H2O Racing
Union Internationale Motonautique

Erik Stark - 4

TEAM: Victory Team
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 BARBATI (RADIOMAN)
2 – CLARENCE BONDOC (PONTOON MECHANIC)
3 – DIASDATO BETACURA (PONTOON MECHANIC)
4 – LOOVEPREET SINGH (PONTOON MECHANIC)

DEBUT: 2012
GRAND PRIX ENTERED: 47
RACE STARTS: 47
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: 0
BEST OVERALL CHAMPIONSHIP FINISH: 2
BEST RACE FINISH: 1
BEST QUALIFYING POSITION: 1
CAREER PODIUMS: 15
WIN: 5
2ND: 6
3RD: 4
CAREER POINTS: 304.5
POLE POSITION: 7
LAST WIN: Quy Nhon-Binh Dinh 2024
LAST PODIUM: 2 - Shanghai 2024
LAST POLE: Quy Nhon-Binh Dinh 2024
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, four second places, four thirds and 12 podiums. He finished as runner-up to Jonas Andersson in 2023 after earning a third-place finish in Indonesia, fourth in China, a pair of fifths in France and Sardinia and the runner-up spot in Sharjah.
Stark was part of 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 36-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.
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

2024 DRIVER GALLERY
2024 DRIVER NEWS
October 18, 2024
CHINA CTIC TEAM’S PETER MORIN WINS SECOND SPRINT RACE IN ZHENGZHOU
Friday, October 18:  The China CTIC Team’s Peter Morin held off a fierce challenge from the Sharjah Team’s World Championship leader Rusty Wyatt to secure a 1.94-second victory in ...
F1H2O
October 17, 2024
ANDERSSON AND STARK SET THE PACE IN SECOND FREE PRACTICE IN CHINA
Thursday, October 17: Defending World Champion Jonas Andersson and the Victory Team’s Erik Stark set the pace in the second free practice session for the New Development Grand Prix of ...
F1H2O
October 17, 2024
JONAS ANDERSSON FASTEST IN FIRST FREE PRACTICE IN ZHENGZHOU
  Thursday, October 17:  Team Vietnam’s Jonas Andersson set the pace with a fastest lap of 44.445sec to top the times in the first free practice session for the New Development Grand ...
F1H2O
October 14, 2024
WYATT LEADS THE WAY AS F1H2O WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP HEADS TO ZHENGZHOU
Monday, October 14:  The recent Grand Prix of Shanghai China may have been shortened to 11 laps because of the freak weather conditions on the Huangpu River but the outcome of the race proved ...
F1H2O
October 6, 2024
SHARJAH TEAM’S WYATT STORMS TO VICTORY IN WEATHER-SHORTENED RACE IN SHANGHAI
  Sunday, October 6:  The Sharjah Team’s Rusty Wyatt led a shortened Grand Prix of Shanghai China from a rolling start to a premature finish to extend his lead in the UIM F1H2O World ...
F1H2O
October 5, 2024
SHARJAH TEAM’S WYATT EARNS POLE POSITION IN TRICKY CONDITIONS IN SHANGHAI
  Saturday, October 5:  The Sharjah Team’s Rusty Wyatt mastered the tricky race conditions better than his rivals to claim pole position after a frenetic qualifying session in tricky ...
F1H2O
June 14, 2024
TEAM VIETNAM’S JONAS ANDERSSON FASTEST IN FIRST FREE PRACTICE IN SARDINIA
Friday, June 14:  A fastest lap of 37.621sec was sufficient for Team Vietnam’s defending World Champion Jonas Andersson to top the times in the opening one-hour free practice session for ...
F1H2O
May 28, 2024
MAVERICK RACING STARTS RECRUITMENT DRIVE FOR 2025 SEASON
  Tuesday, May 28:  As teams and race officials countdown to the forthcoming Regione Sardegna Grand Prix of Italy on June 14th-16th, Maverick Racing has begun to test the waters and sound ...
F1H2O
March 31, 2024
VICTORY TEAM’S ERIK STARK SECURES START-TO-FINISH WIN IN VIETNAM
Sunday, March 31:  The Victory Team’s Erik Stark took full advantage of his pole position to lead a yellow-flag interrupted first-ever Grand Prix of Bình Định-Vietnam from ...
F1H2O
March 30, 2024
VITAL FIRST SPRINT RACE VICTORY FOR ERIK STARK IN VIETNAM
  Saturday, March 30:  The Victory Team’s Erik Stark held off a persistent challenge from the Sharjah Team’s championship leader Rusty Wyatt to win the first of two Sprint ...
F1H2O
March 29, 2024
VICTORY TEAM’S ERIK STARK SNATCHES POLE POSITION FOR FIRST EVER F1H2O RACE IN VIETNAM
Friday, March 29:  The Victory Team’s Erik Stark secured a hard-earned pole position for the inaugural Grand Prix of Bình Định-Vietnam in Quy Nhơn after a thrilling qualifying ...
F1H2O
March 29, 2024
HISTORIC FIRST FREE PRACTICE SESSION SUCCESS FOR TEAM VIETNAM’S JONAS ANDERSSON IN QUY NHON
Friday, March 29:  A late lap of 44.623sec by Team Vietnam’s defending World Champion Jonas Andersson was sufficient to win the first ever free practice session for the inaugural Grand ...
F1H2O
March 3, 2024
SHARJAH TEAM’S ROOKIE RUSTY WYATT NAILS LAST-GASP VICTORY IN PERTAMINA GRAND PRIX OF INDONESIA
Sunday, March 3:  The Sharjah Team’s rookie Rusty Wyatt delivered a sensational debut performance to snatch a last-gasp victory in the Pertamina Grand Prix of Indonesia on Lake Toba on ...
F1H2O
March 2, 2024
VICTORY TEAM’S ERIK STARK STORMS TO VICTORY IN SECOND SPRINT RACE AT PERTAMINA GRAND PRIX OF INDONESIA
Saturday, March 2:  The Victory Team’s Erik Stark kept up the early pressure on his fellow Swede and defending World Champion Jonas Andersson by snatching victory in the second of the ...
F1H2O
March 2, 2024
ANDERSSON BREAKS THE ONE-MINUTE BARRIER TO WIN SATURDAY MORNING’S FREE PRACTICE FOR THE PERTAMINA GRAND PRIX OF INDONESIA
Saturday, March 2:  Team Bình Định-Viet Nam’s defending World Champion Jonas Andersson was the class of the field and a fastest lap that broke the one-minute barrier for the ...
F1H2O