00:00These new T-foils just want to accelerate, but you need that little bit of space to do that,
00:05so can you find space in the last seconds?
00:07USA first into the start box as we go under a minute to go.
00:10The fourth and final race of the day here in Auckland at the Rolex Sail GP Championship.
00:16There we go, blue pole position, suggested place to be.
00:19That's the optimum place to start there, is right in the middle to lower half of the line,
00:24and we can see the USA are set up well for that, but they're early back.
00:27They're there for everyone else to hunt.
00:29And here comes the hunter, Berling on board New Zealand is coming in with 35 seconds to go.
00:34Expect him to spin the boat fairly soon.
00:37Going to try and find a little gap in the middle of the line.
00:39He's looking to foil out of here.
00:41Great Britain there late, Germany late as well.
00:43Italy out the back.
00:45I think United States and New Zealand well positioned at the moment,
00:48but Martini Grail on board Mubadla Brazil.
00:50She's moved into a nice position with 17 seconds to go.
00:53It's a real tussle at that favoured end of the line,
00:56and it's all going to come down to acceleration.
00:58But New Zealand, they have the pole predictor on them,
01:00and I love their position right now.
01:02It's five seconds to go to the line.
01:04Here he comes.
01:05The New Zealand crew winding up.
01:06How's your timing, people?
01:08Perfect out of the middle of the line,
01:10and when he needed to deliver, he's delivered.
01:12Here they go.
01:13Hometown heroes are going to need to be fast
01:15to roll over the top of the Swiss and the Australians.
01:21And it's the heavy hitters as they approach
01:24Mark number one in the final race of the day.
01:26It's the Kiwis and the Aussies as they reach
01:29to see who gets the whole shot,
01:30and it will go the way of the black foils.
01:33The sprint leader, Rolex sprint leader there,
01:36Peter Burling and the New Zealand crew.
01:39Josh Jr. said,
01:40we've got to get to Mark one in good shape.
01:41Well, that's the way to do it,
01:42and now they look relaxed.
01:43Sailing into a nice patch of breeze here.
01:54Now, can they stick a nice smooth manoeuvre
01:56now that they're out in front?
01:58Looks good for me to go straight into a left turn
02:01out of this manoeuvre.
02:02New Zealand manoeuvre the boat well.
02:04All the boats staying on the foils.
02:05That little bit more wind making it easier here.
02:07USA again, a little slip up in the manoeuvre.
02:10Bottom of our screen.
02:11They're off the foils.
02:12Another error in the manoeuvre there.
02:14They're hurting, hurting so bad on that U.S. boat
02:17in these manoeuvres.
02:18Oh, the Americans were in a top five position,
02:24and they will drop back to the back of the fleet,
02:27and there you see it once again.
02:28The heavy hitters going toe-to-toe.
02:30It's New Zealand and Australia, one and two,
02:32Canada in third, with Brazil in fourth.
02:34Switzerland, the winners of the last race.
02:36They decide for the other side of the course
02:38at the DP World Gate.
02:39Oh, look how much that mistake hurts.
02:41They're right out of the back here.
02:43Spain in ninth, Britain in eighth.
02:44This is going to tighten up that top of the leaderboard.
02:47Australia, first to manoeuvre away out of that side of the course.
02:51New Zealand stretching things out.
02:52There's a little bit more space on that left turn,
02:55and Berling will be trying to use that.
02:56Keep the boat fast.
02:57Try and minimise manoeuvres.
02:59But on the bottom of the screen here,
03:00Switzerland, they're in one of those left-hand shifts
03:03that Peter Berling had talked about.
03:05Sailing nicely up the ladder line,
03:06in good breeze, gain for Switzerland.
03:09But Australia have the right-of-way,
03:11and Schneider has to yield.
03:12First Australia, yeah?
03:13Fishing two, one, fishing out.
03:18I think what's interesting there,
03:19you heard Seb asking Morge,
03:21is there anyone else there?
03:23It's so hard to see the boats
03:25on the other side of the course,
03:26and what they'd love to see is our SailGP Insights there,
03:29up in the Oracle Cloud.
03:30And what they'll see is the breeze is quite even
03:32across the course right now.
03:33Not much in it, Australia potentially making
03:36a small gain on New Zealand here.
03:43Kiwis cool and calm as they approach gate number three.
03:47Peter Berling and company desperately in need of a win here.
03:50Remember, New Zealand got a fourth in race number one.
03:53They got an eighth in race number two.
03:55And, of course, they backed it up in race number three
03:57with a performance that had them really thinking
04:00that they were better than maybe the results showed
04:02and finished it in sixth.
04:05There you go.
04:05Nice upwind leg there.
04:07Really nice upwind leg by the Swiss.
04:08Of course, they won race three.
04:10If they could back it up,
04:11that would put them right back in the mix
04:12after a disappointing start to the day.
04:15Swiss, one of the five teams in the league
04:17who have yet to win an event.
04:20And they look very good right now.
04:21After a win, they currently sit in third place.
04:22And here's where the traffic jam starts.
04:24Oh, what are Brazil going to do here?
04:26They're going to go wide in the mark.
04:27They've lost it.
04:28Runners have gone on.
04:29And they're in the water.
04:30This is the penalty to Italy relative to Canada.
04:34Window boat not keeping clear.
04:35Oh, Brazil have got to go all the way round here.
04:37It's going to be a massive loss for Mubadla.
04:40Brazil, they're going to have to spin right round.
04:42They got themselves way out of position there.
04:44Marchini-Gran had to avoid the mark.
04:46They look well positioned,
04:47but they still got to go back through that gate
04:49as we can see Denmark.
04:51Rockwell-Denmark up to fifth
04:52as New Zealand stretch away.
04:54Can Berling and Tuch deliver under pressure?
04:56Well, it looks like it at the moment.
04:57They needed a race to go well in race four.
05:00Well, it can't go a lot better
05:01than 100, 200-meter lead over the Australians.
05:06And it is the Black Foyles with a great speed
05:08as they make the pass through the gate.
05:10Nearly 80 kilometers an hour
05:12with a huge lead now over the Australians
05:14who won race number two.
05:16Nice parity across the board.
05:17You've got Great Britain winning race number one,
05:19the Aussies win race number two
05:20and the Swiss win race number three.
05:22And it looks like the Kiwis
05:23may in fact send the fans home happy
05:26here on Saturday, Stevie, with a possible win.
05:28Yeah, look at that.
05:28It's tight in the pack, Todd, isn't it?
05:30But big game for Great Britain, ninth,
05:32and they're up to fourth at the moment.
05:34They're going to go in and have a little wave
05:35to the fans in the shoreline there,
05:37see if they can find some more breeze.
05:39But Rockwell-Denmark split the course
05:41with Great Britain.
05:42North Star Canada and Spain,
05:44they're so, so tight.
05:45Spain are going to be slow out of this, Mark.
05:47Could be advantage Canada.
05:48Come on, yeah, we're good, we're good, Spain.
05:52Quick moving race here.
05:56This is the last race of the day,
05:57like five of seven.
05:59New Zealand got the whole shot.
06:00They have maintained that lead
06:02with Australia hot on their heels.
06:03Yeah, massive, massive moment
06:05for the British in this race.
06:06To go from right at the back of the pack
06:08up to fourth would be absolutely huge,
06:10huge race for New Zealand.
06:11Well, and Australia,
06:12they just look ominously quick at the moment,
06:14don't they?
06:14They're sailing so, so well.
06:16coming up to the last downwind leg, Todd.
06:18I can't wait to see what this crowd does
06:21if the Kiwis can hang on.
06:23They're going to blow up
06:24if they can deliver
06:25on this final race of the day.
06:27How about that Rolex chasing time right now?
06:29It's between Australia and New Zealand.
06:31Right now it's saying 21 seconds.
06:33The difference between the two
06:34as the Kiwis trying to stay away
06:37from Tom Slingsby and the Aussies
06:39in the last second change
06:40as they will opt for the left-hand side.
06:42Yeah, couldn't quite make it around that.
06:44Trying to keep the boat speedy.
06:45It's important with these new foils
06:46you stay fast.
06:47As soon as you get slow,
06:49these foils want to let you go.
06:50There's a lot of technology involved there.
06:52They're having to play the cant.
06:54They can move the foil forward and backwards.
06:56They can move it in and out
06:57to change the power potential on the boats.
07:00Do they use the rudder downforce?
07:01So many things for these sailors to think about
07:03and so much for them to learn.
07:05But right now, well, New Zealand,
07:07they're heading straight down the course.
07:09This one looks like it's going to be exciting
07:11for those Kiwi fans on the shoreline
07:13as the black foils look set to deliver.
07:15Massive crowd, sellout crowd today
07:17as SailGP comes to Auckland
07:20for the very first time after five seasons.
07:23And how about the Swiss, Stevie?
07:24Sebastian Schneider,
07:25they get a taste of the Victory Cup
07:26and they like it.
07:27They're currently sitting in third,
07:28top of the fleet.
07:29Well, I was about to start talking
07:31about the pressure
07:31that would be on the mark
07:32of the first two races,
07:3310th and 11th in the first two races.
07:35And they're backing that up
07:36potentially with a one and a three right now.
07:39So, oh, tight moment there.
07:40Slingsby just about keeps clear.
07:43Oh, and he's in the water.
07:44The Aussies are probably going to save it
07:46and hang on for that second.
07:47But yeah, delivering.
07:48Here come the Kiwis.
07:49And as they make their way around the last turn,
07:53it will be the Emirates winning moment
07:55going the way of the hometown fans.
07:59Give it up for the black foils.
08:00The Kiwis win race four.
08:03Oh, that's going to look very, very pretty
08:05on the overall standings
08:06to pull out that Emirates winning moment
08:08at the very end of the day there, Burling.
08:10His hand goes up.
08:12Tukes' hand goes up.
08:13Liv Mackay, she'll be happy.
08:14But probably the happiest team of the day
08:16is going to be the Aussies, Tom.
08:17Yep.
