Jochen Schuemann: We were fortunate to win – 2011 Region of Sardinia Trophy, Audi MedCup Circuit
Jochen Schuemann, skipper Audi Sailing Team Powered by All4One, believed that their victory on the third day of 2011 Region of Sardinia Trophy was a result of them being fortunate under such harsh
weather conditions. Schuemann of Germany led his Franco-German crew to a tremendous sail on Friday, July 22 at the Gulf of Cagliari in Sardinia as they finished on top of the standings on Day 3 too.
The weather conditions were comparatively lighter on the third day with six to nine knots South Easterly breeze, which was good for sailing. The second day victory boosted the confidence of Audi Sailing
Team crew, who sailed under Jochen Schuemann’s lead and Sebastien Col’s tactics to retain their top spot in the end.
The Franco-German Audi Sailing Team still needs a lot more to move up in overall standings of 2011 Audi MedCup Circuit. If they continue to sail the same brilliant way, they will not only be able
to win the trophy but also improve their result overall.
While talking to the local media, Jochen Schuemann said, “I think that today we've been quite lucky, when we saw that things were not going well on the left side we said ‘ok, let´s try the right one
then’ and we were lucky enough to go well and pass the rest of the boats really close.”
He added, “There was a strong breeze building there and it helped us stretch the lead from the fleet and we sailed there right until the end. We have two more days here, let´s see how that goes for
us. We have at least three more races and a lot of things can happen, we know how eager the rest of the boats are to come back, let´s see what happens.”
The TP52 Series results on day three after five races are given below.
1. Audi Sailing Team Powered by All4One (EUR) 4, 1, 3, 3, 1 = 12 points
2. Quantum Racing (USA) 6, 6, 2, 1, 3 = 18 points
3. Synergy Russian Sailing Team (RUS) 3, 7, 1, 5, 4 = 20 points
4. Bribón (ESP) 7, 4, 5, 2, 2 = 20 points
5. Container (GER) 1, 2, 7, 4, 7 = 21 points
6. RÁN (SUE) 2, 5, 4, 6, 6 = 23 points
7. Audi Azzurra Sailing Team (ITA) 5, 3, 6, 7, 5 = 26 points
8. Gladiator (GBR) 9(DNC), 9(DNC), 9(DNC), 9(DNC), 9(DNC) = 45 points
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