Electric Powerboating, the 1st World Championship makes its second stop in Venice

In Venice, the second race of the world's first electric powerboat championship. On Sunday 12 May, the E1 Series World Championship (which stems from the experience of electric Formula 1) will debut the 'racebirds' in the Venetian lagoon with 9 teams and 18 drivers (half men and half women). The global competition will also take place in other iconic cities around the world: after the debut in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia 2-3 February), it will continue in Venice (12 May), where the Westbrook Racing team, founded among others by the Italian entrepreneur Leonardo Maria Del Vecchio and American actor Will Smith), Puerto Banús in Marbella (2 June), Geneva (30 June), Monaco (27 July), Rotterdam (8 September) and Hong Kong (10 November). The United States will host a race in season 2.

The E1 Series World Championship is the world's first and only all-electric racing boat championship sanctioned by the Union internationale motonautique (Uim, the international governing body for all powerboat activities). The Uim E1 World Championship was set up to create a new and competitive water racing platform based on green electric technology.

After the experience of electric Formula 1, the E1 Series of powerboats wants to bring the passion of racing and the commitment to the development of sustainable technologies to the water. To do this, the E1 Series has created a type of powerboat that did not exist before: racebirds are born 'sustainable by design' and with their spaceship-like profile exceed 50 knots (93 km/h, an extreme speed in water). What makes the races even more exciting is the fact that the crews compete on equal terms using the same model as the world's most advanced electric raceboats.

A new adventure in the world of sport and green technology, therefore, for Leonardo Maria Del Vecchio who has founded his own team (Westbrook Racing) together with actor, musician and film producer, Will Smith . The co-founders of Westbrook are Ko Yada and Miguel Melendez, Monaco-based investor Alshair Fiyaz and nautical entrepreneur Tommaso Chiabra.

For Leonardo Maria Del Vecchio, this is not the first investment in the green sector. The family office Lmdv Capital (Ceo Marco Talarico ) has recently distinguished itself for its strong investments (for example in the made-in-Italy packaging leader Ima Group) aimed at the development of new sustainable techniques in materials processing. 'I find it important,' said Del Vecchio, 'to support the birth of a new sport, where innovation combines emotion and sustainability. The world of competition has always tested technological improvements for the mass market. Cutting-edge solutions such as those applied in racebirds could, in cascade, touch the world of pleasure craft and reduce pollution from combustion engines. The presence of a male and a female pilot," continues the Italian entrepreneur, "competing on the same level was also an incentive. Finally, being present as a sponsor in the first electric powerboat world championship opens a new window of promotion and international relations for the initiatives of my family office Lmdv Capital".