Team Brady has declared its determination to defend the title at the sixth series of the second edition of the UIM E1 World Championship, scheduled for Saturday, October 4-5 in Lagos.
The highly anticipated event, presented by FirstBank, marks the first-ever African debut of the championship and will feature nine elite global racing teams, promising a thrilling contest on water.
Going into the Lagos series, Team Brady leads the standings with 135 points, narrowly ahead of Team Rafa (134 points), followed by Team Aoki (125 points) and Team Blue Rising (114 points)-a setup that heightens the intensity at the top of the leaderboard.
In a joint interview with newsmen after the unveiling of the team’s pilots, Sam Coleman and Emma Kimiläinen expressed confidence in maintaining their dominance. The duo vowed to give ‘no breathing space’ to rivals in their quest to stay ahead.
Coleman, however, admitted the pressure of the moment, describing the Lagos contest as a crucial decider before the penultimate series in Miami on November 7, which will ultimately shape their championship ambitions.
‘It’s a challenge. But we are working very hard to just do our own job, take as many points as we can and then hopefully at the end of this race, but especially after the Miami race when the season is over, we hope to be on the top.
‘But, we need to, it’s a team sport, so we have plenty of guys working on the boat, being on the break wall as a strategic team,’ he said.
Kimiläinen added that E1 racing is unpredictable, hoping her and co-pilot plans yield remarkable results.
‘We’re actually not probably doing anything differently, so we trust ourselves, we definitely know what we’re doing, but everything just needs to go as planned and that’s what E1 is all about, it never goes as planned.
‘It’s just super difficult, quite stressful, a lot of things happening, there’s super many other great talents around, we have competitive teams, drivers, and yeah, so it’s always a challenge, but we love it,’ she said.