The Spain SailGP Team has announced a lineup for Season 2 of the global high performance sailing league that includes four Tokyo 2021 Olympic campaigners, backed by experienced talent from the Volvo Ocean Race and Red Bull Youth’s America’s Cup.
New Zealander Phil Robertson will stand in as helmsman while Spaniard Jordi Xammar is on Olympic duty. Spain’s Nacra 17 Olympic representative Florian Trittel is the team’s wing trimmer, with Spanish Olympian Diego Botin as flight controller, and Antonio ‘Ñeti’ Cuervas-Mons, Mateu Barber, and Lucas Trittel as grinders.
The Spanish team will be coached through Season 2 by the highly regarded double Olympic medallist and around the world race and America’s Cup veteran Xabi Fernandez.
Spain SailGP Team line-up for Season 2
Phil Robertson | Helm | New Zealand
Two times World Champion in M32 class (2017, 2018)
World Match Racing Tour Champion (2016)
Florian Trittel | Wing Trimmer | Spain
Qualified for the Tokyo Olympics in the Nacra17 class
World champion in 29er and kite foiling
Spanish Nacra17 Champion
Participant in the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup (2017)
Diego Botin | Flight Controller | Spain
Qualified for the Tokyo Olympics in the 49er class
Olympic in Rio 2016. European Champion
Participant in the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup (2017).
Antonio Cuervas-Mons | Grinder | Spain
Three time Volvo Ocean Race competitor (2008, 2011, 2014)
Mateu Barber | Grinder | Spain
Rolex Maxi Worlds winner (2018, 2017) with Maxi72 Team Momo.
Lucas Trittel | Grinder | Spain
Spanish champion in 29er (2010) and three times runner-up.
Tara Pacheco | Spain
Qualified for the Tokyo Olympics in the Nacra17 class
Olympian in London 2012 in 470 and Rio 2016 in Nacra17
Andrea Emone | Spain
Olympic campaigner for Paris 2024 in the IQFoil class
Top 10 of the World Championship Techno+ 2016
Aerospace engineer
Two-time World Champion in TP52 as a data analyst