MADRID, 30 Jul. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish SailGP team could not make good the sensations of Friday in the ‘practice race’ and finished last on the first day of the race in Plymouth (England), after a difficult day with changing winds that affected the maneuvers.
The first day of racing was dominated by New Zealand, Canada and Australia, while Spain will have to learn their lesson for Sunday at the Great Britain Sail Grand Prix in Plymouth.
The F50 Victoria, which had shone in practice with three podiums, lost its good dynamics in the race. An error in the first start, followed by a small clash with the British team has marked the Spaniards, who face the second day with the aim of improving results.
Meanwhile, the New Zealanders took a step forward in the waters of Plymouth with the addition of Jo Aleh, double Olympic medalist. All in all, the revelation team was the French, commanded by Quentin Delapierre, in line with Chicago to be fourth.
In the Spanish team, which made its debut in Plymouth since last year it was in Tokyo 2020, Jordi Xammar has captained the F50 Victoria together with Florian Trittel (wing trimmer), Diego Botín (flight controller), Jake Lilley (grinder) , Joan Cardona (tactician and grinder) and Paula Barceló (strategist).
“We come from working on things that are going very well and we have to see what is the missing piece to be able to fit in. We have been practicing many things since Chicago and on the first day of training they have gone very well, yesterday in the practice race there was little wind and today the conditions were very different and we didn’t know how to adapt as well as yesterday and that’s what we have to analyze on the ground”, commented Botín.
“Tomorrow the forecast is very similar to today’s so we will be able to see where we have failed and turn our weak points into strength. The fleet is stuck together and that means that a boat can go from being the best to the worst, in SailGP By sharing data, the level rises very quickly and it is very similar and the difference is in the small things. In such a tight fleet, consistency is the key to being ahead, “he added.