Malaysia is set to host the F1 Powerboat Championship in August next year after a five-year hiatus. The race will be held at the Maritime Centre, Precinct 6, Putrajaya, said H2O Sports Sdn Bhd (H2O) managing director Datuk Yahya A.Jalil.

He said it might be held consecutively with the world junior boat race, the Formula Future, which Malaysia had bid to host next year.

Malaysia first held the F1 Powerboat Championship in 2001 in Tanjung Puteri, Johor followed by at The Mines Resort in Seri Kembangan near here in 2002 and 2003 and the last one at Putrajaya Lake Club in Precinct 8 Putrajaya in 2004.

H2O was informed by F1 Powerboat Championship promoter Idea Marketing S.A of Italy that it had won the bid to host the race last month, Yahya told Bernama.

He said H2O had also been given the nod to hold both races at the Maritime Centre in Precinct 6, Putrajaya by Putrajaya Corporation president Tan Sri Samsudin Osman.

“The Maritime Centre in Precinct 6 is more suitable than other precincts in Putrajaya as the lake is bigger,” he said. On Malaysia’s bid to hold the Formula Future in Putrajaya, he said the result would be known in December.

On the interest shown by Melaka and Terengganu to host F1 Powerboat Championship, he said if they were serious about it, the race could be held there alternately with Precinct 6 Putrajaya.

Although Malaysia had never played host to the Formula Future, national contenders won the championship four times — in 2004 (Lisbon, Portugal), 2005 (Lisbon), 2007 (Leer, Germany) and 2008 (Ravenna, Italy). Malaysia did not defend their titles at the Pushkin Formula Future in St Petersburg, Russia from Aug 17 to 19 due to the H1N1 scare (source: themalaysianinsider.com)

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