Abu Dhabi 2010 Review

Excuse my video skills….. especially when standing on a pontoon and well deserved hugs being handed out

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Race Control and a view of where the FaceBook updates where coming from. We where still getting info at this point from Rory Power the Race Director (the guy in the headphones)

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I am lost for words if truth be told.

Christian and Paul drove their heart out today, but what they achieved, is more that just a 3rd place………. it is an incredible achievement for a team that is not yet 7 months old, a team that has completed a total of 4 Grand Prix’s, and …

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Well it’s another roasting hot day here in Abu Dhabi…. already well over 30 degrees!

The morning practice has just been completed, 3 laps and Relekta 91 was running beautiful. Speaking to both Stig and Trond afterwards, they agreed that nothing at all needed attention, and they where very happy with the engine set-up.…

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What a brilliant drive by Paul and Christian! – it was so impressive to see the potential these guys have for working together as a single unit in the cockpit.

We said it was going to take the 2010 season to knit the partnership together, and today, we seen the first consistent lap after lap …

Got Christian sitting beside me now (he comes in here to cool down with the A/C in the media centre!)……. so I’m picking his brains!

He tells me that the start practice this morning went very well – very fast indeed in the rough section outside the start….. something he has a reputation …

RACE DAY ONE

Busy busy day today – the team all arrived in the pits at 07.30 am to check everything, although it has to be said, that Stig, Zabo’s Chief mechanic, and Jan, are more than happy with how the boat is set up and performing. Yesterdays official practice times confirmed that the boat …

Well I have just wasted the last 90 minutes trying my best to upload a video from today, but to no avail. It uploads 10, 20 , 50, 70%!….. and bang! – start again!!!

All the Italians sitting around me are asking what “faen og helvete” means – lol

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Just a quick update to say that the first practice starts in 1 hours time – (that’s 12.00 Oslo) – and lasts 2 hours.

I went with Christian and Paul on the drivers tour of the course a couple of hours ago, and there is no doubt that it is going to be a challenging …

Well….. we made it!

Certainly an eventful trip here having arrived after an overnight flight, or rather arriving in Dubai at 6.30am when it was still 3.30am in Oslo….. and looking at my watch when we stepped off the plane, it was strange standing in sunlight, 27 degrees and my body telling me it was …

In a couple of hours, the ZaboRacing team leave for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in the United Arab Emirates. Spirits are high, and speaking to Jan, Christian and Paul last night, we all go in the knowledge that we have the team, and the machinery, to be standing on the podium within the …

Just received an e-mail from the Class-1 management team to inform us that Relekta 91, along with all the other Class-1 boats,  has arrived safely in Abu Dhabi.

The entire Class-1 flotilla is now securely housed at the Abu Dhabi International Marine Sports Club awaiting the arrival of all the teams.

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Relekta 91 left Italy this morning, safely loaded onto a ferry and now enroute to the United Arab Emirates.

UPDATE: 6th November…….

Speaking to Jan this morning,  everything is now stepping up a gear in preparation for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on the 24th November.…