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03:48The weekend is coming to a close, and Team Alula didn't quite get the result it was hoping for, as Team Rafa delivered its first ever win.
04:02But with a packed race calendar scheduled throughout the year, there's no time to dwell, as they all push forward to be crowned E1's kings and queens of the waves.
04:11The E1 Championship is the brainchild of CEO and co-founder Roddy Basso.
04:20I sat down with the Italian former aerospace and racing engineer to talk about his move away from traditional motorsport,
04:27and his drive to launch a thrilling new racing sport that's both fast and friendly to the planet.
04:33Roddy, you worked on your thesis at NASA and then went on to spend decades at the pinnacle of motorsport, the Formula One, and now your new venture is the E1.
04:46Can you tell us, how did that idea of an electric powerboat racing championship come about?
04:52I worked two decades into the combination of high technology applied to sports, and I passionately believe in this combination,
05:02because through the sport you can test new technologies, new solutions, which in few years can be applied on commercial products,
05:11and I have the strong feeling and the certainty that this can impact billions of people in the future.
05:19And I'm sure E1, with this exclusive license for 25 years for World Electric Powerboat Championship,
05:26given by the UIM, the Worldwide Federation of Powerboarding, has a great opportunity to accomplish this task.
05:35The races, the E1 races, take place all around the world in iconic cities like Venice, Monaco, Miami.
05:43So how important are scenic backdrops like the Pearl here in Doha to the championship success?
05:50We don't want to be perceived like the one going only in nice places like for a touristic reason.
05:57So we are in Monaco, and Monaco is, you know, the capital of yachting, very interested in the future.
06:03We come in Doha, where the yachting, I know that is coming very strongly, and there is a strategic vision to make the Qatar the place to be, and the port to be.
06:16We need to be where there is interest in the future of water mobility, connection to the water.
06:21All the E1 teams are owned by celebrities in the sporting or entertainment world.
06:25So what does it mean, this backing from these famous people or celebrities, what does it mean for the sport in terms of popularity and growth?
06:34They are people that jumped on board to the project because they love the purpose, the impact that they can provide through it.
06:44And you know that we have launched this year the Blue Impact Championship.
06:47So they need to contribute to the ESG awareness and solution through their teams, and they will be put in competition.
06:54And they also are on board because they reckon this is a great business.
06:59And today I can tell you that the team license is, the value is five times the initial value in the beginning of last year.
07:09From making waves in the water to revving up gears on the track, the FIA World Endurance Championship is back in Qatar for the second year in a row, opening its 13th season.
07:23A fitting start for what looks to be the most competitive year to date.
07:27While most people are more familiar with the Formula One format, the Endurance Series is a different beast altogether.
07:34And I'm here at the Lucille International Circuit to find out more.
07:39If Formula One is the 100-metre dash in athletics, the World Endurance Championship is a full marathon.
07:48Two classes of race cars, 36 entries on the grid, 108 drivers, and races that vary in duration from 6 hours to a whopping 24 hours.
08:01Drivers compete in either the LMGT3 class, which works more or less like a road car,
08:06or the hyper car, known for its sleek, aerodynamic build.
08:11The Qatar Curtain Racer is 335 laps and 10 hours of non-stop racing action.
08:18The teams have seven other races to compete in, with the climax undoubtedly being 24 hours at Le Mans in France, the longest race in the calendar.
08:27And that's why the World Endurance Championship is not only a test of innovation and engineering brilliance,
08:33it's also the embodiment of team spirit, determination, and strategy in motorsport.
08:38Someone who has won four times at Lucille Circuit, but in a different vehicle, is nine-time MotoGP World Champion Valentino Rossi.
08:48He switched from two wheels to four in 2022 with Team WRT, and has quickly adjusted to an entirely new format of racing.
08:56The braking and the line are similar, but you know, with the motorcycle, the limit is more physical because you have to move more on the bike.
09:07And with the car, you are on the seat.
09:10With the car, you have a lot more grip because you have four wheels.
09:13So in the corner, you can go faster.
09:16You can go, you can have a better speed.
09:18One of Rossi's teammates is Ahmad Al-Harty.
09:22Hailing from Oman, Ahmad is the only Arab driver in the endurance line-up this season, which he hopes will help build the region's interest in the sport.
09:31It means a lot.
09:32It's been a lot of hard work over the last 18-plus years, doing so much in terms of trying to build myself, in terms of being a quick driver, hopefully, and a fast one.
09:40But more importantly, I really hope that this gives an opportunity for the younger drivers to really learn the right and correct path in motorsports.
09:50Ahmad gave me a tour around the team garage, and I had to ask him about the intensity of racing on the track for hours.
09:57It's never comfortable being in a race car, but it's as comfortable as possible.
10:01We're not in the car for more than, depending on the championship regulations, sometimes not exceeding two or three hours.
10:09So at least you get, it's a safety break where you have to come out, freshen up, do what you need to do, and come back in the car.
10:17On top of an already crowded grid, this year also sees the most number of major auto manufacturers looking to steal the crown from defending champs Toyota Gazoo Racing.
10:28We won the manufacturer's title last year, which was a great achievement with all these manufacturers here.
10:32So, yeah, I mean, the aim is to at least keep that, which is not easy.
10:36We've seen many, many different challenges along the way, different technologies with the hybrid systems.
10:41It's made many manufacturers come back into the sport, and, yeah, we welcome it.
10:45It's very good for the work.
10:47Another initiative that's been good for the sport is the addition of the Iron Dames, the all-female team in the series.
10:55It's a very unique project that is supporting females in sports in general, and the idea from Deborah, who is the founder of the project,
11:03was that she wanted to show that females can compete on the same level as men, on the highest level of motorsport, endurance, sprint racing, single-seater, whatever.
11:13And I really believe that we have achieved that with the project, that we can compete on the highest level.
11:19So, with so much competition, innovation, and big names in the sport, it's clear that there's a lot more gas in the tank than there's ever been in the World Endurance Championship,
11:30giving motorsport fans excitement through every checkered flag.
11:37From racing on the water in electric powerboats to witnessing the sheer determination of endurance drivers and their hypercars,
11:44we hope you've enjoyed this thrilling episode.
11:47But that's all the time we have for now.
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11:53Thanks for watching, and we'll see you next time on Qatar 365.