Los Gallos are sitting on a problem most SailGP teams would love to have: nothing left to prove, and two events still to race.
With two regattas remaining, the reigning champions have already secured their spot in the Championship-deciding Grand Final, joining three-time champion Bonds Flying Roos. They sealed it in Geneva, beating the Australians, Danish and Swiss in the Final.
Flight controller Florian Trittel calls it a "truly luxurious" position, and he still sounds slightly surprised by how it came about.
"None of us envisioned being qualified for the Grand Final this early at the beginning of the season," he says.
The Geneva win carried extra weight given what came before it. A home event in Valencia had ended painfully, the team's best Saturday of the season undone by a poor Sunday that cost them a Final berth. Beating who Trittel describes as "the best team in the league" in light air, then, was as much about morale as points.
"Being in a Final with the Aussies in conditions that could be similar to Abu Dhabi, then overtaking them and winning really boosts our confidence," he says.
Early qualification has handed Los Gallos something rare in top-level sport: freedom from pressure. They could coast through Dubai and Abu Dhabi, nursing the boat and avoiding risk. Instead, they're treating both events as a dress rehearsal for the Grand Final.
"From here, we can really focus on Dubai as a preparatory event for Abu Dhabi and the Grand Final."
Light air technique tops the list. It was a weakness early in the season, one the team only properly fixed in Geneva.
"Those lighter winds were a struggle for us at the beginning of the season, but it's one area where we made huge progress in Geneva, so we'll focus on the technical aspect of setting up the boats in medium to light airs."
Protecting the F50 still matters. No team wants a damaged boat heading into the biggest race of the year. But Los Gallos' real aim is to race hard enough to reach the Dubai Final itself, because that's where the useful practice lies.
Event Finals run with four boats, two qualifiers from each group. The Grand Final is different again: only the top three teams on season points make the cut. Dropping from four boats to three "changes everything quite drastically", Trittel says.
Los Gallos have reached the second-highest number of Finals this season, eight, behind only season leaders Bonds Flying Roos on nine. The Australians convert at a much higher rate though, winning five of their nine Finals, a 55.6 percent strike rate. The Spanish have won three from eight, 37.5 percent.
That gap is why the start matters so much.
"We've done quite a few Finals this season and we feel confident, but at the same time we know there's so much at stake on that one start," Trittel says. "While we're feeling confident, we have to put a lot of emphasis on every little detail and ensuring that, when the moment comes, everything is just plug and play."
Money sharpens the focus too. Dubai and Abu Dhabi each carry $400,000 for the event winner, on top of the $2 million Grand Final prize pot. That sort of figure makes simply going through the motions in group racing a hard sell.
"Prize money is something that motivates every athlete to perform, especially that last Grand Final race," Trittel says, though he's quick to add it affects people differently within the squad. The financial incentive, he says, "is more important for some team members and a bit less for others". "It's about the prize money but it's also about the season title," he adds. The title, in his words, "goes way further".
There are six weeks to fill before the team reconvenes for the penultimate event in Dubai. Trittel says the group is trying to stay connected through the gap, aware of what's on the line come November.
"We know we can really make history this season and that's our goal."
Racing resumes in Dubai on 21-22 November, before the season concludes in Abu Dhabi on 28-29 November.
