With the breeze beginning to calm down the advantage had certainly swung to those drivers who were using Molgaard hulls during qualifying for the UIM F2 Grand Prix of Finland. One of them was the quietly spoken young German driver Stefan Hagin. Over the winter he had gone back to the Molgaard factory, where Christian and his team had reworked the decks and sponsons. “We took it to the recent race in Brodenbach in Germany and it ran perfectly” said Hagin. “I was actually getting some brilliant starts there, I even out dragged Rupp Temper, who is known for his quick reactions off the dock.” He will have the UIM F2 World Champion sat alongside him on the start pontoon for tomorrows race and is not sure what to expect, “I really don’t know how Lundin will get away when the lights go out” said the German, “Yes he’s quick out of the turns but let’s see how competitive he is from a standing start.”
Local hero Sami Selio had been very competitive, that was until the final ‘shoot-out’ for the pole position. The Finn had shown early on that he had got to grips with the BaBa hull which he had hardly tested. “We haven’t even changed the spark-plugs since we took delivery of the Mercury engine” said Selio. “Then as I was heading down the straight the motor just went into guardian mode. I did all I could to solve the problem and got it running again only for it to cut out again on the next lap, it’s the curse of this class that is for sure.” As to whether he will race in his home Grand Prix, the Finn was undecided, “let’s sleep on it and perhaps my luck will finally come good tomorrow.”
