The teams "Abu Dhabi" and "Sharjah" enter the challenge of the World Championships in France
Mohammed bin Sultan: Our confidence is unlimited in the Emirati teams in the Formula 1 World Cup
The Abu Dhabi team is a strong candidate for the podium in the first round.
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Today, the Abu Dhabi and Sharjah Powerboat teams enter the atmosphere of the challenge of the opening round of the Formula 1 World Boat Championship in the French city of Macon, where the tour begins today with technical examination and official registration for all participating teams.
It is scheduled to start the race for the best time and speed qualifiers tomorrow, which will determine the positions of the boats at the start of the main race of the round, which will start the day after tomorrow to be the conclusion of the opening round of the championship.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Sultan bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, President of the Emirates Marine Sports Federation and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Abu Dhabi Marine Sports Club, saluted and supported the participating Emirati teams, stressing, "We have unlimited confidence in the Emirati teams to achieve an achievement in the Formula 1 World Cup."
He stressed that the Abu Dhabi team's participation is a new ambition in order to win titles and achieve victory through world championships and the various stations through which it participates. Always from the team, and to return with rich and strong achievements to be a continuation of the bright pages written by the team in the record of marine sports achievements for the UAE.”
Through the opening round, the Abu Dhabi team seeks to achieve the first positions through its boats led by the veteran Thani Al Qamzi and Shawn Torrenti and increase the team’s balance of titles, especially since it has won the championship title seven times since 1997, in addition to the great role that the two played together in the championship since 2018 until now through stronger competitions International Marine Sports Federation Championships.
The waters of the Macon River hosted years ago, in 2018, specifically, the competitions of one of the Formula 2 World Championship races, which witnessed Rashid Al Qamzi, at the time, take second place and runner-up in this tour, and to register this week its first hosting of the Formula 1 World Championship, amid the ambition and challenges of 17 participating boats in this round. .
It is noteworthy that the Sharjah team delegation includes Ahmed Al Hosani, Director General of the Sharjah International Marine Sports Club, the Finnish racer Sami Sileo, the Dutch racer Ferdinand and the reserve racer Mana' Al Marzouki.
The Abu Dhabi team has won several times in the World Powerboat Championships.
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