Today, in front of Jumeirah Beaches, the Dubai Grand Prix Powerboat X-Cat competitions, the fifth and final round of the 2024 World Championships, are organized by the Dubai International Marine Sports Club with the participation of 10 international boats with 20 competitors on board, competing for the titles of the first and second main races, in addition to… To the speed racing title.
A press release stated that the participating boats will compete today for two titles, the first is the best time race (speed) at 11 am, and the second is the first main race, which will start at 3 pm.
The competition is intensifying today between the 10 boats that have confirmed their presence in the round, including the teams competing for the lead that are interested in winning and finishing the race in the best position, to strengthen their position before concluding in the race the day after tomorrow.
The overall standings in the world championship this year are led by the Fujairah 96 boat with 215 points, one point ahead of its chaser, the Suwaikat boat, while the Victory 7 boat, led by Salem Al-Adidi and Issa Al Ali, comes in third place with 166 points, and one point behind the fourth-placed Sita boat. Di Palermo 22.
The rest of the teams aspire to record a distinguished presence, including the Vaz Marine 3 boat led by Arif Al-Zafin and his colleague Konstantin Istnov, and the Sharjah 9 boat led by Mikhail Kitashev and Dmitry Vandershev, in addition to the defending champion boat Britain 8, the Tropical 2 10 boat, the Tesselmare 88 boat, and the Q8 Oil 17 boat. .
The distance of the first main race scheduled today is 54.31 nautical miles, and includes 12 race laps (each lap length is 3.53 nautical miles), two long laps (each lap length is 4.05 nautical miles) and a start lap (3.85 nautical miles length).
Participation boats
1- Sweikat 2 (Sweden)
2- FAZ Marine 3 (UAE)
3- Victory 7 (UAE)
4- Britain 8 (Britain)
5- Sharjah 9 (UAE)
6- Triple 210 (Australia – Italy)
7- Q8 Oil (Kuwait)
8- Citta di Palermo 22 (Italy)
9- Tesselmare 88 (Belgium)
10- Fujairah 96 (UAE)
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