Race 1
GBR v French
Elimination day introduced an early finish to what all of us knew was inevitable: the French have been proven the door by the apparently mighty British.
The race was not shut, and the one query was would the race get bizarre within the dying breeze, and sadly the reply was no.
Race 2
LR v Alinghi
Luna Rosa purposely bought a DSQ by staying out of bounds for too lengthy. Apparently they have been attempting to get a positive match-up going ahead, however then it was acknowledged that Prada couldn’t decrease the stbd foil.
Race 3
TNZ v Yanks
This was the ultimate likelihood for AM to indicate that they belong on the identical recourse as TNZ. AM shortly proves that maybe they don’t by falling off their foils within the prestart, after which incurring a penalty.
Had been they throwing the race on objective, or did they only suck? It seems the latter is true however no matter, AM floor TNZ on the beat to solely around the 7 seconds behind on the high mark.
TNZ smoked on the primary run to spherical 30 seconds in entrance. AM appears a tad faster upwind, taking 10 seconds out of TNZ. However TNZ was sooner once more on the run, rounding over 1 minute forward. AM pancaked on the ultimate beat, confirming that they don’t belong on the identical race course as TNZ.
Race 4
Prada v Frackers
A extremely anticipated match. Ineos sooner and crushed Prada early within the beat. held and managed to guide by 15 seconds on the mark, sooner on the run and this already feels prefer it’s over.
As a result of it’s. Ineos must be the favourite going ahead and straight to the Cup. Extra right here.
