Rumors of an Airbus sponsorship for Team France for the 35th America’s Cup flew away as Oracle Team USA announced that the US-flagged team has partnered with the French headquartered aerospace company. Watch the announcement video and get the details here
Team France Reacts to Airbus Partnering with Oracle Team USA
In July, French sailor and “Voiles et Voiliers” blogger Loïc LeBras reported that Franck Cammas’s America’s Cup challenger, Team France, was in advanced negotiations with with a major European aerospace company. Although I and many others assumed it was Airbus, apparently it was another company. Team France responded gracefully, issuing this statement:
“The partnership between Oracle Team USA and Airbus shows how French skills and know-how in composites and more generally in high technology are at the forefront. This only reinforces our belief in the ability of a French team to win at last the most important sailing event in the world.”