#44 Conam Yachts seal Tunisian SuperSport glory

Sunday 13 July 2008

The #44 Conam Yachts crew celebrate their Tunisian SuperSport Endurance win

The SuperSport title-leading #44 Conam Yachts crew of Angelo Tedeschi and Aaron Ciantar took their seventh win of the year in today’s Tunisian Grand Prix of the Sea Sprint race, securing overall Grand Prix of the Sea honours at the same time. The double win – allied to their 50-point bonus for completing the first half of the year without an engine change – gives them a 190 point advantage in the championship points table.

The #07 VoomVoom.com squad – currently #44 Conam Yachts closest challenges – were the only team to stay within touching distance of the Italian reigning champions at the start of the race, but Tedeschi and Ciantar once again quickly pulled out a comfortable lead that proved impossible to beat. A second second place of the weekend for the #07 VoomVoom.com squad gave them runner-up spoils in the Grand Prix of the Sea trophy chase.

#08 Phoenix TV took the final podium spoils of the Sprint race, while fourth place was a superb result for the returning #11 Team Sunseeker. After a two-race sabbatical following the sinking of their boat in Marseilles, France, this was a fantastic comeback weekend by the British squad.

The #05 Team Tullio Abbate Wild Card entry edged the #47 Silverline Buzzi Bullet boat and the #22 Big Sergio crew in the final race finishers to take the final Grand Prix of the Sea podium spot. It was double jeopardy for the Donzi crews, though, as the #38 Baia High Performance OSG team failed to complete the first lap and the #59 Saho boat failed to start with a transmission problem.