TP52 World Championship, Quantum Racing iridato bis
Level ClassQuantum SailsTP52Vela 10 Ottobre 2010 Zerogradinord 0
TP52 World Championship – Valencia – Quantum Racing ha mantenuto le promesse: si è aggiudicato il suo secondo titolo di Campione del Mondo TP52, battendo il combattivo Matador in una finale davvero spettacolare.
Dopo una lunga attesa, per far stabilizzare il vento sul campo di regata, si è corsa una sola prova oggi, iniziata alle ore 15.17.
Il distacco, in termini di punteggio tra i due team era talmente risicato, che a questa regata era affidato un compito estremamente delicato, stabilire il vincitore finale.
Anche se il duello più seguito era certamente quello per il titolo, non sono mancate grandi battaglie nel resto della flotta, che ha lottato con una brezza instabile e debole intorno ai 5-7 nodi.
L’altro ‘match race’ interessante si è corso per il terzo posto tra i russi di Synergy e Artemis; ma questa volta, prendendosi la rivincita rispetto all’anno scorso, è stato Synergy a salire sul terzo gradino del podio.
Matador è stato costretto a ripetere la partenza per uno start anticipato e questa manovra, sebbene eseguita con grande professionalità e velocità, ha certamente aiutato Quantum Racing che ha preso quindi il controllo della regata.
Mentre Bigamist ha chiuso il campionato con onore, vincendo l’ultima regata della stagione, Quantum Racing e Synergy terminano rispettivamente ottavo e nono. Ma i due punti guadagnati sono sufficienti a Quantum Racing, per aggiudicarsi il Mondiale.
Quantum Racing è il primo team ad aver vinto in tre anni due Mondiali (un anno è arrivato secondo dietro Matador) e con il gran finale di oggi chiude in bellezza una stagione positiva. La barca disegnata da Botin Carkeek ha vinto il circuito Audi MedCup 2008 ed è finita seconda nel 2009 e nel 2010.
I russi chiudono la giornata in quarta posizione, quello che serve loro per guadagnare il terzo scalino del podio.
TP52 Mondiale 2010
1. Quantum Racing, Terry Hutchinson, 1-3-3-1-4-7,5-2-19, pt. 31,5
2. Matador, Alberto Roemmers, 4-2-5-3-5-1,5-3-2-8, pt. 33,5
3. Synergy, Eugeni Neugodnikov, 5-1-1-2-7-6-10(DSQ)-4-5, pt. 41
4. Artemis, Torbjorn Tornqvist, 3-5-2-4-1-9-7-6-4, pt. 41
5. Audi A1 All4One, Jochen Schuemann, 2-10(DSQ)-8-6-2-4,5-4-3-2, pt. 41,5
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TP52 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, QUANTUM RACING CLINCH SECOND WORLD TITLE
[TP52 World Championship Press Release] Quantum Racing did what they had to do win their second TP52 World title in three years, containing the 2009 world champions – the spirited, never-say-die Matador crew -through today’s one showdown, final race of the TP52 World Championship off Valencia.
The long delay, waiting for enough of a settled breeze to allow competition to take place, only one race was possible, starting at 1517hrs.
With a points cushion which meant that only one of these two could win the title, and Quantum Racing holding a three points cushion, the last race proved to be a tough head-to-head, match race as fully befits the America’s Cup waters.
While their title duel certainly warranted top billing, so too there were a set of supporting matches in the flukey 5-7 knots breeze – private battles and tussles to settle final results throughout the nine boat fleet.
The other key match was for third. Russia’s Synergy were seeking revenge over Artemis with whom they tied for third on points in Palma last year. This time it was Synergy who prevailed, countback for third on the podium favouring their two race wins.
Matador were forced on to the back foot off the line when they jumped the gun, forced to re start. Though they did so swiftly and efficiently, Quantum Racing were immediately in a position to work them left, all the way the port tack lay line.
Whilst Bigamist went on to finish their season in style, winning the last TP52 race of the season, the title fighters rounded the first turn with Quantum Racing in eighth and Matador ninth.
Whilst Quantum Racing did good work herding Matador back into the darker depths of the fleet, the biggest threat arose when the duels ahead of them slowed, offering Matador half a chance of escaping back into the fleet.
But they crossed the finish with Alberto Roemmers’ team eighth and Doug DeVos’ Quantum Racing in ninth, enough to the give the title to the American flagged team by two points.
For Quantum Racing it completes an unmatched record of two world titles in three years, and a second, only losing out last year on countback to Matador, and adds the perfect final flourish in their final race with the Botin Carkeek designed boat in which they won the Audi MedCup title in 2008 and finished runners-up in 2009 and this season.
Finishing in fourth place, just ahead of their arch-rivals was enough for the Russian team to take third, but illustrating just how close it was also in the body of the fleet, only one point separated Synergy from sixth placed Cristabella, with Torbjorn Tornqvist’s Artemis fourth, and Audi A1 All4One fifth.
TP52 Mondiale 2010
1. Quantum Racing, Terry Hutchinson, 1-3-3-1-4-7,5-2-19, pt. 31,5
2. Matador, Alberto Roemmers, 4-2-5-3-5-1,5-3-2-8, pt. 33,5
3. Synergy, Eugeni Neugodnikov, 5-1-1-2-7-6-10(DSQ)-4-5, pt. 41
4. Artemis, Torbjorn Tornqvist, 3-5-2-4-1-9-7-6-4, pt. 41
5. Audi A1 All4One, Jochen Schuemann, 2-10(DSQ)-8-6-2-4,5-4-3-2, pt. 41,5
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