London, 26th April, 2012 – Competitors, sponsors and fans will see more action than ever before from the Powerboat P1 SuperStock UK and     P1 AquaX championships this season thanks to a new agreement with television production and distribution company Greenlight TV.

The Isle of Man and Manchester-based producers will bring Powerboat P1‘s UK series onto screens in more than 30 countries around the world, including major population centres such as China, India and Russia, when the season starts next month.

Dedicated P1 SuperStock programmes will be shown in the UK on Sky Sports HD, with additional coverage through magazine shows on Channel 5, Sky Sports HD and ESPN UK to give a estimated total of more than 3,000 broadcast minutes.

Greenlight TV is planning to enhance the coverage through the use of more on-board cameras. The popular webisodes will again be shown on www.p1superstock.co.uk which already carries almost 30 edits from the 2011 race season.

P1 AquaX coverage will be boosted by a new end-of-season review programme on a number of channels including Sky Sports HD. Each round will have its own webisode specially produced by Greenlight TV and shown online via www.p1aquax.com

“High quality television coverage is essential to the development of our two championships, and the enhanced production capability with more on-board cameras and the extended distribution will benefit everyone involved in the series” said P1 commercial director James Durbin.

A new TV presentation team has been unveiled for the coming season. Kevin Harris will lead the presentation team, with two expert pundits from the motorsports world – Shelley Jory-Leigh and Sarah Bennett-Baggs – providing analysis and insight.

Kevin Harris was the presenter in the studio this week as he posed the consumer questions to motoring journalist and television presenter Quentin Wilson, who was speaking as an ambassador for tyre manafacturer Goodyear.

As the UK prepares itself for another harsh winter, weather affected roads and possible delays, Quentin was offering advice for motorists looking to not have their driving plans and journeys disrupted over the coming winter period.  Winter driving requires a lot of skill and a vehicle that can handle the conditions, but new research shows that millions of us continue to drive in terrible British winter conditions without really preparing ourselves for the journey ahead.  Most notably not changing over to winter tyres.

Unlike other European countries like Germany where winter driving is almost an artform and regulated by the Government, in the UK most of us don’t change to winter tyres, and most of us have never been given lessons in driving in snow and ice.

As a qualified Alpine ski instructor, and someone who has driven to the Alps many times, arriving to resorts on snow and ice, Kevin is all to aware of the need to own a set of winter tyres and makes sure they are put on in the car in November and used until the Spring for both at home in the UK and when driving abroad.

Quentin had previously carried out a field test showing the extreme difference of summer and winter tyres in controlled environment at MIRA on behalf of Goodyear that mirrored the sensation of driving on ice and the results were quite remarkable.  When driving on the winter tyres, the car stopping distance was approximately seven car lengths less than when on summer tyres.  The winter tyre test video and further information on winter tyres and driving tips can be viewed by visiting www.goodyear.co.uk

The Trendsetter winners are the people who lead the P&G Salon Professional distribution growth across all 14 EMEA countries, and the glamorous event is about recognising the outstanding performance of every single one of them.

In  total there will be 111 Trendsetter winners, representing the best of P&G Salon Professional, and the evening will also be revealing the eight Allstar winners of 2011.

This was Kevin moments before taking to the stage, supported by Offshore Limited Watches, whose fabulous designs are trendsetters in every respect.

The event was a great success and over the course of the day the crowds built for each successive show as word spread around Silverstone that this was something really not be missed!

As a keen car fan and Formula 1 fanatic, Kevin was ideally placed to be centre stage ensuring the crowd were whipped to fever pitch as the tyres smoked and screamed.  The all new Ford Focus was put through its paces during the show including the grand finale where Paul drove on two wheels, with the Focus fully laden with four passengers including the Mountune Girls who added some ‘Rockstar‘ glamour as real life rockstars, The PetrolHeads blasted out one of their tracks.

You can next catch Paul Swift, Kevin and The PetrolHeads performing for ‘Wings & Wheels‘ at RAF Dunsfold, home of the Top Gear track this coming Bank Holiday weekend – 28th & 29th August 2011.

Kevin was asked to host the 2011 live event by organiser and CEO of GP Management Jonny Dodge.  The specialised team at GP Management bring a wealth of experience across the sports, entertainment and corporate field and are responsible for some of the highest profile, glamorous and ‘fun’ events on the social calendar including The Grand Prix Drivers Ball and The Dodgeball Rally.

Whilst hosting the live event Kevin was responsible for the ‘Live Theatre’ and general announcements throughout the day including the live and recorded interviews of the VIP’s attending the exclusive event set in the 42 acres of The Hurlingham Club in the heart of South West London.

The event focussed on the height of luxury from the world’s best within the automotive, aviation and marine industries with other patrons and exhibitors including those from the world of fashion and jewellery design including the creations of former International model Sandra Martial from Offshore Limited, whose fabulous timepieces were kindly donated as awards for the ‘Concours Event’ where some of the world’s most priceless and rare motor vehicles were judged in different categories according to their age and design class. 

The vintage cars were organised and put on show thanks to The 96 Club, which was founded in 1976 by Michael Scott and Ray Bellm, whose aim is to create exclusive and prestigious motoring events for performance car enthusiasts.  They organized the UK’s first ever track day, at Silverstone, (just after the 70mph speed limit was introduced), with the two 96 Club Patrons Derek Bell MBE and Sir Stirling Moss.  Michael was on hand throughout the Concours event to add his knowledge and love of all things automotive to Kevin as the finalists were shortlisted and finally announced.

While Concours D’Elegance was the definitive luxury lifestyle event, it also was a partner of  ’The Christchurch Appeal‘ whose work is dedicated to rebuilding the lives of those who have suffered tragedy and loss in New Zealand as a result of the earthquake that struck the region on February 22nd of this year and where since then there have been seven thousand aftershocks on an almost daily basis.  The appeal was kindly supported over the three day event by New Zealand Ambassador, His Excellency Dr Derek Leask, Dame Judith Mayhew DBE, Ex New Zealand Rugby Star Zin Zan Brooke and Katherine Corich, Founder and Director of the SYSDOC group who are fully involved with the appeal.