Naples, Italy – The 2014 Melges 32 Audi Tron Sailing Series, Event No. 1 in Naples, Italy has concluded with the completion of six races leaving Andrea Ferrari’s Spirit of Nerina as champion!

 A complete lack of breeze prevented the final two races in the eight part series to run, obligating PRO Costanzo Villa to declare the regatta finished.

 After Saturday nights protests, some of the results changed.

  However, Ferrari’s Melges 32 – Spirit of Nerina remained in first overall over second place Edoardo Lupi’s Torpyone, and Alessandro Rombelli’s Azimut by STIG in third.

Among other winners are Valentin Zavadnikov’s Synergy GT in fourth, and fleet new comer Arturo di Lorenzo’s Malafammena with a brilliant fifth place finish.

With Naples complete, the next act of the 2014 Melges 32 Audi Tron Sailing Series will resume in Porto Ercole, Italy on May 16-18.

 The Naples edition is organised by B.Plan Sport&Events in cooperation with Melges Europe hosted by the Comitato Grande Vela.

In addition to main sponsor Audi, the Audi Tron is supported by official sponsors Kuehne+Nagel, Torqeedo electric motors and technical partners such as the Ente Fiera di Genova, Nespresso and Olicor.

TOP FIVE RESULTS (After Six Races – FINAL)

1.) Andrea Ferrari/Roberto Spata, Spirit of Nerina; 4-2-1-[7]-1-2 = 10

2.) Alessandro Rombelli/Freddy Loof, Azimut by STIG; 3-[12]-2-5-3-6 = 19

3.) Edoardo Lupi/Lorenzo Bressani, Torpyone; 6-3-5-1-[11]-5 = 21

4.) Valentin Zavadnikov – Leonid Lebedev/Michele Ivaldi, Synergy GT; 1-[9]-8-4-7-4 = 24

5.) Arturo di Lorenzo/Matteo Ivaldi, Malafemmena; 9-10-[11]-3-2-3 = 27

FULL PROVISIONAL RESULTS:

Bow # SAIL # BOAT NAME OWNER TACTICIAN Race 1 Race 2  Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 TOTAL
1 173 ITA173 Spirit of Nerina Andrea Ferrari Roberto Spata 4 4 2 2 1 1 7 7 1 1 2 2 10
2 065 ITA065 Azimut by STIG Alessandro Rombelli Freddy Loof 3 3 12 12 2 2 5 5 3 3 6 6 19
3 487 ITA487 Torpyone Edoardo Lupi Lorenzo Bressani 6 6 4 4 5 5 1 1 11 11 5 5 21
4 077 RUS013 Synergy GT Valetin Zavadnikov / Leonid Lebedev Michele Ivaldi 1 1 9 9 8 8 4 4 7 7 4 4 24
5 179 ITA179 Malafemmena Arturo Di Lorenzo Matteo Ivaldi 9 9 10 10 11 11 3 3 2 2 3 3 27
6 021 ITA021 Mascalzone Latino Vicenzo Onorato Nick Rogers 10 10 1 1 3 3 8 8 8 8 12 12 30
7 187 ITA187 Giacomel Audi E-Tron Mauro Mocchegiani Branko Brcin 2 2 5 5 7 7 11 11 9 9 7 7 30
8 181 MON181 G SPOT Giangiacomo Serena di Lapigio Hugo Rocha 8 8 7 7 10 10 6 6 DSQ 14 1 1 32
9 667 ITA667 Brontolo HH Filippo Pacinotti Gabrio Zandona 7 7 6 6 9 9 2 2 10 10 8 8 32
10 223 RUS223 Tavatuy Pavel Kuznetsov Evgeniy Neugodnikov 5 5 3 3 12 12 10 10 6 6 9 9 33
11 172 ITA172 Celadrin VITAMINA Andrea Lacorte Andrea Fornaro 12 12 8 8 4 4 9 9 5 5 10 10 36
12 176 ITA176 Margherita Roberto Mazzucato Daniele Cassinari 11 11 11 11 6 6 12 12 4 4 11 11 43
13 185 ITA185 RIMYG Valerio Bartoleschi Filippo D’Arrigo 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 12 12 13 13 64