A bad result in French waters would complicate the presence of the Spanish SailGP team in the Grand Finale of Abu Dabi... the competition will implement in this weekend's Grand Prix new rudders and automated software to provide more security to the F50 and enhance its performance

At the beginning of the new SailGP season, back in November last year, the team led by Diego Botín marked a clear goal for the current edition of the international championship of flying catamarans: to keep the record of last year in the great prizes to be always as high as possible and to repeat presence in the great final of the competition.

The course has been advanced and, to date, the Spain SailGP Team has been collecting disparate results, as was the case last season. In the absence of four events to finish the competition, the Botín are fourth in the global classification and have two great awards (San Francisco and New York), the same ones they won in season 4 - they could still improve that record. However, the team needs more, because the Great Final seems to be much more expensive than ever. Australia and New Zealand command the classification of SailGP with iron hand, and so far, nothing new. But Dylan Fletcher's Great Britain, which has been super competitive all year round, threatens the dream of Los Gallos. The British, who accused Ben Ainslie of leaving in the middle of the season last year, are third in general with 56 points, two more than ours. Of course, it's not an insurmountable advantage, but the rival is hard to roer.

From behind is the France of Quentin Delapierre, which comes from winning in Germany and is now competing at home. Despite not having been able to participate in the first two events of the championship and having suffered a number of technical failures, the Gauls have been stepping hard. So things, the margin of error is getting smaller. After adding two sixth places in Portsmouth and Sassnitz, Spain needs a good result on the Blue Coast to stay in the fight or even assault the third square.