page_title: 2012 F1 Powerboat World Championship
section_title: Season calendar
hierarchical_section_title: 2012 F1 Powerboat World Championship / Season calendar
caption_attribution_description: English: World map displaying the countries raced in by the Formula 1 Powerboat World Championship in its 2012 season in green. Former host nations shown in pink.
context_page_description: The 2012 UIM F1 H2O World Championship was the 29th season of Formula 1 Powerboat racing. Whilst a provisional calendar consisted of a total of nine rounds, following cancellations, an amended programme of six races, beginning in Doha, Qatar on 10 March 2012, and ending in Sharjah, UAE on 7 December 2012 was published by the UIM. At the penultimate race of the year in Abu Dhabi, reigning champion Alex Carella successfully defended his 2011 drivers' title, the Italian becoming a double world champion for the Qatar Team.
context_section_description: Initial plans for the 2012 season included an expanded calendar of nine events, two more than 2011. The round at Portimao was dropped, with new races planned for Venice, St Petersburg, and Perth. Following the first race at Doha, on 23 March, an amended calendar was released with just five further confirmed races, and an additional event in November still to be finalised. Ultimately however, the calendar was further shortened to six races when plans for the expected fifth round were abandoned, with the date removed from the series' official website in late October.
caption: Countries that hosted F1 Powerboat races in 2012, shown in green. Former host nations are shown in pink.
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