Luna Rossa wins the Prada Cup, dominates Ineos and now challenges New Zealand

Italy’s victory in the Prada Cup in Auckland, New Zealand. tonight Red Moon He beat the British team Ineos twice in a row, closing the match series with a score of 7-1, thereby earning the right to challenge Team New Zealand to win the championship. America’s Cup. A clear superiority was demonstrated during all the regattas of success that Italian boats had hitherto only twice before: in ’92 with Moro di Venezia and in 2000 with the same Luna Rossa.

Regattas of victory

No date for the first two challenges tonight. Luna Rossa started out a bit quietly, but thanks to the choices of her leaders, she was immediately back on the right track ahead of the British. The margin gradually increased until the end of the challenge, by about two minutes from Ineos. The eighth and final regatta was contested in the confrontation between Italy and the United Kingdom. At least until the middle of the race when the Azzurri definitely took the lead, and they closed again by nearly a minute.

Mermaid: “We’ll play it to the end”

“I am happy for the guys, for all our sponsors, for all the people who worked with us on this project. It was not obvious and trivial to win because even if we were a few teams, we were three super competitive teams. I am happy for the team because it has not been an easy cup so far and it is right They are enjoying today today and then from tomorrow we will be thinking about Team New Zealand “Words Max SirenThe captain and manager of the Luna team is Rosa Prada. “We have a lot of new things to try and we can’t relax too much. We will train not to let our guard down and keep the pace and then we will see. We will go there with our heads down and run until the end.” “It’s a great day for Luna Rossa and for Italy – helmsman comment Francesco Bruni, one of the architects of the Blue Triumph – now we can start thinking about New Zealand. Today we were perfect but we know that if we want to beat the hosts, we need to improve even more.”

Challenge with Team New Zealand

Forget the controversy – the British asked the jury to intervene in an alleged illegal situation by Luna Rossa, but the appeal was not accepted – it’s finally time to rejoice for the Azzurri. Which, now, could aspire to put even the New Zealand hosts on great difficulty in the series of challenges that will award the America’s Cup. The attack on the 36th edition will begin on March 6, again in the waters of the New Zealand Gulf of Hauraki.