The Spanish team nails the exits and gets a deserved fifth position in one of the sleeves

Second day of racing at the ITM New Zealand Sail Grand Prix, 124; Christchurch with conditions very similar to those of yesterday that have made viewers who have approached Whakaraupō have enjoyed a great show about water.

The Spanish team has done the homework and worked on one of the main keys in this type of competition: the exits. Today the Spaniards have achieved two very good... that have earned them a well-deserved fifth position. Canada has been the winner of the final match with New Zealand and Australia.

Diego Botin, a pilot of the Spanish team, said that after the first day of racing in Ōtautahi, Christchurch: the exits, the maneuvers and the passes by beacon had to be worked, and they have done so. The F50 Victoria, with the same configuration as yesterday: Diego Botin, Florian Trittel, Joel Rodriguez, Nicole van der Velden, Joan Cardona and James Wierzbowski, today signed two great exits which, while not able to transform into victory, show that the Cocks are quickly adapting to the changes, have clear what they want and will continue to give everything.

Phil Robertson's have been the protagonists of the day, keeping in the background during the first two sleeves, but ensuring their entry into the final. Mating with the great favorites: Australia and New Zealand, the Canadian team has not failed and has come to mind, trying to distance itself from the eternal rivals. Even so, Phil Robertson, also New Zealand, has had to fight with nails and teeth, but above all strategy, to rise with victory as the locals, led by Peter Burling, sought victory at home.

Australia has won the two sleeves before the final with a Tom Slingsby who wanted to rematch, yet in the final he has not managed to cut distances with his opponents and has finished third.

But, as usual, Australia is one of the most feared rivals and will fight to revalidate its champion position in the San Francisco final. There were those of Peter Burling, who as a local team have fought for victory with a second and a third position that has put them in the final.

The next meeting of SailGP is the expected Grand Final to be held on May 6 and 7 in San Francisco. According to the classification Australia, New Zealand and France would be the ones who will fight the title of the third season but with Emirates GBR at just one point from Les bleus, the emotion is served.

2023-03-18: SailGP: Spain premires in the field of regats of Ōtautahi

The Spanish team continues to add flight hours to their first Grand Prix with the new configuration... France, New Zealand and Canada have won in each of the three races of the first day

First day of the ITM New Zealand Sail Grand Prix, 124; Christchurch with three exciting races that have tested all the teams and where the Spanish have continued to work to strengthen the new configuration.

Today's conditions, with a fast wind, have not made it easy for the Spanish team, which faced the day with desire but aware of the challenge, put 50 percent of the athletes on board practically premiered positions and the current configuration is only 8 hours of navigation: Diego Botin on his second day of competition as driver, Joel Rodríguez's career debut as new flight controller and James Wierzbowski as grinder, replacing Jake Lilley with indisposition at the last moment.

In a new race field for all teams where they had not been able to perform official training. On the F50 Victoria: Diego Botin, Florian Trittel, Joel Rodriguez, Nicole van der Velden, Joan Cardona and James Wierzbowski, the team has closed the table in the first two races and achieved a seventh position in the last on the first day of competition in a small race field.

But as in SailGP every minute on the F50 counts, the Spaniards have taken the opportunity to continue working as a team, improving and above all accumulating flight hours with the motivation to implement what they learned tomorrow during the sleeves.

The first manga has been dominated by France which has marked distances with the rest of the fleet from the exit. Quentin Delapierre's have not achieved the consistency of other events by staying in the middle of the table in the rest of the races. For their part, New Zealand and Australia met what was promised during the press conference and have shown the historic rivalry between teams with some spectacular maneuvers on the water. The kiwis have won the second race, staying at the gates in the other two. The people of Tom Slingsby have not been able to turn around the most expected duel in the southern hemisphere and have finished the day without any victory and breaking one of the rudders in the last race, which has given them trouble to keep the flight and relegated them to the last position. Canada has won the last of the races by signing a decisive exit. For its part, the Emirates Great Britain SailGP Team by Sir Ben Ainslie has again shown consistency, although without the expected victory it seems will have to wait.

2023-03-17: SailGP... for the first time in New Zealand waters

The alignment of the Spanish team in New Zealand: Diego Botin, Florian Trittel, Joel Rodriguez, Nicole van der Velden, Joan Cardona and Jake Lilley

SailGP returns to face the penultimate test of the season at the ITM New Zealand Sail Grand Prix - 124; Christchurch. The competition reaches Ōtautahi, Christchurch in a privileged setting, the spectacular Whakaraupō (the port of Lyttelton) on the hillside of an old volcano.

The Spanish team, led by Botin, will want to take advantage of every minute he and his crew have on board the F50 Victoria. It is a boat that requires many hours of flight to progress and in an extremely demanding competition where the rooster face some of the best regatists of all time. Competitiveness and adrenaline in pure state.

In the last Grand Prix, the KPMG Australia Sail Grand Prix (124); Sydney, the Spanish team achieved a fifth meritorious position in the face of one of the toughest conditions of the season, in the second race after a good way out that the Gallos could take advantage of to fight for the first positions, was Botin's debut as a driver and the sensations were good.

The New Zealand team, led by Peter Burling and Blair Tuke, follows the wake of the Australians who do not agree to have proclaimed themselves champions in their first two editions and want to complete the clover. Despite this, the kiwis will play at home and want to assert their local status to cut points to Tom Slingsby's.

It will be the first time in the history of SailGP that the teams fly over the waters of New Zealand. This is an extremely special scenario for its spectacular natural landscapes. It is a country that has a devotion to sport, they all know their passion for rugby and their famous national team, the All Bars, which are the most world-wide selection in this discipline.

The New Zealand appointment brings with it a significant change in the distribution of the Spanish team, Joel Rodríguez will debut the F50 Victoria commanders as Flight Controller after having so far competed in the position of Grinder.