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| We are working with Alejandro Agag to make the world's first race of @E1Series (Electric Sea Racing) to #Venezia! An example of sustainability applied to sport, to experiment with solutions to be applied to boating. At Tesa 113 of @salonevenezia The prototype of the #RaceBird! [as translated from Italian]. Image Credit: Luigi Brugnaro via Twitter (2022) |
The Union Internationale Motonautique (UIM), the world governing body of
powerboating, has sanctioned a new horizon in competition for 2023 and
beyond -
E1 - based upon the RaceBird water foil platform, the first fully
sanctioned electric raceboat championship.
E1 World Championship holds an exclusive license with the UIM to promote a racing series on the
water, powered solely by EV technologies. The 2023 schedule of competition
events has yet to be announced.
E1’s RaceBird
made its first public appearance at the Salone Nautico Venezia 2022. The
world’s first all-electric raceboat, combining a sleek and futuristic design
with innovative hydrofoil technology - E1.
Cara Delevingne, British model, actress and eco-activist, piloted the
electric foiling raceboat at a Gala Dinner hosted at the San Clemente Palace
Kempinski
The Venice Racing Team, the first official entry set to compete in the UIM
E1 World Championship, announced Gianluca Carli as their first pilot.
Currently, the series is looking for 12 Teams and 24 Pilots as an ideal
launch to a first series season. The
second team to commit comes from Mexico
with F1 driver Sergio Perez as its chief pilot.
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| The “RaceBird” – a single-seater electric powerboat, with two bright green hydrofoils that allow it to glide above the water – and it’s the first prototype racecraft for the soon-to-be-launched E1 Series (old logo). Image Credit: CNN (2022) |
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| RaceBird racing platform breakout. Image Credit: E1 (2022) |
RaceBird platform features (L to R above) an electric outboard motor
designed and built by
Mercury Racing, powered with
Kreisel Electric
immersive battery technology (to keep them cool), with the boat being lifted
above the water surface through wrap-around wing-foil technology to reduce
drag and maximize energy efficiency, flown by a single-seat pilot control
station enclosed and surrounded by a clamshell safety canopy.
The championship is being established to create a new, competitive on-water
racing proposition based on these clean technologies to protect our waters
and coastal areas.
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| Race Format - Image Credit: E1 (2022) |
The 2023 racing event series plan that is soon to be announced will feature
12 teams, 24 pilots, during a two-day (Friday & Saturday) event cycle
structured with the first day that will mainly consist of shakedown and
practice sessions and qualifying, with the knockout heats of quarter finals,
semi-finals, and finale taking place on the second day. All events will
race against the backdrop of some of the world’s leading cities providing an
impulse for an event travel enterprise.
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| E1 World Championship announced that Formula 1 driver Sergio Perez (“Checo”) will enter a team in the UIM E1 World Championship, which will race under the banner of Team Mexico in the inaugural season of the world’s first all-electric raceboat championship. Checo’s new team will represent the colours of his home nation, with Team Mexico’s pilots competing in electric RaceBird boats carrying the Mexican flag. Image Credit: E1 (2022) |
E1’s philosophy has been inspired by the success of other forms of EV
technologies racing and how they act as a platform to accelerate the
development of sustainable technologies. Series co-founders Alejandro Agag
and Rodi Basso aim to apply that same ethos to racing on the water and help
decarbonise future leisure boats.
... notes from The EDJE
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TAGS: E1 World Championship, RaceBird, Mercury Racing, Kreisel Electric, EV, Union
Internationale Motonautique. UIM, Sergio Perez, Venice, Mexico, wing-foil
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