Guido Cappellini

Italy

Born: 7.9.1959

Classes: F1, F-3000, S-850, F-3, Off Class 1

First race 1983

The Best - best ever F1 boat driver with 10 World Champion titles. Before powerboating runs kart. Won Italian championship and European championship. 1983 won 100 miles race with S-850 boat. Same year won 6 hours of Paris in class F3. 1985 was fifth in F3 World championship. 1991 won Italian championship in class F-3000. Started in F1 1986 and was there 24 years. Took 70 pole positions and 62 race wins in 171 F1 races. Four consecutive World Champion titles in F1. Nobody else is better! He was elected as member of UIM Hall of Fame in 2017.

Boat builder - DAC. Now (2010) is driver in Offshore Class 1.

Favourite boat number 74.

World records (still valid 2011):

• 1996 R-5000 216.702 km/h

• 2005 F1 2.0 litres 233.089 km/h

• 2005 F1 2.5 litres 256,256 km/h

• 2005 F1 3.0 litres 244,937 km/h

Homepage: http://www.guidocappellini.com/

In F1:

• 1986 XVII

• 1987 XIX

• 1988 V

• 1989 IV

• 1990 VIII

• 1991 VI

• 1992 V

• 1993 I

• 1994 I

• 1995 I

• 1996 I

• 1997 III

• 1998 II

• 1999 I

• 2000 III

• 2001 I

• 2002 I

• 2003 I

• 2004 IV

• 2005 I

• 2006 II

• 2007 II

• 2008 X

• 2009 I