Newsletter #10

Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli team launches its second AC 75 Luna Rossa in Auckland

Auckland (NZ), 20 October 2020 –The second AC 75 Luna Rossa boat was launched on 20th October, in the presence of the families of the Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team and a small group of friends and local suppliers close to the team in its New Zealand venture.
The ceremony was simple and traditional, enhanced by the blessing of Luna Rossa by Father “Pa” Peter Tipene, Cathedral Dean of Auckland Cathedral, and followed by the christening of the boat by Tatiana Sirena, wife of Team Director and Skipper Max Sirena, as she broke on the bow a bottle of Ferrari Maximum Blanc de Blancs from Cantine Ferrari, the team's “sparkling partner. The local Maori welcome ritual accompanied Luna Rossa in the final phase of the launch as she was lowered into the sea.
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The second season of the web series "Challengers for Now" to be released on the channels of Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli on November 5th

The second season of "Challengers for Now", the web series that describes the journey of the Luna Rossa team as it prepares for the 36th America’s Cup presented by PRADA, will be online from 5 November, preceded by the trailer published on the team's media channels.
After the first season, presented in May, the story continues with four new episodes.
The December events - the PRADA America's Cup World Series and the PRADA Christmas Race (17 - 20 December) - are coming up soon. The regattas will see the AC75 boats facing each other for the first time on the racecourse. As the date approaches inexorably, time passes faster and faster and the preparation becomes more intense. Nothing can be left to chance.
Interviews with team members and exclusive onboard images enrich the story and explain how a group of over 100 people transform into a close-knit and motivated team.

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Off the Records
The technology on the AC75 boats is so advanced and in constant development that each detail is studied with obsessive attention. Day after day, new components are being developed and the challenge is a race towards innovation in which ideas, patents, discoveries and intellectual property are at stake.
Everyone tries to protect and reveal their projects as little as possible and each team tries to keep tabs on what the others are doing. Everyone observes and studies each other trying to gain insight on the results achieved by their opponents.
Stories of espionage in the America's Cup happen all the time, and anecdotes of these have filled the pages of newspapers. There have always been ears ready to capture every little piece of information and eyes open to steal each possible detail.

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How to follow racing in Auckland

Italy's national broadcasters RAI and Sky Sport have formalized an exclusive agreement to air all the America's Cup events. The first event will take place from December 17 to 20 with the PRADA America’s Cup World Series e la PRADA Christmas Race in Auckland, where we will see the AC75s of the four teams racing together for the first time in the Gulf of Hauraki. After the holiday break, starting from January 15, the main competition will get underway with the PRADA Cup. The winner will then challenge the Defender, Emirates Team New Zealand, in the races of the final match of the 36th edition of the America's Cup presented by PRADA, scheduled to start from March 6.

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