The Spanish crew has crossed the finish line in Abu Dhabi at 03:18:18 UTC, after 24 d 11 h 18 m 18 s of racing.
© Francois Nel/Volvo Ocean Race
Skipper Iker Martínez has said “We’re more than happy, the improvement since Leg 1 is huge, I’m proud of everyone doing a very good job. But at the same time we were leading at some point. But the big picture is that fourth is very good, the three boats at the front did a fantastic leg. We’re happy, we need to keep doing like this!”
“For us it was very important (to beat “Alvimedica”). We’ve been fighting with the first three guys, then we led when we took an option to go east, which didn’t work. But then, when we found ourselves in the middle of the fleet, we had to fight with them.”
“It’s a place we deserve, we have a job list in Abu Dhabi, and we’ll do better in the next leg.”
About the decision of going to to the East, Iker has pointed out that “we’ve positions every six hours onboard, and we didn’t want to create such a big split east. Jean-Luc and myself took that decision, it was a risk, but the whole crew was supportive, even when it didn’t go well.”
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