| Jotun’s crew chief, Jon Maas, is confident that all the work that the team has carried out in recent weeks, overhauling their MTI raceboat, will give them the reliability that they need to mount a serious challenge in 2008, with the team looking to kick-start their season with a strong showing in this weekend’s Hypo Group Montenegrin Grand Prix. “Basically we have gutted everything and started from scratch. The boat has been completely rewired and re-plumbed,” he said. “Probably the most important change is that we have fitted a new drive system, replacing the internal gearbox for external. |
I feel this will now give us the reliability that we have been missing - our Achilles heel up until now. We know the boat can perform, will perform and is fast – we’ve proved that. We jumped out first in Qatar to lead the race and ran well in the top three before the gearbox let us down. We are on target, everything is working the way it is supposed too and we are looking forward to a good weekend and a good result.” |
