Sir Ben Ainslie expresses his anger at Team UK s media conference snub after their Prada Cup defeat.
An angry Sir Ben Ainslie described as “one of the most insulting things I’ve experienced” an initial plan to exclude his Team UK from the media conference following their elimination from the Prada Cup.
Stuff witnessed an upset Ainslie in a heated post-race exchange with the head of the Italian Challenger of Record, (COR) which made the media arrangements to follow a cup victory by Italy’s Luna Rossa. COR told
Stuff the original “winning-team-only” plan was an error of judgement, which it changed when it realised it had caused upset, and both teams attended what became Team UK’s exit from the regatta.