Lucas Oil Outerlimits and Team SW1 Capital on Turkish Grand Prix pole

by Powerboat P1 media on 20 Jun 2009 #77 Lucas Oil Outerlimits and #26 Team SW1 Capital will start on pole position, in the Evolution and SuperSport classes respectively, for the Turkish Grand Prix of the Sea in Istanbul this weekend.

Charging head-on into the ferocious Bosphorus current, Lucas Oil Outerlimits pipped the Cigarette Smash Poker hull by less than a second, powering their Chief engine up to speeds of 110mph to guarantee prime positioning for Saturday’s Sprint Race.

Clocking a total time of 2:07,77 for their two laps, Lucas Oil Outerlimits pilot Nigel Hook was understandably delighted with the boats performance, erasing the disappointments of the Maltese Grand Prix of the Sea, where the American team’s boat was filling up with water towards the end of the Endurance Race.

Hook said: 'Everyone saw how smooth the Lucas Oil Outerlimits boat ran over the top of the water today. It’s very fractional but the design of the hull will lend itself to the Bosphorus’ disturbed and very strong waters.
'Looking at the qualifying times, there is less than a second between ourselves and the Cigarette Smash Poker boat so it will be a very tough competition with both Italian teams, Cigarette and the other Outerlimits, #88 SNAV OSG, boat just behind in third too.'

Equally as satisfied with their efforts after displeasing late drama in Valletta, Team SW1 Capital duo, Kim Collins and Dan Cramphorn, who snuck home in 2:41,01, were 'very pleased' with their start to the Turkish Grand Prix of the Sea.

Collins said: 'I was a little worried about getting our speed right after what happened in Malta but the boat ran perfectly and we got what we wanted - only just though!

Finishing a mere 0.18 seconds ahead of Baia Attonlini (2;41.19) in second and with only two seconds separating the top five teams in a closely fought SuperSport class, Cramphorn, Team SW1 Capital’s Pilot and Team Principal, is expecting a very tight race. 'It’s going to be very close. The turns are so tight, so it’s certainly going to be exciting and I strongly advise anyone who is on Suada Island to bring their cameras because they’re going to have a lot to watch. '


Classified Results (Evolution):
1. #77 Lucas Oil Budweiser (Joe Sgro / Nigel Hook / Mike Fiore) Total Time 02:07.77
2. #10 Cigarette Smash Poker (Luca Fomilli Fendi / Matteo Nicolini) 02:08.51
3. #88 SNAV OSG (Hannes Bohinc / Giovanni Carpitella) 02:09.73
4. #33 Furnibo (Pierre Colpin / Frank Hemelaer) 02:15.04
5. #53 Metamarine Corse Pignolo (Marco Pennesi / Max Ferrari / Stefano Bonnano) 02:15.88
6. #47 Silverline (Jan Falkowski / Drew Langdon) 02:23.53
7. #66 Cranefield Wines (Siegfried Greve / Gino Passchier) RETIRED

Classified Results (Supersport):
1. #26 Team SW1 Capital (Daniel Cramphorn / Kim Collins) Total Time 02:41.01
2. #38 Baia Attolini (Stefano Acanfora / Renato Guidi / Roy Capasso) 02:41.19
3. #22 Big Sergio (Alfredo Nuzzo / Alfredo Amato) 02:41.28
4. #44 Ikocasa (Shelley Jory / Audrienne Ciantar) 02:42.51
5. #43 Seagull Chaudron (Aaron Ciantar / Angelo Tedesci / Viktor Shemchuk) 02:42.96
6. #17 MasForce (Micha Robyn / Patrick Huybreghts / Marc Sluszny) 02:50.33
7. #28 Blue Shaft (Gianbattista Gabriele / Alfredo Zanardo / Federico Montanari) 02:52.29

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