Top 10 Best F1 Powerboat Racers In The World

July 15, 2021 By Sourav


Top 10 Best F1 Powerboat Racers In The World

F1 Powerboat Racing is the highest class of inshore powerboat racing in the world and is equivalent to the Formula One Racing in Cars. Races last for 45 minutes and take place on a circuit marked out in a stretch of water like a lake, river, etc. Here we countdown the Top 10 Best F1 Powerboat Racers in 2021.

 

Best F1 Powerboat Racers | 2021 Ranking

Powerboat Racing is one of the most dangerous sports and is an exhilarating sport where boats reach top speeds of over 200 kmph. Apart from the fact that they are crazy fast, it’s also really dangerous as the traction between boat and water is really less compared to that of the road and the car tires, so boats sometimes flip.

 

Guido Cappellini

 

At number 1 in the top 10 best F1 powerboat racers in 2021 is Guido Cappellini from Italy. He is the most successful and greatest F1 Powerboat racer of all time for winning a record ten world titles.

Guido also participated in other classes of boat racing like the Class 1 offshore championship. He has also won the Paris 6 hours race in 1983.

 

Scott Gillman

Scott-Gillman
Scott-Gillman

 

At number 2 in the top 10 best F1 powerboat racers in 2021 is Scott Gillman from the USA. He is the only one next to the success of Cappellini.

He has four World Championship titles to his name, North American F1 Champion three times, and also won the Lake Havasu event twice.

 

Renato Molinari

Renato-Molinari
Renato-Molinari

 

At number 3 in the list of the top 10 best F1 powerboat racers in 2021 is Renato Molinari from Italy. Molinari is often considered a maestro of powerboat racing having won 17 World Championship titles and has set 12 World Records.

He has won the F1 World Championship three times. He has been inducted into the U.I.M Hall of Fame.

 

Alex Carella

 

At number 4 in the top 10 best F1 powerboat racers in 2021 is Alex Carella from Italy. He is one of the most talented drivers in the world right now who won the National Championship in his second season only.

Now he has three F1 World Championships, three U.I.M F1 World Championships, and has also been European Champion.

 

Philippe Chiappe

Philippe-Chiappe
Philippe-Chiappe

 

At number 5 in the top 10 best F1 powerboat racers in 2021 is Philippe Chiappe from France. He is one of the premier F1 powerboat racers in the world having won the F1 World Championships in 2012 and 2013.

He is also one of the best Endurance class racers having won 5 U.I.M Endurance Class 3 World Championships.

 

Jonathan Jones

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Jonathan-Jones

 

At number 6 in the top 10 best F1 powerboat racers in 2021 is Jonathan Jones from Great Britain.

One of the most accomplished powerboat racers of all time, Jonathan has won the F1 World Championships 2 times, F1 European Championships 3 times, and was the winner of the U.I.M World Championship Formula GP winner twice.

 

Sami Selio

 

At number 7 in the top 10 best F1 powerboat racers in 2021 is Sami Selio from Finland. He is considered to be the best driver in the Nordic Countries, Sami was the youngest driver when he joined the F4 Class in the World Championship.

Since then he has won two F1 World Championships and two U.I.M World Championships.

 

John Hill

John-Hill
John-Hill

 

At number 8 is John Hill from Great Britain. John is one of the best in powerboat racing having won 5 World Championships and 4 European Championships. He has also won one F1 World Championship.

He started his career as an O-850 racer where he got a lot of success winning European and World Championships. Unfortunately, he died during an F1 race in Abu Dhabi.

 

Roger Jenkins

Roger-Jenkins
Roger-Jenkins

 

Powerboat racer Roger Jenkins from Great Britain is one of the greatest O-850 racers of all time having won two U.I.M World Championships, two European Championships, and a World Championship.

Roger has also won the Paris 6 hours race once. He was also the 1982 F1 World Championships winner.

 

Best F1 Powerboat Racers | 2021 Infographics

 

Final Words

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