Meeting between champions. He America’s Cup Defender, Emirates Team New Zealandis received in its database Barcelona in MotoGP world champion Francesco ‘Pecco’ Bagnaia and the Ducati Lenovo Teamin a meeting held within the framework of GP Monster Energy of Catalonia which will take place this coming weekend, and was attended by the Minister for Business and Labor and president of the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Molt Hble. sir Roger Torrentof the General Secretary for Business and Labor of the Generalitat de Catalunya and CEO of the Circuit de Barcelona Catalunya, Oriol Sagreraand the CEO of Dorna Sports, Carmelo Ezpeleta.
He Emirates Team New Zealand CEO Grant Daltona self-confessed fan of motorcycling and speed, wanted to show his guests the new facilities of the New Zealand union, explaining the particularities of the next edition of America’s Cup and emphasizes its similarity to the MotoGP World Championship.
“As Defender of the America’s Cup, it is an honor to welcome a world champion like Pecco and a historic entity like Ducati Corse to our facilities. His official team Ducati Lenovo Team has become a benchmark and a formidable competitor in such an event. demanding as the MotoGP World Championship,” said Dalton. He also emphasized the importance of technological components in the next edition of the oldest sports trophy on the planet, which will take place next year in Barcelona. “America’s Cup has forever changed the sport of sailing in terms of design and innovation, as well as the spectator experience, thanks to the introduction of foiling technology, which allows our boats AC75 and AC40 literally flying on water, similar to how Ducatis fly on asphalt.”
“It’s really interesting to see how far two a priori worlds are likeAmerica’s Cup and MotoGP we have many things in common. Especially, in terms of technology, in terms of materials and other aspects such as aerodynamics”, he added. Gigi dall’Igna, General Manager of the MotoGP world champion team, Ducati Lenovo Team. “It is an incredible experience to be able to share this journey from champion to champion with a structure like Emirates Team New Zealand.”
Immediately afterwards, the MotoGP World Champion, pecco bagnaiaaccompanied the crew of Emirates Team New Zealand aboard their AC40 Tea Kakahiwhere the New Zealand team will sail in the first preliminary regatta to be held between September 14 and 17 next en Vilanova i la Geltrú.
“It’s really different from the bike and it’s incredible. You fly over the water and it feels so cleanly done, you have to find the right angle all the time to keep up with the wind to get faster. I was able to feel the G forces and it was a lot of fun”, said Pecco after he got off the New Zealand AC40, where he accompanied the helmsman Pete Burling, and on board he discovered. how these boats were able to reach speeds close to 40 knots (about 75km/h).
Source: La Verdad
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