The F2 World Championship is an international powerboat racing competition organised by the
Union Internationale Motonautique
The Union Internationale Motonautique (UIM) is the international governing body of powerboating, based in the Principality of Monaco. It was founded in 1922, in Belgium, as the Union Internationale du Yachting Automobile.
History
Member nations ...
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The Boats
The carbon fibre catamaran hulls are powered by Mercury Racing OptiMax 2.5XS outboards.
Qualifying
Qualifying periods (Q1, Q2 & a shoot out) decide the formation of the grid.
Races
Each race lasts approximately 45 minutes following a circuit marked out in a selected stretch of water, usually a lake, river, dock, or sheltered bay.
2020 UIM F2 World Championship
Portugal's
Duarte Benavente
Duarte Benavente (born 4 March 1971 in Lisbon, Portugal) is a Portuguese powerboat racer and the 2020 UIM F2 World Champion.
Benavente races for F1 Team Atlantic and competes in both the F1 Powerboat World Championship (F1H2O) and the UIM F2 Wor ...
won the 2020 UIM F2 World Championship with
Edgaras Riabko
Edgaras Riabko (born 10 April 1984) is a Lithuanian powerboat racer and a double UIM F2 European Champion. He currently races in the UIM F2 World Championship
The F2 World Championship is an international powerboat racing competition organised by ...
from Lithuania second and Britain's Owen Jelf third.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a shortened season was held over three rounds in two countries, Lithuania and Portugal.
UIM F2 World Champions
References
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World championships in motorboat racing