F1 Inshore World: Beam me up Scotty...

[FrenchPhil]

"The Grand Prix of Singapore was an action packed race right from the green light with spectacular racing, crowd pleasing incidents and incredible tension throughout.

Dramas started on lap one with Francesco Cantando and Ivan Brigada racing hard at the fourth corner for 2nd place when their boats touched resulting in Brigada literally flying through the air, barrel rolling and ending upside down with four metres of the right side of his sponson being taken off. Brigada was sent to the Singapore General Hospital for observation and doctors are reporting he is fine.

Cantando who was lying 2nd in the Championship then requested that his team mate Moreschi give up his boat to allow him to race. Cantando was racing well up until he was unfortunately forced to drop out on the third to last lap.

Gillman and Cappellini battled boat to boat throughout the race with Gillman snatching the lead. Unfortunately Cappellini’s steering started to give up after 15 laps and finally he had to retire after only 27 laps. Gillman managed to retain the lead pushing all the way and securing his 19th career victory."

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[FrenchPhil]

Victory Pic

[FrenchPhil]

Singapore:

1st Scott Gilmann, USA
2nd Philippe Dessertenne, France
3rd Sami Selio, Finland


Overall:

1st Scott Gilmann, USA
2nd Francesco Cantando, Italy
3rd Guido Cappellini, Italy

[FrenchPhil]

Can Scott do it again ? See you next Sunday in Malaysia for an other episode

[sho305]

Sweet, pat on the back to ya Scott!

Is that hull approved for three passengers? Imagine riding up there at speed

[FrenchPhil]

"Putrajaya - Kuala Lumpur Malaysia, September 25, 2004…. Race conditions seemed perfect this morning with sunshine and glassy water, rain however quickly set in stirring up the waves for the first qualifying session.

Undeterred Italian Fabio Comparato raced around the 1.8km circuit setting the fastest lap time of the day with 0:42.01, planting him firmly in pole position. Chasing hard was eight times world champion Guido Cappellini just 0.07 seconds behind trailed by Gillman with 0:42.84.

Malaysian driver, Simon Saw who returned to racing after a break of one year set a lap time of 0:48.60. Tamoil team driver Ivan Brigada struggled today after a significant crash in Singapore still taking its toil. After consultation with the team, Brigada was withdrawn from the race in order to fully recover."

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[FrenchPhil]

Well Scott finished third after Cantando and Comparato but is well on his way
to the championship with a 29 point lead over Cantando.
Maestro Cappellini is having a bad year for a change.

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