The best drivers in the world of watercraft will meet in Lo Pagan for the next two weekends, to contest the European Championship in terms of how jet rally circuit.
Among the key participants are Franky Zapata, Steven Dauliach, Tedy Pons, Botti, James Bushell and Nacho Armillas Spanish and David Selles.
The European Championship consists of four rounds, becoming the San Pedro at the inaugural.
The following will be played in Portugal, France and Italy.
This championship, now begins, which replaces the previously held name of Corona tour, which had been disputed since 87 and held in Murcia opening tests of the last three years.
The next weekend will be held the test circuit, starting Friday afternoon with practice and fought the qualifying heats on Saturday and Sunday.
The following weekend, the MP the jet rally test with the same schedule.
The pilots will provide a total of 12 laps of the Mar Menor, in a 3-sleeves.
On Friday 15 shall be carried out technical checks, there will be training on Saturday morning and afternoon will begin with the first 4 laps.
On Sunday they played two rounds, a 2-round and another six with about two hours apart.
In total, participants will walk about 400 miles.
Presentation
This morning, the general director of Sports, Antonio Peńalver, escorted by the councilman of Sports of the municipality of San Pedro del Pinatar, Lorenzo Ferrer, the president of the Spanish Federation of Powerboating, José Miguel Martínez, the president of the Federation of Murcia Motonáutica Dionisio Bath, and the pilot Lorca, Juanfra Rodríguez, presented to the media the European Championship, thanking the council pinatarense federations and their efforts in organizing an event of this magnitude.
For his part, José Miguel Martínez, said the infrastructure that have in San Pedro del Pinatar may be the best in the world for a tournament of this type.
"The parking, the building of the Marine Activities Centre and the Mar Menor, combine excellent conditions for the drivers, the organization and the public," said José Miguel.
During his turn, Lorenzo Ferrer thanked the unconditional support of the overall direction of sports to water sports, encouraging all motor enthusiasts to enjoy the championship and the beaches and restaurants of San Pedro del Pinatar.
Finally, Juanfra Rodriguez, declared himself very happy to participate in a Championship of this category in its own region.
Juanfra, which involved the second weekend in testing jet rally, warned of the hardness of the test, having to travel nearly 400 miles in two days and compete against the best in the world.
Lorca said the pilot is likely to be physically able to check the differences, besides the sea state.
"The Mar Menor is not easy to navigate, so if it is 'bottom', we will have some advantage over those who know him," Rodriguez said.
Still, he acknowledged the superiority of the French pilots, who will be very difficult to win.
Source: Federación de Motonáutica Región de Murcia