El Diablo are the 2019 Voomquest Enemed UIM V2 world champions after the season-ending race in Ragusa yesterday.

Clive Butler and Sammy Grima never raced together as a team prior to this championship, but their talent and determination as well as the overall positive attitude brought a championship win to their names.

Team El Diablo hold the Maltese flag on the highest step of the podium. Photo: Kurt Ciappara and Claude Sammut

In fact, Team El Diablo finished on top of the overall standings with 181 points, 18 clear of Marine Diffusion who finished as runners-up while Freccia Blu, who were Team El Diablo’s closest challengers before yesterday’s final race had to settle with third place on 158 points.

In yesterday’s GP4 it was Marine Diffusion who took the honours ahead of Interceptor Remax, Cutting Edge and Team El Diablo. Freccia Blu and Atomic Grey failed to complete the race.

In a statement, the race organisers said: “To say that 2019’s VOOMQUEST Enemed UIM V2 World Powerboat Championship was interesting is truly an understatement, as all the four GP weekends brought unexpected wins, jaw-dropping action and first-class racing.

“We cannot wait for 2020 to see how the championship will top this one.”