Mahon, September 18th 2016
- Five days of challenging and demanding sailing, with ten races sailed
in a variety of meteorological conditions, have eventually determined
who is the 52 World Champion of 2016: for the fifth time since 2008,
Quantum Racing (Baird/Hutchinson) has reached the highest step of the
podium.
Until
yesterday, it was evident that the fight was still open and, after the
first race of today, the hopes for Azzurra to reach Quantum Racing were
higher than ever, with the distance between them being reduced to only
five points. It was in the last race, though, that it became clear that
the gap with Quantum Racing was not surmountable and, scoring a tenth
place, Azzurra placed itself in the second place of the ranking with 45
points.
Provezza
concluded this Championship in third position, with just one point of
margin over the fourth classified, Ran Racing, already 52 World Champion
in 2013.
After
a beginning of Championship that was not so easy, also the crew of
Bronenosec Gazprom managed to take home a good result with a fifth
place. "It was a tough week, especially in the last two days, when it was very demanding to helm with such a swelling wave - declared Vladimir Liubomirov, owner-driver of Bronenosec Gazprom - but
even if we had a bad start in this World Championship, we eventually
managed to recover and gain some places in the overall ranking. Day by
day we've been improving, doing good starts in the races and often
reaching marks along with the leading pack: I would say that, after all,
I'm very satisfied with this result".
The
composition of the ranking confirms Liubomirov's words over the
complexity of helming in this conditions and puts into evidence, once
again, the complexity and the technicality of this boat and class, in
which no owner-driver didn't managed to win any race of this World
Championship.
After
crowning Quantum Racing 2016 World Champion, 52 Super Series is not
going to finish: the crews are waited in October in Cascais, where the
last leg of this year is taking place and where the overall winner of
the Series will be determined. As far as today, Quantum Racing is the
leader of the overall ranking (113 points), followed by Azzurra (180)
and Ran Racing (191).
In
Mahon, Bronenosec Gazprom has been sailed by Vladimir Liubomirov
(owner-driver), Michele Ivaldi (skipper-strategist), Adrian Stead
(tactician), Francesco Mongelli (navigator), Victor Serezhkin
(backstay), Paul Westlake (mainsail trimmer), Claudio Celon (trimmer),
Zack Hurst (trimmer), Emanuele Marino (grinder), Pietro Mantovani
(grinder), Andy Fethers (pitman), Alex Kulakov (floater), Michele
Cannoni (mid-bow) and Alberto Barovier (team manager-bowman). The team
activity has been coordinated by the coach Francesco de Angelis, while
the shore team has been led by Francesco Binetti Pozzi.
To be updated on the Bronenosec Sailing Team activity simply check the official Facebook page of the team: https://www.facebook. com/bronenosecsailingteam/.
The season of Bronenosec Sailing Team is supported by Gazprom, Garmin, FSE Robline, USail and Meteowind.
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