In 1999, Round 1 of the UIM F1 Championships was help in the beautifull holiday town of Portimao. It was a new era as the teams faced right hand turns for the first time. Guido Cappellini was up against American, Scott Gillman, Italy's Massimo Roggerio and Perti Leppala from Finland. Australian Craig Bailey was Gillman's teammate that year, helping to develop a brand new Italian built boat for the Emirates Team
The 2004 F1 Powerboat Tour was a hard fought Series, to kick it off the teams headed up to Ballina on the Northern NSW Coast, Australia. Craig Bailey was in a borrowed boat and Dave Trask had arrived with a brand new GTR. This is Round 1 from Ballina.
Teams headed to Bundaberg for Round 2 of the 2004 Australian F1 Powerboat Tour. Dave Trask was back in his new GTR boat, and rookie Rhys Coles had recently made the step up to F1. Jeremy Crook, Mark Evans and Brett Atkinson were all there as well, all the action from Rd 2.
For Round 3 the F1 Powerboat Tour headed to Dargle Valley in NSW, the "Bathurst on Water". Gavin Bricker now starting to pressure Craig Bailey for points as was new driver Rhys Coles.