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The official practice race today for the finale of the 52 SUPER SERIES, Costa Smeralda, Sardinia’s Audi Settimana del Bocche, might well have been a foretaste of the first few days of racing. When the breeze piped up from 17kts to more than 25kts early this afternoon prudence prevailed and most of the nine boat…
Quantum Racing look to seal the deal, home favourites Azzurra want to finish on a high note. Home favourites Azzurra will welcome the return of Francesco Bruni to their crew line up as they seek to halt Quantum Racing’s unbroken run of 52 SUPER SERIES trophy regatta wins at the season finale off Porto Cervo,…
Winning six races from a full programme of 11 contests on the Bay of Palma, Quantum Racing win the 32nd Copa del Rey for the 52 SUPER SERIES for the first time. The American team, which is skippered by Ed Baird, enjoyed the sparkling sea breeze which topped 20kts at times during the last race…
Quantum Racing remain firmly on course to win the Copa del Rey trophy for the first time after a first and a fifth on the penultimate day of racing on the Bay of Palma as the 52 SUPER SERIES fleet enjoyed the best sea breeze conditions of the week so far. In Xaloc thermal winds…
With two days of scheduled racing remaining for the 52 SUPER SERIES at Palma, Mallorca’s showcase 32nd Copa del Rey MAPFRE, Quantum Racing’s lead grew a little more thanks to back to back wins in typical Palma sea breeze conditions. As a crew Quantum Racing have never won the prestigious Copa del Rey but increasingly…
Doug DeVos’ Quantum Racing team moved two more points ahead of Rán Racing at the top of the standings for the 52 SUPER SERIES regatta at the 32nd Copa del Rey Mapfre, their reward for winning a surprisingly challenging but nevertheless interesting 29 miles coastal race out of Palma. In stiflingly Majorcan hot sunshine the…
With a victory in the third and final race of the day for the 52 SUPER SERIES at the 32nd Copa del Rey on the Bay of Palma when Rán Racing’s unbeaten sequence was halted by a sixth place, Quantum Racing seize the overall regatta lead by a single point. Niklas Zennström’s team had already…
The challenges came in different forms for some of the top 52’s on the first day of the 32nd Copa del Rey MAPFRE on the Bay of Palma, Mallorca, but it was Niklas Zennström’s crew on Rán Racing which won the one and only race for the Gaastra IRC Class. The unusual NE’ly wind direction…
By comparison to the first ever visit of the 52 SUPER SERIES to Ibiza earlier this month, the world’s leading pure performance monohull class moves now to what many of the crews might consider the ‘reassuringly familiar’ waters off Palma, Mallorca where nine 52 teams will compete in the highly regarded 32nd Copa del Rey…
Azzurra, Quantum Racing and Rán Racing to build for 2015. The TP52 Class organisation, acting for the most exciting pure performance monohull racing class in the world, in concert with the 52 SUPER SERIES are charting a course together for a bright and stable future. Already with one new boat due to be built for…
