Pearl-Qatar Grand Prix, Can Steve Curtis Do It????

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CAN QATAR KNOCK VICTORY OFF TOP SPOT IN THEIR HOME WATERS ?

Spirit of Qatar have been testing in tough offshore conditions hoping to dislodge their Dubai neighbours from the top step of podium

David Sewell 13-Mar-12

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The Pearl-Qatar Grand Prix, the opening round of the world’s premier offshore racing series makes a welcome return to the championship to coincide with a determined bid for title honours being waged by the QMSF’s two Spirit of Qatar boats in the hands of His Excellency Sheikh Hassan bin Jabor al-Thani and Steve Curtis and Ali al-Neama and Matteo Nicolini.

The QMSF have made changes to the more traditional format of Qatar’s previous Class One races. The offshore Grand Prix will now take place on Thursday, March 15th and Saturday, March 17th, instead of the traditional Friday and Saturday dates for the races.


Nice to see they are moving the race out into more traditional offshore type waters.....

 

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It's really getting close....

Class 1 Qatar Grand Prix - The quest to halt Victory's title run

It is hard to predict who will win in Qatar, or titles in 2012, but based on the fact that Dubai’s Victory Team’s run of consecutive world crowns is running at five, and the impressive performances by Arif Al Zafeen and Mohammed Al Marri in the final two races of 2011 in Dubai to clinch the team’s eleventh World title, it will take a herculean effort by their challengers to break their vice-like grip on the Sam Griffith Trophy.

I love that they call it the Sam Griffith Trophy.....

Teams take to the water for the first of three official practice sessions on Wednesday, 14 March followed by official qualifying in the Edox Pole Position at 14:30hrs.

Race 1 of the Pearl Qatar Grand Prix starts at 15:00hrs on Thursday with race 2 at 15:00hrs on Saturday, 17 March.

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