Sami Seliö
Sami Seliö | |
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Sami Seliö (left) in 2008 | |
Nationality | Finnish |
Born |
Lohja, Finland | May 5, 1975
F1 Powerboat World Championship career | |
Debut season | 1998 |
Current team | BaBa Racing |
Former teams |
Team Europe Velden Racing Team Seliö F1 Powerboat |
Starts | 132 |
Wins | 12 |
Poles | 23 |
Fastest laps | 10 |
Best finish | 1st in 2007, 2010 |
Previous series | |
1996 1988-90 |
World Formula 4 Finnish SJ-15 |
Championship titles | |
2007, 2010 1990 |
F1 Powerboat World Championship Finnish SJ-15 |
Sami Seliö (born 5 May 1975 in Lohja, Finland) is a Finnish powerboat racer and two-time Formula 1 Powerboat World Champion. Seliö races for the BaBa Racing team and has competed in the series since 1998.[1]
Racing career
Seliö began his career in Finland in the national SJ-15 class in 1988, a category which he won 1990. By the mid 1990s he had progressed up the classes and in 1996 finished third overall in the Formula 4 World Championship. In 1998 he made his debut in Formula 1 and a string of points finishes brought with it the Rookie of the Year award for 1998. Over the following years Seliö gained experience and in 2005 enjoyed his best season to date as he finished second in the championship. Two years later in 2007, Seliö won the first of his World Championships. He was 16 points behind Italian Guido Cappellini entering the last race of the season in Sharjah, but as Cappellini wrecked his boat with ten laps to go, Seliö won the race to give him the championship by a margin of just four points.[2]
The 2007 season began a sequence of four consecutive years where Seliö never ended lower than third in the championship. In his title defence year of 2008, he finished runner-up and he slipped one place to third at the end of 2009. The 2010 season would see Seliö clinch his second world title, again coming from behind in the points, this time to beat Jay Price, at the final race of the year.[3]
In October 2011 in Liuzhou, China, Seliö lost control of his boat at 200 km/h and was concussed, broke his ribs and coccyx, and his right eye developed a hematoma.[4] He missed the final two races of the season, but was able to return in time for 2012, where he eventually finished fourth overall. In 2013 Seliö would also finish fourth at the end of the season but entered the final race leading the championship. Having crashed out of qualifying[5] he started well down the field and a retirement in the race meant no points, and the chance at a third title was lost.[6]
Racing record
Complete Formula 1 Powerboat World Championship results
Year | Entrant | Hull | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | WDC | Points |
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1998 | Team Europe | Velden | Mercury 2l | ITA | RUS | FRA Ret |
FIN 6 |
GRE 9 |
ITA 5 |
HUN 5 |
RUS | ABU 4 |
9th | 30 | |||||||
1999 | Team Europe | Velden | Mercury 2l | POR 9 |
ITA DNS |
RUS C1 |
FRA Ret |
HUN Ret |
RUS | TUR 32 |
AUT 63 |
ABU Ret |
11th | 14 | |||||||
2000 | Team Finland | Velden | Johnson 3l | POR DNS |
BEL DNS |
HUN DNS |
LAT Ret |
FRA DNS |
ITA | POL | BUL | TUR | ITA 6 |
AUT Ret |
SHA Ret |
ABU 5 |
15th | 12 | |||
2001 | Team Finland | DAC | Johnson 3l | MAL 2 |
POR Ret |
HUN 5 |
LAT 9 |
ITA Ret |
ITA 13 |
GER Ret |
IRE 6 |
SHA 7 |
ABU Ret |
9th | 33 | ||||||
2002 | Vivid Velden Racing Team | DAC | Johnson 3l | POR 2 |
ITA Ret |
FIN Ret |
HUN 5 |
ITA Ret |
GER Ret |
MAL Ret |
IRE Ret |
SHA Ret |
ABU DNS |
11th | 22 | ||||||
2003 | Viemerö F1 | DAC | Mercury 2.5l | POR Ret |
FIN Ret |
ITA Ret |
GER DNS |
MAL Ret |
SIN 7 |
SHA 5 |
ABU 5 |
10th | 18 | ||||||||
2004 | Seliö F1 Powerboat | BaBa | Mercury 2.5l | IND 4 |
KSA 3 |
POR Ret |
ITA 2 |
ITA 9 |
CHN 9 |
SIN 3 |
MAL Ret |
KOR 44 |
SHA 3 |
5th | 64 | ||||||
2005 | Seliö F1 Powerboat | BaBa | Mercury 2.5l | POR 12 |
ITA 2 |
SIN 25 |
QAT 3 |
ABU Ret |
SHA 2 |
2nd | 49.5 | ||||||||||
2006 | Red Devil Seliö F1 | BaBa | Mercury 2.5l | QAT 6 |
POR Ret |
ITA Ret |
CHN 10 |
ABU 6 |
SHA 4 |
10th | 20 | ||||||||||
2007 | F1 Team Energy | BaBa | Mercury 2.5l | POR 4 |
FRA 1 |
CHN 3 |
CHN 3 |
QAT 5 |
QAT 7 |
ABU 1 |
SHA 1 |
1st | 104 | ||||||||
2008 | Woodstock Red Devil Racing | BaBa | Mercury 2.5l | QAT 4 |
POR 8 |
FIN Ret |
RUS 2 |
CHN Ret |
CHN 1 |
ABU 5 |
SHA 2 |
2nd | 69 | ||||||||
2009 | Team Mad Croc | BaBa | Mercury 2.5l | POR 1 Ret |
POR 2 Ret |
FIN 1 5 |
FIN 2 3 |
RUS 1 Ret |
RUS 2 2 |
CHN 1 1 |
CHN 2 Ret |
CHN 1 4 |
CHN 2 1 |
QAT 1 Ret |
QAT 2 6 |
ABU 1 3 |
ABU 2 Ret |
SHA 1 2 |
SHA 2 1 |
3rd | 135 |
2010 | Team Mad Croc | BaBa | Mercury 2.5l | POR DSQ |
RUS 1 |
CHN 2 |
CHN Ret |
CHN 4 |
QAT 2 |
ABU 1 |
SHA 2 |
1st | 94 | ||||||||
2011 | Mad Croc F1 Team | BaBa | Mercury 2.5l | QAT 14 |
POR 4 |
TAR DNS |
UKR 3 |
CHN Ret |
ABU | SHA | 7th | 21 | |||||||||
2012 | Mad Croc F1 Team | BaBa | Mercury 2.5l | QAT 3 |
TAR 4 |
UKR 1 |
CHN Ret |
ABU 3 |
SHA 5 |
4th | 60 | ||||||||||
2013 | Mad Croc Baba Racing Team | BaBa | Mercury 2.5l | BRA 1 |
UKR 4 |
CHN 2 |
QAT Ret |
ABU 1 |
SHA Ret |
4th | 64 | ||||||||||
2014 | Mad Croc Baba Racing Team | BaBa | Mercury 2.5l | QAT Ret |
CHN 8 |
MID 3 |
ABU 4 |
SHA 4 |
4th | 33 | |||||||||||
2015 | Mad Croc Baba Racing Team | BaBa | Mercury 2.5l | QAT Ret |
FRA 5 |
POR Ret |
CHN 3 |
ABU 4 |
SHA 5 |
7th | 35 | ||||||||||
2016 | BaBa Racing | BaBa | Mercury 2.5l | DUB DNS |
CRO | FRA | POR | CHN | CHN | TBA | TBA | ABU | SHA | N/A* | –* |
* Season still in progress.
- ^1 The 1999 Grand Prix of Russia was halted after 12 laps with results annulled and no points awarded.
- ^2 The starting grid for the 1999 Grand Prix of Turkey was formed on the basis of current championship standings following the İzmit earthquake, with the race held as planned on Sunday 22 August.
- ^3 The 1999 Grand Prix of Austria was stopped after seven laps, with the results taken from the completion of the seventh lap, and no points awarded.
- ^4 The 2004 Grand Prix of Korea was run under the 'match race' format, and the event thus did not count towards the final championship standings and no points were awarded.
- ^5 The 2005 Grand Prix of Singapore was halted after 18 laps, with half points awarded.
References
- ↑ "Mad-Croc Baba Racing Team: Sami Selio". F1H2O. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ↑ "Selio Wins Sharjah And Is New World Champion!". F1H2O. 14 December 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
- ↑ "Selio's 2nd Place Seals A World Title In Sharjah!". F1H2O. 10 December 2010. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
- ↑ "Selio Hopes for Return To Emirates Despite Injuries!". F1H2O. 16 October 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
- ↑ "Carella-Torrente One-Two While Selio Crashes Out!". F1H2O. 12 December 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
- ↑ "Carella Locks Down Third Straight Title With Win In Sharjah!". F1H2O. 13 December 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2016.