A week after Divorce between the ineos Britannia and Ben Ainsliethe world of international candle continues to expectation. The British Copa América, winner of the Louis Vuitton Cup in Barcelona, made public a state 2027 in a headquarters to announce. The response of what is the most laureate Olympic regatist of all time was swift. In the answer, which was issued through the Athena Racing team, Ainslie declared “stunned”. Everything indicates that a litigation will begin for the title of Challenger of Record of the 38th Copa América.
To put it in context: last November, Emirates Team New Zealand, defender and organizer of the Copa América until another team manages to breeze the jug of the hundred Guineas, confirmed ineos Britannia as Challenger of Record of the 38th edition. The agreement was signed between the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron (which bend to the New Zealand team) and the Royal Yacht Squadron Limited (the club of the British union) just after the victory of the Kiwis against Ben Ainslie’s by 7-2 the 19 October.
The ineos_britannia had raised like The most successful British challenge in more than 90 years: he had reached his first America’s Cup Match since 1964 and had won two assaults when defending, a feat achieved for the last time in 1934. So, although in the preliminary regattas his performance was “disappointing”, in the words of the same Ainslie, the Balance of the 37th Copa América was not bad. After taking part in three consecutive editions, his fourth participation was underway, and again as Challenger of Record.
Ratcliffe and Ainslie, in an act in 2021
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But the love story between Jim Ratcliffe and Ben Ainslie has come to an end. The British tycoon and owner of INEOS alleged the statement that “they could not reach an agreement” with the hitherto patron and leader of the British union, while confirming the participation of the ineos Britannia in the 38th Copa América and announced that They already have “100 scientists and engineers working in the design of AC38”. As Executive Director, Dave Endean has promoted, and in the position of Technical Director is James Allison, who for design and technological development will continue to have the support of the Mercedes team of Formula 1. «I am enormously proud of what we achieved in Barcelona When developing a British ship that was really competitive for the first time in decades, ”reads the Ratcliffe press release. There are no words of thanks to Ainslie or anyone from the team.
The response of the registist acclaim was concise: «The British Challenger for the 38th Copa América, led by Sir Ben Ainslie, was stunned by reading the statement of INEOS and Mercedes F1 about his challenge for the 38th edition. This plan raises important legal and practical obstacles for them, which will be resolved in the next few days and weeks ». He added that the Ben Ainslie union will now be known from now as Athena Racing, in tune with the youth and female teams that they drum up in Barcelona.
Who is the Challenger of Record?
The organization of the Copa América echoed both communications on its website but has maintained silence since then. The question now is: Who is the Challenger of Record for the organization? The Ratcliffe or Ben Ainslie’s team? In the Copa América, the challenges are launched by the Nautical Clubs and not the teams or the sponsors, so we will have to see which part the Royal Yacht Squadron puts, which will be the ineos Britannia. In any case, because of Ben Ainslie’s response, it seems clear that a legal litigation will continue between both parties to clarify who is the Challenger of Record From the next edition of the Copa América. It is not ruled out that both projects can move on, but only one of them would be the first challenging and could agree with the defender the next protocol.
Meanwhile, the organization of the Copa América continues to work in the choice of the headquarters of the next appointment, which should be announced in June. There are several candidate cities but the secrecy is maintained. This and other details are part of the agreements that are achieved with the Challenger of Record, therefore the British Civil War is not good news for the Copa América and its interest in announcing headquarters, dates and protocol, with the aim of giving stability to the equipment and that the Cup continues to grow commercially.
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