The #38 Baia High Performance team had briefly been the only team to have beaten the defending champion #44 Conam Yachts outfit on the water this year, but 12 timing infringements over the duration of the race netted them a six-minute penalty that puts #44 Conam Yachts on the top step and knocked #38 Baia High Performance down to fifth place in the race results.

The #22 Big Sergio outfit is now second in the race results, while the #26 Team Konrad Wild Card entry secures the final podium spot as part of an impressive debut outing.

That change in result puts the #44 Conam Yachts team within 10 points of defending their 2007 SuperSport title in 2008. A points finish in Sunday's Endurance race for the #44 Conam Yachts team will put this year's championship crown beyond the reach of the #07 Microlink PC and #38 Baia High Performance teams.

Commenting on www.chaudronpowerboats.com after the announcement of the official result the Maltese pilot Aaron Ciantar said "We had a bad start having to race for the first laps behind two boats. We gradually managed to get on to second place behind the Italian duo Stefano Acanfora, and Renato Guidi of #38 Baia High Performance team . I had the feeling that they were exceeding the average speed and so decided to stay behind them limiting ourselves to our standard 85mph" remarked Ciantar. "If Angelo and had decided to try and overtake Big Sergio we would have risked over speeding ourselves so we decide to play it safe and finishing in second place" continued to explain Ciantar. "Immediately after we got off the boat we headed towards the judges stand to verify the result and they immediately stated that they were investigating a possible exceeding of average speed by the #38 Baia High Performance. As soon as this was officially confirmed we were declared as winners of today's race. I do really hope we win also tomorrow so we will be mathematically crowned again World Champions" concluded the Maltese P1 Pilot.