Sicilian Grand Prix of the Sea PowerPole Results

by Powerboat P1 media on 12 Sep 2009
The Powerboat P1 world title contenders did little to ease tension ahead of tomorrow’s Sprint Race as Seagull Chaudron and Baia Attolini were pipped to the post in the SuperSport Class PowerPole by the ladies from Ikocasa.

In waves estimated to be in excess of six foot, Scandinavian Grand Prix of the Sea Endurance Race winners, Furnibo, topped the bill in the Evolution Class qualifier as World Championship hopeful’s SNAV OSG suffered a cracked hull in practice. Current championship leaders Silverline lost power on their final practice lap and as a result neither team was able take to the waters for the critical qualifying session.

All-female outfit Ikocasa put the recent disappointments in Italy and Sweden behind them to claim top spot, coming home by over five seconds ahead of fellow Chaudron-manufactured Seagull Boat.

Ecstatic pilot Shelley Jory said: 'To be on pole is always great and a good result for the Chaudron family. To win the Grand Prix would be awesome and we need to do better after our disaster in Sweden. We are a team, we are a family but I don’t think Seagull need any help in their quest for the title.'

The Ukrainian Spirit recorded a time 10 seconds ahead of all-Italian rivals, Baia Attolini, in the Donzi Marine hull.

Principal sponsor and newly recruited Team SW1 Capital navigator Simon Luhr said: 'Seagull are suited to these conditions, their big boat goes well through the rough waters but we will have a lot of fun giving them a run for their money tomorrow.'

In the Evolution Class only the returning Metamarine Pignolo and Furnibo recorded qualifying times. Elsewhere Cranefields Wine managed to fire their engines but their miserable sequence of bad luck continued as they suffered another technical fault and had to return to the pits.

With conditions said to be 'the roughest waters of the 2009 calendar' any result is possible with pilots expecting to be tested to their driving limits.

Classified Results (Evolution):
1. #33 Furnibo (Pierre Colpin / Benjamin van Riet) Time: 02:39.09
2. #88 SNAV OSG (Hannes Bohinc / Giancarlo Cangiano) 02:42.68
3. #10 Cigarette Smash Poker (Luca Formilli Fendi / Matteo Nicolini) 02:44.97
6. #47 Silverline (Jan Falkowski / Drew Langdon) DNF
6. #66 Cranefields Wine (Mark Niemann / Gino Passchier) DNS
6. #77 Lucas Oil Outerlimits (Nico Huybens / Nigel Hook) DNS
7. #53 Metamarine Pignolo 53 (Marco Pennesi / Stefano Bonanno)

Classified Results (SuperSport):
1. #38 Baia Attolini (Stefano Acanfora / Renato Guidi / Roy Capasso) Time: 03:10.11
2. #43 Seagull Chaudron (Aaron Ciantar / Angelo Tedeschi / Viktor Shemchuk) 03:11.41
3. #26 Team SW1 Capital (Daniel Cramphorn / Kim Collins) 03:14.00
4. #17 MasForce (Micha Robyn / Patrick Huybreghts / Marc Sluszny) 03:14.71
6. #22 Big Sergio (Alfredo Nuzzo / Alfredo Amato) 03:26.17
7. #44 Iko Casa (Shelley Jory / Audrien Ciantar) DNS
8. #28 Blue Shaft (Gianbattista Gabriele / Alfredo Zanardo / Federico Montanari) DQ
9. #59 Saho (Maurizio Di Stasio / Federico Terenziani)

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