Congratulations to the British Team! Their placings were well
deserved.

Regarding team flying, I had the good fortune to team fly with Peter
Harvey (Open Class) at Leszno, and yes we formed a cross-cultural
"team." Since Open Class is presently restricted to one pilot per
country, any team flying had to be international. Peter took the
initiative to help me on a day that went blue. Next day I was in front
and relayed what I hope was valuable info to him.

But it should be understood that it was a matter of timely coincidence
and convenience and since we knew each other's radio frequencies, we
were able to communicate to our mutual benefit. Peter placed 4th and
I was 5th, but I promise that our final placings were not changed as a
result of "teaming up."

Team flying is not absolutely vital it seems. Consider this outcome.
The pilot that won with the largest margin (points and percentage) in
any class was Holger Karow (Open). Look at the start times and you
will see that generally, he went early -- often alone -- read clouds
and made good decisions. I assume that Holger received whatever
ground-based information the German team had which may have been more
useful than a teammate on a wingtip. I flew with Holger enough to
know that our decisions would have changed little if we were talking
things over.

In my experience, the benefits from team flying are generally minor
and very definitely dependant on the situation. It is some use in
dicey weird weather but in good weather a lot of team flying goes as
follows: "I'm over here...Where are you?" It is more distraction than
benefit.