September 28, 2007

Powerboat P1 - Portugal Grand Prix of the Sea Preview

The Powerboat P1 Portuguese Grand Prix of the Sea will take place this weekend what is the final round of this still undecided highly competitive 2007 championship.
For top Evolution Class this will be a do or loose situation for OSG, who will need a full point double win in order to take the leadership from British Team King of Shaves and win the 2007 P1 World Championship. OSG is used to these kind of situations and won the 2006 P1 World Championship in the last race.
In the Supersport Class Roscioli Hotels will need to follow a similar script to Italian mates in Evolution and need to take there best of chances, with the only option available of winning the Grand Prix and taking the maximum available points i.e. winning both races.
Weather forecast in Portugal is a West South West wind with a moderate visibility for both days and a prediction of a stronger wind on Sunday. The Saturday Endurance race, Round 11 of the 2007 season will be a 9 laps race for Evolution with a total of 81.33 NM and 8 laps for Supersport and a total of 73.197 NM. Sunday Rally race will be a shorter course with less laps. Evolution will have an 8 laps race and a total of 54.504 NM, Supersport class boats will have 7 laps and a total of 48.448 Laps.

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