Just the beginning in Bermuda for Switzerland SailGP Team
by Switzerland SailGP Team 15 May 16:37 PDT
14-15 May 2022
Switzerland SailGP Team helmed by Sebastien Schneiter on Race Day 2 of Bermuda SailGP offered by Hamilton Princess, Season 3, in Bermuda © Simon Bruty for SailGP
Bermuda delivered beautiful crusing situations for the second and ultimate day of the Bermuda Sail Grand Prix offered by Hamilton Princess. Two races have been sailed, taking it to 5 races in complete for the Swiss SailGP Team throughout the weekend.
It was one other constant day of racing for the crew, led by Geneva’s Sébastien Schneiter, they took the alternatives to make good points the place they may to position sixth in race one and eighth in race two.
Bermuda was the first occasion for the new crew and solely the beginning of their SailGP journey. Defending Champions, Australia SailGP Team, went on to take the general win after beating the Canadians and British in race six, a three-team winner-takes-all Final.
Driver Schneiter on the second day of racing on the Sound, “It was a tough day. We have been actually combating laborious at the begins and general, we’re not that proud of our consequence however we’re conscious that it was our first occasion, and the groups in this league are actually good and at the prime of their sport.
“I feel we confirmed some good moments and a few good indicators for the future. We even have a significantly better understanding now; what the racing is about and what we are able to give attention to, that may make an enormous distinction. We noticed in the racing over the weekend that it’s the little particulars that may make an enormous distinction.
“Bermuda’s been amazing as a racing venue, especially for our first event, the conditions have been just perfect for us to train and learn in and everyone here has made us feel very welcome.”
Switzerland SailGP Team Coach, Jacopo Plazzi, on the crew’s SailGP debut, “The crew first sailed the F50 collectively simply over two weeks in the past and all the athletes are racing in new positions – other than Richard Mason – and I feel that now we have already come so removed from the place we began from.
“Over the weekend we managed to race up there with the teams who have been competing in this league for two seasons now – and these teams are the best in the game. This is just the beginning for us, everyone is already hungry for more and feeling ready to fight back next month.”
The nine-strong SailGP fleet will meet once more in simply over a month at the United States Sail Grand Prix in Chicago (June 18-19). The Swiss crew will then head nearer to house with 4 SailGP occasions in Europe from July to September.
Switzerland SailGP Team is supported by its predominant associate and Race for the Future associate, the VI Foundation. The crew will probably be racing in Season 3 with an vital name to motion for rivals and followers world-wide; to ‘#BacktheBid’ to see the sport of crusing reinstated in the Paralympic Games in time for LA28.
Switzerland SailGP Bermuda Crew:
- Sébastien Schneiter (SUI) – driver
- Stuart Bithell (GBR) – wing trimmer
- Jason Saunders (NZL) – flight controller
- Richard Mason (GBR) – grinder
- Eliot Merceron (SUI) – grinder
- Julien Rolaz (SUI) – grinder
- Elodie Mettraux (SUI) – strategist
- Laurane Mettraux (SUI) – strategist
- Jérémy Bachelin (SUI) – reserve athlete
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