Final Day Highlights - Menorca 52 Super Series Sailing Week, Spain

After a thrillingly close finish, Harm Müller-Spreer’s Platoon crew clinched the first regatta title of the 2019 52 SUPER SERIES season, winning in Menorca by one single point this afternoon. Second placed Provezza, who led into the last race, missed out on the overall win by just four seconds. Platoon finished strongly, super consistent tactician John Kostecki pushing the risk-reward equation more through the second half of the eight race series. Armed with excellent all-round speed across the event’s varied wind conditions – from six to 18 knots – Platoon delivered a 2,2,1 from the last three races to narrowly eclipse Ergin Imre’s Provezza. It is Platoon’s first regatta title since they won the Rolex TP52 World Championship in 2017 in Scarlino, Tuscany. Had Provezza only been able to close down Bronenosec in the final sprint to the finish line of the last race today, then it would have been a different story. But the Turkish-flagged team have to be content with their significant improvements on what was a barren 2018 season when compared to their 2017 season, when they were regular podium contenders and won the Puerto Portals regatta. It is a welcome one-two for designs from the Judel/Vrolijk design studio, the first time in the eight year history of the 52 SUPER SERIES that Judel/Vrolijk designs have taken both top spots. The defending champions Quantum Racing could not continue a 2,1,1 momentum over the previous two days, and with a seventh and sixth today, Doug DeVos’s crew finish third. Menorca 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week Regatta standings after Day 5 Final regatta standings 1. Platoon (GER) (Harm Müller-Spreer) (5,2,6,3,7,2,2,1) 28 puntos. 2. Provezza (TUR) (Ergin Imre) (6,3,3,1,8,3,1,4) 29 p. 3. Quantum Racing (USA) (Doug DeVos) (8,5,4,2,1,1,7,6) 34 p. 4. Azzurra (ARG/ITA) (Alberto/Pablo Roemmers) (2,1,1,7,10,7,8,2) 38 p. 5. Bronenosec (RUS) (Vladimir Liubomirov) (1,7,8,10,2,10,6,3) 47 p. 6. Alegre (USA/GBR) (Andrés Soriano) (4,11,2,5,6,8,4,7) 47 p. 7. Phoenix 12 (RSA) (Tina Plattner) (7,4,7,8,9,4,3,8) 50 p. 8. Sled (USA) (Takashi Okura) (9,8,5,9,4,5,9,5) 54 p. 9. Phoenix 11 (RSA) (Hasso Plattner) (3,10,11,6,5,6, DNF12,DNS12) 65 p. 10. Gladiator (GBR) (Tony Langley) (11,9,10,11,3,9,5,10) 68 p. 11. Team Vision Future (FRA) (Jean Jacques Chaubard) (10,6,9,4,11,11,10.9) 70 p. For full results, visit: http://bit.ly/2wkggTj Please visit the links below to find out more. YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/52SuperSeries Facebook: www.facebook.com/52SuperSeries Twitter: www.twitter.com/52SuperSeries Now available to watch and share online.