Brarda, who made his racing debut in Europe in the eighties before moving to the USA to compete in Superboats, and the Super Cat series, confirmed that the team will run a Tencara hull powered by Mercury-Class 1, 9litre, V8 power-plants.

The new French-Italian partnership sees Brarda taking the wheel alongside experienced throttleman Lino di Biase, who won the American APBA Championship in 1997, and from 15 starts in Class 1 has won two Grands Prix, his most recent in 2006 with Abdullah Al-Sulaiti in Qatar 95, and taken four podium finishes.