The 2011
UIM F1 H2O World Championship was the 28th season of
Formula 1 Powerboat racing. The calendar consisted of seven races, beginning in
Doha,
Qatar on 5 March 2011, and ending in
Sharjah,
UAE on 16 December 2011.[1] Italian
Alex Carella won the Drivers' World Championship, driving for the Qatar Team.[2]
Countries that hosted F1 Powerboat races in 2011, shown in green. Former host nations are shown in pink.
There were a total of 10 individual races originally planned for the 2011 season by the UIM,[1] with events in
St Petersburg,
Nanyang and
Haikou alongside the seven that ultimately took place. These included a brand new race in
Vyshhorod which was announced on 25 January, bringing F1 powerboats to Ukraine for the first time.[5] However on 12 April it was announced that the planned race in St Petersburg was to be rescheduled for 2012, with the Kazan race moved back a week to avoid a clash with the
Class 1 Norwegian Grand Prix.[6]