Mistral worries Audi Azzurra Sailing Team as Container wins Race 1: 2011 Region of Sardinia Trophy
First race of 2011 Region of Sardinia Trophy, third leg of Audi MedCup Regatta, ended with Germany’s Container finishing in first place. On the other hand, Francesco Bruni, the tactician at Audi Azzurra Sailing Team is worried about the weather conditions
prevailing at Sardinia Island, as Mistral has been blowing around the racing area on Day 1. Bruni feels that the team will face problems in such conditions.
Germany’s TP52 sailing team, Container, grabbed first place in the first race as they pushed Ran one place down at number two. Ran won the practice race on Tuesday, July 17 and hoped to win the race, however, consistency from Container deprived them of the
number one spot.
The weather conditions on Day 1 of 2011 Region of Sardinia were really tough and were creating problems for the sailing teams. There had been a Mistral blowing from 25 to 30 knots around the racing area. Audi Azzurra Sailing Team was quite worried about
the conditions as they felt it would be tough to race under such weather.
Francesco Bruni, tactician Audi Azzurra Sailing Team, spoke to the local media, “With these conditions it´s going to be a rough day, our forecast says we should expect 25+ knots today but looking outside it already looks over 30 knots. We´ll have to wait
and hopefully we´ll be able to go out this afternoon. If we race, it´ll be in hard conditions.”
He added, “We are excited to be back in Cagliari, last year with Matador we won by a big margin and it was by far our best trophy. As an Italian team we are glad to be back, I´m excited, we´ll try to perform at the best of our capacities here in Cagliari,
that´s our goal and we are focused on that.”
The overall result of Audi MedCup is given below:
1 - USA - QUANTUM RACING, Regatta 1 (19), Regatta 2 (30), Regatta 3 (6) = 55 points
2 - GER – CONTAINER, Regatta 1 (31.5), Regatta 2 (28.5), Regatta 3 (1) = 60 points
3 - ITA - AUDI AZZURRA SAILING TEAM, Regatta 1 (32.5), Regatta 2 (37), Regatta 3 (5) = 74.5 points
4 – RUS - SYNERGY RUSSIAN SAILING TEAM, Regatta 1 (37), Regatta 3 (39.5), Regatta 3 (3) = 79.5 points
5 - SWE – RAN, Regatta 1 (40.5), Regatta 2 (41.5), Regatta 3 (2) = 84 points
6 – ESP – BRIBON, Regatta 1 (47.5), Regatta 2 (38), Regatta 3 (5) = 92.5 points
7 - GFR - AUDI SAILING TEAM POWERED BY ALL4ONE, Regatta 1 (58), Regatta 2 (43.5), Regatta 3 (4) = 105.5 points
8 - GBR – GLADIATOR, Regatta 1 (85.5), Regatta 2 (47) = 132.5 points
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