Friday, 18 October, XIAMEN (China): Twenty two years after the city of Xiamen in the Peoples’ Republic of China hosted its first UIM F1H2O Grand Prix, the championship returns this weekend for back-to-back races and the class of 1997 looked very different to today’s line up.

Whilst many of the class of 97 remain heavily involved in the championship today, Italy’s Francesco Cantando is the only one in today’s 18-strong entry who lined up over two decades ago and on a weekend dominated by three of the sports superstars, Jonathan Jones completing the pole and win double, with Scott Gillman finishing in second and Guido Cappellini third.