Kuwaiti
driver Youssef Al Rubayan of the Atlantic Team lost control of his boat
on the 27th lap .... just a fraction of a second before he crashed, the
boat is already completely airborne, leaning over at an angle, and the
propellor is coming out of the water.
(Nikon D700 : Nikkor 28-300mm VR f3.5-5.6 : f8 : 1/250" : 300mm : ISO 200: 30.11.2012 16:10:21)
As
one fin bit into the water, the boat suddenly spun through over 90° in
the air, and smashed sideways into the start-finish marker bouys (whilst
still completely airborne). This accident brought an early finish to the 40 lap race after only 27 laps.
(Nikon D700 : Nikkor 28-300mm VR f3.5-5.6 : f8 : 1/250" : 300mm : ISO 200: 30.11.2012 16:10:23)
Italian
Alex Carella of the Qatar Team held off three World Champions and a
pair of re-starts to take his sixth career victory under a yellow flag
winning the 21st Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi to become a back-to-back World
Champion for the UIM F1 H2O World Championship tour.
(Nikon D700 : Nikkor 28-300mm VR f3.5-5.6 : f8 : 1/250" : 300mm : ISO 200: 30.11.2012 16:29:17)
After the race had been stopped, this guy demontrated how to get his jetski airborne !!
(Nikon D700 : Nikkor 28-300mm VR f3.5-5.6 : f8 : 1/250" : 300mm : ISO 200: 30.11.2012 16:30:38)
(Nikon D700 : Nikkor 28-300mm VR f3.5-5.6 : f8 : 1/250" : 300mm : ISO 200: 30.11.2012 16:34:22)
