New Yamaha GP1800 WaveRunner makes podium race debut

At the 2017 Australian Watercross Championships held at Redcliffe Beach, Queensland, (April 29-30 2017), Yamaha won six of 11 the eligible classes it can enter. But the big news is that three of those were dominated by the all-new and pretty much race-untried GP1800 WaveRunner (link to our boatsales GP1800 test review.).

Proving to be the most successful model of the Championships, the 2017 GP1800 was ridden by Mitch Wayt, who won the Pro-Stock Championship Title and the Pro-Stock Endurance Title on his two Worx Racing and Diptech Yamaha tuned WaveRunners.

Former champion Shane Stuart won the Pro-Stock-spec Championship Title on his Shoreline Yamaha tuned GP1800 and FZS. This has been a strong class for Yamaha WaveRunners with the top five riders competing on either a GP1800 or FZ.

Meantime, five-time Endurance Champion Christian D’Agostin proved yet again that he is the fastest over long distances, winning the Pro-Open Endurance Title on his Gold Coast WaveRunners FX SVHO.

Not to be outdone, SuperJet riders saw plenty of podiums, with Shoreline Yamaha’s Jordan O’Keeffe #141 winning the Pro/Am Limited Lites Title on his SuperJet, and 16-year-old Jett Cavanagh #101 winning the Junior Lites Title on his Worx Racing tuned SuperJet.

The Pro/Am Limited Lites Class was a world-class display of riding in the brutally windy conditions, with one-metre chop plaguing the course.

"It’s pleasing to see the majority of Australia’s elite racers have chosen to fight for the 2017 Australian Championship on either the GP1800, FX SVHO or SuperJet," said Yamaha Motor Australia’s Mark Harman.

"It’s early days for the new GP1800, with it being a brand-new product, but we have had an exceptional result from the new GP1800, locking out three of the runabout classes," he added.

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