Team Monaco take maiden E1 win in Miami to set up Championship title decider tomorrow
Team Monaco claimed their first E1 victory in the UIM E1 World Championship presented by PIF, a breakthrough result in round six at the Bombay Sapphire E1 Miami GP 2026. The result sets up a Championship decider final round on Saturday with Brady’s lead cut.
It was Team Monaco who took victory ahead of Sports.com Predict Team Miami Powered by Magnus who came second on home waters watched on by team owner Marc Anthony.
Sierra Racing Club, co-owned by Kyle Kuzma and Thibaut Courtois, clinched third with AluLa demoted to fourth.
Team Brady was hoping to wrap up the title in Miami today, but they had an uncharacteristically poor outing on the waters of Biscayne Bay.
The two-time reigning Champions of the Water had finished on the podium in every race so far this season but after missing out on the Finals they went on to finish last in the Race Off.
That gave Will Smith’s Westbrook outfit the opportunity to slash Brady’s Championship lead but they too struggled as Sara Price also failed to make it into the Finals.
Although her co-pilot Lucas Ordóñez came through to win the Place Race he was only able to cut Brady’s advantage to 31 points though, crucially, the team still has a chance of overhauling Brady’s squad in tomorrow’s final race.
At the front, Monaco dominated. Pilot pairing Maxime Nocher and Oban Duncan won every one of their races on the way to taking a double victory in the Finals.
Duncan was named PIF Pilot of the Day for the second consecutive race weekend, recognising her performance in securing Team Monaco’s first E1 race victory alongside co-pilot and team co-founder Nocher.
Monaco’s result gives them a Championship boost as they moved from sixth up to third just fourteen points adrift of second place Westbrook in what is becoming an incredibly impressive debut season.
"It feels amazing; we’ve been pushing so hard all year so this just feels great. All the pilots out here work so hard to be where we are, but it feels fantastic to be up here on the top step.”
Oban DuncanTeam Monaco co-pilot
“Congratulations to Oban and to everyone at Team Monaco on their first E1 victory here in Round 6. To deliver that breakthrough here in Miami is a tremendous achievement. Today demonstrated the very best foil-to-foil action with twists and turns that showcased the unique spectacle that is E1. “It will be a tense night for many teams including Brady and Westbrook ahead of tomorrow’s final race of the year that will see us crown our 2026 Champions of the Water.”
