The Maritimo Offshore Race Team has secured its best results ever in the BMW Norwegian Grand Prix last weekend, taking second and third place for a welcome double podium.
Tom Barry-Cotter (driver) and Pal Virik Nilsen (throttleman) piloted ‘Maritimo 11’ into second place, just 88 seconds behind race winner ‘Victory 1’.
Maritimo crew chief Peter ‘Muddy’ McGrath (throttles) and Italy’s Giorgio Manuzzi (driver) brought ‘Maritimo 12’ home in third a further 39 seconds behind.
The results for the Maritimo team was all the more meritorious considering the crew had minimal practice and testing prior to the race, with ‘Maritimo 11’ experiencing engine mapping problems and practice cancelled due to heavy rain…  Details