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Pressure on! Azzurra Go Three in a Row. Azzurra won their third race in a row to keep the pressure on world championship leaders Quantum Racing going into the final race of the 52 World Championship in Menorca. Quantum Racing missed out on the first, key wind shift and finished fifth. The last race of…
(Saturday 17th September, Menorca) – While Quantum Racing were effectively excluded from Race 8 of the 52 World Championship for crossing the start line early while a black flag rule was in force, their nearest rivals for the 2016 world title completed a perfect day scoring two first places in very different conditions on the…
Azzurra’s defence of their 2015 52 World Championship title was given a boost today when they scored back-to-back wins, adding a good Race 8 win to their triumph in the preceding heat. Regatta leaders Quantum Racing were judged to have been over the start under a black flag penalty on a previous attempt and so…
Azzurra won Race 7 of the 52 World Championship Mahón 2016, earning themselves a big lead – over 250 metres – ahead of the fleet. Racing in changeable, puffy 8-12kts of SWW’ly breeze Azzurra were best off the start under a black flag. Phoenix fell foul of this and had to sit the race out.…
(Friday 16th September, Menorca) – As a team which is much more used to winning Quantum Racing had some tough moments in 2015 when they were overshadowed by Azzurra. But the TP52 class’s most successful team are back on song this season, more so than ever in Menorca, racing at their very, very best. As…
Ergin Imre’s Provezza team won Race 6 of the 52 World Championship to earn second place overall on the standings as the regatta today passed its theoretical mid-point. They now lead third-placed Rán Racing on countback while third place in Race 6 for Quantum Racing leaves them with a lead of 17 points going into…
Quantum Racing won Race 5 of the 52 World Championship on the beautiful waters off Mahón, Menorca to extend their lead to 18 points. The 2014 world champions led from midway up the first beat and led Rán Racing around the windward mark. The two leaders sailed clear of the chasing pack in the windward-leeward…
(Thursday 15th September, Menorca) – From a difficult, and at times confusing second day of racing at the 52 World Championship 2016 on the beautiful waters off Menorca, Quantum Racing kept up their amazingly high level of consistency to extend their overall lead to 13 points at the top of the high calibre 12-boat fleet.…
Azzurra won the first coastal race of the 52 World Championship but with a second place, Quantum Racing complete an excellent day stepping further clear on the top of the leaderboard. Platoon led on the first short windward-leeward circuit but Azzurra took the lead which they held onto despite moments of pressure from Quantum, who…
Quantum Racing strengthened their lead at the top of the 52 World Championship standings when they won Race 3. Terry Hutchinson read the first beat nicely, getting the ideal balance between the inshore right hand shift and the better wind pressure offshore. They lead Rán at the first turn and these two finished first and…
