# 2010 F1 Powerboat World Championship

The 2010 UIM F1 H$_2$O World Championship was the 27th season of Formula 1 Powerboat racing, and the 30th anniversary year since the series' foundation in 1981. The calendar consisted of eight races, beginning in Portimão, Portugal on 9 May 2010, and ending in Sharjah, UAE on 10 December 2010. Sami Seliö finished the season as drivers' champion driving for Team Mad Croc, clinching his second title with his first having been in 2007.

## Teams and drivers

| Team | Hull | Engine | No. | Race drivers | Rounds |
| Team Nautica | BaBa | Mercury 2.5 V6 | 3 | Rinaldo Osculati | 1–2, 4–8 |
| Team Nautica | BaBa | Mercury 2.5 V6 | 4 | Tomas Cermak | 2–8 |
| Team Abu Dhabi | DAC | Mercury 2.5 V6 | 5 | Thani Al Qamzi | All |
| Team Abu Dhabi | BaBa | Mercury 2.5 V6 | 6 | Ahmed Al Hameli | All |
| CTIC China Team | Moore | Mercury 2.5 V6 | 7 | Philippe Chiappe | All |
| CTIC China Team | DAC | Mercury 2.5 V6 | 8 | Pierre Lundin | All |
| F1 Atlantic Team | BaBa | Mercury 2.5 V6 | 9 | Fabian Kalsow | 1–3 |
| F1 Atlantic Team | Moore | Mercury 2.5 V6 | 9 | Philippe Tourre | 4–8 |
| F1 Atlantic Team | Dragon | Mercury 2.5 V6 | 10 | Duarte Benavente | All |
| F1 Atlantic Team | BaBa | Mercury 2.5 V6 | 22 | Fabian Kalsow | 6–8 |
| Team Mad Croc | BaBa | Mercury 2.5 V6 | 11 | Sami Seliö | All |
| Team Mad Croc | BaBa | Mercury 2.5 V6 | 12 | Alex Carella | All |
| Team Azerbaijan | DAC | Mercury 2.5 V6 | 14 | Jonas Andersson | All |
| Team Azerbaijan | DAC | Mercury 2.5 V6 | 15 | Marit Strømøy | All |
| Team Azerbaijan | DAC | Mercury 2.5 V6 | 18 | Ma'arof Mahari | 3 |
| Qatar Team | DAC | Mercury 2.5 V6 | 16 | Jay Price | All |
| Qatar Team | Dragon | Mercury 2.5 V6 | 17 | Andy Elliott | All |
| Team Skydive Dubai | BaBa | Mercury 2.5 V6 | 21 | Tim Seebold | 3–5 |
| Team Skydive Dubai | BaBa | Mercury 2.5 V6 | 21 | Ivan Brigada | 8 |
| Singha F1 Racing Team | DAC | Mercury 2.5 V6 | 23 | Marco Gambi | 1–7 |
| Singha F1 Racing Team | Blaze | Mercury 2.5 V6 | 24 | Francesco Cantando | All |
| Rainbow Team | DAC | Mercury 2.5 V6 | 31 | Davide Padovan | All |
| 800 Doctor | BaBa | Mercury 2.5 V6 | 69 | Luigi Roberto | 2–4 |
| 800 Doctor | BaBa | Mercury 2.5 V6 | 70 | Fabio Comparato | All |
| Pringles Xtreme F1 Racing | DAC | Mercury 2.5 V6 | 77 | Stanislav Kourtsenovsky | 2 |
Key :
* Regular boat/driver
* Boat ineligible for team points

## Season calendar

A total of eight rounds comprised the 2010 championship, the same as in 2009. However the concept of running two races at each event, an idea introduced the previous year, was dropped for 2010, with the championship returning to the traditional format of practice and qualifying on the first day, and racing on the second. The Grand Prix of Finland, having been held at Lahti for the past two years, was replaced by a third Chinese race in Linyi which was announced at the beginning of the year. The initial calendar published by the UIM featured an additional race in the week following the St Petersburg event, however a location was never finalised, and it was dropped from the schedule.
| Round | Race Title | Date | Circuit Location | Race Winner | Hull/Engine |
| 1 | 12th Grand Prix of Portugal | 9 May | Portimão | Ahmed Al Hameli | BaBa/Mercury |
| 2 | 8th Grand Prix of Russia | 11 July | St Petersburg | Sami Seliö | BaBa/Mercury |
| 3 | 12th Grand Prix of China | 3 October | Linyi | Alex Carella | BaBa/Mercury |
| 4 | 13th Grand Prix of China | 17 October | Liuzhou | Jay Price | DAC/Mercury |
| 5 | 14th Grand Prix of China | 24 October | Shenzhen | Francesco Cantando | Blaze/Mercury |
| 6 | 7th Grand Prix of Qatar | 27 November | Doha | Jay Price | DAC/Mercury |
| 7 | 18th Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi | 4 December | Abu Dhabi | Sami Seliö | BaBa/Mercury |
| 8 | 11th Grand Prix of Sharjah | 10 December | Sharjah | Ahmed Al Hameli | BaBa/Mercury |

## Results and standings

Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers. A maximum of two boats per team were eligible for points in the teams' championship.
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
| Points | 20 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |

### Drivers standings

| Pos | Driver | POR | RUS | CHN | CHN | CHN | QAT | ABU | SHA | Points |
| 1 | Sami Seliö | DSQ | 1 | 2 | Ret | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 94 |
| 2 | Jay Price | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | Ret | 1 | 2 | 6 | 88 |
| 3 | Alex Carella | Ret | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | Ret | 3 | 71 |
| 4 | Thani Al Qamzi | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 68 |
| 5 | Francesco Cantando | 2 | Ret | 3 | 3 | 1 | Ret | Ret | DNS | 59 |
| 6 | Ahmed Al Hameli | 1 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 4 | 4 | 1 | 58 |
| 7 | Pierre Lundin | 5 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 3 | Ret | 6 | 9 | 40 |
| 8 | Philippe Chiappe | Ret | Ret | 9 | Ret | 2 | 9 | 5 | Ret | 26 |
| 9 | Jonas Andersson | DNS | 5 | 10 | 7 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 4 | 22 |
| 10 | Fabio Comparato | DSQ | Ret | 4 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 7 | DNS | 17 |
| 11 | Tim Seebold | | | 6 | 5 | 7 | | | | 16 |
| 12 | Fabian Kalsow | 7 | DNS | Ret | | | 5 | Ret | 7 | 15 |
| 13 | Davide Padovan | 8 | 8 | Ret | 9 | Ret | 7 | 9 | 11 | 14 |
| 14 | Marit Strømøy | Ret | 7 | DNS | Ret | 8 | Ret | 8 | 8 | 13 |
| 15 | Duarte Benavente | Ret | Ret | 7 | 8 | 11 | 8 | Ret | Ret | 10 |
| 16 | Andy Elliott | 6 | 9 | Ret | 13 | 12 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 7 |
| 17 | Philippe Tourre | | | | 11 | 15 | 13 | Ret | 10 | 1 |
| 18 | Tomas Cermak | | 12 | Ret | 14 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 1 |
| 19 | Stanislav Kourtsenovsky | | 10 | | | | | | | 1 |
| 20 | Rinaldo Osculati | Ret | DNS | | Ret | 17 | 11 | 11 | Ret | 0 |
| 21 | Luigi Roberto | | 11 | 11 | DNS | | | | | 0 |
| 22 | Marco Gambi | DSQ | Ret | Ret | 12 | 13 | Ret | Ret | | 0 |
| 23 | Ma'arof Mahari | | | 12 | | | | | | 0 |
| 24 | Ivan Brigada | | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
Key :
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Other points position |
| Blue | Other classified position |
| Blue | Not classified, finished (NC) |
| Purple | Not classified, retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Withdrawn (WD) |
| Blank | Did not enter (cell empty) |
| Text formatting | Meaning |
| Bold | Pole position |
| Italics | Fastest lap |

### Teams standings

Only boats with results eligible for points counting towards the teams' championship are shown here.
| Pos | Team | Boat No. | POR | RUS | CHN | CHN | CHN | QAT | ABU | SHA | Points |
| 1 | Team Mad Croc | 11 | DSQ | 1 | 2 | Ret | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 165 |
| 1 | Team Mad Croc | 12 | Ret | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | Ret | 3 | 165 |
| 2 | Team Abu Dhabi | 5 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 126 |
| 2 | Team Abu Dhabi | 6 | 1 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 4 | 4 | 1 | 126 |
| 3 | Qatar Team | 16 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | Ret | 1 | 2 | 6 | 95 |
| 3 | Qatar Team | 17 | 6 | 9 | Ret | 13 | 12 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 95 |
| 4 | CTIC China Team | 7 | Ret | Ret | 9 | Ret | 2 | 9 | 5 | Ret | 66 |
| 4 | CTIC China Team | 8 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 3 | Ret | 6 | 9 | 66 |
| 5 | Singha F1 Racing Team | 23 | DSQ | Ret | Ret | 12 | 13 | Ret | Ret | | 59 |
| 5 | Singha F1 Racing Team | 24 | 2 | Ret | 3 | 3 | 1 | Ret | Ret | DNS | 59 |
| 6 | Team Azerbaijan | 14 | DNS | 5 | 10 | 7 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 4 | 35 |
| 6 | Team Azerbaijan | 15 | Ret | 7 | DNS | Ret | 8 | Ret | 8 | 8 | 35 |
| 7 | 800 Doctor | 69 | | 11 | 11 | DNS | | | | | 17 |
| 7 | 800 Doctor | 70 | DSQ | Ret | 4 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 7 | DNS | 17 |
| 8 | F1 Atlantic Team | 9 | 7 | DNS | Ret | 11 | 15 | 13 | Ret | 10 | 15 |
| 8 | F1 Atlantic Team | 10 | Ret | Ret | 7 | 8 | 11 | 8 | Ret | Ret | 15 |
| 9 | Rainbow Team | 31 | 8 | 8 | Ret | 9 | Ret | 7 | 9 | 11 | 14 |
| 10 | Team Skydive Dubai | 21 | | | 6 | 5 | 7 | | | Ret | 11 |
| 11 | Team Nautica | 3 | Ret | DNS | | Ret | 17 | 11 | 11 | Ret | 1 |
| 11 | Team Nautica | 4 | | 12 | Ret | 14 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 1 |
| 12 | Pringles Xtreme F1 Racing | 77 | | 10 | | | | | | | 1 |
Key :
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Other points position |
| Blue | Other classified position |
| Blue | Not classified, finished (NC) |
| Purple | Not classified, retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Withdrawn (WD) |
| Blank | Did not enter (cell empty) |
| Text formatting | Meaning |
| Bold | Pole position |
| Italics | Fastest lap |