The TT’s fastest female may not have been able to compete, on an equal footing, at this year’s Manx Grand Prix without the sponsorship she has received from Manx business Webtech Software Ltd.
“Getting an email, out of the blue, from Mark Mann offering support has really turned around this year’s event for me. Without his sponsorship I would be in a very different situation. To be honest I don’t know how I would have got here.” Said Maria Costello.
Based in the Isle of Man, Webtech Software is always keen to promote Manx sporting events and have provided local sponsorship to participants in football, motocross and in particular motorcycle racing, and have regularly supported competitors in the TT.
Mark Mann, Director of Webtech Software comments:
“It looked like it might be touch and go whether Maria would be in a position to compete in the forthcoming Manx GP following a rather difficult start to the 2008 season involving injury and machinery problems. We felt that, given Maria’s standing in the road racing world, this would detract from the event and were therefore delighted when Maria accepted our offer of support.
We would therefore like to wish Maria every success in the Manx GP and hope that the sponsorship we have provided helps her to maintain her record as the fastest woman around the TT course.”
Maria made history at the Manx Grand Prix in 2005 when she became the first woman solo racer to finish on the podium, she will be competing on two machines at this years MGP; her Philip Youles Triumph Daytona 675 in the Junior and on her BERING Honda RVF400 in the Ultra-lightweight Race. The Manx Grand Prix runs between the 16th and 29th August.
