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Popeyes Offshore Grand Prix Lake Pontchartrain, New Orleans, Louisiana [7] 2002 Super Boat International Lake Pontchartrain, New Orleans, Louisiana [8] 2003 Super Boat International Lake Pontchartrain, New Orleans, Louisiana [9] [10] 2008 Offshore Super Series: Al Copeland Memorial Races Lake Pontchartrain, New Orleans, Louisiana [11]
The 52 Super Series is set up thanks to the initiative of the Argentinian Alberto Roemmers (ARG, Azzurra/Matador), Doug DeVos (USA, Quantum Racing) and Niklas Zennström (SWE, Rán Racing) in collaboration with the TP 52 Class Manager Rob Weiland (NED) and Lars Böcking (GER) of Jacaranda Marketing (SPA-GER) who put the concept together.
From 1987 to 1989, there was no official Formula 1 championship. The FONDA World Grand Prix Series continued to operate with title sponsorship from Budweiser and benefitted from F1's demise in Europe as drivers moved back over. In simple terms Mercury's two litre formula had outlasted OMC's monster 3.5-litre V8s but the reality was far more ...
The competition changed the nature of the class with it becoming a pinnacle inshore/coastal event for grand prix monohulled yacht racing. The series started off as the MedCup from 2005 to 2011 before evolving in the 52 Super Series .
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A Class 1 race-boat has twin inboard 1100hp engines and can reach speeds in excess of 257 km/h (160 mph). All boats are limited by a minimum weight of 4950 kg. The sport of powerboat racing has undergone unprecedented changes since the earliest recorded race in 1887 in Nice, France, organized by the Paris Sailing Club.
Grand Prix (GP) is a class of boats featuring supercharged big-block V8 piston engines producing as much as 1,500 horsepower. The 23- to 26-foot craft are fast—routinely attaining speeds in excess of 170 miles per hour (273.5 km/h) in the straights. This class of boat races in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
Twelve boats, the majority of which were Italian, raced in the first-ever Grand Prix of the Sea. Starting out with 15-year-old aluminium boats, Powerboat P1 boats evolved dramatically through the decade to the point where the mono-hull twin-engine boats were developing around 1800 hp.