Endurance races in the pouring rain were held in Moscow

Fans of water-motor sport proved to be no less steadfast than the racers. On Saturday, in spite of cold and rain, a lot of people came to the water stadium «Dinamo» to support the participants of the race «8 hours of Moscow», held within the UIM World Championships.

You can understand the spectators who stocked up on popcorn and binoculars: pneumatics is a spectacular class. Boats jump, spectacularly stand on their «sides», turn over and fly off the track.

Races were held on the boats in classes PR-1/2/3/4, where PR stands for Pneumatic Rigid, a monohull monohull with a rigid hull and inflatable cylinders on boards. The most powerful boats are PR1 (about 300 hp), the most «youth» - PR4 (up to 60 hp). 27 boats with Russian, Hungarian, Estonian, Belorussian, Latvian and Lithuanian pilots were competing.

After about 2.5 hours after start, the race had to be stopped due to heavy rain. The visibility was less than 10 meters. When the rain abated, the competition continued. Winners were decided in each of the classes.