WORLD 1st Jet Suit Race 🚀: Dubai 🏆

Well, here we are for the world's first ever Jetsuit race. Eight pilots battling it out to claim the title of the world's first ever Jetsuit race winner and have their name etched in the history books. What a place to do it in front of this incredible Dubai skyline. We're here in Dubai for the world's first ever Jetsuit race. The sun is shining, unsurprisingly. The suits are being readied and the pilots focusing on what lies ahead. And here's the course layout. When the green flag drops, the race starts. Pilots leap into the air and straight through the first gate and off 300 metres to the first pylon. A right turn and a 150 metre straight before the next right turn. A 250 metre dash, keeping away from the rocks to the left before sweeping right around the red pylon. Then it's flat out towards the final right turn before crossing through the finish line. So there you have it. The course is one kilometre long. Those pylons are five metres high and the suits weigh 30 kilograms. The effort on the body is extreme. The action is going to be nail-biting and it really must be seen to be believed. So this is the Mark 3 Gravity Jetsuit and what that means is we've got seven engines arranged around the body and that allows someone to fly. Two engines on each arm, three in the back and that results in this tripod of thrust where you've got one on each arm and some in the back. So these engines are outputting thrust or exhaust at about a thousand miles an hour and 750 degrees but the pilots don't really have to worry about that because it dissipates so quickly. So this version of the Mark 3 has added flotation just in case any of the pilots do go down in the water they're going to be buoyant and floating with their head out just in case they've had a particularly hardy crash. The whole suit will start up in 15 seconds so from the point that the pilots hit this big red button or small red button the suit will be idling and ready to take off within 15 seconds. The whole suit has very complex alien-like structures inside that allow us to make it extremely lightweight and that's why I'm excited to see how they fare in the race because every pilot is wearing the same suit we've made it as lightweight as we possibly can and they're going to be fighting each other purely based on skill. Well here's how the competition will work. There are four heats with two pilots in each heat. It's a time trial. They've got to get around the course as quickly as they can with the four quickest going through into the final and the pilots in positions five and six facing off in the eliminator. A winner takes all. The winner stays on and goes into the final. The loser is out. Then five pilots will take to the sky here in Dubai with the first across the line being the first ever Jetsuit Race winner. I'm Freddie High. I'm a Jetsuit Race pilot. I've got quite a good baseline of strength for my climbing and I think I'm going to try and use that to my advantage as much as possible so that means nudging up the power as much as I feel confident and being able to kind of throw it around the corners a bit more and just wrestle against the wind and the suit itself to try and just keep it going. There are moments when you do get to appreciate the amount of power that you are using when you're doing like aggressive launches or aggressive turns and you get that buzz of acceleration where you're like we're dealing with something special. I'm Rowan Poulter. I am a Jetsuit pilot. Being a female pilot, it's like there's pros and cons to everything, right? The pro is that you're generally one of the lightest pilots which is great. You use less fuel. You can fly on less power. You can generally fly for longer. Everything's theoretically like a bit easier when it's on lower power so all of those sides are really great but then on the flip side, as you start flying faster and more dynamically and you start really getting into these big long courses and you get the wind involved and all these different aspects, it is a very physical sport. I have two goals. Don't get wet and don't get disqualified. That was pretty much it and if I say this and then I get one of those two things happens on the race, I'm gonna be really sad. Anything can happen. People can crash out. People can get overexcited and go wide on a corner. Anything might happen. It's actually really hard to tell which is what's really exciting about it. I thought I'd be miles behind but actually doing all this testing, I feel like we all have a chance. Well, here we go then. On the right-hand side, Freddie High, the 25-year-old from Surrey. Friends with Paul Jones, one of the other jet suit pilots. Used to go climbing with him. On the left-hand side in the white race suit is Rowan Poulter from Bristol. Well, history is about to be made. The first ever jet suit race and what a place to do it with the backdrop of this amazing Dubai skyline. So the first ever jet suit race. Freddie High in blue, Rowan Poulter in white. The jet suit's starting to spool up. We're about to make history here in Dubai. The first ever jet suit race about to take off. The flags are in the air. It's about to get very noisy. When those flags drop, the race will start. The pilots get ready and we are off and we are running. It's a great start by Rowan Poulter in the white race suit on the inside. Freddie High has got the wider line to the first turn. The right-hander, the right-hander, yellow pylon that you can see just there and around he goes. Rowan takes a very slow, tensive turn and Freddie High has got this one at the moment as they head to the second right-hander, the green pylon and Rowan's on the inside. Freddie's going to try and get her on the inside. I think he's got her. No, he hasn't. Look at that lead that Rowan's got. She leads away and off she goes towards the red pylon, a right turn at the red pylon but she's overshot. Rowan's overshot. Freddie following her too but he manages to realise. He turns early. It's the first time they've seen this course. Freddie has the lead. Quite an extensive lead as you see. Goes round this yellow pylon one more time and down towards the finish line. Remember, it's all about times here. The fastest four times will go through to the final. If you're in fifth and sixth, you'll have to face the eliminator and Freddie High crosses in first place. What a fantastic heat that was. We are off and running in the Jetsuit Race Series here in Dubai and you can see the sheer joy on their faces at this stage. They are absolutely dull-founded, blown away as we are. We're going to wait for them to come over and have a few words. Just shutting down the race suits right now and there's a bit of a cheer going on over my shoulder too. Let's have a little word from Freddie as he comes over. Freddie, come over here. Come over here. I know you want to say well done to Rowan but Freddie, that was mega. Yeah, that was just an unbelievable experience. You know, we've been flying out here in Dubai for the last few days getting ready for this but actually racing, actually being in front of this crowd with Rowan here, it's just been amazing. History has been made and the first ever heat of the Jetsuit Race Series where you've got yourself a pretty decent marker there. It's a pretty good time. Any wobbly moments for you? Yeah, I mean, obviously it's a race so we're pushing it. It's such a new sport, we're still finding our limits. So, you know, a couple of times it's probably been a bit hairier than I've been in the practice but, you know, we've been training so I'm sure we all feel ready for it. So nothing came too unexpected. Well done. Go and relax a little bit. We're here from Rowan as well now. Let's get Rowan up here. Which is having a bit of a debriefing time right now so let's see if we can get a hold of Rowan. Rowan, let's have a word with you. I mean, that was absolutely awesome. Yeah, it was fast. I went the wrong way so, yeah, that wasn't my deal. But, you know, these things happen. It does happen. There were a couple of moments as well. I mean, off the launch it looked like you dipped very, very low. I mean, you were a couple of feet above the water maybe. No, I was actually probably not as low as it looked. I wasn't kicking up spray and that's normally a bad sign. So, yeah, I think it was fine. How do you think it all went though and what was it like for you being part of the first ever race in the Jetsuit Series? It was amazing to be a part of it. It would have been nicer if I'd actually done the course. There you go, Rowan. They're completing the lap. Sounded a little bit dejected maybe but that's the way it goes, isn't it? Of course, in racing this is unfamiliar territory for these pilots. They've never raced before and that is key to this. They've never raced together like this. They've practised and practised and practised but you really can't kind of put into practice a race scenario. So, Rowan and Freddie are going to make their way back across the water right now and I suspect Freddie's going to get ready for a final. Oh, yes, get ready, Freddie, for the final in just a bit but we're about to move on to heat number two. We saw him fly a little bit earlier on. Ahmed is going to be up here, a local boy from the UAE, from Dubai, in fact. Jetsuit man. He is a six-time Guinness World Record holder. He is up next and he's going up alongside another very, very capable pilot. Let's have a look at him. My name's Ryan Hopgood. So, I got involved with gravity from the very beginning. I was quite a natural at it. I fell into the position, the flight position, quite quick and managed to get a hover within three goes. The capabilities of the suit, like, it does still blow my mind. Every now and again, you've got to stop and think about what that suit allows you to do and that's when you sort of just think, hang on a minute, this is crazy. My name is Ahmed Alshahi. I'm an athlete from Skydive Dubai and X-Dubai. Yeah, I'm already an extreme sport, I can say. I start in water sport as in competing in a wakeboarding. 14 days. I know the chance is very less for me to be in the first, but we'll try. Well, heat number two. Jet pilots getting ready. The jetsuits burn through five litres of fuel every single minute. Well, this one is Ryan Hopgood in the green race suit against Ahmed Alshahi, the 35-year-old from the UAE. Wingsuit flyer, jetsuit pilot, wakeboarder. And they're off and they're running. It's a great start from both. A much more horizontal start, though, by Ahmed Alshahi. As you saw Ryan Hopgood leap up into the air, get a lot more elevation, but he has got the pace going into the first turn. Around the pylon he goes and Ahmed Alshahi seems to drop low. Can he hold it? He's right on top of the water. He's back up in the air, manages to hold it as Hopgood gets further down the track and around the green pylon goes Ahmed Alshahi. He's struggling. He's struggling again. And as you see at the top of the picture, I think he's going to go in the drink as round the corner goes Ryan Hopgood. Surely he's got this race. Oh, and into the water goes Ahmed Alshahi. He couldn't get himself back up. He looked like he was struggling, but a thumb in the air tells us he's OK as Hopgood continues around the final yellow pylon and over the finish line. And he will take it. A great victory there for Ryan Hopgood. But Ahmed Alshahi has only been flying for 14 days and maybe it was the experience there that got the better of him. But a fantastic performance from both. Well, Ryan, I don't know if you know what went on around you just there, but you got off to an absolute flyer. Did I? Yeah, I didn't know how far ahead I was until I went to go around the red and I looked back to Ahmed. I think that's when I saw him go in. Well, you went for a swim. It's something that you guys have done a bit over the time, haven't you? It's not the most ideal situation, but it's a softer landing. Oh, definitely. This is why we do it over water for that situation. He's most likely fine right now. You hit the water, you get a bit wet, but I mean, your suit floats and you're good. Just waiting for the rescue boat to come get you. Talk us through what it's been like for you being out here in Dubai and a part of this jet suit race series. Oh, it's been absolutely incredible. I've been with this team for maybe five years or so now. We've been dreaming of this moment. So to be out here actually, you know, getting the ball rolling, it's just incredible. And what is it like? Give us an idea of what it's like for you guys to actually, you know, set off from the pier over there, from the runway. It's very high and, you know, go straight over the water. What is the sensation of something like this jet suit like? The height is definitely something new. We've not really played with that, but it's a lot of fun. But the whole flying concept is just freedom. That's, you know, the best way I can explain it. You can go anywhere in a decent amount of time. And it's just incredible. Some idea people watch. It doesn't look easy to fly a jet suit. I've been in one. I didn't do very well. But Ahmed, he's going to get back in a suit and get underway. Maybe not today, but pretty soon. Oh, yeah, easily. He'll come for more training and everything. Like I said, he's a natural at this. You know, he's famously great in other sports. And this is just another one on his list. Thank you. Thank you very much. He's out of the water. He's coming to speak to us. He could just stay on that boat and say, no, I don't want to speak to you. But it looks like he's going to make his way around. In fact, he's posing for a few photos right now. Look at this. The rescue team. They want to take a photograph with him because he is such a legend around here. First ever UAE wingsuit man. Which is incredible. The jet man, Ahmed. He's just going to make his way across now. We don't need to film as he jumps from one boat to another because it might not be the most glamorous. There he goes. He's going to make his way across. Let's get a quick one. There you see Ryan and Ahmed. Just a bit of a high five. And a bit of a hug as well from the team. Let's see if we can get a word with Ahmed. Can we get a quick word with you? It's a big jump. Be careful. Not that you can get much wetter. Now listen, just turn around for us. I know you'll be disappointed with that because you didn't want to end up in the water, but we've been saying how impressive it's been for us to watch your development over just, well, four short weeks since you first put a jet suit on your back. Yeah. First of all, thank you for coming here. As a short term of training, and I joined the race, I'm proud of myself to make that happen. And yeah, I know I ended in the water, but everything is fine. I'm safe. No injury, no nothing. But at least we're having fun here. You've trained and trained and trained over a very short period of time. 14 days training. 12 days, honestly. 12 days. It goes short and to a... When we come to next time, you'll say it was eight. 12 days of training, Ahmed. And so watch you go around. A couple of moments there where you got quite low. I think it was around here, the green part and you were very low. And that was when you were, it was unable to sort of recover from it. Absolutely. Yeah, I tried to not lift a bit up. I think I catch some hot air and that's what happened because I get low. But I try to not shout, try to fight with it, then it doesn't happen. No, we absolutely have loved having you here in the jet suit race. It's been a real honour for us to have you here, to have a representative from the region as well out there in the jet suit. It's a shame to see you soaking wet, but the big smile on your face makes up for it. I'm not feeling sad about it. This is part of the race. At least we make it safe, happy. Everyone is happy. You have to give some action for the race, you know? You absolutely do. And there are some pilots that haven't joined swim club yet and you've got ahead of the queue. So well done to you. Get back on the boat, Ahmed. Thank you very much. Thank you so much. Great to hear from him. Wasn't that fantastic? You came over, a big beaming smile on his face. If you're wondering what he meant by notching, by the way, the way the jet suits work on the right hand side and their fingers on the right hand side, they have a throttle. Now, the way they do is they set the power of the jet suits to a certain amount, based on the pilot's weight and a few other criteria. If they set the power, then they'll go full power on the right hand side. So they set the power to 80%. The throttle on the right hand side goes on fully, fully on. And then they have a little switch on the left hand, which goes up and down. So they notch up if they need more power, they notch down if they need less power. So when Ahmed said he went around the green pylon there and notched up, what he's talking about is increasing the power in his jet suit to help give him that elevation. But as he caught the hot air from Ryan, that gave him a bit of turbulence. It wasn't quite the air that the jet suit needed. Ideally, they need nice cold air flowing themselves through the jet to give it optimum power. And that's why he then fell into the water as he got nearer to the red pylon. He actually went on quite a long way, around 200 metres or so, very low to the water. So it was a very, very impressive performance. But we've had two heats and we're about to move on to our third heat of four before we move on to the final. And we're going to find out who those pilots are. Here's a bit more. My name's Jamie Stanley. I'm a professional stuntman and a jet suit pilot. My flying style, I think it can be quite erratic in parts. I hope that there aren't any collisions, but it is a natural part of any racing. You know, it could absolutely happen. If it's going to happen, it'll happen today. Hi, my name is Paul Jones. I was probably the slowest to learn to fly out of everyone. But the moment I just kind of switched off and was like, you know what? It's not going anywhere. I started hovering like two goes later because my mind just wasn't with it. Everyone wants to win at the end of the day. We'll be lying if we all said we didn't really want to win because everyone wants to be on that podium. And with that comes the risk of overcooking it, getting too close to someone. Who knows what will happen? Well, here we go. Getting ready for heat number three. Where do we stand, though? Well, Ryan Hopgood put in a very, very good time, as did Freddie High, a little bit slower than Ryan. Rowan Poulter took the extended trip around the track. So her time is a few seconds off the pace. Will it be enough? We just don't know. The flag goes up, telling the pilots to get ready and start spooling up. And Ahmad El-Sheihy, as we saw in that last heat, ended up going for a swim. So he has a DNF. Jamie Stanley in the red suit, the 27-year-old from Farnham in the UK, a former great British gymnast, professional stuntman nowadays, though, working on some of the biggest Hollywood productions since his first ever stunt job back in 2017. And Paul Jones alongside him in the orange, the 29-year-old also from the UK, Basingstoke more specifically, was a professional parkour and stunt athlete, also a rock climbing instructor nowadays and a route setter as well. Well, they look across at the start marshal. They are getting ready. You can tell the nerves starting to build, but you can also see that Paul Jones looks very, very determined just by his stance. Jamie Stanley looks a bit more relaxed at this early stage. It's going to feel like an age for the jets to spool up. They have a procedure on the starting here. They're checking all the gauges. I think that's what Jamie's doing right now. So start marshal just looking on, just making sure everything is in order. And it looks like Jamie is giving them the OK. Thumbs up, I think, there from the start marshal. Yeah, we're all good to go. And the flags go up into the air. We're about to get racing for heat number three. Will it be Jamie Stanley in red or Paul Jones in the orange? We're about to find out. What a start from both of those. Very aggressive as Paul drops down towards the water surface, but manages to regain the altitude and round the outside. He goes leading quite a long way ahead of Jamie Stanley at this stage and round the second turn, much tighter around the second turn. Well, look at that from Jamie Stanley, a 360 degree spin, a totally different technique from him as they head off back down the track. Paul Jones has the lead as we approach the red pylon. Another 360 spin from Jamie Stanley, but it looks like Paul has got this one. He leads away towards the yellow pylon for the final time and up towards the line. A great performance from him, a great performance from Jamie Stanley. Oh, drama! Jamie Stanley is spinning out of control, but manages to regain as he crosses the finish line. Oh, a puff of his cheeks, I'm sure. That was dramatic. But what a great performance from both of these pilots, both setting incredibly quick times. I'm not sure if it's enough yet for the final. We'll have to wait and see. But how about that from heat number three? There's a lot of love there. A lot of love for Jamie. Let's forget Paul for a second. Let's go. Let's go straight. I'm going straight to Jamie if I can. And then I'm going to come to you in a minute, Paul. But let's go to Jamie. Jamie, step forward if you can. I know you've got to let the soup cool down a little bit here. But I mean, needless showboating. No, there's no showboating. We were talking about your technique, this 360 spin as you go around these corners. You've discovered that that's a quicker way for you. I think so. I mean, I can see Paul pulling away from me. So I was trying to do everything I could. But yeah, he's quick. Well done there to Jamie Stanley. Phenomenal performance. Nice work. And let's go to the person who won that heat. Don't know the times just yet, but I suspect it was pretty quick. Yeah, that was pretty wild. I mean, just racing alongside Jamie there was fantastic. He's a lot faster than he thinks as well. Really, really cool. And then I saw your little spin 360. I was like, oh, he went for it. Super exciting. I was quite hesitant to see if I was going to try it or not. So I prefer doing it to the right. But it's left, right? So you smashed it, dude. Amazing. You're a bit like Zoolander. You can only turn one way. Yeah, pretty much. But yeah, it's such an amazing course to see everyone fly like this. The whole team is doing an incredible effort. And yeah, to see all pilots fly like this is so exciting. It's so gripping watching everyone go. So really cool fun to go fly as well. Well, we've got one more heat to go. Thank you very much, Jen. So you can make your way back to your boat. Well done. Excellent stuff. Legendary performance there from Jamie and for Paul. But he's going to be into the final for sure, along with Richard Browning. Let's find out a bit more from Richard and from Issa as well. My name is Richard Browning. I am the founder and chief test pilot from Gravity. And we build and fly 1,000 horsepower jetsuits. This is, I think, seven years into a journey that started with a dream, a vision of, could you get a human being to fly in a way that most people thought impossible? No business idea, no purpose, no practical application just for the sheer joy of the challenge. But I can't deny, ever since taking to the skies with this equipment, I've always harbored this desire to actually push the limits of what you could really do with it. In a safe environment over water, I probably come to this race with the most experience. But I'm also slightly over twice the age of quite a few of the pilots. So there is no doubt they are catching me up. It's going to be just spectacular. My name is Issa Calphon, and I'm a jet suit pilot. Winning, to me, is like number one. My whole life, it's just been that mindset of winning, winning, winning, winning. You won. I'm incredibly competitive. And the thought of losing, like, infuriates me. The strategy now is to dial in that power. I say, if you're in my way, game over. So I'm not stopping for no one. Race number's number one. Now, yeah, I debated this for a good few days. If you know what I'm like, you know that's an Issa number. So I had to go for the number one. There was a few numbers I was debating, but number one, here we go. On to the fourth and final heat before we start facing the eliminator. Remember, it's a top four. Quickest times progress directly to the final. Those in fifth and sixth will have the eliminator, with the winner progressing through. Issa Calphon nearest to us in the black suit with number one. Extremely confident pilot alongside him in the yellow is Richard Browning, the 45-year-old from Salisbury, the founder of Gravity Industries. But the flags are in the air. We're about to get going for the fourth and final heat. And we're off and running. It's a great start from Issa Calphon. Richard Browning, slow to react though. That gives Issa a great head start down there. But look, Richard Browning has already closed that gap up. Issa has the inside and around he goes. A slightly tighter line there from Richard Browning. He might have this on the second turn as he goes wider in. He'll be narrower out. And yes, he gets him on the inside. And down they go towards the red pylon. Two more turns to go. Richard Browning has it on the inside. Issa Calphon may be able to generate more pace. He goes backwards. No, he doesn't. He almost stops. And he recovers. Richard Browning running wide. Issa Calphon getting his head down. Look at the angle. So steep, so aggressive. And they both head round. A swooping wide line from Richard Browning. And Issa Calphon cuts across. Issa Calphon, I think, took that one almost neck and neck as they went across the line. Well, that one was a sheer race to the line for both Issa Calphon and Richard Browning. I think Issa may have done it. But I'm pretty sure both would have secured their place in the final. Well, that race had it all. Wide lines, stopping and starting, aggressive racing. And look at Richard Browning. I think he enjoyed that. Issa just went so quickly. Richard took some wider lines. How about that? I don't know who to come to first. I don't know who got the win there. I have no idea. I'm going to come to Issa second, actually, Richard. Because let's talk about lines. Let's talk about racing. How low you are over the water as well. It's kind of fun kicking that water up. And I love coming into a tight turn when you pull up. It's like the cycle tracks where you gain that height to sort of stupor down into the next straight. Yeah, I just kind of love doing that. And also, you get a much even greater sense of the speed just cruising along the ground like that. It's great fun. The start from you two was pretty incredible. I mean, you both just leapt off the pier. And off you went. It was neck and neck into that first turn. Very different flying style, though. You have this kind of this fluid, angular movement. It's very nice and swift. Allows you to take wider lines. But he's like a little rocket on the inside. I mean, we genuinely came here thinking this could be pretty epic. We've flown events all over the world. And everybody loves seeing the flying. But let's go one step further and have that competitive, combative element. And you never really know until you try it. But I think already, it's frankly blown my mind of how exciting and crazy this is. And we've only just begun. No, I'm not even racing. And I am absolutely buzzing. This is incredible. Isa, step forward. Because it's all about racing lines. I think you overshot there on the last lap up to the red pylon, I think. And you went very, very wide. And you got the power back on. Yeah, I knew I'd come a bit too fast into that corner. So I just kind of chucked everything forward to start chucking me back in the opposite direction. And I managed to catch up. And I knew I had a job to do, which is carry the speed. And then carry the speed into the last corner to come around. And we were kind of neck and neck. Richard's slightly ahead of me. And yeah, I'm not too sure what happened. But we kind of just buzzed past the race finish gates. And it was incredible. I don't know the times just yet. I'm going to have to find out. But I think you're pretty safely through into the final. Can you win this thing? I think, yes, of course, I could win this thing. I believe that anything is possible. And anything could happen in this kind of sport. You just don't know. There's a million and one outcomes. So we're just going to have to wait and see. All the other guys are flying. So it'll be good. It'll be good to get everyone head-to-head and see who comes up and the better man. Fantastic competition so far. We've seen four heats. A decent crowd here as well here. Being treated to a world first in the Jetsuit Race Series. We'll be back very soon with some updates on the eliminations. I'll get some times for you. We'll be back, like I say, for the eliminator. Who's going to be in the final? You'll have to wait and see. On we go to the eliminator. We have seen four heats. We know where they all stand. And the pilots in fifth and sixth positions from their pace. Although Ryan Hopgood looked incredibly good in his heat. Well, he finished fifth fastest. Freddie High in the blue suit. You can see the camera on him right now. He was the sixth fastest. So it all comes down to this. The eliminator. The quickest pilot goes through to the final. The slowest of these two is out. It is a proper, proper race. No looking at the times. It's about who crosses the line first. Well, Ryan has the pace. Freddie, well, he's pretty good too. Very, very consistent is Freddie High. The 25-year-old from Surrey. I'm sure the nerves are starting to build. They desperately want to get into the final. Well, you see the start marshal has the flags in the air. The Jets are spooled. We're getting ready to go. Who will make it through? We're about to find out. And we're off and we are running. It's a great start from Freddie High. It's another high takeoff there from Ryan Hopgood as he gets altitude. Freddie High has got the inside line. He's slightly ahead as well of the pilot in green, Ryan Hopgood. And round they go for the first time. It's a very wide line though from Freddie. He looks like he's cutting Ryan off though as he goes round again. A very tight line from Ryan Hopgood. He's got him on the inside. What an overtake that was. Cutting him through on the inside. And he gets the pace, doesn't he? Starts getting his head down, leaning forward. And he leads around the red pylon. Only two more pylons to go. Freddie High drops low to the water. He's back underway again as Ryan heads down to the yellow. Round to the right he goes. He can see the finish line. He can see his place in the final. He is starting to slow. Freddie is closing in. And across they go. Oh, and almost a collision just there. Freddie High taking evasive action. Ryan landing. I'm not sure what happened just there. Ryan crossed the line first and almost stopped in the sky. And Freddie High, he had to think fast. My word, he did. A fifth bump there from both. Both collect them. But we'll try and get a very quick word from these two pilots right now. Wow. I just want to see if we can get in and see what these two pilots are saying to each other because it was so, so close. I know you're going to get ready straight away, Ryan, for this final. So we'll get you back on that boat as quickly as we can. But talk us through that one. Because, I mean, there's a phrase, off like a scalded cat. You were absolutely flying from the start. Yeah, thank you. That was a lot of fun. I mean, taking off with Freddie though, that's incredible to go down that first straight together. I can't remember what part I overtook you, to be honest. And there was a bit of a close call at the moment from me. Towards the end, my shoulder just started to feel a bit fatigued. So I thought I'd get to the pontoon as quickly as I could. So sorry about cutting you off there. Yeah, it was a good race. It was a fantastic race for us to watch. Go and get yourself in the boat and just rest up for a bit. Ryan, as he says, he has got a slightly injured shoulder. We'll come to that in just a bit. But Freddie, while we got you here, I mean, you gave it your all. You went into that first corner, that first pile on the yellow just there, and you were slightly ahead. And then this nippy little fellow got in underneath you. Yeah, I mean, Ryan's got a bit more experience than me. So he just, you know, is a bit more experienced with these kind of tight manoeuvres that we experience at these high speeds. So he was just able to eke it out at the end there. But it was such a good race. And yeah, Ryan was the first of the Gravity guys who took me out over water. So being able to race alongside him was really cool. Go and get yourself back in the boat. We'll catch up later on. But well done there to Freddie. A fantastic competition. I'm sure you'll agree. We have seen some fantastic, fantastic racing from all these pilots, all eight of them out here today. And we have got the biggest treat of all coming our way with the final. Don't go anywhere. You do not want to miss this. Well, this is the moment we've all been waiting for. History in the making. Five pilots, five jetsuits springing into life. Freddie High, he gets the reprieve. Lost out in the Eliminator to Ryan Hopgood. But due to injury to Ryan, that means Freddie takes his place back up in the blue. Three races in one day. He's going to be hurting. Jamie Stanley in red alongside. In the yellow, Richard Browning. On the far side, you see Issa Calthon in the black. And in the orange, it's Paul Jones. This is about to get very, very noisy. Very, very dramatic with this Dubai backdrop. A fitting setting for the first ever Jetsuit Race Series. The star marshal looking down the line. He's making sure all pilots are okay. I'm pretty sure they're ready to go. Jamie Stanley just getting his jets nice and comfortable in his hands. And a nod over to say he's ready to go. So here we go. Build the noise. The flags are up. The pilots are ready. And we are off. And it's neck and neck as they lead. A great start though for Jamie Stanley. He leads off and running. But what about that on the outside? That is Richard Browning around the first pylon. He's around 30 meters ahead. A gaggle of pilots follow through. No one colliding. Nicely done. It's a wide line though for Richard Browning. And that is allowing a pilot through. Who is it? It's Issa Calthon. Issa Calthon sneaks through on the inside. A brilliant overtake for Calthon. He leads away now. And you can see Paul Jones fighting neck and neck with Freddie Hai. Just a few more turns to go. And who's that? Richard Browning. He's taken a wide line. And that allows Issa Calthon to stretch the lead and the others to gain it over the line. Issa Calthon does it. What a performance. I think that was Paul Jones in second. Yes, Paul Jones comes through second. And in third place, I think Freddie Hai has done it. He got a reprieve. He got himself back into the final due to the injury to Ryan Hopgood. Freddie Hai comes home third. A great performance from all of these pilots. But how about that? Issa Calthon has done it. The 22-year-old from Winchester, a former medal-winning gymnast, and now the first ever jet suit race winner. Well, before we hear from the pilots, look at this. How about that on the crowd here? What do you think of that? A huge cheer goes up here on the banking as the pilots come down. Wow, that was amazing. I'm going to come to our race winner last of all. But flying across the line, Issa won that one. Issa, I'm going to come to you at the end. Second place, I've forgotten who it was. Paul, come to me here. That was very well done there, chap. Somehow you kept abreast of who came second. I have no idea. Paul, let's come to you then. Second, I didn't know what that was going to look like. Five pilots taken to the sky. We were all so lost throughout the day trying to figure out what this five-pilot race was going to be like. That was so much excitement in the air. It was unreal. I can't imagine what everyone here was looking at. And tough competitors. These guys are all so fast. Every single one of these people, every single pilot that's flown today, incredibly talented and fast. And that was so much adrenaline there. What a race. What a competitors. I'm just speechless right now, to be honest. It's kind of mad. Second place for you. I'm just going to speak to Richard for a minute. Richard, can you come on in for a second? Because, I mean, you could have won that. You took a really, really wide line out the red. I went hell for leather after him on that straight there. And then just had this really wide, kind of thinking it might work. But yeah, those guys cut inside me. And then, I like a target though. I don't know if I got Freddy or not on the finish line. But it was just massively fun. I mean, that is, we've never done five-pilot racing like that before. And that is epic. I mean, I think, I think he's just summed it up. We've got to do this every weekend. Every weekend. I don't think my heart can take it. Let's just speak to third place. I'm pretty sure it was Freddy. He's going to make his way forward. He's just lined up for a second. Isa won it. Isa won it for sure. Let's get Freddy in. Because it was very close between yourself and Richard there, of course. But, you know, you got into the final sort of by a default because of Ryan pulling out there. A quick word on Ryan. Yeah, I mean, Ryan's an amazing athlete. He's just suffering from a sustained injury from gymnastics. So it's quite unfortunate not to see him in the finals with everyone. But, you know, his loss is my gain. And it's been amazing to come out and fly around this course with everyone. Amazing stuff. Now, I'm just going to speak to Isa. Can you come in, Isa, for a second? For everybody here on the banks, I've been watching this here in the harbour. I mean, that was incredible. You're quite confident going into this. Yeah, I'd say for me, I just like to keep confident. I like to keep, you know, prepared for everything. Yeah, I mean, last minute technical difficulties. Had to swap suits, but we pulled it off. I was running back and forth from the paddocks. And yeah, we managed to pull it off and get it going and come away with the result that we wanted today. So I'm extremely happy. Well, hello, ladies and gentlemen. We are ready for the awards presentation here for what was an incredible, incredible first ever Jetsuit Race Series. What an incredible final that was to seeing five pilots across the sky here in Dubai. Please welcome in third place, Freddie Hai. Takes his place there on the podium. In second place and a fantastic performance as well, Paul Jones. And ladies and gentlemen, please make as much noise as you can. This is history in the making. The first ever Jetsuit Race winner, Isa Khelfon. What a trophy that is, Isa. How about that? Well, the Jetsuit Race Series hope to show innovation in a totally different way. And it's fair to say here in Dubai with all the thrills and spills and incredible racing that it delivered and some. We hope to see you next time.