America’s Cup, Team Origin pensa alla 34ma edizione
America's CupTeam OriginVela 2 Giugno 2009 Zerogradinord 0
[singlepic=888,300,204,,left]America’s Cup – Londra – Dopo che si sarà svolto il match a due tra Alinghi e BMW Oracle Racing, Team Origin, il sindacato di Sir Keith Mills che da poche settimane ha comunicato di aver sospeso l’attività, tornerà in piena attività. Questo è quanto si apprende in un comunicato firmato da Laslie Ryan, capo della comunicazione del sindacato britannico.
A tal proposito Sir Keith Mills ha dichiarato: “Ho investito tanto tempo, denaro e sforzi per mettere insieme un grande team di Coppa America. Siamo tutti dispiaciuti di non poter competere nella 33ma America’s Cup e molti degli sfidanti hanno dovuto ridurre l’attività in attesa che si faccia chiarezza. Ciò detto, sono assolutamente motivato a competere e vincere la Coppa e guardo avanti per riprendere l’attività quando la 34ma edizione sarà programmata”.
Ben Ainslie, timoniere e skipper di Team Origin, ha commentato: “La decisione di svolgere un Deed of Gift Match tra Alinghi e BMW Oracle Racing per la 33ma Coppa America ha deluso me e gran parte di Team Origin.In considerazione di ciò, utilizzeremo questo tempo per migliorare le nostre potenzialità nel match race. Il team che abbiamo costruito è comunque pronto a tornare in pista non appena i dettagli della 34ma America’s Cup saranno resi noti. L’ambizione è sempre quella: vincere la Coppa America per la Gran Bretagna”.
AMERICA’S CUP, TEAM ORIGIN PRESENTS PLANS FOR AC34
[Source BYM News] The recent decision by the New York Courts has set the 33rd America’s Cup as a Deed of Gift Match between 2 teams only – Alinghi and BMW Oracle Racing, and that match is now due to take place in February 2010. Once this event has been completed, the AC programme should return to normal and Team Origin plans to resume normal operations again and compete in a multi-challenger 34th America’s Cup event.
Sir Keith Mills commented: “I have invested considerable time, money and effort to bring together an outstanding America’s Cup team. We are all disappointed that we cannot compete in the 33rd America’s Cup and most of the challenging teams have now had to reduce levels of operations until certainty resumes. That said, I am absolutely committed to competing in, and winning, the America’s Cup, and look forward to moving forward again when the timetable for the 34 th Cup is announced.”
Mike Sanderson, Team Director, added “We have been preparing, planning and training for over two years now for an event that continues to elude us. It has been a frustrating time but we must use this delay smartly, sensibly and economically. In a nutshell, there is no event for us to enter right now so it makes absolute sense, especially in today’s economic climate, to conserve our resources and wait until normality resumes.”
Ben Ainslie, Skipper and Helmsman gave his views on this latest status, ” The decision to race a Deed of Gift Match between Alinghi and BMW Oracle for the 33rd America’s Cup is disappointing for me and the rest of Team Origin. However, we shall use the time wisely and continue to hone our skills on the World Match Racing circuit. The team we have pulled together has enormous potential and as soon as details are confirmed for a multi-challenger 34th America’s Cup, we will drive forward again with the same ambition: to win the America’s Cup for Great Britain.”
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