Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg handed the Tønsberg Båtrace a massive boost this afternoon when she announced that Norway's borders will reopen to the Schengen area and the EEA from July 15.
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Vila Velha de Ródão in Portugal will play host to the UIM F2 World Championship season opener, the race will be held over the weekend of 4-6 September.
The Tønsberg Båtrace which is still progressing to be held over the weekend of August 7-9 will not only be running a radical new format for the event it will also have to comply with the ‘new normal’, life after the pandemic.
Edgaras Riabko was one of the guests on Frode Sundsdal’s weekly chat show last night and the 2-time UIM F2 european champion was quietly optimistic about still racing in a world championship this season.
The 2020 UIM F2 World Championship was proposed to start in Portugal over the weekend of June 13-14, however it was announced today that the Vila Velha de Ródão event has been, ‘postponed’ by the Federação Portuguesa de Motonautica.
Following his very successful outing in the Dillard Financial Solutions, Inc sponsored DAC at the last round of the UIM F2 World Championship, Stefan Hagin has now been signed up to race for the team in the 2020 NGK F1 Powerboat Championship Series. The German racer, who won the Tonsberg round of the UIM F2 World Championship back in August, said: I am extremely happy to get another chance to race with Dillard Financial Solutions Inc. Having Brandon Power prepare the DAC for the whole season will make us a team that people will suddenly pay a lot of attention to, especially after what we did together in Abu Dhabi last year. Steve Dillard commented on the news: We are so excited to announce that Stefan Hagin will be driving the #80 here in the United States. We will begin…
Branko's Auto AS / Subaru Norge, have signed an agreement with the Tønsberg Båtrace to continue to support the event for a seventh year.
UIM F2 driver, Brent Dillard has been provisionally suspended from F2 competition, the Union Internationale Motonautique (UIM) have announced today.