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America's Cup

If we don’t dare, we don’t do.

The America’s Cup is the most prestigious sailing event in the world. It started in Britain, 45 years before the modern Olympic Games, with a race around the Isle of Wight. It has never been won by a British team since.

Mercedes-AMG F1 Applied Science has come together with Sir Ben Ainslie’s British America’s Cup Team, forming INEOS Britannia, backed by INEOS’s founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe.

Here, the worlds of high-performance marine and automotive engineering meet with a very clear goal. Win the America’s Cup for Britain.

The current regulations have mandated the most technologically advanced vessels the competition has ever produced. Our racing sailboat, the AC75, has openly embraced the foiling era. It allows flaps on the main T-foils. This is the same control system that would be used on an aircraft.

Read about INEOS Britannia's new race boat setting sail for the first time here.

Our Formula One mindset means that we bring a legacy of innovative design, ironclad determination, and a high-performing culture to the table.

As proven winners, it’s in our DNA.

We are all in to win the America’s Cup.

Vision EQXX

Efficiency. Individual mobility. Reimagined.

The Vision EQXX had an ambitious goal in sight: producing a carbon fibre subframe that would reduce mass. Our Formula One work means that we are well accustomed to very fast paced and ambitious projects.

We set out to save a minimum of 10kg in weight from the standard rear subframe. We achieved a mass saving of 12.3kg.

The result was unprecedented efficiency.

The work of Mercedes-AMG F1 Applied Science contributed to an all-electric range of 620 miles. On one charge.

More capacity, from a small lighter package.