Audi MedCup, è Team Origin il primo leader
Audi MedCupGP 42Level ClassTP52Vela 25 Agosto 2010 Zerogradinord 0
Audi MedCup – Cartagena – È un ottimo Team Origin 1851 quello che si è presentato oggi a Cartagena per le prime prove del Trofeo Caja Mediterráneo Regione di Murcia. Grazie a una vittoria e a un terzo posto (4 punti), il team britannico vola infatti subito in testa alla classifica, dimostrando di essere potenzialmente molto forte in queste condizioni di vento, caratterizzate da poca aria (massimo 11-12 nodi oggi), molti salti e onda formata.
Subito dietro argentini e neozelandesi
Bene oggi anche Matador, che si piazza, con una vittoria e un quarto posto (5 punti), subito dietro al team di Ben Ainslie. La barca con a bordo gli italiani Francesco Bruni, Vasco Vascotto e Bruno Zirilli è stata autrice oggi di una giornata caratterizzata da belle partenze, discreta velocità e buone scelte tattiche. Tutto l’occorrente per poter fare più che bene. Stesso discorso anche per Emirates Team New Zealand, leader del Circuito Audi MedCup 2010, chiamato in questa settimana al riscatto dopo due tappe incolori chiuse al quarto e al secondo posto. Per i Kiwi, oggi, un quarto e un secondo posto (6 punti).
Finalmente una bella Luna
Grande avvio anche per gli italiani di Luna Rossa, che grazie al secondo e al settimo posto di oggi (9 punti), volano al quarto posto in classifica. Una giornata ottima anche per il morale, con il team italiano che ha dimostrato, in un campo dove non è solo questione di velocità pura, di poter effettivamente dire la propria. Dietro alla barca di Prada, rispettivamente quinto e sesto posto per Synergy (8-3) e Artemis (5-6), entrambi a 11 punti.
Indietro Quantum e Audi A1
Solo un settimo posto, invece, per Quantum Racing (9-5), lontano dalla forma mostrata a Marsiglia e Barcellona. Male anche Audi A1 Powered by All4One (6,8), che sembra non essersi ripreso ancora totalmente dopo l’ultimo posto in Catalogna. Chiudono infine la classifica Bribon (18 punti), Bigamist (20 punti) e Cristabella (20 punti).
Nella GP42 Series Islas Canarias vince la practice
Nella practice race odierna, vittoria di Islas Canarias Puerto Calero davanti ai rivali di Madrid Caser Seguros (con Paolo Cian al timone) e ai britannici di Peninsula Petroleum.
Il programma
Stasera sarà il momento, al villaggio pubblico, dello spettacolo di magia, dedicato a grandi e piccini. Le regate torneranno invece domani, con le sfide in programma dalle ore 13:00 (diretta dell’Audi MedCup TV dalle ore 12.50). Il comitato cercherà di dare il via a tre prove per ciascuna Series.
TP52 Series
1. Team Origin, 3-1, pt. 4
2. Matador, 1-4, pt. 5
3. Emirates Team New Zealand, 4-2, pt. 6
4. Luna Rossa, 2-7, pt. 9
5. Synergy, 8-3, pt. 11
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AUDI MEDCUP, FAST STARTERS TEAM ORIGIN LEAD
[Audi MedCup, Press Release] Buoyed by their team’s recent success, winning on their own home waters against the America’s Cup defenders, Britain’s TeamOrigin emerged with a third and a first place from the opening two races to lead the Caja Mediterráneo Region of Murcia Trophy regatta TP52 Series fleet by a single point ahead of the Argentinian flagged team on Matador.
Skipper Ben Ainslie pointed to their team’s heightened levels of confidence, cohesion and the fact that for the first time of this Audi MedCup Circuit season they are sailing with exactly the same crew as they had at the previous TP52 regatta as key components of today’s strong opening.
They made good starts and then capitalised with smart tactics reinforced by good boatspeed and handling.
With the mainly easterly breeze topping 16 knots in the first race, and the second enjoying slightly gentler breezes, both times there were opportunities for the early leader to bank their gains and extend on the chasing pack, especially when the strong current was used to maximum advantage.
Matador with tactician Francesco Bruni working with strategist Vasco Vascotto won the first race when they read the current and the breeze at the top end of the first beat best, escaping with a small lead around the first windward mark which they were able to increase, to build a comfortable margin ahead of second placed Luna Rossa.
The all-Italian team sailed an excellent first run, seizing an advantage on the right of the downwind where they hooked into a big band of additional wind pressure and gained relief from the relatively strong flowing current. Team Origin took second place just ahead of Emirates Team New Zealand.
The strong desire of most of the fleet to go right from the start of the second race ensured that the committee boat, right hand end of the start line was extremely busy from 90 seconds before the gun. Three times Olympic gold medallist Ainslie on the helm of the British boat was first to emerge with speed out of the melée, which saw several boats shut out at the boat end of the line. With Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson, Star Olympic champions, calling tactics, Team Origin were able to quickly draw clear of second placed Synergy and sail their own race.
The Russian team skippered by Karol Jablonski (POL) lost out on second to the Kiwi team due to one poorly executed gybe on the downwind leg, giving the New Zealanders their second place. Their 4,2 scoreline for the day added a further eight points to reigning champions’ series lead over Quantum Racing who opened with a ninth in the first race.
The GP42 Series Practice Race was won by Jose Maria Ponce’s Islas Canarias Puerto Calero team, the five boats being well tested in the brisk 12-15 knots breeze sailing a full course with three windward legs.
Points racing for the GP42 Series begins tomorrow when the Islas Canarias crew will be looking to repeat their practice race success and repair the one point penalty they were docked for arriving late at the venue.
Audi MedCup TV broadcasts live from 1250hrs tomorrow.
Once again the enthusiasm and support for the visit of the Audi MedCup Circuit to the region was highlighted again last night when a large crowd turned out for the traditional Romans and Carthagenian show.
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