America’s Cup, Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli seeks victory with American Magic on second day of preliminary regattas

Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli takes to the water for third regatta

Everything is ready for Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli who will take to the water in the pre-launch stages in preparation for the third regatta against NYYC American Magic, after the success of Alinghi Red Bull Racing.

Emirates Team New Zealand strengthens its grip on second race with Ineos Britannia

Emirates Team New Zealand continues to impose its rule and is doing so again in the second race against Team Ineos Britannia, who are still stuck with zero points after the first two days of racing. The Oceanic team benefited above all from pre-departure manoeuvres where the English crew had to slow down to avoid crossing the line prematurely and incurring a penalty. The British ship then fell into the water and had to retrace its pre-departure journey and leave immediately ahead of the New Zealanders by no less than three hundred metres.

Thus, the Oceanic team did not make any further mistakes during the test, on the contrary, they extended their advantage along the back side before reaching almost a kilometre at the end of the second lap thanks to the management of the procedure in general. calm. In the last round, New Zealand managed the situation calmly, allowing INEOS Britannia to reduce the gap, but without worrying about the British syndicate who finished the race 52 seconds behind.

Emirates Team New Zealand set to go straight into Race 2. Problems start at INEOS BRITANNIA

Problems at the start for Team INEOS Britannia who had to slow down at the start of the second race to avoid crossing the start line too early. This favoured Team Emirates New Zealand who, coming in from behind, led the English ship to make an unfavourable manoeuvre which resulted in her “losing her flight” and having to regain her balance, causing the ocean liner to run away already in the first downwind leg.

NYYC AMERICAN MAGIC DEFEATS ALINGHI RED BULL RACING TO WIN FIRST REGATA

Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli will have to pay close attention to NYYC American Magic, the Italian syndicate’s opponent today. The Americans clearly won the first scheduled regatta, defeating the Swiss Alinghi Red Bull Racing team, who were about a kilometre behind.

A very tense start with NYYC American Magic overtaking Alinghi Red Bull Racing by a few metres, forcing the Swiss to veer to the right to gain speed. However, the Americans began to impose their own tactics by crossing paths with the Swiss and thus escaping the first leg against the wind. The Americans forced the Alinghi men to move to the left and thus find the slower racing field, which led to them entering the downstream.

After taking the lead in the race, along the first leg into the wind, American Magic finally took off, increasing the gap to over 250 metres and forcing Alinghi to follow the same course to stay in the wake. Facing the scheduled second lap, the chase of the Swiss continued with American Magic managing to raise the speed to over 40 knots despite the reduced wind presence and passing the fourth mark with a clear lead. The delay was compounded along the final two flanks as American Magic won by 56 seconds over their rival.

Day 2 begins, and Alinghi faces American magic

A regatta with a traditional America’s Cup flavour, which, on the second day of preliminary testing, sees Alinghi Red Bull Racing take on NYYC American Magic, both determined to challenge Emirates Team New Zealand after their first success.

Perfect conditions in Barcelona, ​​regattas to start soon

Everything is ready for the second day of the preliminary race in Barcelona where the Alinghi Red Bull Racing and NYYC American Magic boats will compete in ideal weather conditions. In fact, the wind is blowing between 9 and 13 knots, while the temperature is around 28 degrees Celsius.