Powerboat P1 - Sicilian Venue Confirmed

Powerboat P1 announces that Syracuse (Siracusa), Sicily will host the 2009 season finale on September 11-13, replacing Bahrain as the year's World Championship race. After a 5-year absence, Powerboat P1 will head back to the Mediterranean's largest and southern most island which dates back over 2,700 years to 734 BC. Its reputation and rich history as a leading city of the Greek, Roman and Byzantine empires, has endowed the city with a diverse and beautiful architecture and culture. The city of Syracuse offers excellent tourism opportunities for fans to explore its archaeological sites as well as the scenic island of Ortygia. Charming pizzerias, seafood restaurants and fine wines are among the area's tourist attractions. Its location on the Ionian Sea, between the Mediterranean to the west and the Adriatic to the East will offer racers a challenging offshore course. Bahrain has been cancelled as a request by the teams to manage costs as much possible, mostly because of the negative economic down turn hitting the globe in the last year.

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