Successful america’s cup yacht team Team Alinghi is looking for a technological link-up with the Scuderia Ferrari team in the future.
The yacht team believes that their sport, at least in terms of design and aerodynamics, shares significant similarities with Formula One.
The boss reckons that one of the designers could come up with a revolutionary design for their boat.
“(Luca di) Montezemolo is my neighbour in Rome, and I’m friends with (Fiat CEO) Sergio Marchionne and (Fiat vice president) John Elkann,” Ernesto Bertarelli told Gazzetta dello Sport.
“I was pleased to see Ferrari winning [in Bahrain]
“F1 and the America’s Cup have a lot in common, from the technology to the organisation. I noticed that there’s a debriefing too, after a GP, just like we do at the end of the regattas. The difference is that we are 17 on the yacht, while in the car there’s just one driver.
“I would like (a collaboration with Ferrari) because the next America’s Cup will be held with multi-hulls, so if there was an F1 engineer wanting to design a boat, this would be the right time to do it.”
It would certainly be something different for someone to add to their Curriculum Viate!
