Maria Costello, Bering motorcycle clothing’s PR agent from Northamptonshire, is going back to the Manx Grand Prix this year with hopes of becoming the first female winner. Maria will be one of seven female racers competing on equal terms against the men at the Manx out of a total of 283 individual entries accepted by the Manx MCC, organisers of the meeting for the last 84 years. In 2005 Maria became the first female to stand on the podium in the history of the TT or Manx Grand Prix when she finished third in the Ultra Lightweight race on an RLR Honda RVF400.