Marit Strømøy was on the talkshow Sommerspillet on TV2 today. The show was hosted by Sturla Berg Johansen and Katharina Flatland and sent directly from Pollen in Arendal. Marit and Katharina was racing the Nor Tech starboats in a friendly battle before SpeedRun Friday.

Marit finished 7th in the Grand Prix of St Petersburg. - An ok result in a rough race, but I feel an urge to climb the list now, says Marit after the race. Starting off in 10th position, she had a good start and took a couple of boats in the start. All throughout the race Marit was squeezed in between the two drivers from the China Team and ended the race just a few meters behind their driver Pierre Lundin. Sami Selio won the race in front of his teammate Alex Carella. Jay Price finished off the podium in third. Marit's teammate Jonas Andersson had a pretty good race finishing 5th.

Marit was a bit unhappy after today's qualifying. The boat seems very light and loose in the rough conditions in St Petersburg.

Team Azerbaijan is now on the way to St Petersburg for the second race in the 2010 F1 World Championship. The first race in Portugal ended babdly for the team as both Jonas Andersson and Marit wnt down with DNF's due to engine faliure. Now the equipement, team and drivers are ready for a new race! Timed trials on Saturday and race on Sunday 18.00 local time. Stay tuned for updates during the weekend!

Team Azerbaijan is now ready for the start of the F1 Powerboat Championship in Portimao, Portugal. Race starts the following weekend and the team is already there to prepare for the new racw.

New this year is the race format. The qualifying system is now similar to the F1 cars and the race weekend consists of one long race instead of two shorter as last year. Also the EFI boxes will be more standarized and it will reduce the RPM slightly which hopefully will create more boats finishing the races.

The season will be very exiting. There are a few new drivers in the lineup and new team constellations. The biggest news is that 10 times World Champion Guido Cappelini has decided to end his F1 carreer after he won the 10th title last year. In Team Azerbaijan the linup will still be the same with Jonas Andersson racing in number 14 and Marit Strømøy racing in boat 15. The team has one 2010 modell DAC and Guidos boat from 2008.

Stay tuned here for more racing news during the week!

Giorgio Manuzzi and Marit Strømøy was 6th in both races in the opening round of Class 1 World Champoinship in Rio. The duo had only 10 laps of practice before the race due to delays in the shipping. After finishing 5th in the pole position on Saturday morning, the Welmax Alianza 91 had an exiting race, but a spinout in lap 7 forced them to take it a bit more easy and they ended the day in 6th position. Both races was won by FAZZA 3. The Welmax 90 with Jørn Tanberg and Kolbjørn Selmer had a good race on Saturday and they entered the podium with a 3rd place. On the second race some technical problems forced them to retire on the opening lap.

Marit was the trottleman of boat 91 and was happy to finish her first two Class 1 races with World Championship points. - I'm very grateful for this opportunity to race with the Welmax team, says Marit. Now she will return to Oslo and prepare for the opening round of the F1 World Championship in Portimao, Portugal in the beginning of May.

Check www.class-1.com and www.f1h2o.com for more action from the Class 1 and F1 World Championship.