Bertelli assures: Luna Rossa will still be there and there will be young people
The president of the Prada group paid a visit to the Italian hull base
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"Luna Rossa will be there again" is the promise made by Patrizio Bertelli for the next edition of the America's Cup, during a quick visit to the base of the Luna Rossa. "It doesn't matter who is going to win: we move forward with the team. Max Sirena remains the boss, for Francesco Bruni there will be a place in our family as coach and we will push forward the youngsters, the new generation with Tita's gold medals and Gradoni's talent."
Max Sirena adds, 'from next Wednesday all the Young crew, with Marco Gradoni and Gigi Ugolini, then Ruggero Tita, will have the chance to sail on the Ac75 that we put back in the water for them.
Luna Rossa's resumption of in-water activity
.It is very positive that Luna Rossa resumed activities on the water immediately, that it did not stop and the team "exploded" in a cloud of second thoughts. Adds Bertelli "We did, well, we had the fastest boat and we lost in the last two weeks because of something that went wrong. We didn't make any design mistakes, we just missed the last mile. Of my challenges, this is certainly the one with the fastest boat. It is still an asset and we continue."
Marco Tronchetti Provera added: 'Somehow Pirelli will still be there. It is too early to say how, but we will talk about it with Patrizio and Max, and in any case in a form to be decided our support will be there.
The entire sailing world turns to foiling
.Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli continues, the Italian dream of being and winning the America's Cup does not stop. Patrizio Bertelli continues: "In three years we have had a strong team, passion, technology, a sense of belonging and many young people who have grown up, also in the technical side. We have a platform of people to start again for the next challenge, where we expect the same boats even if we do not know where it will be, but for us it is of little importance. I want to mention that we as Challenger of record were actively involved in defining this AC75 rule: we wanted a monohull with certain characteristics and now the whole world is turning to foiling, which is a good way to attract younger people.
