The inclement weather may have put paid to the second leg of the Powerboat P1 Portuguese Grand Prix of the Sea on Sunday afternoon but nothing could dampen the celebrations of the newly crowned world champions in SuperSport. Roscioli Hotels Roma, the Italian outfit of Angelo Tedeschi, Fabio Magnani, Ugo Pellegrino were declared winners of the Portuguese Grand Prix of the Sea following their outstanding performance in Saturday's first leg thus securing them the 2007 Powerboat P1 SuperSport World Title, beating British team Buzzi Bullet by 100 points. In a season packed with drama that saw three leading contenders look capable of winning the title, the Mercruiser-powered Chaudron of Roscioli Hotels Roma achieved 8 podium finishes including four outright wins.

For much of Saturday's race, Extremeboat, with Mike Shelton once again providing a masterclass in navigation, were dominant and a bitter sweet victory - coming 24 hours after the team had been deducted the points it won in the last GP in Belgium for a regulation infringement - looked on the cards. However the win for Roscioli Hotels Roma extended the team's lead and only victory on Sunday for Buzzi Bullet, with the Italians failing to finish would alter the outcome.

Buzzi Bullet had entered Saturday's race in second place in the championship standings with a deficit of 80 points. Finishing ahead of the championship leaders was their primary objective and they pulled out all the stops to do just that. As anticipated, the race started with real gusto with all four contenders for the title, Roscioli Hotels, Buzzi Bullet III, Extremeboat and VoomVoom showing early intent.
 

They were joined in the early stages battle at the front by Sun Lik Beer although its lead was short-lived as the team were forced to retire on lap 3 with mechanical problems. As the boats settled into a rhythm, it was Extremeboat that looked the most impressive, building up its lead lap on lap. Behind them Roscioli Hotels, Buzzi Bullet and VoomVoom were battling for position with Roscioli Hotels Roma nosing ahead of Buzzi Bullet as the racing intensified. However, it was the Italians that emerged victorious once Extremeboat had dropped off the pace with a broken trim and Buzzi Bullet, despite a late assault, was beaten into second place.

All three podium places were at this point set to be decided by the second leg of the Grand Prix on the final day of the season, the third year in a row that Powerboat P1 has ended in this way. "We are very close to winning the World Championship and this is very important to us," said Tedeschi after the first race. "The conditions were rough today so we will check over the boat before tomorrow's race to make sure that we will be reliable and able cross the finish line and get those valuable ten points. This sport is tricky so we wait to see what happens but Chaudron have provided us with a very good boat and have helped us a lot this season."