Cramphorn and Kim Collins were penalised three minutes by P1 officials. Big Sergio were handed a one minute penalty for overspeeding offences totalling 16 seconds.
Technical problems prevented wild card entrants #59 Saho and #08 Phoenix 8 from registering a time ahead of Saturday's Sprint race.
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