The Spanish have taken a step forward and close the first Grand Prix of the season with good sensations and fifths in the general classification

Second day of race at the Rolex United States Sail Grand Prix- Chicago at Navy Pier with conditions that have nothing to do with the first day, no wind and 4 athletes over the F50. Even so, the Spanish team has won their first victory of the season in a manga where achieving a good position and the tactic had a leading role... the Spanish finish the first Grand Prix of the season with a great fifth place in the classification.

Today, the strategic configuration has been composed: Diego Botin, pilot, Florian Trittel, wing timer, Joan Cardona, tactical and grinder and Nicole van der Velden on this occasion as grinder in the G1 position.

In such a complicated scenario, with so much traffic, so little place and room for manoeuvre, and with virtually zero wind, the Spanish team has been close to participating in the final. In the second race it has remained in the middle of the fleet for almost its entirety, although Australia and New Zealand have ended up advancing it, almost on the finish line.

These first results, but especially the good communication and coordination of the team, will provide an extra motivation and confidence to the Gallos to face the season.

The Swiss team has also won their first victory of the season... Sebastian Schneiter's have managed to stand in front of the rest of the fleet and thus improve the results of the previous day.

Canada, no doubt, has been another of the leading teams, with a Phil Robertson who was looking to get out of the rest of the ships looking for the wind.

Again, the hosts have not achieved the desired victory despite signing a very good first race on Saturday. The Rolex United States Sail Grand Prix - 124; Chicago at Navy Pier has not allowed Jimmy Spithill's to demonstrate what they are capable of and, for the moment, are in 9 position in the general classification.

Nor have the expected results been achieved by the teams of Emirates GBR, which has accused the penalties in the race, and France, which has failed to maintain the good star that was accompanying them last season.

The final has been disputed by Australia, New Zealand and Canada, again in a slow race in which the teams have been conservative to achieve victory... the podium by this order; 1 New Zealand, 2 Australia and 3 ° Canada.

The next SailGP event will be on July 22 and 23, again in the United States, at the Oracle Los Angeles Sail Grand Prix-Port of Los Angeles, a new iconic location that is added to this SailGP 4 season.

2023-06-17: Good Spanish debut in Chicago at the SailGP... sixth after the first day

All ready in the legendary city of Eliot Ness and its Untouchable... for the world party of heavy sailing

He started the season for the SailGP with the Rolex United States Sail Grand Prix-Chicago at Navy Pier, in the end the Spanish performance has deserved a high approval, at the end of the day with 14 points, product of a fourth, a sixth and a ninth.

In the first manga the Spaniards have been able to overcome a bad way out and climb positions by getting caught with sexts... suffering the unspeakable in the second match of the day in which they ended nocos... and return to the fourth square in the third race of the day... which was worth them to be sexts provisionally.

On this occasion, with 10 ships and a race field so tight, especially at the exit, the role of the strategists has been key in all teams and Nicole van der Velden has performed a great performance at the Spain SailGP Team.

On the F50 Victoria today have been: Diego Botin, Florian Trittel, Joel Rodriguez, Nicole van der Velden, Joan Cardona and Bernardo Freitas; a formation that is still in its first months as a team and seems to be perfectly understood.

Australia has again demonstrated a great deal of dominance of the situation by achieving two victories in the first and third sleeves and a great stretch in the second, where it was last in position and has managed to cross the goal in fifth. Canada has been another of the day's most consistent teams, with one victory and two good positions.

Something more irregular has been France and the GBR Emirates that have made some mistakes that have led to unequal results. Without a doubt, the two teams are closely watching after their duel in San Francisco and will seek victory in the Saturday races.

For the hosts today has not been a good day, the United States team with Jimmy Spihill at the wheel has failed to shine at home and has had problems on all three sleeves.

Provisional General Classification
1.Australia, 26 points (1-5-1)
2.New Zealand GBR, 25 (4-2-2)
3.Canada, 24 (3-1-5)
4.Denmark, 21 (5-4-3)
5.Emirates GBR, 16 (2-7-8)
6.Spain, 14 (6-9-4)
7.France, 14 (7-3-9)
8.Germany, 10 (8-8-7)
9.United States, 8 (9-10-6)
10.Switzerland, 7 (10-6-10)

2023-06-17: Chicago marks the beginning of the SailGP 2023-24 that will have 12 headquarters with 10 teams in competition

All ready in the legendary city of Eliot Ness and its Untouchable... for the world party of heavy sailing

The SailGP returns to Chicago to celebrate the expected first Grand Prix of season 4, the Rolex United States Sail Grand Prix-Chicago at Navy Pier. With the largest calendar to date and a new team in the league, in the fourth season the best athletes in the sailing world will compete for two trophies and a $4.6 million boat.

The Spanish team, with Diego Botin at the wheel, arrives in Chicago where he hopes to start a great season. With the F50 Victoria ready to fight the only competition of the calendar in fresh water and fly again on the iconic Lake Michigan and with the background Chicago skyline, the Spain SailGP Team wants to demonstrate what it is capable of in a decisive season for the team.

Recently a new CEO was incorporated into the team, Antonio Alquézar, with a solid track record in the field of sport and will be at the head of both the Spanish team leadership, where it will mark the course on a strategic level, as well as the Spain Sail Grand Prix- Andalusia - Cadiz that will take place, for the third time in a row, on October 14 and 15. And precisely in relation to the Grand Prix of Cadiz, SailGP announced an agreement with Repsol to provide renewable fuel to all the ships supporting the competition during the Spain Sail Grand Prix- Andalucía Cadiz.

The Spanish team that will join the F50 Victoria in Chicago will be composed of: Diego Botin, Florian Trittel, Joel Rodriguez, Nicole van der Velden, Joan Cardona, Iago López Marra and Bernardo Freitas. Iago López Marra, an athlete of A Coruña, will join the team as a grinder at the Chicago Grand Prix... Bernardo Freitas, a new grinder of the Spanish team is an experienced athlete in the international circuit, began his sports career in 2005 and has achieved several outstanding successes as the first place in The Ocean Race Europe of 2021, also achieved eighth position at the 2012 Olympic Games representing Portugal in the category of 49er FX.