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Audi Sails Aboard the “Platoon”
By source: Audi AG
Apr 30, 2008, 19:41
• Extension of Audi MedCup commitment
• Audi main sponsor of German team
• Olympic winner Jochen Schümann leads the team |
After announcing its title sponsorship in the Audi MedCup, AUDI AG extends its commitment in sailing by additionally supporting the German boat “Platoon powered by Team Germany”.
Visible from afar, the “Platoon” displays the Audi brand logo with the four rings on its spinnaker, main sail and hull, as it sets sail for the six regattas of the TP-52 MedCup in the Mediterranean.
Weighing about 7.5 tons and measuring 52 feet in length, the “Platoon” yacht was newly prepared in 2008 and competes in the TP-52 class. The newly formed team based in Valencia consists of a 15-member sailing crew. Jochen Schümann, three-time Olympic winner, heads the crew around owner and skipper Harm Müller-Spreer as team director.
Within the five months between May and September, the German team will start a total of 60 times at the six races of the Audi MedCup. With regattas taking place at Alicante, Marseille, Sardinia, Majorca, Cartagena and Portimão, the “Platoon” sails in three of the major European sales markets of AUDI AG. 19 other boats from eleven nations contest the races as well. The Audi MedCup offers spectators racing action on water with simple rules: the yachts compete against each other in real time – the boat that has crossed the finish line in a leading position as often as possible at the end of a season and scores few points is the winner.
In addition, the German boat competes in the Sardinias Cup in Porto Cervo, the tradition-rich Copa del Rey at Majorca and the final world championship round of the TP-52 boat class at Lanzarote.
Audi and sailing complement each other ideally: underneath the boats’ outer skin, there is a wealth of sophisticated technology. The materials used include titanium and carbon fibre – high-tech materials, which are also found in the road-going production models as well as the racing cars of the premium manufacturer.
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