Once all the pilots where inside the water, they stood in front of their crafts with the keys in one hand and they had to lift that hand. The flag was raised and then put down and this was the official start of the race. It was a rainy start; Pastorello put himself quickly in the first positions followed by Sylvain and Mathias Casa. The race was an Off Shore of 30 km to a waypoint and a new off shore of 30km back. For the ones that stayed here, we saw just the start but 1.30hs later we returned with the fiscals to get the final positions and to receive the winner of the second off shore. The Brazilian people were all excited and waiting too for the pilots. A new edition, the Jet Raid Brazil 09, had begun. Like it was said on the Pilots Conference, since 8.30am, pilots started to fill their jets with gasoline, they also finished with some details (for example: stickers) and started carrying their jets to the entrance of the beach. Read the results of first leg at www.jetraid.net
