Nigel Hook to compete at Key West World Championships

12:14 PM Wed 28 Oct 2009 GMT

'Nigel Hook' Powerboat P1 World Championship &copy

Anglo-American pilot and Powerboat P1 stalwart Nigel Hook is to compete at next month's Key West World Championships alongside Swedish driver Michael Silfverberg.

The duo will form the new #77 Lucas Oil Scandinavian Offshore Challenge team for the event which takes place from the 8th - 15th November. They will pilot the Skater P1 with Mercury power, which won Hook the World Championship back in 2006.

Silfverberg, a native of Stockholm in Sweden, has spent a lifetime on the seas. A former commercial captain and navy submariner, he is also a leader of the Super Marine yacht dealership back in Sweden, and is optimistic about the team's chances in Florida: 'I feel very confident racing with such an experienced pilot as Nigel. I'm looking forward to racing in Key West, and have a very good feeling about this.'

Veteran pilot Hook is equally as focused on the job in hand: 'I've test driven on the water with Michael at speeds in excess of what we'll be running on the Key West track, and I'm keen to play out our race strategy.'

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