Spain roars the final of the SailGP in Christchurch

Spain roars the final of the SailGP in Christchurch

Nautica Digital Europe

The Spanish team of SailGP stood at the door of the last manga of the weekend, after an intense struggle with New Zealand, France and Canada... the Spaniards advanced Rockwool Denmark on the table and approached the San Francisco finals... for their part Australia, which hit a buoy by trying to avoid a collision with Canada, could not compete all day long

Only two turns separated Spain from participating in the final race of the ITM New Zealand Sail Grand Prix. The Spanish team remained at the door of the last race of the weekend, the end of the Grand Prix, after an intense struggle with New Zealand, France and Canada; on a day in which three sleeves were held before the last and decisive.

2024-04-23: SailGP... dolphins force cancellation in New Zealand

The lack of races did not affect the mood of the crowd that filled the Race Stadium specially designed at Naval Point, which will receive up to 22,000 people over the weekend. The icon of New Zealand music, Sir Dave Dobbyn, demonstrated why it is a national treasure, singing at all lungs its extensive repertoire of classics, entertaining a crowd that loves it all day in Platinum Lawn and transmitting to the whole place

The planned sleeves were cancelled the opening day of the New Zealand's Great ITM Sailing Prize - 124; Christchurch, due to the dolphin activity during the race time window.

As the competition was to start at 3 PM local time, a dolphin sighting was received in the area. According to the SailGP protocol, the race was delayed to allow dolphins to safely attract the competition area, but unfortunately it did not move outside the race area, which prevented the planned competition from taking place.

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After the good image shown in Sydney, the Spanish team aspires to everything in this fourth season of the competition

The spectacular Whakaraupō, Port of Lyttelton, repeats as SailGP's stage in this fourth season of the competition. After the good image shown a month ago in Sydney, the Spain SailGP Team disembarks in Ōtautahi, Christchurch, with the look on the Grand Final of San Francisco. The Gallos have shown this course that they can fight with the best in any stage, and will seek to be made in New Zealand waters with a good handful of points, to raid the third square occupied by Rockwool Denmark in the general classification. The team piloted by Diego Botin marches fourth on the table, with 48 points, four less than the Danes, led by Nicolai Sehested.

The ITM New Zealand Sail Grand Prix can be followed live on Saturday and Sunday at 3: 00 a.m. in RTVE Play, LaLiga + and on the official YouTube channel of SailGP. You can also see it in deferred on Saturday and live on Sunday in Esport3.