2011-05-25 16:41 
LANGENARGEN, Germany, May 25, 2011
/PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Live coverage of stage 2 of the
World Match Racing Tour (WMRT), Match Race Germany, will begin on
Wednesday with the first Qualifying Session after the teams
finished honing their skills on the new fleet of Bavaria 40S yachts
on Lake Constance.
Conditions for the Qualifying
Sessions are forecasted to be light and shifty which will present
the teams with a considerable test on board the Bavaria 40S boats
as Phil Robertson (NZL) WAKA Racing highlighted:
"You rarely get over 5 knots
here usually, that's what we got during our Practice Session. In
the new Bavaria 40S that was quite a challenge. Those boats
gain quite a lot of momentum because they're pretty heavy which can
be a good thing in light winds but you need to get up to speed
quickly."
The first Qualifying Session will be
the first opportunity to see Mathieu Richard (FRA) French Match
Racing Team and Johnie Berntsson (SWE) Berntsson Sailing Team in
action, with the two going head-to-head in Flight 3.
Alongside the recognised faces of
the Tour Card Holders stand William Tiller (NZL) Full Metal Jacket
Racing, Eric Monin (SWI) Team Ocalys Corum, Eugeniy Neugodnikov
(RUS) Team Synergy and Stefan Meister, a skipper that Bjorn Hansen
(DEN) Mekonomen Sailing Team believes has the potential to cause a
few upsets here:
"Stefan is a very good match
racer. I know him well from the Berlin Match Race and believe he's
capable of not only winning some matches but also stands a real
chance of making the Semi-Finals."
The first Qualifying Session kicks
off with an interview with Mathieu Richard on the 'WMRT Morning
Show' from 09.30 CET* on Wednesday followed by live coverage of all
the action between 13.00 and 15.00 CET*. The 'WMRT Today Show' from
19.30 CET* will review all the day's events from Lake Constance.
Visit:www.wmrt.com/multimedia/video-gallery.html
A live blog will run on www.wmrt.com throughout the day to
give flight by flight updates. Also follow the action on the WMRT
Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/worldmatchracingtour and
Twitter pagehttp://twitter.com/worldmrt .
*Times dependant on racing
conditions.
Full list of teams for Match
Race Germany
Mathieu Richard (France) - French
Match Racing Team
Bjorn Hansen (Sweden) - Mekonomen Sailing Team
Eugeney Neugodnikov (Russia) - Team Synergy
Francesco Bruni (Italy) - Bruni Racing Team
Phil Robertson (New Zealand) - WAKA Racing
Damien Iehl (France) - French Match Racing Team
Peter Gilmour (Australia) - YANMAR Racing
Eric Monnin (Switzerland) - Team Ocalys Corum
Johnie Berntsson (Sweden) - Berntsson Sailing Team
Jesper Radich (Denmark) - Adrian Lee & Partners Racing
Team
William Tiller (New Zealand) - Full Metal Jacket Racing
Stefan Meister (Germany) - German Match Race Champion
For more information on WMRT, please
contact:
Audrey Lakai
Communications Department
+60-12-502-2206
[email protected]
SOURCE World Match Racing Tour