TP52 World Championship, il warm-up è di Quantum Racing
Level ClassTP52Vela 6 Ottobre 2009 Zerogradinord 0
[singlepic id=4269 w=300 h=204 float=left]TP52 World Championship – Palma di Maiorca – La pazienza dimostrata dagli equipaggi iscritti al Mondiale TP52 di Palma di Maiorca è stata ripagata. Dopo ore di attesa, l’ingresso di una brezza sui 7-10 nodi ha reso possibile lo svolgimento della Practice Race. Lasciata alla spicciolata la sede del Reale Club Nautico di Palma, i protagonisti dell’evento hanno potuto incrociare le prue per raffinare la messa a punto in vista dell’importante giornata di domani.
La cronaca della regata racconta di un Quantum Racing davvero incontenibile che, presa la testa della gara sin dalle battute iniziali, non ha avuto esitazioni ed è riuscito ad estendere la propria leadership con autorità grazie ad alcune scelte tattiche azzeccate, mettendo parecchia acqua tra sé e gli inseguitori. A completare il podio della manche sono stati Matador di Alberto Roemmers e del nostro Fracesco Bruni e Synergy, a bordo del quale a svolgere il delicato ruolo di navigatore è Francesco Mongelli.
Le prime manche valide per l’assegnazione dei punti iridati si svolgeranno a partire da domani. Le previsioni parlano di vento medio-leggero e mare calmo.
TP52 World Championship, Practice Race
1. Quantum Racing, T.Hutchinson
2. Matador, A.Roemmers, +0:21
3. Synergy, S.Pichugin, +0:32
4. Valars III, S.Chevstov, +1:33
5. Artemis, T.Tornqvist, +1:53
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TP52 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, QUANTUM RACING WINS THE PRACTICE RACE
[TP52 World Championship Press Release] Patience on the Bay of Palma was rewarded with pleasant 7-10 knots light wind conditions as Quantum Racing, the defending world champions laid down a marker when they won today’s practice race for the TP52 World Championships.
The delay while the sea-breeze built to allow a start just after 15.20hrs afforded the ten TP52 crews the chance to make final preparations and to ease gently into the championships enjoying the unique ambience of the Real Club Nautical de Palma. The wait was well worth it, yielding sea breeze conditions typical of Palma with the top three boats proving to be those which started best.
The champions started slickly off the pin end of the start line, while Matador, with owner Alberto Roemmers Jr steering, launched off the right hand end with excellent speed. Quantum Racing were able to gain the early advantage to the favoured left side of the first upwind leg and by the windward mark were 45 metres ahead of Matador, with Russia’s Synergy in touch in third place. That was the order to the finish.
Artemis, the 2007 world champions, had to tack to clear their wind shortly after the start gun and were left to scrap over fifth place with José Cusi’s Bribón. Bribón took the advantage on the first run, passing ahead of Artemis, but the Swedish flagged team were able to come back on the second round to take fifth. With Valars fourth the Russians again underlined their improvements this season as they took two of the top four places.
With the wind building to ten knots for the second round of the preliminary windward-leeward, contest conditions could not have offered a better introduction to the TP52 Class in the Mediterranean for Anthony Longley and his crew on the British boat Henri Lloyd Weapon of Choice and the French team on Jean-Luc Petitghuguenin’s Paprec Recyclage. The newcomers had a good tussle, in touch early in the race, along with Cristabella which has had to fit their older, two spreader rig as a replacement for the mast which they broke the tip off in Cartagena last month.
TP52 World Championship, Practice Race
1. Quantum Racing, T.Hutchinson
2. Matador, A.Roemmers, +0:21
3. Synergy, S.Pichugin, +0:32
4. Valars III, S.Chevstov, +1:33
5. Artemis, T.Tornqvist, +1:53
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