Spain recovers F50 Victoria and good sensations after yesterday's capsize and a first blank day

The F50 Victoria of Spain, returned to the competition after the spectacular turn and the numerous breaks suffered yesterday, in the minutes before the start of the Rockwool Denmark Sail Grand Prix, on the first day of competition.

And he did it with note and good sensations, although without options to reach the great final after he was unable to score in any of the three trials disputed on the first day. As has happened on other occasions in SailGP, when wind conditions are too weak, they only sail three regatists on board the F50.

In the Spanish case, it was Phil Robertson, Florian Trittel and Diego Botín... the Spanish team, with a third and a fourth partial posts, closed more than dignitously the Rookwool Denmark Sail Grand Prix.

The victory of the Rockwool Denmark Sail Grand Prix was for Australia, which led from beginning to end the great final... that joined a United Kingdom penalization in the middle of the journey for not leaving space by the door to Japan, put on a tray the triumph of Tom Slingsby in this fourth act of the SailGP circuit held in Aarhus. The F50 Victoria finished eighth of the general... the next challenge for the Spanish team will be Saint- Tropez (France) on 11 and 12 September.

2021 / 08 / 20: The F50 Victoria breaks the fire minutes before the Grand Prix of Denmark

Both the ground team and the entire crew will work against the clock all night so that the ship can be on the starting line tomorrow Saturday and rejoin the competition

The F50 Victoria, patronized by Phil Robertson, suffered a spectacular turn while preparing to play the first day of the Rockwool Denmark Sail Gran Prix, which is held today and tomorrow Saturday in Aarhus waters in Denmark.

Everything was ready for the premiere of the competition, the teams were heating and testing, when suddenly the Spanish ship lost control and overturned, breaking one of the foils. The ship left one of the foils, to which additional damage is added when the ship is rigged, where the electronic part has been damaged.

The Spanish crew did not suffer personal damage despite the blow-down, so all the security measures worked perfectly and the Spanish regatists managed to drive the ship and return to the ground to assess the damage.

2021-08-19: Spain to recover SailGP pulse in Danish waters

The first three tests will be held tomorrow from three in the afternoon and on Saturday, the following two qualifiers and the great final from the

The Spanish team of SailGP will search the Rockwool Denmark SGP, which will be held on Friday and Saturday in Aarhus waters, the leader of the World Circuit that he provisionally lost after the Grand Prix of Great Britain last July.

To do this, Spain SailGP Team will again have the cast of Olympics that could not be in the Plymouth test as they are already concentrated for the Tokyo 2020 Games. They will return to the team Florian Trittel and Diego Botin, and will join the Spanish medalists in Tokyo Jordi Xammar - the team's soula mater - and Joan Cardona. The Olympic bronzes had not been able to participate in the three previous Great Awards (Bermuda, Italy and England).

On this occasion the competition will be held in the days of Friday and Saturday, in waters that the Olympic regatists know well. The World Olympic Sailing Championship was held in 2018, and Jordi Xammar, together with his partner of 470 Nico Rodríguez, was the world bronze.

The crew - Jordi Xammar, Phil Robertson, Florian Trittel, Diego Botin, Joan Cardona, Mateu Barber, Antonio Ñeti Cuervas- Mons, Andrea Emone and Xabi Fernández as coach - has been on Danish land since the beginning of this week to face pre-race training... in this context, Xammar has first been on board the F50 Victoria.