Craig Breen in action w/ a Yamaha YXZ1000R Side-by-Side Buggy on ice!

This video is about Hyundai WRC driver Craig Breen who was at the first two round of the 2021 The Ice Challenge with his own Yamaha YXZ1000R Side-by-Side vehicle. It's probably the second time I saw these buggies racing in person and I must admit they look so much fun to drive. The organizers of the Italian ice racing series decided to indroduce a category for them in the 2021 championship.

This Yamaha is powered by a 1000cc inline-3 engine with around 112 hp at 10,000 rpm and mated to a 5-speed sequential gearbox. The total weight of the buggy is around 700kg. Traction can be selected at will or utility and can vary from 2WD, 4WD or 4WD with Diff-lock. Craig's YXZ1000R seems to have a better and stronger upper roll cage, different side panels, a front windscreen, an Akrapovič exhaust and of course smaller studded tyres.

If track's layout looks kinda strange while you're watching this video that's because I put together both the clips I recorded on Saturday (Round 1) and the ones from Sunday (Round 2). Organizers decided to host the first two rounds of the season at the same location but with two layouts: for the first round they used the original, anticlockwise layout of the circuit while on Sunday they opted to slighly change some corners and running in the opposite way/clockwise.

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Camcorder: Canon Legria HF GX10 + Canon DM-100 Microphone
Event: The Ice Challenge 2021 - Round 1 & 2
Where: Livigno, Italy

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[rows]

5:19 look at that beautiful backdrop, incredible scenery!

[apancher]

I used to work for a powersports dealership thay sold these. They are incredible! We had one built as a display with a turbo kit making like 200hp that they would let us borrow from time to time. It was pure insanity.

[Racing-ncxy]

Dam, they sound so good for something that small

[rodbrakes]

He's so precise. The skill is amazing.

[patbai]

Looks funny with those little wheels n tyres
😅

[tobywonkinoby]

Some damn good driving. Looks like fun!

[nicolafox]

Hi and thanks Bozzy 👍😎looks so much fun 😊

[wrighty]

i predict the side by side market will be huge

[aaronjordan]

We are going to start welding up a few hundred of these in a few days

[PaddyMcQueen]

Questo si che è giudare sulla neve/ghiaccio.

[kikiautorcmanB]

Sound like a V6 engine... 👍‼️Very fun 💯🏁🏎️🤓