Tom Barry-Cotter and Pal Virik Nilsen is ready to defend their title in a race that can be hard with waves up to 3 meter as forecasted. Newcastle is in the final stages of preparing for "Fuelarama” which will see 15 Offshore Superboats competing in round 1 of the APBA Offshore Superboat...

Some new images from the first Class-1 world championship race 2011 in Abu Dhabi is added to our image area. More will follow soon.

Race 2 of the Class-1 season is over and Pal Virik Nilsen with driver Giorgio Manuzzi got seventh place also today. After a re-start the boats got away in the big waves and wind outside. Nice action as the boats jumped around before the first corner and then inside to the very calm ”fjord”. Pal a...

Pal and Giorgio had a bad start to this last racing day in Abu Dhabi. First practice is over and the crew has a big job to find and fix the engine problem they got.

In todays Abu Dhabi GP Pal Virik Nilsen and Giorgio Manuzzi got 7 th place. They stoppet on the last lap but luckily kept the point for the World Championship due to the 70% rule. But changes needs for sure to be done on the boat before the race tomorrow.

Tonight Pal Virik Nilsen was elected with clear majority to be the drivers representative for Class-1 2011. The job is to be the person between all the drivers and the people organizing the series.

Today Pal Virik Nilsen and Giorgio Manuzzi had their first laps together on the Abu Dhabi circuit. It was a short shakedown just to see that everything is working. The team has a little adjustments to do before the practice and pole position tomorrow. Pal and Giorgio did not have a complete full...