Tuesday, 12 November, DOHA (Qatar): Kuwait’s Yousef Al Abdulrazzaq and Slovenia’s Rok Florjancic remain unbeaten in their respective categories at the season mid-point and look to be cruising and on a perfect course to World titles.

With just two events remaining riders are preparing for this week’s Grand Prix of Qatar [13-16] in Doha, round 3 [Runabout & Ski GP1 and 4 [Freestyle] of the UIM-ABP Aquabike World Championship.

The 33-year-old Kuwaiti rider has been a revelation this season and has dominated in Runabout GP1, but it is not simply his four wins and Grand Prix titles in Italy and China that have impressed, but the manner in which in each outing he has decimated a world-class field of riders.

Jeremy Perez heads a trio of French riders, including last year’s Doha Grand Prix winner Cyrille Lemoine and defending World Champion Francois Medori, who so far this season have simply had no answer to the pace of the Kuwaiti star.

With a maximum 100 points from four races Abdulrazzaq is 32-points clear of Perez in the title race with Lemoine a further eight points adrift in third.

In the spectacular Freestyle category the Slovenian ace from Maribor is in a different league to his rivals and with six heat wins from six after two events in China and one in Italy, is on a maximum 150 points at the top of the table, 37-points clear of defending World Champion his younger brother Nac.

The Ski GP1 category for men is not so clear cut with three riders in with a shout at the title; Spain’s Nacho Armillas and Portugal’s Tiago Sousa have both racked up double heat wins and lifted a Grand Prix title apiece this season, but it is Italy’s Mr Consistent Alberto Monti who with four second place finishes leads the title race on 80-points, one ahead of Armillas with Sousa in third on 60.

In the Ladies division Slovenia’s Pija Sumer leads the title race after a double heat win in China following a surprise defeat in the season-opener to French rider Jennifer Menard and leads Marta Sorrentino by 23-points.

This week’s Aquabike Grand Prix of Qatar gets underway tomorrow with rider registration and technical scrutineering to kick-start a ten-day festival of speed in the Qatari capital.

Powerboats take over on 20-21 November with Nations Cup followed by round four of the F1H2O World Championship and the F-4S Eurofin Trophy on 21-23.