Ben Ainslie Racing teams up with Red Bull Advanced Technologies

Ben Ainslie Racing Americas Cup team on the water in their catamaran. Photo: Mark Lloyd/Lloyd Images
Ben Ainslie Racing Americas Cup team on the water in their catamaran. Photo: Mark Lloyd/Lloyd Images

Ben Ainslie Racing has announced it will be working with Red Bull Advanced Technologies (RBAT), a division of the Red Bull Formula One group, as it progresses with its campaign to claim the 35th America’s Cup.

Operating as a Design House, RBAT is based in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, UK. Founded on the group’s impressive F1 DNA, which has resulted in eight Formula One World Championships in the last five seasons, RBAT excels in advanced simulation and mathematical modelling. Ben Ainslie Racing is collaborating with RBAT to draw on this expertise and knowledge.

RBAT will apply its simulation and modelling skills to assist Ben Ainslie Racing in various areas of their campaign, as they aim to bring the America’s Cup home to Britain.

Ben Ainslie commented: “Ben Ainslie Racing are really excited to be partnering with Red Bull Advanced Technologies. We are in a unique position in this country, and this campaign is about assimilating the very best of British in design and engineering – RBAT epitomises this.”

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