Guilermo Parada’s Audi Azzurra Sailing Team ready for Region of Murcia Trophy starting in Cartagena
Audi MedCup Circuit’s third regatta, 2011 Region of Sardinia Trophy ended successfully in Cagliari and now the Circuit is heading towards Cartagena in Spain for its fourth leg, the 2011 Region of Murcia Trophy. Italy’s TP52 series team, Audi Azzurra Sailing
Team skippered by Guilermo Parada is ready for the ultimate sailing adventure on Spanish waters starting from Tuesday, August 23 to Sunday, August 28.
The weather and sea conditions at Cartagena will be quite challenging as the racing area has high rocky hills surrounding it from three sides which influence the wind a lot. The winds at Cartagena have developed a whole range of tough challenges ahead for
the sailors and the sea will produce steep waves which can trouble the yachts.
However, the Audi Azzurra Sailing Team has been quite consistent throughout the Audi MedCup Circuit and they currently occupy the third place overall with 105 points, despite not winning any regatta. They were one of the strongest competitors in the recent
Region of Sardinia Trophy and the skipper Guilermo Parada believes they can make it a lot better in the region of Murcia Trophy.
While speaking to the local media, Parada said, “Our team is in better shape now, eager to keep fighting and sail well in Murcia with the main objective that can get to Barcelona next month with a chance to win the Circuit, that has always been our goal.
We are going to Cartagena with a few new things to test and see if we can make a leap from a competitiveness point of view.”
He added, “We´ve made a really deep analysis of what the season has been like so far in order to see what our real strengths are, and to find out the other team´s weaknesses and strengths for these next two events. Cartagena can be a demanding regatta arena
because if the wind is blowing it can be very wavy. We hope to perform well because we have sailed there before.”
The overall standings of Audi MedCup Circuit are given below:
1 - USA - QUANTUM RACING, Cascais Trophy 19, Marseille Trophy 30, Region of Sardinia Trophy 42 = 91 points
2 - GER – CONTAINER, Cascais Trophy 31.5, Marseille Trophy 28.5, Region of Sardinia Trophy 38 = 98 points
3 - ITA - AUDI AZZURRA SAILING TEAM, Cascais Trophy 32.5, Marseille Trophy 37, Region of Sardinia Trophy 35.5 = 105 points
4 – RUS - SYNERGY RUSSIAN SAILING TEAM, Cascais Trophy 37, Marseille Trophy 39.5, Region of Sardinia Trophy 44.5 = 121 points
5– ESP – BRIBON, Cascais Trophy 47.5, Marseille Trophy 38, Region of Sardinia Trophy 37 = 122.5 points
6 - SWE – RAN, Cascais Trophy 40.5, Marseille Trophy 41.5, Region of Sardinia Trophy 43.5 = 125.5 points
7 - GFR - AUDI SAILING TEAM POWERED BY ALL4ONE, Cascais Trophy 58, Marseille Trophy 43.5, Region of Sardinia Trophy 26.5 = 128 points
8 - GBR – GLADIATOR, Cascais Trophy 85.5, Marseille Trophy 47, Region of Sardinia Trophy 85.5 = 218 points
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