1 July 2012
2011-2012 America's Cup World Series concludes in Newport
Racing wrapped up at the America’s Cup World Series this afternoon in
Newport, with the Match Racing finals and the Grand Finale fleet race.
Coutts’ win over Spithill in the Match Racing finals made Artemis
Racing’s title official and Artemis was crowned Match Racing Champion
for the 2011-2012 America’s Cup World Series at this evening’s
prizegiving. An important milestone for the team, as they look ahead to
the 34th America's Cup, the ultimate match race.
In the overall Series standings, Artemis Racing finished third with 82
points behind Emirates Team New Zealand (93 points) in second place and
winners ORACLE Team USA Spithill (102 points).
As with all ACWS events, the race for all the points is the Super
Sunday fleet race. Challenging conditions today saw plenty of lead
changes today, but it was Luna Rossa Piranha with Chris Draper at the
helm who took the top prize. Artemis battled through the fleet but an
incident at the second windward mark rounding, which later saw ORACLE
Team USA Coutts penalized, dealt a tough blow to the team which was
difficult to recover from. Artemis finished 7^th.
“Winning the ACWS Match Racing Championships is great, but I have to
admit it is a little bit bittersweet after today’s race. It is a nice
milestone for the team but we have a lot of work to do,” said Skipper
Terry Hutchinson (USA). “There are certain aspects of our programme
that are really good and certain areas where we can improve. We have 14
months to do it and I’m looking forward to the challenge.”
Training and preparations for the 34^th America’s Cup continue for
Artemis Racing, meanwhile the next event is the RC44 Sweden Cup (18-22
July) in Marstrand followed by the America’s Cup World Series in San
Francisco from 21-26 August.
©Daniel Forster/Artemis Racing
ACWS Match Racing 2011 – 2012 Championship
OVERALL STANDINGS (points)
1 Artemis Racing (50)
2 ORACLE TEAM USA SPITHILL (47)
3 Emirates Team New Zealand (41)
4 ORACLE TEAM USA COUTTS (39)
5 Energy Team (38)
6 Team Korea (33)
7 Luna Rossa - Piranha (26)
8T Luna Rossa - Swordfish (15)
8T China Team (15)
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Oracle Gesamtsieger
PHOTO : Guilain GRENIER / ORACLE TEAM USA
Fotos: Daniel Forster
PHOTO : Guilain GRENIER / ORACLE TEAM USA
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