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by Stephanie Nadin
The TP52 season is now over with the TP52 Worlds finishing today in Valencia. Audi A1 powered by ALL4ONE took the 2nd place today on the last race of the competition week. The conclusion of the event is positive for Jochen Schümann and Stephane Kandler's team, despite their 5th place overall after a tough and intense regatta, but only 0,5 point away from the 3rd place! After 3 podiums out of 5 events in the Audi MedCup, ALL4ONE has shown that the top-level collective experience and common background has borne fruits, and that the team now has solid basis for the next season.
Jochen Schümann, Skipper: " today was obviously a good day. We finished second in a good battle, and it was an interesting race. But we lost too much on the first day, so it was hard to catch up. Now we're missing a half point to be third, which was our target. So that's how it is, but it's still a reasonable good finish. There is another year coming, and we're looking forward to it. "
Sébastien Col, Tactician: " I have a great feeling tonight, as it has been an intense racing week, with Matador and Quantum Racing fighting on one side for the first place, and us on the other side battling with four boats for the third place. Unfortunately we miss a half point to reach the third place, so we are very close from the podium. We have shown that we could make it, but we also have some regrets as the first racing day has not been good for us, and we lost a lot of points where we should have easily been on the podium. But that didn't prevent us from sailing well for the rest of the week, and today in particular where we had a good race finishing second.
"The conclusion from the TP52 season is that the level is very high on the circuit, and you have to be very consistent. I'm very satisfied by the fact that we managed to start at a good level straight away, despite the fact that we were a late entry. But like all the young teams, we missed a bit of consistency throughout the season, just as the first day here. So we need more of that, and we'll be on the podium next year."
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Stephane Kandler, ALL4ONE's CEO: " We are quite satisfied with our TP52 season. We have been three times on the podium out of five events in the Audi MedCup, and we finish here only 0,5 point away from the podium of the TP52 World Championship. We have shown that we are able to achieve good results. We missed a bit of consistency, which makes that we are not totally satisfied today. This team was new, and it showed that it was able to fight against the best teams. With a bit more training and common experience, I'm sure that we can reach the highest step on the podium."
The competition season is far from being over yet for ALL4ONE, as the French-German team led by Jochen Schümann and Sebastien Col will soon be on the start line of the Louis Vuitton Trophy Dubai (November 12-27). ALL4ONE will fly on November 6 to U.A.E, as the team will take part to a training session for one week with a top level sparring partner: Emirates Team New Zealand.
Provisional overall standings after 9 races
1. Quantum Racing - 31,5 points
2. Matador - 33,5 points
3. Synergy - 41 points
4. Artemis - 41 points
5. Audi A1 powered by ALL4ONE - 41,5 points
6. Cristabella - 42 points
7. Bigamist - 51,5 points
8. Pace - 72 points
9. Weapon of Choice - 76,5 points
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