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Gillman wins Portimão F1 Powerboat Grand Prix

• 17 May 2007 •

WORLD Champion Scott Gillman of the Emirates Team held off the challenge of Italian Guido Cappellini and American Jay Price to win the opening round of the 2007 UIM F1 World Championship for power boating at the 9th Annual Grand Prix of Portugal, in front of thousands of race fans along the 1.66 kilometre course on the Arade River on Portugal's Algarve Coast.

The four-times world title holder led from the start and never looked back while feeling the pressure from Cappellini, who dogged him for the full 60 laps in his new Tamoil DAC hull, especially made for the newly mandated crash boxes for added protection of the drivers around the cockpit area.

Cappellini had some drama just before the start when he realised his engine had a defective flywheel that needed to be changed just before the parade lap. Californian Gillman battled two re-starts after a pair of crashes in mid race by Italian Francesco Cantando and team mate Ahmed Al Hamli and continued to keep Cappellini at bay until the end of the Grand Prix to win for the second time in Portugal and the 23rd time in his 10 year F1 career.

“We did what we had to do in such a physically taxing event today,” stated Gillman. “Our set-up wasn't the best but we were able to come away with an important win to lead the championship and look forward to next weekend in La Rochelle and the Grand Prix of France.”

With his victory, Gillman leads the World Championship points table with 20, followed by Cappellini's 15, and Jay Price's 12. The next round of the 2007 UIM F1 World Championship will be this weekend on France's West Coast in the city of La Rochelle as the series returns to France for the 18th time and the first since 2000 on May 20.

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