Emva koqeqesho eSan Francisco Bay kunye nokuqhubela phambili kweJordi Xammar, iqela laseSpain SailGP ligqibe ekubeni imbasa yobhedu yeOlimpiki eTokyo 2020 iya kuxhasa iF50 Victoria kumjikelo wokugqibela wesizini. Ngale ndlela, ukusuka kule mpelaveki, uXammar uza kuthatha indawo kaPhil Robertson, othe kulo lonke eli xesha lonyaka uxhase isikhephe saseSpain.
Isigqibo, esenziwe kwiiyure zokugqibela ze-24, siza ngokukhawuleza kunokuba kulindelwe, ekubeni uRobertson wayecwangciselwe ukushiya umyalelo waseSpain emva kwe-Mubadala United States Sail Grand Prix | San Francisco, eya kubanjwa ekupheleni kweveki kwaye ephawula ukuphela kwexesha le-2 leSailGP.
Ukususela ngokulandelayo, uPhil Robertson uya kuba nguthixo waseCanada, iqela eliza kuqala ukhuphiswano kunye neSwitzerland.
“Siyazi ukuba lelona qela libalaseleyo kwixesha eliphakathi,” utshilo uXammar. “Ukuba sifuna ukufumana iziphumo ezincumisayo kwiSeason 3, lixesha lokuba sinyuke siyithathele ingqalelo. Le Grand Prix iya kuba lithuba elihle eliya kusinceda sifunde lukhulu kwaye sijongane nokuqala kwesizini ezayo ngakumbi”, wongeza ngelitshoyo.
Lilonke, i-skipper esele isele ye-F50 Victoria ichaze ukuba iqela lonke "lidlulise ukhuseleko kunye nokuthembela kwabo. Ngokwenene ukubona bonke oogxa bam bezithembile kuko okundiqhubele ekubeni ndithathe inyathelo kwaye kungenxa yabo ukuba ndilapha namhlanje”. Ngaloo migca, uJordi Xammar wachaza ukuba "Ndihlala ndikhumbula isiluleko esanikelwa nguSir Russell Coutts (i-CEO ye-SailGP) xa wandixelela ukuba kufuneka ndilungiselele".
Umkhweli omtsha waseSpain uye waba nelizwi kumanduleli wakhe, uPhil Robertson, athi ngaye umbulelo "ngayo yonke into ayenzele iqela lethu, sifunde lukhulu". Kwicala lakhe, uPhil Robertson, owathi ngoMeyi, xa isizini yesithathu yeligi yaqala eBermuda, uya kunxiba imibala yaseCanada, uyayibona imvakalelo “nebhongo kakhulu ngento esiyifumeneyo ngokufikelela kwinqanaba lokukhuphisana phambi kweSan Francisco. indawo yekota.
UMaría del Mar de Ros, umalathisi jikelele weqela laseSpeyin, uyavuma ukuba “sekukudala sibuyile. Akukhange kube lula ukwenza isigqibo, kodwa sabona ngokucacileyo ukuba yeyona nto kwakufuneka ndiyenze. Sinombulelo kakhulu kuPhil ngawo wonke umsebenzi, kodwa sikwachulumancile ngeli nqanaba litsha.
I-Grand Final yeXesha lesi-2 iya kubanjwa ekupheleni kweveki eSan Francisco kwaye kweli qela iqela laseVenetian liza kunika isigidi seedola, eyona mali inkulu kwihlabathi lokuhamba ngomkhumbi.
