Anderson qualifies 5th; Shaun takes pole: UIM F1h2o World Championship

David Bodapati November 17, 2018

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Anderson on a flying lap which got him the P5 with one minute to go in Q3. Photo Tony Titus

Amaravati (AP, India), 17 Nov 2018: Sweden’s Jonas Andersson of Team Amaravati, the Indian team for the F1H2O World Championship was the fifth quickest in the Q3 after just managing to enter the last qualyfying session at the fag end with 6th best time. Torrente Shaun clocked the fastest time in the 2.125km circuit doing the fastest of the two laps in 44.54sec.

In his 8th season, he got his third pole from 45th start and being third in the championship with 53 points, will be gunning for a victory to take the lead as the Formula 1 H2O goes into the final stages with three more rounds left.

Anderson of Team Amaravati was 0.68 seconds behind in P5, timing 45.22. Stromoy Merit timed 44.72 to qulify in P2 while Stark Erik did 45 dead for the third place.

Earlier in the second practice session on Saturday morning. Driving the Powerboat in Yellow and Red Amaravati colours in the #14 livery, Anderson clocked 47.22sec for P5 even as top guns Team Abu Dhabi’s Erik Stark grabbed top spot in the closing stages of an intriguing second practice session with a handful of drivers enjoying a spell at the top of the time sheets.

Stark’s teammate Shaun Torrente ousted Victory’s Alex Carella from top spot and went quickest with 10 minutes of the 60 remaining but was then eclipsed by Ahmed Al Hameli who looked to have put Victory back on top with a 46.42s lap.

But with a minute to go Stark produced his best run with a 45.97s lap and was the only driver to go sub 46 seconds.

Team Amaravati’s Jonas Andersson was again in the mix and on the pace in fifth place, with Marit Stromoy, who topped the session early on, ending the morning in sixth spot.

SECOND PRACTICE – results (top six):

35 Erik Stark (swe) – 45.97s
3 Ahmed Al Hameli (uae) – 46.42s
6 Shaun Torrente (usa/*uae) – 46.74s
1 Alex Carella (ita/*uae) – 46.84s
14 Jonas Andersson (Swe- Team Amaravati) – 47.22s
50 Marit Stromoy (nor) – 47.29s

(*denotes international racing super license)

POS	BOAT	DRIVER	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	6	Shaun Torrente	0:47.85	0:45.82	0:44.54
2	50	Marit Stromoy	0:47.63	0:46.38	0:44.72
3	35	Erik Stark	0:47.50	0:46.04	0:45.00
4	5	Thani Al Qemzi	0:47.02	0:45.91	0:45.06
5	14	Jonas Andersson	0:46.81	0:46.58	0:45.22
6	3	Ahmed Al Hameli	0:48.08	0:46.55	0:45.23
7	8	Peter Morin	0:47.89	0:47.04
8	1	Alex Carella	0:47.65	0:47.25
9	37	Francesco Cantando	0:48.24	0:47.50
10	7	Philippe Chiappe	0:47.95	0:47.52
11	10	Duarte Benavente	0:48.56	0:47.91
12	51	Bartek Marszalek	0:48.09
13	9	Grant Trask	0:48.82
14	12	Filip Roms	0:48.98
15	11	Sami Selio	0:49.37
16	73	Cédric Deguisne	0:50.84
17	36	Simone Bianca Schuft	0:54.85
18	74	Suttiphan Sookbuangbon	0:55.00
19	15	Erik Edin	0:57.03