M32 European Championships at the Fraglia Vela Riva - Day 1
by Elena Giolai 2 Sep 2022 23:36 PDT
2-4 September 2022
M32 European Championships - Day 1 © Elena Giolai
Andrea Lacorte on Vitamina Veloce leads the M32 European Championships after the first day, with racing taking place from Fraglia Vela Riva on Lake Garda, Italy until Sunday.
Once again at Riva del Garda, after the stage in May, the M32 catamarans, this time are competing for the European Championship title, as well as the fourth stage of the European circuit. Hosted by the Fraglia Vela Riva, on Garda Trentino, they started the first races on Friday with the first of five races.
This is the final M32 event before the World Championship in Cascais in October. Present will be the two Italian teams, Vitamina Veloce Cetilar, the cat helmed by Andrea Lacorte (Team Manager De Luca, Adam Minoprio, Will Ryan and Steward Dodson are also on board) that currently leads the European Series classification with a 5-point advantage over the Dutch of Leeloo and that right from the first day has shown it wants to maintain this leadership. Andrea Lacorte immediately took the lead after the five races held on Friday, the first day of racing (1-1-5-3-2). Four points ahead of China One Ningbo (6-2-1-6) and five ahead of the Dutch of Bliksem (4-4-2-5).
Full Results available here.