Budgets are thought to be about $7 million (£5.5 million) per team per season.“I think our arrival helps to show there is a commercially sustainable model out there for SailGP,” Ainslie said. The Team Principal and Skipper of INEOS TEAM UK is the most successful Olympic sailor in history, with four golds and one silver medal Ben Ainslie is the Team Principal and Skipper of INEOS TEAM UK. Sélectionner au maximum 100 images à télécharger.

Rassembler, sélectionner et commenter vos fichiers. Sir Ben Ainslie’s America’s Cup team have agreed a deal to take over Britain’s entry in SailGP with Ainslie himself to helm the boat in 2020, it will be announced on Tuesday.

INEOS TEAM UK has been formed to challenge for the 36th America’s Cup. Eddie Shelton told me, ‘One day, you’ll be doing that’ and I laughed it off. I thought it was just a dream but I have never forgotten those comments and the support for the idea that I could do it.”It was 1987 and following a spectacular contest earlier that year, Cup fever was running hot amongst the sailing community in Britain. When combined with all those Olympic medals, it had made Ainslie’s visibility so great that no door in the land was closed to him. The professional and financial risks were still immense. Ainslie’s single-minded determination to win the America’s Cup for Britain saw him set up Ben Ainslie Racing (BAR) in 2014, based in Portsmouth.

Cornwall - Lands End - United KingdomCopyright onEdition 2012 - Free for editorial use image, please credit: onEdition Living so close to the water and with Roddy for a father, Ainslie junior’s interest in sailing was probably inevitable, but it was kicked into high gear one winter morning when he got a little Optimist dinghy for Christmas. The dream to win gold comes to every boy or girl that grows up obsessed by an Olympic sport, and Ben was no different.
In the summer of 2017, the British team made it through to the semi-finals of the Cup, where they were knocked out by the eventual winners, Emirates Team New Zealand 5-2.


It was a perfect storm of opportunity, the man with the ambition and the talent to bring the Cup home, now had the A-list celebrity status needed to find the financial support and resource that a competitive America’s Cup challenge required. 18 months later, in June 2015, the team moved into their purpose-built waterfront HQ in Old Portsmouth. However, the youth Academy team had success, taking the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup back home to Portsmouth.The America’s Cup went back to New Zealand, Ben and the team back to Britain, having announced the intent to continue and challenge for the next edition. There was a really nice pub about 400 metres along, it was the place where my parents hung out with their friends. This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. The world class Team skippered by Sir Ben Ainslie has the best chance ever to bring the world’s oldest international sporting trophy back to Britain for the first time. The 36th America's Cup will be held in Auckland in March 2021 and INEOS TEAM UK are working towards Sir Ben Ainslie skippering Britannia in a direct head to … He then had to raise £85m to get his boat in the water.

San Francisco (USA CA) - 34th America's Cup - Final Match Day 15, ORACLE Team USA vs Emirates Team New ZealandBen Ainslie starts the 2012 Olympic Torch Relay from Lands End. ‘The challenge for all of us at INEOS TEAM UK now is about designing the fastest boat possible. Vérifiez qu'il n'y a ni faute d'orthographe, ni erreur de frappeThe IBM strategic repository for digital assets such as images and videos is located at Le contrat Premium Access de votre équipe se termine bientôt.Les tableaux sont le meilleur endroit pour sauvegarder des images et des vidéos. It had a great junior programme and early mentors included Dr Phil Slater and his wife, Jill, and Eddie Shelton, the father of Jamie, a friend of Ben’s. ‘The challenge of raising the money was a completely new experience – way beyond anything I had ever done before. In the summer of 2013, he went on to join ORACLE TEAM USA as Tactician for their defence of the 34th Cup, helping the American team win the event, 9-8, against Emirates Team New Zealand. The Blue Arrow boats sowed the seed; after winning Olympic gold Ainslie would dream of bringing the Cup home to Britain.No one could imagine back then that winning Olympic gold would eventually mean surpassing Paul Elvstrom’s fifty two year old record to become the most decorated sailing Olympic champion. It was a great opportunity to learn the role of helmsman and skipper, but it meant that he would watch the final racing from the sidelines — frustrating for someone as competitive as Ben Ainslie. He ended up steering on the testing or ‘B’ boat, trialling against the race or ‘A’ boat, to work up the latter’s performance. So we didn’t waste any time getting it out on the water. Téléchargez des images premium que vous ne trouverez nulle part ailleurs. Ben Ainslie's Ineos Team UK are aiming to become the first Britons to win the America's Cup. Official site of Sir Ben Ainslie, the most successful Olympic sailor of all time. Le design Getty Images est une marque de Getty Images.Trop d’images sélectionnées. I have discussed it with Jim and his instinct, like mine, is that we need to be doing more racing.”The four-time Olympic champion admitted it would be “tough to win” in the team’s first campaign against more experienced teams. Ben Ainslie (GBR), wins Gold Medal 05.08.12, at The London 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition. You’ll be all right. Fletcher and Stuart Bithell, who was the team’s flight controller, are campaigning in the 49er at the Tokyo Olympics next summer.“The crew will be a mixture of Ineos Team UK sailors and SailGP guys,” said Ainslie, who confirmed that Chris Draper would continue to run the team.Unlike other teams, who are largely being underwritten by Ellison, Ineos Team UK will underwrite their own SailGP campaign. Ben retained his role as Team Principal and Skipper. He then had to raise £85m to get his boat in the water.


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