After training in the San Francisco Bay and the Jordi Xammar progressionthe Spanish SailGP team has decided that the Olympic bronze in Tokyo 2020 whoever drives the F50 Victoria in the last round of Season 2. So, starting this weekend, Xammar will replace Phil Robertsonwho throughout this season has piloted the Spanish boat.
The decision, which has been made in the last 24 hoursoccurs earlier than expected, since Robertson was expected to leave the Spanish command after the Mubadala United States Sail Grand Prix | San Francisco, which will take place this weekend and marks the end of SailGP Season 2. Starting next season, Phil Robertson will be the pilot of Canadaa team that will debut in the competition together with Switzerland.
“We know that it is the best for the team’s medium-long term” declares Xammar. “If we want to achieve good results in Season 3, it’s time to step up and go for it. This Grand Prix will be a great opportunity that will help us learn a lot and face the start of the next season much more prepared,” he adds.
Jordi Xammar, pilot of the Spanish team will have Florian Trittel, wing trimmer of the F50 Victoria,
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All in all, the already pilot of the F50 Victoria explains that the whole team “He has conveyed his security and confidence. Really seeing all my colleagues so confident is what has pushed me to take the step and it is for them that I am here today & rdquor ;. In this line, jordi xammar explain what “I always keep in mind the advice that Sir Russell Coutts gave me (CEO of SailGP) when he told me that I had to be prepared & rdquor ;.
The new Spanish rider has also had words for his predecessor, Phil Robertson, of whom he says he is grateful for “everything he has done for our team, we have learned a lot”. For its part, Phil Robertsonthat starting in May, when the third season of the league begins in Bermuda, will wear the colors of Canadaacknowledges feeling “very proud of what we have achieved by reaching a competitive level before San Francisco in fourth position & rdquor ;.
María del Mar de Ros, CEO of the Spanish teamadmits that “We had been thinking about it for a long time”. “It has not been an easy decision, but we saw clearly that it was what we had to do. We are very grateful to Phil for all the work, but we are also excited about this new stage.”
The Season 2 Grand Finals will be held this weekend in San Francisco and in it the winning team will be awarded one million dollars, the largest cash prize in the world of sailing.