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Spirit of Qatar Team
Spirit of Qatar Team
Qatar Team:
Team Qatar entered the Championship in 2003 and is now established as a ‘tour-de-force’ within the sport, with HE Sheikh Hassan bin Jabor Al-Thani and Matteo Nicolini winning the European Championship in 2005.Set up by the Qatar Marine Sports Federation the team took their first Pole Position win and podium finish in Dubai in 2003, winning their first Grand Prix in Oslo in 2004, and taking two further top three finishes in Qatar and Dubai to finish the season fourth overall. In 2005 the team restructured to run independently and entered two boats, collectively taking one race win and four podium finishes, with Qatar 96 taking third in the title race.
In 2006 both boats ran the Mercury-Class 1 engines, with Qatar 95 taking their maiden Grand Prix win in Doha, finishing third overall in the World Championship standings.
In 2007 Qatar 96 took third overall in the title race after finishing on the podium in seven out of eight starts. This season sees a new line-up, with eight times World Champion, Steve Curtis partnering Sheikh Hassan and Nicolini racing alongside Al-Sulaiti.
| Qatar 96: | |
| Length | 12.67 m |
| Beam | 3.75 m |
| Weight | 4800 kgs |
| Engines | Skema V12 |
| Valves | 48 |
| Cylinders | 12 |
| Power | 900hp per engine @ 8500RPM |
| Air Scoops | 62mm air restrictor |
| Gear Box | SCS zero drag |
| Drop Box | SCS |
| Drives | BPM |
| Rudder | Single configuration, Victory design |
| Propellers | Hering / Meta Marine |
| Fuel Tanks | 95 Octane pump gasConsumption - 520litres per racecapacity - 100litres (2 tanks) |
| Top Speed | Approx 170mph |
| Instruments | Telemetry with data transmission in real time with acquisition and visualisation of 68 data by Mahtech |
| Navigation | GPS |
| Builder | Victory Team |
| Designer | Michael Peters |
| Construction | Composites |
| Hull | Catamaran |
| Qatar 95: | |
| Length | 12.67 m |
| Beam | 3.75 m |
| Depth | |
| Weight | 4800 kgs |
| Engines | Sterling V8 Supercharged |
| Valves | 16 |
| Cylinders | 8 |
| Power | 900hp per engine @ 8500RPM |
| Air Scoops | 62mm air restrictor |
| Gear Box | SCS zero drag |
| Drop Box | SCS |
| Drives | BPM |
| Rudder | Single configuration, Victory design |
| Propellers | Hering / Meta Marine |
| Fuel Tanks | 95 Octane pump gas Consumption - 520litres per race capacity - 100litres (2 tanks) |
| Top Speed | Approx 170mph |
| Instruments | Telemetry with data transmission in real time with acquisition and visualisation of 68 data by Mahtech |
| Navigation | GPS |
| Builder | Victory Team |
| Designer | Michael Peters |
| Construction | Composites |
| Hull | Catamaran |
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