UIM F2 World Championship Bahrain GP race rescheduled to today
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Al Manamah, Bahrain; 16 October, 2009: The UIM F2 World Championship race has been postponed till today announced Abdul Salam Fairooz, Managing Director of Formula World Sports and organizer and promoter of the UIM F2 World & Continental Powerboat Championship 2009. The race that was to take place on October 16th has been delayed till mid-day today (Oct. 17th) due to technical problems that are being resolved. Mr. Fairooz said: “We are closely coordinating with the H.H Crown Prince Office to resolve some technical issues in order to reach up to the crowd expectations. We are looking at being fare to the marine sports enthusiasts and the racers, thus we saw it is better to postpone the race one more day.” Mr. Fairooz added that the past two days we have witnessed a great attendance from sports fanatics and crowds from Bahrain and the world, “since we have seen the crowds and the interaction with the events alongside race, this gave us another reason to call for another extra day for the event and allow our crowds to enjoy more of the power boat racing.” The new schedule for race is available on www.f2wc.com, the race will take place at 13:00 October 17th at the Amwaj Marina at the Amwaj -Islands Kingdom of Bahrain. Earlier during the day Qualifiying round 2 will also be held as well as the F2 Parade lap. Mr. Fairooz again expressed his gratitude to the government of Kingdom of Bahrain headed by H.H Shaikh Hamad bin Issa Al Khalifa, King of Bahrain and H.H Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince for his direct support and directives to provide all the facilities needed to achieve international accomplishments. The UAE National is the managing director of Formula World Sports and has been involved in the sport for almost 15 years both as a driver and as a promoter. Fairooz was awarded by the Union International Motonautique or U.I.M the rights to promote the UIM F2 World and Continental Championships for three years. Formula 2 boats are equipped with 2-liter stock engines generating 200 HP and speeds up to 200 km/h. Hulls of Formula 2 boats reach a minimum length of 4.8 meters and minimum weight of 513 kg, which includes the driver. Due to their specially designed tunnel hulls, Formula 2 boats are able to turn almost instantaneously incurring more G forces than any other racing machine on the planet. The UIM is the international governing body of power boating. It is recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and is also a member of the General Association of International Sports Federations and the Association of the IOC-Recognized International Sports Federations. -------------------------------------------
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