INEOS BRITANNIA TEAM UNVEILED<\/p>\n
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05 Oct 2021<\/p>\n
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Sir Jim Ratcliffe, Sir Ben Ainslie, Dave Endean, Toto Wolff and James Allison during the launch of INEOS Britannia with Inside Tack host Georgie Ainslie. Photo: Finn Pomeroy for INEOS Britannia<\/p>\n
INEOS Britannia has announced its core team to lead the British challenge for the 37th America\u2019s Cup.<\/p>\n
The British America\u2019s Cup team has come together with Mercedes-AMG F1 Applied Science, a division of the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team, to form INEOS Britannia. Leading INEOS Britannia on and off the water into the 37th America\u2019s Cup will be Sir Ben Ainslie, four-time Olympic gold medallist and one of only two British sailors to have won the America\u2019s Cup.<\/p>\n
Ben Ainslie said: \u201cAs we enter our third campaign, we have taken a lot of learnings from our previous challenges and assembled a world class team combining talent from Formula 1 and the America\u2019s Cup. Mercedes-AMG F1 Applied Science bring a legacy of design to the table. They are proven winners, it\u2019s in their DNA, it\u2019s in their culture.\u201d<\/p>\n
James Allison will be the technical lead as chief technical officer of the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team and INEOS Britannia.<\/p>\n
Through Mercedes-AMG F1 Applied Science, Geoffrey Willis will be dedicated to INEOS Britannia as technical director, having previously worked in the America\u2019s Cup with Peter de Savary\u2019s Blue Arrow Challenge.<\/p>\n
Leading the design concept for INEOS Britannia\u2019s AC75 boat will be naval designer, Martin Fischer. He was most recently a key part of Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli\u2019s design team for two America\u2019s Cup campaigns.<\/p>\n
Dave Endean, project director for the team\u2019s 36th America\u2019s Cup campaign, completes the leadership team as COO.<\/p>\n
The INEOS Britannia sailing team is currently in the process of reforming. Giles Scott, the team\u2019s Tactician in Auckland, has become one of the first sailors to re-sign with the team following his gold medal in the Finn Class in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.<\/p>\n
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