The 2019 VOOMQUEST Enemed UIM V2 World Powerboat Championship got under way on Saturday in St Paul’s Bay with Marine Diffusion emerging as the top team of the day after winning both races.
Six teams registered to take part in the championship namely Atomic & Grey #31 (Belgium), Cutting Edge #77 (Malta), Freccia Blu #11 (Malta), Marine Diffusion #55 (Corsica), Interceptor Remax #19 (Malta) and El Diablo #88 (Malta).
This first race saw a lot of excitement and commotion as during trials, Team Cutting Edge experienced technical faults and did not start the race.
Half way through the race, Team El Diablo stopped at a halt, whilst Team Interceptor Remax spinned and flipped the boat at one of the turns. In the end it was Marine Diffusion who took the honours ahead of Freccia Blu and Atomic Grey.
The afternoon session saw pole positioning for Race Two, followed by a tense second race.
Here, Race Two brought quite a spectacle to spectators at St Paul’s Bay, as Team Marine Diffusion and Team El Diablo were head-to-head most of the time, fighting for the winning position.
But in the end, Marine Diffusion again crossed the finish line first ahead of El Diablo and Cutting Edge.
The first championship weekend comes to a close today with two other races.