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Friday 09 May 2008

The #60 GFN Gibellato crew secure PowerPole for the Italian Grand Prix of the Sea

The crew of the #60 GFN Gibellato Evolution-class boat have secured the honour of first pick for their point in the pace boat line-up for this weekend’s Endurance and Sprint races of the Italian Grand Prix of the Sea. Pilot Marco Pennesi and throttleman Giampaolo Montavoci of the local San Benedetto-based team posted a time of 3m09.56s round the PowerPole course, pipping the British #69 Honeyparty.com crew by four seconds.

Winning the PowerPole allows a crew to choose where they line up behind the pace boat – this enables them to secure what they think is the most advantageous position for the run in to the green flag and the first marker buoy. The second-fastest team secure second pick for the position behind the pace boat and so on down the order.

In the SuperSport class, it was a case of home-town heroes again as the Italian #44 Conam Yachts Racing Project team of pilot Aaron Ciantar and throttleman Angelo Tedeschi took PowerPole honours beat the British-based #47 Silverline Buzzi Bullet crew with a lap time of 3m46.17s, just over two seconds faster than the #47 boat.

Evolution class PowerPole times

SuperSport class PowerPole times