Shaun Torrente lead Team Abu Dhabi to a win in the 24 Hours of Rouen which add to his 2018 F1H2O and XCAT Word Titles.
The Emirati crew managed to keep the lead of the race from the early hours of session 2 until the very end, whereas an unfortunate Team Nollet powered by New Star (2) was forced to retire due to engine issues.
Team Abu Dhabi (35) accomplished an astonishing result of 836 overall laps which enabled them to become the golden medalist of the 56th edition of the historical 24 hour race.
An ill-fated engine breakdown forced Team Hafa Racing (28) to abandon the competition just 15 minutes before the checkered flag, leaving B.R.T (27) in the second spot and Team Abu Dhabi (36) in third.
An enthusiastic Shaun Torrente revealed:
It’s really awesome for us, it was a great 24 Hours. The guys did an incredible job and made the boat perfect, our boat was basically flawless, we only brought it in a few times just for maintenance and we never broke or damaged anything really.
We’re extremely blessed and thrilled.
Photos: Chris Davies
24 Heures Motonautiques de Rouen 2019
| Class | Race Number | Team | Boat | Driver 1 | Driver 2 | Driver 3 | Driver 4 | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S2 | #35 | Team Abu Dhabi | DAC | Shaun Torrente (USA) | Rashed Al Qemzi (UAE) | Rashed Al Tayer (UAE) | Tullio Abbate (ITA) | 836 |
| S2 | #27 | B.R.T. | Baba | Alexandre Bourgeot (FRA) | Jean‐Baptiste Gouley (FRA) | Thierry Petiot (FRA) | Dominick Thomas (FRA) | 771 |
| S2 | #36 | Team Abu Dhabi | DAC | Faleh Al Mansoori (UAE) | Rashed Al Remeithi (UAE) | Majed Al Mansoori (UAE) | Mohamed Al Mehairbi (UAE) | 697 |
| S2 | #32 | Team Navikart Solidaires en Peloton | Moore | Sébastien Lemoine (FRA) | Stéphane Lemoine (FRA) | Olivier Bétin (FRA) | Philippe Tourre (FRA) | 695 |
| S2 | #1 | Team Nollet Powered by New Star | DAC | Dmitry Malkin (RUS) | Andrei Paniushkin (RUS) | Roman Vandyshev (RUS) | Dmitriy Vandyshev (RUS) | 684 |
| S2 | #4 | Somedec Racing Team | Moore | Alain Delpeuch (FRA) | Pierre Pujol (FRA) | Lionnel Appietto (FRA) | Laurent Gimenez (FRA) | 665 |
| S2 | #2 | Team Nollet Powered by New Star | DAC | Philippe Chiappe (FRA) | Nelson Morin (FRA) | Peter Morin (FRA) | Konstantin Ustinov (RUS) | 614 |
| S3 | #41 | Arion Racing | Moore | David Helluin (FRA) | Margot Lemesle (FRA) | Flavien Ducellier (FRA) | Fabrice Antoncic (FRA) | 526 |
| S3 | #87 | CMN | Burgess | Paul Palenzuela (FRA) | Guillaume Drugeon (FRA) | Jason Houisse (FRA) | 498 | |
| S3 | #99 | Team Boat 99 | Moore | Quentin Dailly (FRA) | Jérémy Brisset (FRA) | Romuald Kauffman (FRA) | 493 | |
| S3 | #69 | DEFI24H ESIGELEC | Molgaard | Thibaut Clément (FRA) | Quentin Ouagadjio (FRA) | Thomas Folkmann (FRA) | Dylan Huybant (FRA) | 438 |
| X | #50 | VSI Racing | Burgess | Alexandre Fouquet (FRA) | Adam Carly (FRA) | Michaël Dragutin (FRA) | William Lebret (FRA) Antoine Hinfray (FRA) | 418 |
| S3 | #77 | Team SV RACING | Moore | Jean‐Marc Feyt (FRA) | Philippe Grognet (FRA) | Samuel Buisson (FRA) | Arnaud Desbuissons (FRA) | 412 |
| S3 | #70 | Viking Inshore Club | Moore | Yohann Racine (FRA) | Thomas Gosselin (FRA) | Quentin Gratigny (FRA) | Arnaud Cariou (FRA) | 404 |
| S3 | #68 | Phoenix Racing Team | Baba | Claire Buquet (FRA) | Chloé Le Deunff (FRA) | Hervé Pointier (FRA) | Lubna Poulet (FRA) | 376 |
| S3 | #67 | Phoenix Racing Team | Molgaard | Richard Le Goadec (FRA) | Bernard Poulet (FRA) | Sébastien Queva (FRA) | Stéphane Sellem (FRA) | 348 |
| S2 | #28 | Team Hafa Racing | Moore | Philippe Boutrais (FRA) | Antoine Boutrais (FRA) | Aurelien Loutz (FRA) | Jean‐Baptiste Thomas (FRA) | 769 (DNF) |
| S3 | #72 | Team Magaur | Molgaard | Julien Beaucourt (FRA) | Ben Jelf (GBR) | Joris Colleret (FRA) | Antonin Ferreira (FRA) | 478 (DNF) |
| S2 | #26 | X Trem Racing | Moore | Loïc Huet (FRA) | Thomas Cleret (FRA) | Quentin Octau (FRA) | Alexis Fischer (FRA) | 362 (DNF) |
| S2 | #8 | Pegase Touax Racing Team | Moore | Christophe Boyard (FRA) | Xavier Savin (FRA) | Denis Jarnigon (FRA) | Fabrice Boulier (FRA) | 362 (DNF) |
| S3 | #42 | Team Copain Pilote | Moore | Alexandre Jean (FRA) | Florian Pierre (FRA) | Frédéric Girard (FRA) | Ludovic Morice (FRA) Rudy Revert (FRA) | 140 |
| S3 | #71 | Team Magaur | Moore | Xavier Autard (FRA) | Alexis Marchand (FRA) | Alexandre Lechevalier (FRA) | Frédéric Coulodon (FRA) | 504 (DNQ) |
| S3 | #73 | Maverick Racing | Moore | Thomas Batisse (FRA) | Adrien Durant (FRA) | Camille Broutechoux (FRA) | Maël Perrusset (FRA) | 480 (DNQ) |
