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Last year HKS Team from Japan had a factory support by Yamaha and two very good riders in its team, Hajime Ishahai and Hideyuki Kurahashi. A few weeks ago, Hajime had informed Jetskiworld.gr that he was left out from the HKS Team without mentioning any reason. He said “Racing is my life. I want to race.” However he did not mention whether he will be racing for any particular Team. HKS Team will still be working on its Supercharged project however, it has not stated yet whether there gonna be any new riders this year in its team.

Valentin Dardillat’s 2015 season got underway in Doha, Qatar at the first round of the UIM / World Championship. The event marked Valentin’s first real outing under race conditions with his new four-stroke jet, the Belassi B3S. Seventh in the first race, Valentin quickly adjusted and improved upon his riding to take fifth place in the second race. The Belassi rider has already made an impact on the overall standings by moving into 5th position in the championship – although he is actually level on points with 4th position. For Valentin this result is a success in every way, especially as he started the event on a basically stock machine. We look back on his weekend... As he said in his own words “I am very satisfied! The machine I used to begin with was a stock version which we hadn’t worked on. I only received my jets just before the start of the season and I had very little time to practice and make adjustments ahead of the opening round of the championship. Although the stock jet is already very powerful, the steering is very different and it took me some time to adapt to it, and I had to make adjustments throughout the weekend in Qatar. I had difficulties in qualifying and that ended up knocking me to eighth place. Fortunately, my starts were very good as the jet really launches off the line! So the power of my B3S gave me a little advantage. It's complicated at the moment, but I am feeling calm about it. Next week we can start to make some changes and we will work on several things; both to the engine and to the hull. I also have to adapt my riding style. But what I've felt this weekend gives me a lot of motivation for the next round, I'm really confident for the rest of the season.”

The young Austrian Kevin Reiterer starts into his season fired up for a new kind of racing event. The first stop of the UIM World Cup took place in Doha, Qatar where the best of the World thought for the early points lead of the 5 stop racing cup. Reiterer qualified third and had a good spot on the starting line. However, a last minute change of his racing boat to a backup boat made him start in the back of the field. “I felt really comfortable on the backup ski and had no problem to fight my way up front.” explains the sport student. As the 22 year old came quick through the field and caught up to third it seemed he could not hold his previous pace of approximately 5-7 sec faster lap times than the leaders. Reiterer dropped by far and still managed to finish third due to a technique problem in the last few laps. In the second Moto it seemed Nacho Amillias (ESP) and Kevin Reiterer had a battle on their hands for taking the overall victory as both of them were riding on a high base. The Austrian suffered a breakdown and the Spanish finished on the top step of the Podium followed by Jeremy Poret (FRA). Despite the bad luck of Reiterer, he could finish second behind current Slalom World Champion Jeremy Poret in the first Slalom event of the 2015 World Cup. The next stop of the UIM World Cup will take place in Italy in more than 2 months. The Top riders of the world will be preparing at their home test tracks to get ready for the European Grand Prix. Photo courtesy: Kevin Reiterer

Round 1 of UIM Aquabike Grand Prix and luck has not been with the side of Broc Austin: “Didn't have the best weekend of racing here in Qatar. Had a horrible start in an unorganized mess of a rolling start the first Moto and charged through to finish 10th. My ski had some electrical issues from the salt water and I couldn't get it running for Moto 2 but luckily Kevin Reiterer let me borrow his ski for a few laps to get points in Moto 2. I think I finished 12th overall. Glad the first race is over and now I know what to expect for the next round in Castro, Italy. Time to go home and train and get a ski ready for the 2nd Round. Thanks to everyone that helped me get here: Queen Racing, Hydroturf, Jettribe, Skat-Trak, Kommander Industries, Oakley, Liquid Militia, Weber Power, my parents, big thanks to Kylie Elmers and Kevin Reiterer for lending me a ski, and Benjamin Francois for helping with my ski.” Photo courtesy Broc Austin

Ski GP1: 1,Nacho Armillas, 2.Jeremy Poret, 3.Alex Barret. Runabout GP1: 1.Thamer Al Darwish, 2.Jeremy Perez, 3. Jean-Baptiste Botti. Pro Freestyle: 1.Nak Florjancic, Rok Florjancic, Fahad Al Hamli. Women GP1: Sandra Fernandez Hernandez, 2.Estelle Poret and 3.Emma Nellie Ortendahl. Pictured Valentin Dardillat got a 5th overall in Ski GP1.

First moto of the Round 1 of the UIM Grand Prix has been completed in Doha, Qatar. These are the results for the three major Classes. Ski Division final GP1 Race Results: 1) Jeremy Poret, 2) Nacho Armillas, 3) Kevin Reiterer. Runabout final GP1 Race Results: 1) Jean Baptiste Botti (FRA), 2) Mohamed Burbayae (KUW), 3) Youssef Al Abdulrazzaq (KUW). In Pro Freestyle Rok and Nak Florjancic got the first two places in the standings. Pictured Nacho Armillas and Kevin Reiterer by Lou Dardillat.

Valentin Dardillat's season under colors of Belassi will begin tomorow, at Doha (Qatar), where he will participate at the first of four rounds of the World Championship UIM. Also, he will compete at the Jetcross Tour, the Euro Final, the World Finals and King’s Cup.