Sail-World.com : Powerboat P1 - Baia Attolini claim Powerpole, Audrien Ciantar's dream
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'Racing Project (Ikocasa) driver Shelley Jory (GBR) and throttle Audrienne Ciantar (MAL) celebrate provisionally winning the Sprint race in round 3 of this years P1 Powerboat World Championships in Istanbul, Turkey.'
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Audrien Ciantar has sounded a warning to her male rivals in the Powerboat P1 World Championship - she is ready to challenge for the title this year.
Alongside British pilot Shelley Jory, Ciantar was part of the first all-female crew to record a race win in the Powerboat P1 World Championship a fortnight ago in the Turkish capital.
And Ciantar is confident her 44 Iko Casa hull can repeat the feat and sustain a Championship challenge in 2009. 'In Istanbul we won and I would like to replicate that in San Benedetto del Tronto. I have come here to win and to climb to the top of the rankings.
'The boat should be fast and we are looking OK for the race. The feelings within the team are good. I have been racing all of my life and I always want to win!
'In fact, I want to be World Champion this year!'
Iko Casa lie third in the SuperSport champions, 13 points behind 38 Baia Attolini in second place and 33 points behind frontrunners 43 Seagull Chaudron.
 | Copyright onEdition 2009© Baia Attolini driver Stefano Acanfora (ITA), throttle Renato Guidi (ITA), navigator Roy Capasso (ITA) and reserve driver Vittorio Foglia Manzillo (ITA) qualify 1st at the Powerpole of this years P1 Powerboat World Championships in San Benedetto Del Tronto, Italy. - Powerboat P1 World Championship © |
Title-chasing 38 Baia Attolini picked the opportune moment to claim their first PowerPole of the 2009 season the SuperSport class.
The Italian outfit recorded a time of 03:14.31 in qualifying - one and a half seconds quicker than Championship leaders 43 Seagull Chaudron.
Jubilant Baia Attolini crew member Stefano Acanfora said: 'I had a very good feeling before today and I hope it can be the same for tomorrow. It is a fantastic start!'
Fellow Chaudron hull 44 Iko Casa took the fourth best time with 17 Spirit of Belgium, 28 Blue Shaft, 22 Big Sergio and 26 Team SW1 Capital making up the rest of the PowerPole competitors.
Unofficial timings had Team SW1 Capital as the fastest boat in PowerPole, but a missed buoy meant that Daniel Cramphorn and Kim Collins were penalised three minutes by P1 officials. Big Sergio were handed a one minute penalty for overspeeding offences totalling 16 seconds.
Technical problems prevented wild card entrants 59 Saho and 08 Phoenix 8 from registering a time ahead of Saturday's Sprint race.
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1:38 AM Sat 4 Jul 2009 GMT
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