spain so for a few minutes with the first final of the third season of SailGP in the Sail Grand Prix Shorts presented by Hamilton Princess. In the first test, the roosters made another spectacular start that sealed with a second position, which suggested the reassembled after an irregular first day.
However, the mistakes made by the F50 Victoria in communication penalized the team. The Australians, led by Tom Slingsbyshowed that they had not lost the rhythm that made them winners in the first and second seasons of the league and prevailed in Bermuda, followed by United Kingdom y canadanew team together with Switzerland.
The Spanish team repeated crew during the second day, with Paula Barcel how grinder and Joan Cardona as a tactician when racing with a broken right hand. jordi Xammar (pilot) led the F50 Victoria, along with Florian footsteps (wing trimmer), Diego ankle boot (flight controller) and Joel Rodriguez (grinder). The team, which is still the most young of the entire fleet, managed to close good starts this weekend, as well as control fundamental aspects during the competition such as sailing well and making very favorable tactical decisions.
We just lack the experience”
Paula Barcelwho made history in Bermuda by becoming the first woman to play the role of grindermaintained that “we are a little disappointed by our results but I think it is just the lack of experience“. The person in charge of the fleet management She was confident ahead of the Chicago test, stating that “we are looking forward to the next test to continue improving those little things and be at the top soon”. In this line, Jordi Xammarpilot of the F50 Victoria, assured that “the only focus of the team until the next test will be how to improve performance, analyzing all the details”.
But they soon recovered and rejoined the lead. In the last minutes, Denmark lost speed, a fact that New Zealand took advantage of to finish first and Spain to close a second place. Denmark closed a third place in the test in which France saw the second black flag in SailGP history by endangering the British vessel.
In the second race, the luck turned against the Spanish team, which could not sign a start like the first, while Australia took the lead without leaving any team the opportunity to dispute the lead. The traffic The dense race course penalized the Spanish team, which experienced communication errors that did not allow it to take flight for the entire second race of the day. Test without major changes or surprises that ended up being awarded to Australia, followed by USA y Denmark. The F50 Victoria finished ninth.
–The final in Bermuda was unprecedented, with Australia, Great Britain -two classics-, but with Canada as the third participant, a new fleet team led by Phil Robertson. The race to three was colorless, Tom Slingsby took the lead from the very start and gave no choice, leaving Ben Ainslie y Phil Robertson fighting for second place. The Australians proved veteran and prevailed with authority, followed by Great Britain and Canada.
The second SailGP event will be the United States Sail Grand Prix | Chicago, which will be held on the shores of Lake Michigan on June 18 and 19.
GENERAL CLASSIFICATION
Australia (10 points) Great Britain (9) Canada (8) Denmark (7) United States (6) New Zealand (5) Spain (4) France (3) Switzerland (2)
CARRERA 4: New Zealand; Spain; Denmark; Australia; Great Britain; USA; Canada; Swiss; France (disqualified)
CARRERA 5: Australia; USA; Denmark; Great Britain; Canada; Swiss; New Zealand; France; Spain
FINAL: Australia; Great Britain; canada
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