After a week of racing in very rough conditions at the Inkas Jet Raid in Peru Greek rider Akis Malouchos managed to finish 6th in F1 Class. Although there were many issues involved until he finally got a race craft to participate due to the misunderstanding with local Carlos Torres. Malouchos would like to thank Anibal Aliaga and Yamaha Peru for providing FOR FREE a Yamaha FX SVHO for his participation in this race. Also a huge THANKS to Olivier Vidal, Laurent Lagarde from Team Pastorello (also for providing another GPS unit), the whole Team Pastorello (Zeal, Niko and Dimitri), mechanics of Alain Martin and Manu Cherichi and Diaz brothers for helping him setting up the GPS almost every day. Sylvie from Jet Pulsion magazine and Laurent Bates for transportation assistance and all Pit Crew for loading and unloading the craft to the shore. Also, I would like to tank Glenn Dickinson from R&D for shipping on time some crucial aftermarket parts. Last bit not least Bruno Casa and his wife Claudia for all his support since the arrival in the race site. Without the help and support from all these guys and Teams I would have not been able to finish this incredible and demanding Offshore race. My previous practice/race was at the Akropolis Jet Raid Greece, last June and I am very satisfied that I succeeded finishing of the race on a secondhand Yamaha (with 80hours on it) that could only reach the top speed of 60mph. Photo courtesy: Akis Malouchos (www.championsjetski.com)
