26th September 2020
Circuit and Offshore Powerboat Racing News
The Federação Portuguesa De Motonautica (FPM) have today announced that the UIM F1H2o race in Portimão, which was scheduled for May 8-10, has been postponed, FPM also included two UIM Aquabike meetings in the postponement notice.
With borders being closed and sporting events being called off, the news comes as no real surprise to anyone who is following global events.
With the cancellation and postponement of sporting events across the world, it was only a matter of time until a powerboat race was affected by the COVID-19 outbreak.
The first round of the 2020 UIM F1H2o World Championship will be held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia over the weekend of March 17-21.
Scott Gillman, has announced his driver pairing for the 2020 UIM F1H2o World Championship.
After leaving the Victory Team during the 2019 season, their former team manager has recruited Italy’s Alex Carella and Greg Foster from the USA to Gillman Racing.
Kalle Viippo, spoke to Chris Davies earlier today and told him:
Yes, it’s all confirmed that I will race in F1H2O this year!
F1H2o media officer Nigel Quilter has reported this afternoon that Finland's Kalle Viippo will be joining Team Sweden this season.
Erik Stark joined the Victory Team for the last three races of the 2019 season, having finished runner-up in 2018 for the Abu Dhabi team.
He described 2019 on social media today as, 'one of my worst seasons'.
The UIM F1H2o calendar dates are still to be announced for the 2020 season.
