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Emirates Racing will also be looking
to turn their fortunes around in Evian
and post their first points of the year.
F1H2O
lined Marit Stromoy last time out and teammate Mike Szymura was
disqualified.
But Stromoy, who finished sixth in 2016, is already anxious about
what lies ahead after her problems and despite taking the positives
that her boat was quick in Portugal she says ‘you can prepare as
much as you want in terms of tuning, testing, new technology, but a
different fuel can take matters out of your hands’.
Szymura is expected to switch back into his upgraded Dragon ‘Evo’
which has been considerably modified by Dragon F1 Powerboat
boss Jonathan Jones, working closely with Dave Burgess and Dai
Morgan.
Whilst both previous Grand Prix held in Evian have run to schedule
and delivered up spectacular racing, both BRM Qualifying sessions
succumbed to the weather and waves; in 2015 Q3 was rolled over
to the Sunday and the following year a revised 20 and 30 minute
format was also held on the Sunday.
There is much for the teams and drivers to think about as they
prepare to take on the demanding 2080 metre Evian circuit and the
notoriously unpredictable weather conditions and waves that the
mighty Lac Leman might serve up.
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