SailGP: Singapore GP won by New Zealand and the Roosters never came back

A group of New ZealandCommanded by the Olympic champion and double champion of the America’s Cup Peter Burling firmly established in Singapore Grand PrixThe eighth round of the season, beating Denmark and Australia.

The F50 Spanish ‘Victory’, under the command of Jordi Xammar, and with six team members, has shown once again that it is far from measuring itself against the best teams. It was in two controversial shirts today Sixth and ninthThis led him to be last in the test and Final (Eighth) Overall for the season.

With the Spanish team formed today Jordi Xammar (method), Florian Tritel (sail trimmer on wing), Diego Bodin (Flight Controller): Joan Cardona Y Joel Rodriguez (grinders) and Nicole Vander Velden (Strategist), rejected the Australian renderer Jack Lilly.

Unlike yesterday, the wind today, although very variable in direction, a Speed ​​10 to 15 knots (18 to 28 km/h) And despite a temperature of 33ºC, with some precipitation towards the end of the day, this made things difficult for the F50 catamarans and routes had to be limited in two sleeves of the day.

New Zealand’s win is highly commendable. He started the trial with four penalty points and entered the finals among the top three.

Comes from It was New Zealand’s third win of the season after victories at Plymouth (UK) and Aarhus (Denmark)..

The United States, led by Jimmy Spithill, could not keep up the pressure, finishing seventh overall and almost certainly missing out on the grand final in San Francisco in May.

The next meeting, the ninth round of the SailGP World Circuit, will be held in Sydney (Australia) on February 18 and 19.

General Classification Sail GB Circuit 2022-2023

1. Australia Tom Slingsby (AUS) 68 pts.

2. New Zealand Peter Burling (NZL) 59

3. Great Britain Ben Ainslie (GBR) 54

4. France Quentin Delabier (FRA) 53

5. Denmark Nicolai Sehustedt (DIN) 51

6. Canada Bill Robertson (NZL) 45

7. USA Jimmy Spithill (AUS) 43

8. Spain Jordi Samar (ESP) 24 .

9. Switzerland Sébastian Schneiter (SUI) 23.