America's Cup: match point for New Zealand, with Britannia it is 6-2

Britain's hopes of overturning the result of the America's Cup lasted little more than a day, as Emirates Team New Zealand sailed two perfect races, finding no resistance from Ineos Britannia and finishing them with gaps of over a kilometre. Once the "Black Wednesday" was over, the Kiwis were back: strong, determined, unbeatable.

What happened? Nothing in particular, you have to know that these boats change every day, because they are managed by software that is constantly being modified. "Compared to the last edition, we have more variables available and there is the possibility of adjusting several things at once," says Checco Bruni. "This on the one hand makes things easier for those on board, but the tuning between the different elements can be a little more difficult to achieve.

That is also why the New Zealand boat is back to the one, or rather better, of the first races. Saturday, if there is wind, will be the first match point for the Kiwis who are on their way to winning for the third consecutive time. In reality the forecast with any model is one of total calm. The Kiwis in 2017 in Bermuda won the Cup snatching it from Oracle, for the record helmed by James Spithill. In 2021 they successfully defended it from the assaults of Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli.

Kiwi helmsman Peter Burling is about to enter the unreachable hall of fame of those who have won three times at the helm like Charlie Barr and Russell Coutts. More than them has won Dennis Conner, three times as Defender and once as Challenger. "We recovered from those mistakes we made the other day," said New Zealand helmsman Peter Burling, "and we raced well today. The cyclors did their part, we asked for a lot of power". In short, the fear of Sir Ben Ainslie's comeback has passed.