Iberdrola Team's director Agustin Zulueta: Our work has been impeccable – 2011 Region of Sardinia Trophy
Spanish Soto 40 sailing team, Iberdrola is celebrating their consecutive victory of Audi MedCup Circuit, as they clinched the 2011 Region of Sardinia Trophy Soto 40 series title on Sunday, July 24
at the Gulf of Cagliari in Sardinia. The team’s director, Agustin Zulueta believes their performance was convincing throughout the circuit and they will try doing the same in future.
Spain’s Iberdrola have raced brilliantly in the Audi MedCup Circuit and have grabbed all three titles. They took the Cascais Trophy 40 series win by 13 points with an impressive performance, followed
by another stunning success in Marseille Trophy in France by 14 points. They continued their winning momentum in Sardinia Region Trophy too as they braved the Cagliari waters with nine points.
The Iberdrola Team crew were quite thrilled with their performance overall. They have their compatriots, Noticia IV, in second place in both event and circuit standings. Iberdrola is now looking forward
for the 2011 Region of Marcia Trophy, which will commence from August 23.
While talking to the reporters, Iberdrola director Agustin Zulueta said, “The fact that this is the third regatta and we have three wins out of three is something that wasn´t even in our best dreams.
Our work has been impeccable, we are the team that has practiced the most and in days like these, with this condition, it pays off.”
He added, “If I´m not wrong, we´ve won six races out of seven, so overall we are quite pleased. Let´s see if we keep this type of work, learning about the boat and its handling, not just for this
season, but for the upcoming years.”
Soto 40 results after seven races:
1. Iberdrola Team (ESP) 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2 = 9 points
2. Noticia IV (ESP) 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 1 = 15 points
3. Ngoni (GBR), 3, 3, 4, 4, 2, 3, 3 = 22 points
4. XXII Sardegna (ITA) 4, 4, 1, 3, 4, 4, 4 = 24 points
5. Patagonia (ARG) 6(DNC), 6(DNC), 6(DNC), 6(DNC), 6(DNC), 6(DNC), 6(DNC) = 42 points
The overall standings so far after three regattas of 2011 Audi MedCup Circuit
1. ESP - IBERDROLA TEAM Regatta One (13), Regatta Two (14), Regatta Three (9) = 36 points
2. ESP - NOTICIA IV Regatta One (25), Regatta Two (22), Regatta Three (15) = 62 points
3. ITA - XXII Sardegna Regatta One (23), Regatta Two (26), Regatta Three (24) = 73 points
4. GBR - NGONI Regatta One (33), Regatta Two (26), Regatta Three (22) = 81 points
5. ARG - PATAGONIA Regatta One (28), Regatta Two (17), Regatta Three (42) = 87 points
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