Muzzle in the water and boat stopped due to an electrical problem in the challenge with New Zealand in the preliminaries that do not award points, then comes the success over the French
Journalist
August 22, 2024 (edited at 16:33) – MILAN
Aggressive, with sustained speed. Luna Rossa plays on equal terms in the first minutes of the first preliminary race (from the 29th it gets serious with the round robin) but when she manages to launch her AC75 in the wake of the New Zealanders to study the overtaking, the irreparable happens. In the waters of Barcelona the Italian nose ends up in the water, foil down and boat stopped. After the first checks, it emerged that it was due to an electrical problem.
the restart
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The helmsmen Bruni and Spithill, the trimmers Molineris and Tesei and the cyclors Voltolini, Gabbia, Liuzzi and Kirwan try everything to restart, in the end they succeed, but after two sides out of six of match racing they retire to understand what went wrong in view of the second outing of the day against the French of Oriente Express. “It’s really difficult to start the preliminary races like this – Francesco Bruni immediately explained -. Fortunately they are preliminary races that do not affect the result”. Meanwhile in the opening race the Swiss of Alinghi win on Orient Express. Soon American Magic and Ineos Britannia.
the recovery
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In Barcelona Luna Rossa immediately makes up for it. On the first day of the preliminary races, the Italian challenger quickly gets over the disappointment of the electronics problems that ruined the first challenge with New Zealand and clearly surpasses Oriente Express. The French, with some problems at the start, never manage to worry the maneuvers of Spithill and Bruni, finally giving up on the fourth leg of the race. In this second match race Luna Rossa changed two of the four cyclors on the boat: space for Camboni and Simion in place of Gabbia and Kirwan. Tomorrow for Luna Rossa the challenge to American Magic, today brilliant in the success over Ineos Britannia.
TODAY’S RESULTS
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Alinghi (Svi) b. Orient Express (Fra); New Zealand (N.Zel) b. Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli (Ita); American Magic (Usa) b. Ineos Britannia (Gb); Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli (Ita) b. Orient Express (Fra)
tomorrow’s program
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Alinghi (Svi)-American Magic (Usa);
Ineos Britannia (Gb)-New Zealand (N.Zel)
American Magic (USA)-Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli (Ita)
Orient Express (Fra)-New Zealand (N.Zel)