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The history and future of the relationship between the America’s Cup and Formula 1 Two worlds with much in common, from engineering to their commercial and organisational models
In the long run, the America’s Cup could be “a better commercial bet than Formula 1”. That is the view of Christian Horner, who spent twenty years as Team Principal of Red Bull Racing and sees the creation of the America’s Cup Partnership as the foundation for rapid growth. Horner is now an adviser to Oakley Capital, the majority shareholder in GB1, Sir Ben Ainslie’s British sailing team, whose boat will be one of seven competing in Naples in 2027.
Ben Ainslie Breaks Down the Final Mark Decision in New York Sail Grand Prix
Emirates GBR CEO and Co-Owner Ben Ainslie has broken down the pivotal moment that decided one of the closest SailGP Finals in recent memory, as Emirates GBR and Australia battled for victory in New York. Ainslie breaks down the final in New York and those big umpire calls . . .
The last 12 months have been the most stressful of my career
To say the last 12 months have been a rollercoaster ride would be an understatement. There have been times since our well-publicised split with Ineos earlier this year when I have doubted whether we would be able to continue as a team or not. There have been times when it was borderline whether we could agree on a pathway forward for the America’s Cup. It has undoubtedly been the most stressful 12 months of my professional career and none of the stress was water-based.
Sir Ben Ainslie vows to fight on as Great Britain beaten in America’s Cup
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Ineos Britannia slip to 4-0 deficit in America’s Cup
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Sir Ben Ainslie warns pressure is on ‘All Blacks of sailing’ New Zealand in America’s Cup showdown
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We celebrated historic victory, but all energy is now on America’s Cup fight coming our way
We enjoyed the aftermath of Friday’s Louis Vuitton Cup win. You have to celebrate the wins in this game and after a week like that it was only right, as a team, that we should take a moment to feel proud of how far we have come, and how we performed in that final series. I’m sure you could tell what it meant to everyone (step forward Freddie Carr!) and how much pressure we were feeling.
Britannia have proven doubters wrong, and the best is still to come
Obviously, it is great to have finished top of the round-robin stage of the Louis Vuitton challenger selection series. But I can assure you no one is getting carried away at Ineos Britannia. We have only just got going. Yes, we made some encouraging gains during the first stage of the challenger series, but if we are going to go all the way and win this America’s Cup — which is something I truly believe we can do — we are going to have to find the same again, and then some.
Britannia has the most potential of any America’s Cup boat, even if we are a little behind rivals
This is it, then. After three years of blood, sweat and tears; three years of planning, designing, building and refining our boats and our performance, the 37th America’s Cup is finally upon us. The Louis Vuitton selection series that determines which of the five challengers will face New Zealand in the Cup match in October begins in Barcelona on Thursday. To say we are excited would be an understatement. There are nerves too, of course.
Britain’s America’s Cup boat is a six-tonne rocket ship - here is how our first test went
It is difficult to describe the emotion of getting out on our America’s Cup boat for the first time on Wednesday. This isn’t a boat that was suddenly delivered to us, like driving a new car out of the showroom. RB3, as we have code-named her, is a 75-foot, six-tonne rocket ship that we have spent the last two years designing, building and tweaking. We have sweated over every inch, pored over every detail.
Detected named among UK's most innovative companies
10th January 2024. Detected has been named one of the top 100 startups in the UK! The UK’s longest running index of disruptive new startups, the Startups 100, has released its 2024 lineup. Run by the UK’s most established website for entrepreneurs, Startups.co.uk, the Startups 100 offers a showcase of new businesses that demonstrate innovation, solid financials, opportunity in their market, a great concept, and a strong customer base or following.
Sir Ben Ainslie steps down as driver of Great Britain’s SailGP team
PA Wire Sir Ben Ainslie has announced his decision to step down as driver of the Emirates Great Britain SailGP team. Double Olympic gold medallist and America’s Cup team-mate Giles Scott MBE will assume the role as driver but Ainslie, 46, will remain as CEO of the side. Ainslie, who is the most successful Olympic sailor of all time, insisted he would take the step away from his role as driver to make way for the next generation.
Sir Ben Ainslie on SailGP and the performance of INEOS Britannia at the America’s Cup preliminary
British competitive sailor Sir Ben Ainslie, the Team Principal and Skipper of INEOS Britannia, reflects on the last few months – including SailGP Saint-Tropez, the America's Cup preliminary regatta and a second SailGP event. The last couple of months have been some of the most intense I can remember in my sailing career.
Ben Ainslie becomes majority owner of British SailGP team
Ben Ainslie, the Olympic gold medal and America’s Cup winner, has become the majority owner of the Great Britain SailGP team. The British team becomes the first to be taken under third-party ownership, a long-term objective of SailGP. As a condition of his entry into the series, Ainslie secured an option to take ownership of the franchise if its running costs and liabilities were covered in full.
Inside INEOS Team UK's radically redesigned America's Cup race boat Britannia II
13 January 2021By Ben Ainslie Armed with knowledge from sailing their previous design, Sir Ben Ainslie and his team will take a radically re-tooled boat to the America’s Cup. By the time you read this update, we will already have a much clearer vision of how the 36th America’s Cup will play out. With a completely new concept and class of boat, there will be significant disparities between the teams.
With Britannia 1 on her way to New Zealand, Ben Ainslie updates us . . .
INEOS Team UK, Team Principal and Skipper Ben Ainslie updates us on the move to New Zealand . . . We have now finished sailing in the UK and are currently halfway through relocating our entire team to New Zealand. Our first AC75, Britannia I, is already on her way to Auckland on a ship. Our second AC75, Britannia II, is currently being fitted out before she too goes to Auckland on an Antonov cargo plane at the end of September.
INEOS Team UK back out on the water
INEOS Team UK back out on the water by Ben Ainslie, INEOS Team UK 5 Jun 23:39 PDT Britannia back out sailing in the Solent © C Gregory / INEOS Team UK After three months off the water due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Britannia is flying once again. The past few months have been a difficult time for the team, as it has been for everyone around the world.
America's Cup 2021: Sir Ben Ainslie on Testing the AC75
Sir Ben Ainslie on testing the new AC75 for INEOS Team UK ahead of the 2021 Americas Cup.
Sir Ben Ainslie: Inside INEOS UK's First AC75 Launch
Finally seeing the America’s Cup AC75 hulls on water this autumn will give us insights into our competitors’ thinking, says Sir Ben Ainslie The launch of a new yacht is a big day for any team challenging for the America’s Cup, particularly when it’s the first boat built to a brand new design rule. It’s an end point, a milestone for the design and build teams, and signifies an immense amount of hard work.
Sir Ben Ainslie: Training for the 36th America's Cup will be more intense than ever
With just under two years until the next America’s Cup and with World Series racing looming on the horizon, fitness has become a huge focus for our sailing team. The decade between the 32nd America’s Cup in Valencia and the 35th edition in Bermuda changed its athletic demands beyond recognition. In Valencia we raced the monohull IACC class which demanded short bursts of explosive power to be delivered occasionally (sometimes very occasionally) over the duration of a two-hour race.
Sir Ben Ainslie: INEOS UK's plan to safeguard the marine industry's future
We want to win the America’s Cup in 2021 – and win over a generation of schoolchildren as well, says Sir Ben Ainslie... There is a massive shortfall in the number of young people studying science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) subjects in Great Britain. A 2018 report by Engineering UK estimated that the country needs another 124,000 engineers and technicians every year. This means there is a skills shortage in the marine industry, as well as many others.
A return to winning ways: INEOS Team UK takes its America's Cup test boat to the race course
Not only haveSir Ben Ainslieand his INEOS Team UK been racing again, they have had some hard-won success, too... It’s critically important not to get rusty. The next America’s Cup takes place in Auckland in March 2021, and it will be raced in the foiling AC75 monohull. It’s a brand new class and the rules forbid the launch of any boat before the end of March 2019. So we needed to find something for INEOS Team UK to race in this year.
Test case scenario: Inside INEOS Team UK's first America's Cup test boat
1 October 2018 by Sir Ben Ainslie Launching its America’s Cup test boat gives the UK team an edge, says Ben Ainslie It’s here. We have launched our first INEOS Team UK test boat, which we are calling T5. It’s an 8.5 metre foiling monohull based on the parameters of the AC75, and we first launched it in late June. The AC75 is the class of boat that will contest the 36th America’s Cup, a foiling monohull with twin lifting T-foils.
INEOS Team UK supporters newsletter
It's been just over four months since the launch of INEOS Team UK and we've achieved a huge amount within this short timeframe. We have officially entered the next edition of the America's Cup, representing Royal Yacht Squadron Racing, strengthened the team's challenge by recruiting some of the best America's Cup sailors and designers and revealed our first test boat, code named T5.
INEOS Team UK supporters newsletter
It's been just over four months since the launch of INEOS Team UK and we've achieved a huge amount within this short timeframe. We have officially entered the next edition of the America's Cup, representing Royal Yacht Squadron Racing, strengthened the team's challenge by recruiting some of the best America's Cup sailors and designers and revealed our first test boat, code named T5.
Sir Ben Ainslie: Why I’m looking forward to the 2021 America’s Cup
It’s a little over 10 months since we made it through to the semi-finals of the 35th America’s Cup. We got knocked out by the eventual winners, Emirates Team New Zealand, by five races to two, and immediately announced that — with support already confirmed from Land Rover and 11th Hour Racing — we would continue and challenge for the next America’s Cup. We had a lot to review once we returned to the UK; as a new team, we were playing catch up all the way through the campaign.
Ben Ainslie on Bermuda life and BAR’s island legacy
I imagine the other America’s Cup teams were keen to check us out on arrival in Bermuda — just as, for our team, it was a big moment in the campaign to start lining up against some of our opposition. The race course here has very flat water and is perfect for foiling. It’s also pretty small but we’re used to that, coming from the Solent. It’ll be no surprise that our first few months on the island have been incredibly busy.
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