Lewis, George, and Toto Wolff received to expertise INEOS Britannia’s AC75 Race Boat first-hand with guides Sir Ben Ainslie and Sir Jim Ratcliffe on Wednesday, nineteenth June. The trio visited the British Challenger of Record representing Royal Yacht Squadron Ltd for the thirty seventh America’s Cup at their base in Barcelona forward of the Spanish Grand Prix.
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Lewis, George, and Toto had been taken on a tour of the services, together with spending time in the staff’s simulator and assembly the broader staff. George and Toto then joined Sir Ben on the water, with George getting behind the wheel of ‘Britannia’ while Toto joined the squad of biking sailors, often called cyclors, to assist energy the boat through the onboard bikes.
Lewis mentioned:
It has been so thrilling seeing the work of INEOS Britannia on the manufacturing unit in Brackley over the previous few years. It was so spectacular to return to Barcelona and see all of it coming collectively, together with the race boat, for the primary time. The know-how concerned is unimaginable, and my thoughts is totally blown! I’m actually excited to see how the staff will get on later this 12 months, and I need to want them the easiest of luck in their pursuit of the America’s Cup.
George added:
What an unimaginable expertise! It was superb to sail with Sir Ben and get a real sense of the velocity and manoeuvrability of the INEOS Britannia AC75 Race Boat. It felt like we had been floating via the air; it positively received the blood pumping!
There are many similarities between F1 and the America’s Cup. They are the top of their respective sports activities and technical innovation is significant in each. The dedication and effort of the entire INEOS Britannia staff was additionally clear to see, and I can’t wait to look at them compete later in the 12 months.
Toto commented:
Today has been an incredible expertise. We’ve received our headquarters at Brackley, the place a number of the INEOS Britannia design work takes place, nevertheless it has been sensible to see the bottom right here in Barcelona. This is the place the motion will happen later this 12 months and the services the staff has are wonderful.
I additionally totally loved my expertise as a ‘cyclor’ on the staff’s AC75 race boat too. It is an actual bodily check, and it’s straightforward to neglect simply how athletic the staff have to be. We are all out-and-out racers. Whilst our core goal as a enterprise is successful on land in F1, that is an thrilling venture with Sir Ben and Sir Jim, and we’re delighted to be part of it.
Sir Ben Ainslie mentioned:
It was a privilege for all of us at INEOS Britannia to point out Toto, Lewis, and George round our base right here in Barcelona. They have been supporters of the venture all through, and it was, due to this fact, very becoming for us to present them a better have a look at our race boat for the primary time. It was nice to get the blokes out on the water at the moment too; they know their manner round a automobile however made crusing our AC75 look a contact too straightforward for my liking. We’re at all times searching for new and rising expertise to take the helm, however I didn’t realise we’d discover it in the F1 paddock! It was an excellent day, and I sit up for supporting all of them this weekend on the Spanish Grand Prix.
The America’s Cup is the oldest worldwide trophy in world sport and represents the top of yachting. Through INEOS Sport, INEOS Britannia partnered with Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team’s Applied Science division to create a staff able to competing in the Cup. More than 100 designers and engineers have been primarily based on the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 base in Brackley, Northamptonshire, serving to to develop the race boat.
