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Registration opened for Elements Race, a techno-biathlon on land and sea

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Registration is open for the second Elements Race, combining sailing and rally-raids. The competition will take place from September 21 to 24 on Sardinia island. This year participants will tackle new routes on board of J70 yachts and Yamaha YXZ1000R off-road buggies.

From 4 members of each team at least two must have experience in sailing and two must have category B driving license.

The first and third days are scheduled to regatta on two different routes, for a total of about 30 miles. The first day stage will start with a practice crossing from Porto Cervo to Porto Pollo and will end with a circular racing session with a return to base camp in Porto Pollo. The route of the second stage runs from Porto Pollo to Porto Cervo.

The rally races are scheduled for the second and fourth day. Two exciting tracks with a total length of about 300 km, where the participants will have to tackle a technical route and navigate by the road book. This year it is also intended to use a compass to navigate the most difficult sections of the track.

«After the success of the first edition, - comments Rudy Briani, stage director of off-road stages, - we decided to make the courses much more difficult, this year they will be longer and more difficult to navigate. Some of them will use the same tracks as the WRC championship: entertainment and excitement are guaranteed!»
«Elements Race is a very successful format" commented Andrea Rossi, an ocean skipper, off-road enthusiast and participant of last year's Elements race. - In the future the race will be even more extreme, aimed at prepared participants. Our team will definitely fight for the victory this year as well».

The final result of the competition will be determined by the amount of points scored in the daily stages. At the end of the race each member of the winning team will be awarded with an Orienteering watch provided by Terra Cielo Mare, the main sponsor of Elements Race.

Elements Race was invented and organized by Guglielmo Fontana Rava and Danil Kuzvesov, professionals in the world of automotive industry - Yamaha Motor Europe and Ferrari SPA. With the creation of Elements Race they combined their passions for sailing and rally-raids into a unique competition.

«We believe that innovation and continuous development are also about sport," says Guglielmo Fontana-Rava. - We want to push the limits of adventure racing by combining sailing and rally-raids in a single competition. We are confident that the Elements Race will eventually form a new category of athletes.»
«We offer our participants an unforgettable experience, - concludes Danil Kuzvesov. - Crews will overcome two elements, breaking through a variety of unforgettable landscapes of Northern Sardinia, in the heart of the Mediterranean Sea. Elements Race is accessible both to the experienced sportsmen and to the simply adventurous, thanks to the full service package offered by the organizers».

You can see how the first Elements Race took place in our photo gallery.

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