1. Maria Costello finished 8th in the Senior race of the Manx Grand Prix in a field of more than 80 competitors.
15 Facts About Maria Costello
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Maria Costello has won a total of eight Manx Grand Prix Silver Replicas and one TT Bronze Replica.
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In 2022, Maria Costello was engaged as a mentor to Faye Ho's female squad, part of her FHO Racing team established to support up and coming female racers.
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For 2023, Maria Costello was expected to race in the Sidecar TT under Faye Ho's banner, but was sidelined with injury after a practice accident riding a Supertwin solo machine.
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Maria Costello had previously raced in the sidecar event at the 2019 TT races, finishing in position 21 for leg 1, and in position 17 place for leg 2, making history as the first female competitor to compete in both the Sidecar and a solo race, the Lightweight TT, on the same day.
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Maria Costello has been contributing to the motorcycle press as a freelance journalist since her career in motorcycle racing began in 1995.
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Maria Costello is a regular contributor to the Used Bike Guide in addition to publications such as Irish Racer Magazine and Motorcycle Racer.
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Maria Costello has appeared in several television programmes including an Anglia TV documentary on her return to the TT races in 2002, and she was one of a few included on TT Heroes, which followed competitors during the 2003 TT.
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Recently Maria Costello was a presenter on the motorcycle show Fran's Angels.
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Maria Costello has been a panellist on Top Ten Bikes, and has worked as a stunt double.
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Maria Costello doubled for Tamzin Outhwaite on a mountain bike in an ITV drama Walk Away and I Stumble.
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Maria Costello was the rider-double for Oscar-winning actress Reese Witherspoon and worked alongside the lead role played by Christina Ricci.
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The Discovery Channel's Big Big Bikes program featured Maria Costello racing a Honda Fireblade motorcycle against a Porsche 911 GT3 RS.
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Maria Costello appeared as a contestant on Dave's television programme Driving Wars, in a team of fellow bikers called biker babes.
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In 2012 Maria Costello worked as an occasional guest instructor for The Bike Experience, a charity organisation dedicated to helping motorcycle riders who have suffered spinal damage to ride again.