![]() ![]() The team has won the constructors’ championship seven straight years. Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton won the drivers’ championship in 2020, joining Michael Schumacher as a record seven-time champion. With help from Mercedes, INEOS Team UK made extensive changes to Britannia after its embarrassing December performance and raced through the round robins with a 6-0 record.Īinslie, who helped Oracle Team USA win the America’s Cup in 2013, said Mercedes has been “a massive help through the campaign,” right up to Toto Wolff, a former driver who is team principal and CEO.īritish billionaire Jim Ratcliffe bought a third of Mercedes GP through his chemical giant INEOS in December. He asks a lot of questions and he’s not a sailor so his questions come with credibility because he’s Roger Penske.” “He brings a different type of discipline to our team. “He’s very active,” skipper and executive director Terry Hutchinson said. Penske has brought management expertise to American Magic, as well as financial backing. They have played an important role, whether it be analyzing or providing actual components.” “The beauty of Pirelli is we’re not just dealing with one team, we’re dealing with a company that deals with all of the teams in motorsport out there, and a lot of different development and performance programs,” said Luna Rossa co-helmsman Jimmy Spithill, an Australian who twice won the America’s Cup with Oracle Team USA. Pirelli has also contributed to the yacht’s aerodynamics above the waterline. The goal of our collaboration with Luna Rossa was to do the same, transmit the force coming from sail to the ocean,” Tronchetti Provera said. “It’s like what happens in Formula One when the rubber transmits the force of the engine to the asphalt. Luna Rossa asked Pirelli to develop an elastomer - a polymer that behaves like elastic rubber - to coat the surfaces of the foils and rudder that are in the water. Pirelli has been the sole tire supplier for F1 since 2011 and supplies half of the so-called prestige segment of luxury and sports cars. ![]()
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