Victory Team’s Erik Stark Snatches Pole Position For First Ever F1h2o Race In Vietnam

The Victory Team’s Erik Stark secured a hard-earned pole position for the inaugural Grand Prix of Bình Định-Vietnam in Quy Nhơn after a thrilling qualifying session on Thi Nai Bay on Friday lunchtime.

The Swede’s seventh career pole position and his first since the Grand Prix of Sharjah in 2018 came on his 44th Grand Prix appearance. A late lap of 43.657sec was enough to pip Team Vietnam’s Jonas Andersson by just 0.293sec. Andersson’s talented young Estonian team-mate Stefan Arand qualified in third place.

Stark said: “Today, we took the pole and finally from Jonas. We have been doing this for like three races now going back and forth. Today was my turn. I have been in this situation many times with Jonas, three or four minutes left and I am leading and then he takes it on the last lap. The last minute felt so long but we did it. The boat was amazing to drive!”

 
Final Qualifications Results
1- Victory 4, Erik Stark  (00:43.657 )
2- Vietnam 1, Jonas Anderson (00:43.950)
3- Vietnam 2, Stefan Arand (44.025)
4- Sharjah 17,   Rusty Wyatt (44.168)
5- China 7, Peter Morin (44.451)
6- Norway 77 , Bartek Marszalek (44.879)