SARA PRICE, CATIE MUNNINGS, OBAN DUNCAN Lead E1’s Electric Water Revolution

July 5, 2026

• SARA PRICE, 33, first American woman to win a Dakar stage, now pilots for Will Smith’s Angola Westbrook Racing team currently leading the championship. Despite wanting more speed, she finds hydrofoil racing safer than off-road competition.
• CATIE MUNNINGS, 28, rally-driver-turned-TV-presenter, matched powerboat veterans’ lap times immediately. She excels because car racing instincts transfer seamlessly, though water demands finesse over aggression—full-throttle even through hairpins with precise 0.1-degree trim adjustments.
• OBAN DUNCAN, 19, ten-time British powerboat champion and Glasgow health-safety consultant, served as RaceBird development tester. Her water background provides less advantage than expected—hydrofoils make these boats fundamentally different, requiring new balancing techniques.
• SARA MISIR, 28, former Jamaican equestrian, emphasizes strategy over equipment advantages. She notes each lap differs wildly with changing water conditions, wind, turbulence—fresh water Como versus saltwater Jeddah demands constant adaptation impossible on static race tracks.

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