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F1H2O
“The whole weekend has been very good for the team. I
made a good start and really felt confident in the boat.”
Thani Al Qemzi made up for his Abu Dhabi teammates’
early self-inflicted exit producing another strong showing
and moving up from 12th place to finish in fourth.
After a nightmare opening race and struggling over the
weekend with engine issues, Mad Croc BABA Racing’s
Sami Selio turned things around to bank his first points
of the year finishing in fifth ahead of a great drive by F1
Atlantic’s Grand Trask, another driver to scythe his way
through the field and moving up from 13th, his teammate
Duarte Benavente nursing his boat home in tenth.
Despite a frustrating BRM Qualifying session and starting
from 14th Marit Stromoy also put her first set of points
on the board driving up through the field to finish in
seventh ahead of Ahmed Al Hameli, with the race winners’
teammate Cedric Deguisne in ninth, debutant Mette
Brandt Bjerknaes successfully navigating her first race in
the top flight and finishing in eleventh.
The 54 lap race run on London’s Royal Victoria Dock for
the first time in 33 years took its toll with six of the 17
starters failing to go the distance and retiring, Erik Edin
dropping out on lap 26 from running as high as sixth
Simone Schuft pulling out on lap 11, both Marszalek and
Filip Roms failing to start.
Mette Brandt
Bjerknaes makes
F1H2o debut with
Maverick F1 Racing
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