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Italian Grand Prix of the Sea - Italian Power Pole double

'Copyright onEdition 2009© Metamarine Corse Pignolo 53 (Metamarine Pignolo 53) driver Marco Pennesi (ITA) and throttle Luca Nicolini (ITA) qualify 1st at the Powerpole of this years P1 Powerboat World Championships in San Benedetto Del Tronto, Italy.'    Powerboat P1 World Championship ©    Click Here to view large photo

San Benedetto’s home town hero Marco Pennesi powered to pole position at the Italian Grand Prix of the Sea on Friday evening.

Charging across the sun-drenched Lingomare shoreline, the Metamarine Pignolo 53 powerboat edged out Italian rivals SNAV OSG by 0.6 of a second with Cigarette Smash Poker starting from third in Saturday’s Sprint Race.

Metamarine’s triumphant pilot, Pennesi said: 'It is an unexpected result. Our boat is not suited to today’s calm conditions. It is a very large boat and prefers much rougher seas. It's a welcome surprise.

'I have found my confidence again with the boat and the team. I am extremely happy that we have the opportunity to start from such a privileged position and we will be going all out to win tomorrow.'

Baia Attolini ensured an Italian double celebration with the fastest qualifying time in the open-canopy SuperSport Class.

The Naples-based team has been threatening a top-placed finish all season and Friday’s pole-finder, albeit at the expense of Team SW1 Capital who suffered a three-minute penalty for missing a buoy, has given the speed-king trio of Stefano Acanfora, Roy Capasso and Renato Guidi a timely boost ahead of Saturday’s Sprint Race.

Acanfora said: 'I had very good feeling before today and I hope it can be the same tomorrow. It’s a fantastic start!'

The Powerboat P1 Italian Grand Prix of the Sea Sprint Race on July 4 begins at 14:00 (GMT +2) at the Nuala Darsene Porto Turistico.

Classified Results (Evolution):
1. 53 Metamarine Corse Pignolo (Marco Pennesi / Luca Nicolini) Time: 02:41.20
2. 88 SNAV OSG (Hannes Bohinc / Giovanni Carpitella) 02:41.26
3. 10 Cigarette Smash Poker (Luca Formilli Fendi / Matteo Nicolini) 02:44.41
4. 47 Silverline (Jan Falkowski / Drew Langdon) 02:53.20
5. 66 Cranefield Wines (Mark Niemann / Gino Passchier) 05:41.00*
7. 33 Furnibo (Pierre Colpin / Frank Hemelaer) DNS
7. 77 Lucas Oil Budweiser (Joe Sgro / Nigel Hook / Mike Fiore) DNS

*Includes 03:00 minute penalty for missed buoy

Classified Results (Supersport):
1. 38 Baia Attolini (Stefano Acanfora / Renato Guidi / Roy Capasso) Time: 03:14.31
2. 43 Seagull Chaudron (Aaron Ciantar / Angelo Tedesci / Viktor Shemchuk 03:15.88
3. 44 Ikocasa (Shelley Jory / Audrien Ciantar) 03:17.01
4. 17 MasForce (Micha Robyn / Patrick Huybreghts / Marc Sluszny) 03:24.82
5. 28 Blue Shaft (Gianbattista Gabriele / Alfredo Zanardo / Federico Montanari) 03:35.07
6. 22 Big Sergio (Alfredo Nuzzo / Alfredo Amato) 04:19.12*
7. 26 Team SW1 Capital (Daniel Cramphorn / Kim Collins) 06:13.37**
9. 08 Phoenix 8 (Martin Lai) DNS
9. 59 Saho (Maurizio Di Stasio / Federico Terenziani) DNS

*Includes 01:00 minute time penalty for overspeeding
** Includes 03:00 minute time penalty for missed buoy

Copyright onEdition 2009© Metamarine Corse Pignolo 53 (Metamarine Pignolo 53) driver Marco Pennesi (ITA) and throttle Luca Nicolini (ITA) qualify 1st at the Powerpole of this years P1 Powerboat World Championships in San Benedetto Del Tronto, Italy. -  Powerboat P1 World Championship ©   Click Here to view large photo


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by Sam Feasey   11:45 PM Fri 3 Jul 2009 GMT


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