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| 2011 F1 Powerboat World Championship | |||
| Previous: | 2010 | Next: | 2012 |
The 2011 UIM F1 H2O World Championship was the 28th season of Formula 1 Powerboat racing. The calendar consisted of seven races, beginning in Doha, Qatar on 5 March 2011, and ending in Sharjah, UAE on 16 December 2011. [1] Italian Alex Carella won the Drivers' World Championship, driving for the Qatar Team. [2]
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There were a total of 10 individual races originally planned for the 2011 season by the UIM, [1] with events in St Petersburg, Nanyang and Haikou alongside the seven that ultimately took place. These included a brand new race in Vyshhorod which was announced on 25 January, bringing F1 powerboats to Ukraine for the first time. [5] However on 12 April it was announced that the planned race in St Petersburg was to be rescheduled for 2012, with the Kazan race moved back a week to avoid a clash with the Class 1 Norwegian Grand Prix. [6]
| Round | Race Title | Date | Circuit Location | Race Winner | Hull/Engine |
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| 1 |  8th Grand Prix of Qatar | 5 March | Doha |  Jay Price | DAC/Mercury |
| 2 |  13th Grand Prix of Portugal | 22 May | Portimao | Jay Price | DAC/Mercury |
| 3 |  1st Grand Prix of Tatarstan | 17 July | Kazan [6] |  Alex Carella | DAC/Mercury |
| 4 |  1st Grand Prix of Ukraine | 30 July | Vyshhorod [5] |  Ahmed Al Hameli | BaBa/Mercury |
| 5 |  15th Grand Prix of China | 2 October | Liuzhou | Thani Al Qamzi | BaBa/Mercury |
| 6 | 19th Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi | 9 December | Abu Dhabi | Alex Carella | DAC/Mercury |
| 7 | 12th Grand Prix of Sharjah | 16 December | Sharjah | Ahmed Al Hameli | BaBa/Mercury |
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 |
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| Points | 20 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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Only boats with results eligible for points counting towards the teams' championship are shown here.
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