Japan's entry will use a hybrid boat on the second day of the Sydney round of SailGP racing after their F50 catamaran sustained serious damage in a collision with Britain on Friday.
In this image provided by SailGP, John Bertrand, right, presents Tom Slingsby, CEO and driver of Australia SailGP Team with the winning trophy in the Australia Sail Grand Prix in Sydney Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021. SYDNEY — Australia increased its lead at the top of the SailGP series standings and guaranteed its place in the final in San Francisco in March after beating the United States and Spain in the three-boat final on Sydney Harbor on Saturday.
The victory lifted Australia’s season point score to 55, ahead of the U.S. with both teams now certain to finish in the top three of the overall series. The hard-luck story of the day was Japan, skippered by Australian Nathan Outteridge. After its boat was damaged in a collision with the Britain team in the pre-start Friday, Japan won both of Saturday’s fleet races on a hybrid boat made up their own foils and the base of the Britain boat.However, Japan is almost certain to finish in the top three because it has moved eight points clear of Spain and nine ahead of New Zealand in the overall standings.
“It’s great, I mean for Tom, it’s his to lose now. It’s great to be the underdog going into San Francisco, trust me, that’s the great thing about sport, the favorites don’t always win" Spithill said. “The Aussies are still the benchmark team, they just push harder, we still have work to do, we have bridged that gap to them a little bit but we need more.
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