The United States SailGP Team’s bid to climb the SailGP Season 2 overall standings faced a new challenge today, less than 24 hours before the start of racing at the ROCKWOOL Denmark Sail Grand Prix, when veteran Wing Trimmer Paul Campbell-James broke his leg in official practice racing, ruling him out for the event.
The U.S. SailGP Team has secured to its roster Jason Saunders, who previously raced as interim wing trimmer for the New Zealand SailGP Team earlier this season, in a temporary capacity for the Danish event.
Saunders is currently en route to Aarhus from Marseille, France and will arrive prior to racing tomorrow.
The injury to Campbell-James was the result of a maneuver during official practice racing that threw both him and Driver Jimmy Spithill out of the cockpit.
Spithill: “Our thoughts are with Paul and all of us on the team wish him a quick and successful recovery. Obviously, this has an unexpected and significant impact for our team as we look towards the weekend’s racing but if anything, this team has performed exceptionally under pressure, fighting through more adversity than any other team this season. We’ll come out fighting tomorrow.”
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