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Land Rover BAR

The Brits seized control on day one with a win and two seconds to build up a seven-point lead on the rest of the field

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Spanish Impulse Team

After being in with a shout with a third-place finish in Race 1 – albeit a way behind the magnificent Team BDA effort – Jordi Xammar’s team finished seventh out of eight and last in the next two races and pull up the rear going into the second day

What They Said

Obviously we have a little cushion but we won’t think about that. It will be nil-nil and we’ll go again. Today was epic and we couldn’t be happier

— Rob Bunce Land Rover Bar skipper

Man Overboard

Max Kohlhoff

The SVB Team Germany skipper, saw his team struggle, but is confident they can pick up today. “We have three more races and it’s only six points to second place,” he said. “We have proven we can be among the top and we will give it our best tomorrow.”

Top Tweets

Part two of @TeamBDA2017 Redbull movie is a tearjerker. Winning race one of the finals today was a cinderella start

— @cdunleavy

Almost doesn’t matter how it ends @TeamBDA2017 wins first race @RBYAC finals in front of #Bermuda home crowd makes me so proud #AmericasCup

— @bermudapeter

Lots of noise coming from the Grand Stand! Bermp bermp!

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— @TeamBDA2017