After Two Day’s of exciting sailing on the Great Sound, Spain’s Diego Botin's got the better of two of the leagues heavyweights – Australia and New Zealand – in a tense three-boat final at the Apex Group Bermuda Sail Grand Prix to win its second SailGP event of Season 4.
But it was not just the win the team was celebrating, it was also the fact it had extended its lead on fourth placed Denmark and fifth placed France to get one step closer to securing a spot in the all-important three-boat, $2 million Season 4 Grand Final in San Francisco in July 13th & 14th.
After an emotional rollercoaster to make the final – having to wait to see where Canada finished on the race course in the day’s second fleet race – the Spanish team had its work cut out. Going head to head with the two top teams in the league – taking on the skilled Peter Burling’s Black Foils and reigning champions Tom Slingsby and the Australia SailGP Team. The Spanish sailed a very strategic final race to secure first place – with the Black Foils in second and the Aussies in third – in front of a roaring crowd at the newly located Race Stadium at Morgan’s Point.
Robertson’s Canada team gave the fleet a run for its money this weekend – staying hot on the heels of first place – placing second in three of the fleet races. This all came to an end when the Canadians fell off the foils in the lead up to crossing the startline of fleet race five – making it to mark one at the very back of the fleet and not managing to make a comeback.
With the event win, Spain has managed to nearly close the gap between them and the Aussies – who sit in second place overall. The Black Foils remain on top and the team was bringing high speeds to the racing this weekend clocking the fastest speeds out on the water.
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