China SailGP Team sustain damage during practice racing

  • 5 years ago
All six teams lined up for practice racing ahead of San Francisco SailGP. However China SailGP Team experienced a dramatic nose dive during the first race that ended their practice day, and caused significant damage to its supercharged F50 catamaran. Helmsman Phil Robertson explains.

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The fan-centric, inshore racing takes place in some of the most iconic harbors around the globe and culminates with a $1 million winner-takes-all match race. Rival national teams from Australia, China, France, Great Britain, Japan and the United States battle it out in identical supercharged F50 catamarans, engineered for intense racing at electrifying speeds exceeding 50 knots (nearly 60 mph).

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