F1H2o have announced that their Chief Timekeeper, Steva Fidanovski has passed away.

They issued this message on f1h2o.com today:

It is with great sadness and with heavy hearts that we announce the very tragic news that our colleague and dear friend Steva Fidanovski has died.

All our thoughts and prayers go out to his wife and family.

Steva joined H2O Racing in 2003 becoming a highly respected, valued and ever-present member of the international powerboat and aquabike community and during his many years with us has been instrumental in working on the development of race timing and telemetry systems.