British skipper Ian Walker will 'fight to the end' as Abu Dhabi Racing win thrilling Volvo Ocean Race leg Last month, Mark Covell, who won silver with Walker at the Sydney Olympics in 2000, said that his compatriot would never have "envisaged this nightmare" with Abu Dhabi Racing's campaign beset by problems over the last seven months. It would have been very easy for him to give up but now he will be fighting to the very end. Tactically, this leg has been one of the hardest for the fleet. According to Covell, the Miami to Lisbon route has all been about risking the "bowling ball" effect in finding the right breezes and "lining yourself up from the fronts in the Atlantic Ocean." Walker, though, had Jules Salter, the winning navigator from the previous race, by his side and the Briton's smart thinking on this leg clearly paid dividends for Abu Dhabi Racing. Abu Dhabi remain fifth overall while Groupama snatched the outright lead by just three points from Team Telefonica.