Tony Langley pleased with Gladiator’s third podium finish at 2011 Audi TP52 World Championships
Great Britain’s TP52 yacht, Gladiator, made it successfully into the top three podium finishes at the end of the final day of 2011 Audi TP52 World Championships at Sardinia’s Porto Cervo. Two races commenced on the final day under moderate wind conditions,
as the breeze was blowing from 7 to 11 knots.
Gladiator topped the overall standings in the beginning and the team was level with Paramount Park Murcia and winners, Quantum Racing. However, they could not maintain their position and with a fifth and a third place finish, they nudged down at number three
spot on the podium. Skipper helm Gladiator, Tony Langley, is quite satisfied with the performance his crew showed at the championship.
While talking to local reporters at the conclusion of the event, Langley said, “We are really pleased with third. If you had told me at the start of the week we would be third I would never have believed you. But here we are. We are pleased because we sailed
well. We took some real steps backwards during the season at Palma Vela and in Barcelona. But we made some changes and I think they have really paid off. It really sets us up for next year.”
He added, “Chris (Larson) really was good for us. What was great was the attitude he came with. He came to me and said ‘I really think we can win this’ and that mental attitude was really refreshing and we really set out to try and do that. So that was a
big change really.”
The overall standings at the end of 2011 Audi TP52 World Championships are given below:
1. Quantum Racing (USA) 1, 3, 5, 1, 4, 2, 1 = 17 points
2. Container (GER) 2, 7, 3, 4, 2, 1, 2 = 21 points
3. Gladiator (GBR) 3, 1, 4, 2, 6, 5, 3 = 24 points
4. Paramount Park Murcia (ESP) 4, 2, 1, 3, 5, 4, 5 = 24 points
5. Audi Azzurra Sailing Team (IT) 5, 4, 7, 6, 1, 3, 7 = 33 points
6. RÁN (SWE) 6, 5, 2, 5, 8 (DNF), 6, 6 = 38 points
7. Audi All4One (GER/FRA) 7, 6, 6, 7, 3, 7, 4 = 40 points
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