Prada Cup: Luca Bassani and David Ingiosi at The Cup Newspaper

Ben Ainslie had already had his mocking grin for days, and the first day of the Prada Cup marks a resounding comeback for the British boat, which won both races against American Magic and Luna Rossa and made an at least partly unexpected show of strength. Ineos Team UK first scrambles the Americans, who appeared to be in a performance slump and with a struggling Dean Barker. The Bruni-Spithill pair almost exceeds in aggressiveness at the start, and against the tactically perfect Ainslie-Scott firm and a Britannia as competitive as ever, comes the first Italian defeat. We talked about this in The Cup Journal with Luca Bassani and David Ingiosi.