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"At a soaking wet Brands Hatch today MORIS were winners, but our goal is the be the largest and most accessible on-line motorsport insurance provider. MORIS was a "world first" the March had it's first win today so as a business our aim is also to simply be first, but we can only do that by talking, listening and taking part with competitors ourselves - we still aim to be very human"
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| In the collection area waiting....... |
On Track Insurance specialists MORIS (Motorsport Race and Rally Insurance Services) took to the track themselves this weekend backing the beautiful March Sports 2000 Duratec car created by ex Reynard Motorsport designer, Kieron Salter.
The car was being run by Scott Racing Services who only managed to get their hands on the car for the first time with just days before the test on the Friday with the new evolution car. Matt Manderson of First Place Finish did the majority of the testing and setup work during the Friday test so the car was able to go into qualifying for the soaking wet Saturday morning session on the legendary Grand Prix Circuit at Brands Hatch. "I think we all secretly knew the car would go well and from the get go Matt, I and the guys at Scott Racing, Trevor, Simon and Tom were focused on running right at the front and Matt did just that putting the car on the front row on it's maiden qualifying. It was a terrific showing. Neither Matt or I had driven anything in anger for over a year and with Nigel Greensall who is never out of racing cars, MCR's ploy of getting a "ringer" in paid off so pole was just out of our grasp" Commented Justin Everitt.
Matt Manderson commented "this is a truly remarkable car to drive and as I handed over to Justin for the end of the qualifying all I could say was that the car was handling like a dream.
It is just fantastic, I was having so much fun out in the wet. So many competitors were saying how wet and slippery it was, and driving this new March - it was just the best car ever out there today" |
| Manderson - FAST! |
"Matt was so right" commented Everitt "I have never driven a car that had so much grip in the wet it was like driving in the proverbial "rails" out there today and on the more slippery parts of the circuit the car just gave you so much confidence that sometimes if you entered too quickly into a corner it would just stay so neutral that you felt you were just floating around the track. I could stay out all day in the car today if I could"
Justin Everitt took the reins for the rolling start. He was a little trigger happy as they came up to the line and quickly realised he would have to give the lead into Paddock back to the pole position driver. "I was just a bit too impatient and eager I think" explained Everitt afterwards, "so I "reset" my "racing now" switch to the exit of Druids. The first few corners were very slippery but down the back straight the March just stormed past the MCR and I was leading by the time we returned to the Indy Circuit" Thereafter Everitt just drive away from the rest of the 38 car grid....
Matt Manderson took charge when Everitt pitted for the driver change at around mid point of the race and just pulling out the lead further. "It was so easy in the new March, I could have driven even quicker but there was no point throwing away what seemed to be a commanding position so I just kept a solid pace and we won an entire lap ahead of everyone else"
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| "The team did a great job today" |
Scott Racing Services team principle Trevor commented "This is just such a happy victory for everyone today. We had only days to prep the car. This is a unique car so there were no reference points and so we were all thrown into the deep end on Friday. Between myself, Simon and Tom we had to make some bold decisions regarding the set up of the car but it worked like a dream. The car ran faultlessly so we are of course relieved about that but it is always a lovely feeling as a team when you are presented with a short notice challenge like this and everything works so well immediately. Justin and Matt did a fantastic job out there today in very difficult conditions but neither of them put a foot wrong. They both raved so much about the car so I am hoping we have a chance to run the car and the drivers again in the future".
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| Salter - F1 designer of tomorrow |
"The result marked so many "firsts" commented Kieron, "not least the first win for the car and I am glad that Matt and Justin did it together since they undoubtedly both wanted to be able to claim this. I am especially pleased because we have always known how quick the car is and we just needed a little time to refine the handling. Scott Racing Services did a fantastic job getting the car ready and are adamant now they have had their hands on the car that with a little more time they could make it even faster. This is definitely a championship winning car so our focus now is on 2014"
Motorsport Insurance Survey
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| The MORIS ladies at work |
Motorsport Insurance Survey's are a feature of the MORIS.co.uk as Justin Everitt explains "we have worked closely with clubs like the BRSCC before in 2010 when we commissioned a survey to establish some meaningful data to assist our On Track insurers with establishing the true costs of club level motorsport. Too many insurers are led by too many brokers simply making blind guesses all the time. We prefer to working from meaningful data. We recently asked a third party to google "Motorsport Insurance" and contact ten of the first fifteen companies that came up. They were tasked with establishing some key comparisons with buying motorsport insurance on-line with contacting a regular insurance broker who provide motorsport insurance. The results of that survey we will be releasing later in the year.
"Today was about asking drivers directly about their own particular perceptions of the dangers of motorsport and whether they have insurance or not. The results and feed back was most interesting and we will be adding even more improvements to our on-line motorsport insurance services later this year"
Winning with MORIS Motorsport Insurance
"At a soaking wet Brands Hatch today MORIS were winners, but our goal is the be the largest and most accessible on-line motorsport insurance provider. MORIS was a "world first" the March had it's first win today so as a business our aim is also to simply be first, but we can only do that by talking, listening and taking part with competitors ourselves - we still aim to be very human"
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