TP52 Worlds: Mutua Madrilena, primi al quadrato
TP52Vela 21 Ottobre 2008 Zerogradinord 0
[singlepic=593,250,170,,left]TP52 World Championship – Puerto Calero – Da un lato Mutua Madrilena, dall’altro chi insegue. Questa la situazione dopo le prime cinque prove del Campionato Mondiale TP52, in corso di svolgimento alle Canarie.
Ai buoni piazzamenti di ieri, grazie ai quali lo scafo di Vasco Vascotto (oggi 1-1) aveva chiuso la prima giornata al terzo posto della classifica generale, l’equipaggio del TP52 italo-cileno ha fatto seguire due strepitosi primi di giornata, risultati che, al momento, valgono la testa della graduatoria.
Una scalata d’autorità, costruita sul merito delle proprie scelte e capacità, ma agevolata dai passi falsi del leader della prima ora Artemis (11-13), con Russell Coutts alla tattica, e del calo prestazionale di Quantum Racing (4-6) e Terry Hutchinson, infallibili nel difendere la seconda piazza nonostante il piccolo cataclisma che ha avuto come epicentro la parte alta della classifica, ora caratterizzata da distacchi piuttosto significativi.
A riprova di ciò basta notare che Bribon (2-5), in ripresa dopo l’avvio zoppicante di ieri, è ora quarto alla pari con Matador (7-11), ma ha da recuperare un gap di ben ventun punti dalla vetta.
Prove di rimonta anche per Platoon (3-3) di Jochen Schuemann, ora sesto a quota trentacinque punti. Giornata tutt’altro che positiva per Audi TP52 Powered by Q8 (9-7) di Riccardo Simoneschi, scivolato in decima posizione.
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Intervista con Vasco Vascotto.
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La prima giornata di regate. Video courtesy TP52 World Championship.
Impressive Mutua Madrilena leaps to leadership in TP52 World Championship
[TP52 World Championship Press Release] It was another tricky day on the Lanzarotean waters for the 14 crews taking part in the TP52 World Championship – Islas Canarias Puerto Calero. The race committee had to move the starting line a mile further offshore, trying to get a better breeze but had to fire the gun with no more than 7 knots of a northeasterly. There was no shortage of challenges for the tacticians today, albeit less than yesterday, but for Mutua Madrileña it was another day in the office. Vasco Vascotto’s team with 3 victories in 5 races is now leading the championship, 7 points clear of second placed Quantum Racing. Artemis is still third overall but their performance today was far from what one would have expected, scoring an 11th and a 13th.
The day’s first race was a one way victory for Vasco Vascotto’s Mutua Madrileña that sailed as close to perfection as possible. Favini, in concert with Bruni on tactics and Vascotto, took control of the situation with a clean start at the pin end and from there on stayed on top of the fleet until they crossed the finish line. Together with Bribón and Synergy they opted for the left side of the course and stuck to it. Dean Barker on the helm of Bribón was constantly putting pressure on the Italians but was unable to make them relinquish leadership.
The other story of the race was the great recovery by Platoon, despite the penalty for being early over the starting line. Jochen Schuemann’s boat made the right tactic calls and got the shifts right and by the leeward gate they had already stolen third place from Synergy. Quantum as well recovered in the second beat but the race’s real surprise was Artemis. Not only were they early over the line, they were unable to close the gap and finished 11th.
The second race, fifth of the event, was another victory for Mutua Madrileña, but definitely harder than the first one. Flavio Favini got another perfect start, opting again for the left side, but the race didn’t turn out to be as easy, given the Italians constantly had to fight with Platoon for leadership. In fact the top spot switched between the two a couple of times but the Germans were finally third after Desafío sailed a much better race, especially in the last leg. John Cutler on the Spanish America’s Cup challenger’s boat made better calls after a mediocre first race. Third place was again for the German Platoon whose crew was evidently better than yesterday.
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