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F1 Boats Gold Coast - 2008/07/26 20:33
A Golden August Return For The F1 Superboats
A Roman emperor, Augustus, lent his name to the month known as August. It is August of 2008 that sees the arrow sharp Formula 1 Superboats of Australia return to the Gold Coast for the first of two rounds, the second being the highly anticipated “show off” for the UIM, the Union Internationale Motornautique, in November.
The F1 Superboat teams, Management and support staff head north to Queensland for the 23rd and 24th of August, refreshed and recharged after an unexpected break in the calendar. Director of the Australian F1 Superboats, Kirk Tsaccounis, says the weekend promises a lot of action, not just on the water but off.
“We’ve put the cancelled round behind us and we’re looking forward to returning to one of our favourite courses.” said Kirk. “We’ve got a good complement of teams in the F1’s, F2’s, Monos and the jetskis. A highlight for the weekend will be the Miss F1 Superboat contest, that’s sure to attract a lot of positive attention.”
One man itching to return to the water is Shane Vella. An explosively dominant round at Newcastle in June saw the yellow #61 Lindenvel boat take out the round with clean wins in the three F1 races. It was a bittersweet win for Vella in that his long term sponsors withdrew at the beginning of the year, leaving Vella and wife Cherie, to run the team using their own business as a backer. A determined and dogged fighter on the water, a taciturn Vella has showed true class in 2008 and leads the championship.
Rhys Coles will be hoping that déjà vu doesn’t apply to the Byron Bay Premium Ale team, after a collision in 2007 at the corresponding round put paid to his chances of making it back to back championships. Newcastle also wasn’t kind for the young Coles, with numerous mechanical issues plaguing the #14 craft.
Fingers will be crossed that the weather, this year having had influence on the rounds at Geelong and Newcastle, will be kind to racers and supporters alike, plus, with the added bonus of being a “dry run” for the international representatives in November, it’s shaping up to be a sensational event. Belt on the togas and strap on the sandals to join in the festivities of the “fastest show on water” as the F1 Superboat empire returns for a gold coated weekend in August, at Queensland’s beautiful Gold Coast.
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