The UIM E1 World Championship presented by PIF, the world’s first all-electric raceboat series, returned for 2025 in spectacular fashion today as Team Brady secured pole position in Jeddah.
The 2024 ‘Champions of the Water’ Team Brady reigned supreme on the Red Sea, as the Tom Brady-backed team threw down the gauntlet and set the pace by topping a breathless qualifying session.
Team Brady pilot Emma Kimiläinen proved the fastest pilot in qualifying following a day of intense competition to put her team in the driving seat at the E1 Jeddah GP.
The team overcame fierce competition from Team AlUla Championed by LeBron James in second place and Aoki Racing Team in third.
Emma Kimiläinen said “As reigning champions, the pressure was on always going to be on us. But as Tom [Brady] tells us, we should embrace it, and that’s exactly what we did today.”
E1 newcomers Team AlUla Championed by LeBron James, competing for the first time after entering the Championship this week, proved to be the surprise package thanks to a blistering qualifying time trial by their Canadian pilot Rusty Wyatt.
The result has paved the way for a gripping race day on Saturday with the Championship’s nine teams looking to establish an early lead and take the fight to Team Brady.
Today marks the Championship’s return to Jeddah, the home of E1’s first ever race.
