WaterJet World Grand Prix

About the WaterJet World Grand Prix

The Waterjet World Grand Prix is a personal watercraft (PWC) racing series run by WGP#1. For 2025, a total of three races are planned in Japan, Belgium, and Thailand. The rounds in Japan and Thailand will host rounds of the Waterjet Asian Championships. In addition, the final round in Thailand will also host the Waterjet World Cup at the same time. Top-level riders from around the world will come together aiming to lift the triple crown of the World Grand Prix, World Cup, and Asian Championship titles.
The Waterjet World Grand Prix series is divided into race classes based on PWC model, rider age, and rider gender. Kawasaki competes in three classes.
In the Pro Ski Grand Prix class, which is the premier class for stand-up PWCs (single-rider capacity, generally ridden in a standing position), “Team Kawasaki Jet Ski” is supported by Kawasaki’s American subsidiary Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A. (AKM). Team rider Jimmy Wilson, who finished 2nd in the Pro Ski Grand Prix class title run last year, will be joined by Japanese promising young rider Mao Sato.
In the Pro-Am Endurance Open, which is an endurance class for runabout PWCs (riding capacity for two or three riders, generally ridden in a sitting position), “Team Pastorello Compétition,” supported by Kawasaki's French subsidiary, competes with rider Jean-Bruno Pastorello, who has won the title six times between 2017 and 2024. Both teams have solid lineups that will be aiming for title wins in the 2024 season.
In the Expert Ski GP stand-up class, Hugo Pastorello is competing with “Team Pastorello Compétition.” Hugo, the son of Jean-Bruno, has been showing rapid progress in the past few years. The father and son duo will both be aiming for title wins in the 2025 season.

Riders

Team Kawasaki Jet Ski

: #300; Jimmy Wilson; Pro Ski Grand Prix; Date of Birth|25 Apr 1989

Career Highlights

2024	2nd	WaterJet World Grand Prix Pro Ski Grand Prix
2023	2nd	Pro Watercross (USA) Pro-Am Ski GP
2022	1st	Pro Watercross (USA) Pro-Am Ski GP
2021	5th	Pro Watercross (USA) Pro-Am Ski GP
2020	1st	Pro Watercross (USA) Pro-Am Ski GP
2019	9th	Pro Watercross (USA) Pro-Am Ski Stock
2018	1st	Pro Watercross (USA) Pro-Am Ski Stock
2017	1st	Pro Watercross (USA) Pro-Am Ski Stock

: #88; Mao Sato; Pro Ski Grand Prix; Date of Birth|11 Aug 2004

Career Highlights

2024	13th	JJSA All Japan Jet Sports Series Pro Ski Grand Prix
	4th	JJSA All Japan Jet Sports Series Vintage 550 (A)
2023	3rd	JJSA All Japan Jet Sports Series Expert Ski Grand Prix
	7th	JJSA All Japan Jet Sports Series Vintage 550 (A)
2022	1st	JJSA All Japan Jet Sports Series A SKI (SLTD)
	1st	JJSA All Japan Jet Sports Series Vintage 550 (A)
2021	3rd	JJSA All Japan Jet Sports Series B SKI STK
	6th	JJSA All Japan Jet Sports Series Vintage 550 (B)
	1st	JJSF All Japan Jet Sports Series A SKI STK

Team Pastorello Compétition

: #8; Jean-Bruno Pastorello; Pro-Am Endurance Open; Date of Birth|9 Oct 1972

Career Highlights

2024	1st	WaterJet World Grand Prix Pro-Am Endurance Open
2023	1st	WaterJet World Grand Prix Pro-Am Endurance Open
2022	1st	WaterJet World Grand Prix Pro-Am Endurance Open
2021	1st	WaterJet World Grand Prix Pro-Am Endurance Open
2019	1st	WaterJet World Grand Prix Pro-Am Endurance Open
2018	2nd	WaterJet World Grand Prix Pro-Am Endurance Open
2017	1st	WaterJet World Grand Prix Pro-Am Endurance Open

: #88; Hugo Pastorello; Expert Ski GP; Date of Birth|25 Jan 1999

Career Highlights

2024	2nd	WaterJet World Grand Prix Expert Ski GP
2022	5th	WaterJet World Grand Prix Pro-Am Ski Stock
2021	1st	Jet Raid Mallorca F3 Class
2020	10th	Jet Raid Akropolis F3 Class
2020	1st	JJMark Hahn 300 (Endurance) Class
2019	1st	Jet Raid Akropolis F4 Class

Machines

In the Waterjet World Grand Prix’s “Pro Ski Grand Prix” premier stand-up class, Team Kawasaki Jet Ski competes with a specially tuned race machine based on the Jet Ski SX-R 160.
The Jet Ski brand has a more than 50-year history that began with the original stand-up Jet Ski and continues to this day in the form of the Jet Ski SX-R 160 production model. With a hull designed for on-water handling performance paired with a high-power engine, the Jet Ski SX-R 160 offers agile handling and an exhilarating ride quality. Riders can use their whole body to control the machine to experience the real thrill that stand-up PWCs offer.
AKM carefully tunes the engine and hull of the Jet Ski SX-R 160 production model, and the result is an even faster and more competitive machine.
For the Expert Ski GP class, Team Pastorello Compétition also fields a Jet Ski SX-R 160, tuned in accordance with class regulations.

Team Pastorello Compétition competes in the Waterjet World Grand Prix’s Pro-Am Endurance Open class using the Jet Ski Ultra 310LX-S.
Flagship models of the Jet Ski brand, Ultra 310 series PWCs are powered by supercharged engines that deliver a maximum output of 310 PS (300 PS for Japan models), and also feature the latest electronic control technology and TFT LCD displays. The Jet Ski Ultra 310LX-S is the luxury-sports model in the series, offering a slim seat that facilitates stand-up riding and Lime Green colouring.
The team has taken the base model Jet Ski Ultra 310LX-S and tuned the engine and hull to their original specifications to improve its competitiveness for racing.