VNR Alert: XCAT Kuwait 2025 – Day 1

Penultimate round of the UIM XCAT World Championship with the triumph of Victory Team, the historic Emirati outfit. In the opening race of the Kuwait GP, Salem Al Adidi and Eisa Al Ali prevailed practically at home, with the true hosts—the Kuwait team—close behind.

This first day of the weekend was heavily affected by the weather, with strong winds and a very rough sea, but in the end local knowledge of this stretch of the Gulf and a carefully managed race paid off. The biggest disappointment was the mixed American-Russian crew, Team Sharjah’s pairing of champion Shaun Torrente and Mikhail Kitashev: they dominated almost the entire race before retiring with a technical problem. The same happened to the Italian world champions, the Schiano di Cola brothers, who were ruled out immediately due to a broken engine mount.

An incredible crowd turned out for this first event in Kuwait and for the first of the two races to be held this weekend.

Text Credits: XCAT
Photo Credits: ICARUS Sports
Video Credits: ICARUS Sports

TV broadcasters: ICARUS Sports’ output from the 2025 UIM XCAT World Championship 2025 is now uploaded on ICARUS Sports SERVER:

VNR SHOTLIST:
2025 UIM XCAT World Championship – Kuwait_GP_Raw Material.mp4 – Direct download* HERE. 
00:00 – 00:07: Drone Venue Location
00:08 – 00:14: Pole Position 1 
00:15 – 00:19: Pole Position 1 SWECAT “3rd place”
00:20 – 00:25: Pole Position 1 FAZ MARINE “2nd place”
00:26 – 00:31: Pole Position 1 SHARJAH “1st place”
00:32 – 00:47: Drone Race 1
00:48 – 01:06: Race 1
01:07 – 01:12: Drone Race 1
01:13 – 01:22: Race 1 Team GB “3rd place”
01:23 – 01:33: Race 1 Kuwait “2nd place”
01:34 – 02:03: Race 1 VICTORY “1st place”

INTERVIEWS:
ENGLISH: Abdullatif Al Omani (KWT) / Kuwait Throttleman – Direct download* HERE. 
ARABIC: Abdullatif Al Omani (KWT) / Kuwait Throttleman – Direct download* HERE.
ENGLISH: Salem Al Adidi (UAE) / Victory 7 Driver – 1st Place – Direct download* HERE.
ARABIC: Eisa Al Ali (UAE) / Victory 7 Driver – 1st Place – Direct download* HERE.
 
*direct download links expire in 30 days

Please find here the link in order to register and use ICARUS Sports server:
http://portal.icarus-sports.com/

As long as you register, you will get access to our folder with the Events 2025.
Subfolder: UIM XCAT World Championship / Kuwait GP / Day 1

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