The absence of Frenchman multi world champion Nicolas Rius was intense during the last two years from the World Finals. The change of IJSBA rules as well as the Yamaha Europe decision to cut their cooperation sent the Frenchman to the grandstands as a spectator. Recently Rius Racing announced that Nicolas will return this year at the World Finals racing field as a racer scoping to race in both GP and Runabout class. This is good news for the sport, since it is nice to have lots of really good athletes in the race course.
