Team Ineos crew members celebrate after defeating Luna Rossa
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Winning that dramatic race against Luna Rossa on Saturday and qualifying for the Prada Cup final, after all we went through as a team over Christmas, felt fantastic. But we’re not getting carried away. We’re acutely conscious of the fact that we haven’t achieved anything yet. All we have done is win a couple of races. That is why you might have heard me over the team radio in the immediate aftermath of victory telling the guys to settle down. It’s fine to celebrate a win, particularly one as dramatic as that. But as a team we know we were coming from a long way back. We were miles off the pace pre-Christmas and it took a serious effort to turn the boat around. But no one is standing still. We have to keep our foot to the floor and keep improving.