With a steady 35 knots from the south-east, Team News Corp is clocking up the final miles to the VOR first leg finish line at Cape Town and looks almost certain to gain third place behind Illbruck and Amer Sports One.

In a blasting reach in the southern Atlantic the crew are revelling in the conditions knowing that there nearest rivals, Team Tyco, are more than 200 miles astern.

With just over 100 miles to Cape Town Team News Corp ETA is 2220 GMT (2220 local time).

Race Position Report, Day 33, 1000hrs GMT

1 ILBK (finished)

2 AONE (finished)

3 NEWS

4 TYCO (226 behind News Corp)

5 AART (445 behind News Corp)

6 TSEB (1022 behind News Corp)

7 DJCE (1039 behind News Corp)

8 ATOO (1137 behind News Corp)