Team Monaco have claimed their first ever victory in the UIM E1 World Championship presented by PIF, blowing the title race wide open ahead of Saturday's series finale.
The breakthrough came in round six at the Bombay Sapphire E1 Miami GP 2026, where pilots Maxime Nocher and Oban Duncan were untouchable all day. The pairing won every race they contested before sealing a double victory in the Finals on Biscayne Bay.
Sports.com Predict Team Miami Powered by Magnus finished second on home waters, watched on by team owner Marc Anthony. Sierra Racing Club, co-owned by Kyle Kuzma and Thibaut Courtois, took third, with AluLa dropping to fourth.
The result lifted Team Monaco from sixth to third in the Championship standings, just fourteen points behind second-placed Westbrook, in what is shaping up as a remarkably strong debut season.
It was a different story for Team Brady, who had arrived in Miami hoping to wrap up the title. Instead, the two-time reigning Champions of the Water endured an uncharacteristically poor outing, missing the Finals altogether and finishing last in the Race Off, having finished on the podium in every race so far this season.
That handed Will Smith's Westbrook outfit a chance to cut into Brady's lead, though they too struggled after Sara Price failed to make the Finals. Co-pilot Lucas Ordóñez won the Place Race, but it only trimmed Brady's advantage to 31 points. Westbrook still has a chance of overhauling Brady's squad in tomorrow's final race.
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.
Oban Duncan, Team Monaco co-pilot, said: "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."
Jamie Copas, Chief Executive Officer, E1, said: "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."
