Powerboat P1 World Championship Delivers In Style With New Calendar
February 28 2005 Powerboat P1 Press Office Locations steeped with powerboat history glamorous resorts stunning Mediterranean backdrops and even a Swiss lake the 2005 UIM Powerboat P1 World Championship calendar has it all
KBL Powerboat Management Limited the rights holder to the World Championship today confirmed the Powerboat P1 2005 racing calendar naming seven first class venues all of which are expected to become annual events for the Championship
68 May MALTA Grand Harbour Valletta
1012 June ITALY Anzio
13 July GERMANY Travemunde
2931 July ITALY Gallipoli
2628 Aug GREAT BRITAIN Cowes
1618 Sept SWITZERLAND Concise
30 Sep2 Oct SPAIN Marbella
Building upon the successes of 2004 Powerboat P1 again powers off its season with the Grand Prix of Malta at the beautiful Grand Harbour Valletta Waterfront A roundMalta race will be a major feature of the Grand Prix where the teams will gun to break the World Record created by P1 in 2004 and won by Team Thuraya Powerboat P1 also returns to the Provincia di Roma - this time at Anzio - for the Grand Prix of Italy the home event for many of the Italian fleet
Included among the new events are venues that have strong powerboat traditions The event in Germany takes place at Travemunde a popular seaside and cultural resort on the Baltic Coast that has played host to several powerboat events over the years This event will introduce the Powerboat P1 World Championship to one of Europe's great motorsport audiences in one of the marine industry's most important markets The British Grand Prix will move to Cowes in 2005 one of the oldest and most renowned venues in powerboat racing
A second race in Italy at Gallipoli underlines the excellent support that the Championship enjoys from Italian teams suppliers and manufacturers and their importance to the sport The Grand Prix at Concise on Switzerland's beautiful Lac Neuchatel will provide the P1 teams will a different kind of race testing their abilities and requiring technical adaptations to the boats And the season's finale... is set for Marbella in Spain one of Europe's finest resorts
Nathan Knight CEO KBL Powerboat Management Ltd
We have worked very hard to bring together the 2005 Championship calendar This calendar draws on the great heritage of our sport and takes us to our most important commercial markets while visiting some of the most glamorous and beautiful ports of call in Europe This fulfils a pledge made by KBL in 2002 to provide the competitors and the marine industry with a calendar worthy of a true World Championship
Drew Langdon Team Owner and Pilot Buzzi Bullet
This is exactly what we want from a
world championship The calendar has everything you could ask for including a home race at Cowes and we are very excited about 2005 and the whole future of Powerboat P1 This strong race programme is befitting of such a well organised championship and our preparation for the coming season now has a new impetus
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Powerboat P1 World Championship Delivers In Style With New Calendar
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