The Italian-based outfit have now cleared the 1000-point tally in what has been an incredible season, and are now focused on completing an almost-clean sweep of wins in tomorrow's Endurance race.

"It was a very bad start for us, because the flag didn't seem to go up properly," said Tedeschi. "We were in fifth at the end of the first lap, but we really pushed ourselves to the limit to try and get back up the field as quickly as possible. Once we were in the lead, we could control the pace – especially as we had a few electrical problems from the rough conditions."

When giving his comments to his portal www.chaudronpowerboats.com Aaron Ciantar was jubilant at yet another victory. "It has been very difficult for us to concentrate on today's race because we were already crowned Super Sport class Champions in Vigo and therefore the build up for the race was different. In fact we had a slow start but managed to make it for another top podium. The negative start of today will surely give us more motivation and extra concentration for tomorrow's final race of the season. I want to make the double even here" commented Ciantar.

All eyes were on the battle for second place which could prove vital in the battle for second in the championship chase. On the track, there was little to choose between the #38 Baia High Performance and #07 Microlink PC VoomVoom.com boats, with the Italian team maintaining a narrow margin to the chequered flag.

"It was crucial for us to get second place today," said #38 Baia High Performance navigator Roy Capasso. "It was nice to lead the first few laps, but we were concentrating on our race when #44 Conam Yachts came through. Now tomorrow we'll see what happens. The Endurance race will be very important."

Thanks to scoring third place, the #07 Microlink PC team now enter tomorrow's Endurance race with a narrow lead as they try and secure second place in the standings. "Obviously we would have preferred to have been first or second, but to be honest we just wanted to make sure we didn't do anything stupid," said pilot Gareth Williams. "A DNF today would have been a disaster. Now we know what we have to do tomorrow."

The #26 Team Konrad Wild Card team scored an impressive fourth place on the second of their two-race taster of Powerboat P1, finishing ahead of the #46 Spirit Of Portomaso entry. The #17 Going Lean Wild Card outfit scored a solid sixth place in their first Powerboat P1 appearance, while the #08 Phoenix boat limped home last of the points finishers. The #22 Big Sergio boat retired midway through the race, while the #47 Silverline Buzzi Bullet team failed to make the start with turbo problems.