Young electric boat racing series E1 capped off its inaugural season last month with the first championship going to a team led by someone who knows how to win – Tom Brady. As we approach the new year, E1’s focus is on season 2, and it has shared the tentative racing calendar, which includes seven Grand Prix events scattered worldwide, including a race in the USA.
The UIM E1 Championship Series is an electric boat racing league that recently capped off its inaugural season. E1’s season 1 calendar initially consisted of eight scheduled Grand Prix, where its initial nine teams, led by owners like Rafael Nadal, Will Smith, and Marc Anthony, battled every couple of months for a chance to raise the first-ever E1 trophy.
As a nascent league, the E1 Series shifted its schedule several times in the past year. The league’s initial start was pushed, but several events ended up being locked in for competition around the globe.
Events originally planned for Geneva and Rotterdam were nixed mid-season, but the E1 racing teams have competed in five Grand Prix, including Jeddah, Venice, Monaco, and most recently, Lake Como. The E1 Championship was scheduled to take place in Hong Kong in November, but E1 ended up switching the date and location of that season finale to TBC before skipping it altogether.
As such, Team Brady, led by NFL legend Tom Brady, ended the shortened E1 season 1 racing calendar with the most points and was awarded the UIM Championship trophy. We asked a representative why the championship event in Hong Kong was no longer happening and were told that E1 decided it was in its best interests to conclude season 1 after the fifth event in Lake Como and shift its focus to season 2, with an exciting calendar of events to be announced “very soon.”
In early October, before we got details of an official racing calendar for season 2, E1 shared one confirmed location for a Grand Prix in 2025 – Doha in Qatar. Today, E1 has shared its full tentative racing calendar for season 2, and while some events remain TBD, there are some exciting locations on the schedule, including an event in the US.
E1’s season 2 racing events include Monaco and USA
The UIM E1 Championship announced its tentative racing calendar for season 2 this morning, including Grand Prix events returning to coastal areas like Jeddah, Monaco, and Lake Como and some new races in places like Doha and the US. E1 co-founder and CEO Rodi Basso spoke:
‘To see our revolutionary electric racing series come to life in season one was an incredibly special feeling. E1’s growth and expansion across the globe shows that it has arrived as a truly global sport. The inclusion of new race locations in Qatar and the United States in season two, with more to come, is a testament to the growing interest and investment in the championship and we are looking forward to taking the sport to new audiences.
Season 2 will kick off in January 2025 with a Grand Prix electric boat racing weekend in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Here’s the current E1 racing calendar:
| Grand Prix Location (Provisional) | Dates |
| E1 Jeddah GP, Saudi Arabia | January 24-25, 2025 |
| Visit Qatar E1 Doha GP | February 21-22, 2025 |
| TBA | April, 2025 |
| E1 Monaco | July 18-19,2025 |
| E1 Lake Como GP, Italy | August 22-23, 2025 |
| TBA | October, 2025 |
| TBA – USA | November, 2025 |
E1 shared that it will continue to accelerate preparations for season 2 and share more details of the 2025 racing calendar soon, alongside news of additional Racebird teams. E1 co-founder and chairman Alejandro Agag also spoke about the league’s upcoming second season:
Our mission in season one was to revolutionize and set a new standard for racing on the water. We are pleased to unveil the season two calendar and to continue to drive towards our mission and expand on this success. The calendar sees an inclusion of new cities around the world who are aligned with our vision of building a sustainable sport, and passionate about E1.
While the racing calendar has not revealed it yet, E1 shared that the season 2 championship will take place in a US city to be announced in December 2024. We are not sure if this is still the plan, but when E1 announced musical artist Marc Anthony was joining the league in December 2023 as the owner of Team Miami, it shared that Anthony’s company, Magnus, would help facilitate and host a Grand Prix in the team’s home city during season 2. If and when that event occurs, it will be E1’s debut in the US.