The first picture is from Auronzo in northern Italy 1976.
Birger Halsaa in his lay-down boat with Merc T2x in-line 6 power.
Renato Molinari in his #165 Molinari/Merc V6 2 liter.
This was the ON and OE World Championship race and Molinari won both classes.
I was watching from the shoreline.
Thanks to Roberto Bigi for this unique picture. — with Cato Halsaa, Roberto Bigi, Rich Luhrs and Mercury Racing.
Birger in the lay down boat Bristol 1976 to the right.
A French World Champ driving for a Chinese team in a boat built by Moore in France.
Outboard by Mercury, USA prepared by the Canadian Alex Hledin.
Congratulations to a perfect combination
American Shaun Torrente won today’s race.
UIM F1 Jonas Andersson flying high, crashes but is on pole position for tomorrow.
Another incredible performance from Andersson of Sweden today.
Hopefully the team can get the boat in racing condition for a win in the final race of the season tomorrow in Sharjah
Picture by Vittorio Ubertone/Idea Marketing. Thank you very much.
UIM F1 Sweden on top in Abu Dhabi qualifying
Jonas Andersson is number one and Erik Stark second.
Pretty incredible and you can see the race live tomorrow (Friday Dec. 9
