Family comes first for Johnny Herbert

Britain’s Johnny Herbert has put on-hold his debut in the Powerboat P1 World Championship to support his daughter in an Olympics equestrian trial at the weekend.

Herbert had planned to race in the Powerboat P1 British Grand Prix of the Sea, taking place in Cowes over the August Bank Holiday weekend, but now hopes to compete at a World Championship event later in the season.

The ex-Formula One driver and 24 Hours of Le Mans race winner had asked for a Powerboat P1 “wildcard” entry after a test drive in the Evolution Class boat of Wettpunkt on Lake Como earlier this month.

Powerboat P1 in Como