Well its been a frustrating day, but nothing that has diminished our enthusiasm! – yesterdays problems with the torque sensor, and todays problems with the PCM that controls the engine systems we feel are both outside of our control to some extent. Computer gremlins, and failure of the equipment provided to us at the start …
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Well it was certainly a roller-coaster day of up’s and downs’ for Zaboracing between posting a couple of great times, Christian and Ugur being very happy with the boat performance…. and a torque sensor exploding in the engine bay! 
It resulted in an unhappy engine that decided to spit out its oil, probably because of …
Well the entire team is now in Qatar and the preparation work for Relekta 91′s outing in Doha is well under way.
The Qatar GP is quite unique in that because of logistics as regards cranes, wetpit/drypit pontoons etc, the event shall last for 5 days instead of the normal three days.
Today however is …
This weekend sees the Zaboracing team making the trip to Doha in Qatar for the first round of the 2012 Class-1 World Championship. Its difficult to put some ‘meat on the bones‘ of a news update, because the plan that Jan implemented last year is on schedule and working well.
We finished the …
Got another wee treat for you here with the full 26 minute TV Special of the Dubai Grand Prix that took place just before Christmas, was the last race of the 2011 Season, and of course we also happened to come 3rd in Race 2.
So go grab a beer, then sit back and enjoy.…
The team made it eventually back to Oslo after some major delays due to the freezing weather in Norway, (even Stig managed to make it despite his 66% failure rate!), and even with all that, still nothing could distract the teams enjoyment of a successful Dubai Grand Prix, and a great conclusion to …
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Whilst we are still waiting for more video from the Class-1 organisation as regards the Dubai Grand Prix and our podium place and celebrations, we thought we’d take a moment and thank all of our sponsors and supporters who have helped and encouraged us throughout the 2011 World Championship season….. as Jan says, “we …
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A fantastic end to the 2011 Class-1 World Championship with ZaboRacing taking 3rd in the race, and a place on the podium at the end of Race 2 and the last race of the season. What can we say…. Christian and Ugur drove their hearts out, using skill and tactics to overtake the field and …
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After last nights engine change, the team arrived bright and early to run the engines and test everything was working well…. and it was! First practice seen Christian and Ugur pushing in many laps and making full use of the available time. At the end of the practice session, everything ws workng as it should …
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I think its fair to say that the 2011 Dubai Grand Prix has started well for the team. Out into the first practice at 14.00, the team immediately set about looking closely at different gear ratios which proved to be successful.
At the end of practice, we had still posted a 5th best time of …
Things are well advanced for next weeks Dubai Grand Prix, the last of the 2011 Season. Jan, Christian, Rolf and Lukas made the trip out to the UAE a few days ago to start the advanced preparations, and the rest of the team travel out at the beginning of the week.
We are hoping to …
Well I’ve made it back from Ireland intact, and Jan made it back from the UIM General Assembly in Abu Dhabi, where many new rules and regulations, that will see a vast improvement in Class-1, where ratified. We’ll have more to report on that later.
Back to Italy, and I think the conclusion is that …
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We got something special for you here!
It’s a video of a practice session at the Italian Grand Prix in Cernobbio using the teams ‘private’ telemetry video cameras mounted on the boat that gives us, (and now you), a simultaneous view of everything going on during a practice session.
Its one of the many systems
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Well the team have arrived back in Norway after an enjoyable Italian Grand Prix in Cernobbio on the beautiful Lake Como.
I am off to Ireland on Thursday, but in the meantime am frantically uploading photos and video to our web server, and during my travels over the next week, will continue to post them …
Relekta 91 said goodbye to Norway today, departing initially to Cernobbio for the Italian Grand Prix, and from where it will travel on to Dubai. After the disappointment of Arendal, Jan and the team have been working very hard at rectifying the ‘frustrations’ we encountered during our first outing with our new hull at the …
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The Class-1 World Championship changes venue for the 2011 Italian Grand Prix, moving from Stressa on Lake Maggiore, over to the beautiful town of Cernobbio on the shores of Lake Como.
After what can only be described as a ‘frustrating’ Norwegian Grand Prix in Arendal, the team have brushed themselves down and are now focused …
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Well…. at the outset I must apologise for the terrible delay in updating everything! – I am very sorry, and can only say in my defence that I have had a great holiday, worked too hard, and fixed a major website database crash! An eventful 2 weeks I can assure you.
But everything is now …
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