The four-time Olympic gold medallist saw his Land Rover BAR team lose 5-2 to New Zealand - who recovered from a capsize on Tuesday to advance to the challenger final. "But all of us sitting here aren't going to pass criticism", he said during a news conference.
Artemis will now battle it out against Emirates Team New Zealand in the final series beginning Saturday to decide which team will face defending champions Oracle Team USA.
"I think I just got a little flick off the back of the boat, these boats turn quite quickly and we sprint across".
For Burling and his crew, the incredible efforts the team made from Tuesday to Thursday to fix the boat that was so badly damaged in Tuesday's pitchpole were repaid handsomely, putting themselves into the Louis Vuitton America's Cup Challenger Playoffs Finals as the first team to reach that stage.
Three of the Kiwi boat's sailors were thrown overboard but all were unharmed as Great Britain claimed victory to claw themselves back into contention.
Artemis, down 3-1 to start the day, won all three races on Thursday to take a 4-3 lead in the best-of-nine series that will be decided on Friday.
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After the first day of Semi-final racing Emirates Team New Zealand continued its impressive form snatching both points from opponents Land Rover BAR while in the other head to head SoftBank Team Japan and Sweden's Artemis Racing look more evenly matched, winning one race each.
Team New Zealand supporters cheer for the team as they leave the dock on day one of the challenger playoff finals against Artemis.
But Ainslie made a mistake during the prestart of the next race and Burling calmly steered the Kiwis to a wire-to-wire win of 46 seconds.
Ben Ainslie, Land Rover BAR Skipper and Team Principal, said: Ben Ainslie, Skipper and Team Principal: "We are constantly developing".
"That last race we knew what we had to do to win", said Burling, who credited the Kiwi shore crew's massive effort in getting his boat ready to sail. Rival helmsman Peter Burling had been in the process of creating another come from behind lead change at mark five when the drama unfolded and with the Swedes retiring he sailed unopposed to the finish.
Japan took a 2-1 lead over Sweden when the struggling Artemis retired from their first race of the day.
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