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Union Internationale Motonautique

Erik Stark - 4

TEAM: Victory
HULL: DAC
COUNTRY: Sweden
COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE: Täby, SWE
DATE OF BIRTH: 13/11/1987
PLACE OF BIRTH: Stockolm, SWE
HEIGHT: 170 CM
WEIGHT: 70 KG
RACING SUPER LICENSE:
MECHANICS - CREW:

1 - LUCIANO BARBIATI (RADIOMAN)
2 – CLARENCE BONDOC (PONTOON MECHANIC)
3 – DIASDATO BETACURA (PONTOON MECHANIC)
4 – LOOVEPREET SINGH (PONTOON MECHANIC)

DEBUT: 2012
GRAND PRIX ENTERED: 43
RACE STARTS: 42
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: 0
BEST OVERALL CHAMPIONSHIP FINISH: 2
BEST RACE FINISH: 1
BEST QUALIFYING POSITION: 1
CAREER PODIUMS: 12
WIN: 4
2ND: 4
3RD: 4
CAREER POINTS: 272.0
POLE POSITION: 6
LAST WIN: Sharjah 2018
LAST PODIUM: 2 - Sharjah 2023
LAST POLE: Sharjah 2018
PROFILE

ERIK STARK returned to the UIM F1H2O World Championship with the Victory Team at the start of the 2023 season after being absent from the series since the first race of 2021. He has taken four career race wins and 11 podiums and kick-started his 2023 challenge with a third-place finish in Indonesia.

Stark raced for the Maverick F1 Team for the start of the 2019 season, the team he raced with for the opening two rounds of 2018, giving them their first GP win in London before joining Team Abu Dhabi and finishing the year as world number two before joining the Victory Team for the first time.

The 35-year-old Swede is a four-time F2 World Champion and made the transition into F1H2O with seamless ease, making his debut in 2012 before entering full-time from 2014 and claiming his first podium in China. Two more podiums followed in 2015 but his season was interrupted by a crash and a subsequent hand injury. But Erik returned to round out his year by taking his first pole position in Sharjah, finishing fourth and sixth overall in the standings, his best championship finish.

Stark started his racing career at the age of 12 in the Swedish S-250 class. He became the F4-S Nordic Champion in 2006 and was the Swedish T-400 title holder before heading to F2.
CAREER INFOS

2023 - 2nd F1H2O World Championship
2019 - 16th F1H2O World Championship
2018 - 2nd F1H2O World Championship
2017 - 3rd F1H2O World Championship
2016 - 7th F1H2O World Championship
2015 - 6th F1H2O World Championship
2014 - 6th F1H2O World Championship
2014 - F2 World Champion
2013 - F2 World Champion
2012 - 27th F1H2O World Championship
2012 - F2 World Champion
2012 - F2 Nordic Champion
2011 - F2 World Champion
2011 - F2 Nordic Champion
2007 - T-400Swedish Champion
2006 - SL60 Gold overall winner
2006 - F4-S Nordic Champion
2002 - S-250 Swedish Champion

2023 DRIVER GALLERY
2023 DRIVER NEWS
December 10, 2023
TEAM SWEDEN’S JONAS ANDERSSON SEALS TEAMS’ CHAMPIONSHIP WITH VICTORY IN GRAND PRIX OF SHARJAH
 Sunday, December 10:  Team Sweden’s Jonas Andersson led the Road to Sharjah-Grand Prix of Sharjah from start-to-finish to earn his 14th career victory and add a maiden UIM F1H2O ...
F1H2O
December 9, 2023
VICTORY TEAM’S ERIK STARK SEALS SECOND SPRINT RACE AT ROAD TO SHARJAH-GRAND PRIX OF SHARJAH
 Saturday, December 9:  Emirati driver Ahmad Al-Fahim and his Swedish team-mate Erik Stark looked to have given the Dubai-based Victory Team a 1-2 finish in a spectacular Sprint Race B at ...
F1H2O
September 30, 2023
POLE POSITION FOR TEAM SWEDEN’S JONAS ANDERSSON AT REGIONE SARDEGNA GRAN PRIX OF ITALY
Saturday, September 30:  Needing to win Sunday afternoon’s Regione Sardegna Grand Prix of Italy to confirm a second Drivers’ Championship title with one round to spare, Team ...
F1H2O
September 30, 2023
TEAM SWEDEN’S JONAS ANDERSSON SETS FASTEST TIME IN GROUP A QUALIFYING
Saturday, September 30:  Team Sweden’s Jonas Andersson set the fastest lap of 36.022 seconds during the opening qualifying session for the Group A entrants at the Regione Sardegna Grand ...
F1H2O
September 29, 2023
ANDERSSON PIPS STARK TO FASTEST TIME IN OPENING GROUP A FREE PRACTICE SESSION
Friday, September 29:  Team Sweden’s Jonas Andersson carded a best lap of 36.764 seconds and pipped the Victory Team’s Erik Stark by 0.213 seconds to top the times in a thrilling ...
F1H2O
September 25, 2023
COULD TEAM SWEDEN’S JONAS ANDERSSON SEAL HIS SECOND WORLD TITLE IN OLBIA?
  Monday, September 25:  Team Sweden’s Jonas Andersson arrives in Sardinia for this weekend’s Regione Sardegna Grand Prix of Italy in a very strong position in the 2023 UIM ...
F1H2O
April 29, 2023
SHAUN TORRENTE LAYS DOWN A MARKER BY WINNING THE FREE PRACTICE SESSION
Saturday, April 29: Defending three-time World Champion Shaun Torrente gave his rivals a firm indication that he means business this weekend when he topped the times in Saturday morning’s free ...
F1H2O
February 26, 2023
POLAND’S BARTEK MARSZALEK LEADS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP AFTER VICTORY IN INDONESIA
Sunday, February 26:  The Strømøy Racing F1H2O Team’s Bartek Marszalek leads the 2023 UIM F1H2O World Championship after winning the opening sprint race at the Kopiko Grand ...
F1H2O
February 24, 2023
THANI AL-QAMZI FASTEST IN EXTRA FREE PRACTICE IN INDONESIA
Friday, February 24:  Team Abu Dhabi’s Thani Al-Qamzi stole a march on his rivals to top the timings in the extra free practice session for this weekend’s Kopiko Grand Prix of ...
F1H2O
February 23, 2023
RACERS MAKE FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR FRIDAY’S EXTRA FREE PRACTICE SESSION
  Thursday, February 23:  The 10 teams and 20 racers taking part in this weekend’s Kopiko Grand Prix of Indonesia, the opening round of the 2023 UIM F1H2O World Championship, ...
F1H2O
January 13, 2023
VICTORY TEAM RETURNS TO THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
  Friday, January 13:  H2O Racing, the promoter and organiser of the F1H2O World Championship, and the Dubai International Marine Club (DIMC) recently announced a spectacular return ...
F1H2O