Federico Ferioli's "Code Red Racing" returns after his 2017 debut (Photo Jesus Renedo)

The second event of the GC32 Racing Tour season will bring together in the Portuguese town of Lagos the eight teams of eight nationalities that will compete for the 2018 circuit, including the debut of the British Ineos Team UK by Ben Ainslie and the return of the Argentine Code Red Racing. Between June 27 and July 1, the GC32 Lakes Cup will be the debut of the GC32 in Atlantic waters.

Although the GC32 Racing Tour started last May with the celebration of the first GC32 World Championship in the Italian Lake of Garda, the GC32 Lagos Cup will be the first event in which the faces of the eight squads that make up the circuit fleet in 2018 will be seen. In addition, it will be the first time that the GC32 fly on the Algarve coast and the first to compete in the Atlantic Ocean.

The GC32 Lagos Cup will include the expected premiere of the British challenge at the 36 America's Cup, by Sir Ben Ainslie, and the incorporation of the Argentine Code Red Racing, which returns to the circuit after its debut in 2017, in which it played two events.

The competition will start on Thursday, June 28, following the day of official training. The French Norauto arrives in Lagos as leader of the GC32 Racing Tour provisional after his victory at the GC32 World Championship, the first race to be scored for the 2018 circuit, in which the following teams participate

18 / 06 / 2018: "Ineos Team UK" joins the GC32 Racing Tour 2018 which will debuts in Lagos (Portugal)

Iain Jensen, Giles Scott, Joey Newton, Sir Ben Ainslie, Neil Hunter and Nick Hutton

The British team from America's Cup will compete on the GC32 Racing Tour 2018. The quadruple Olympic champion Ben Ainslie will be the patron and tymonel in his debut on the circuit during the GC32 Lagos Cup, to be held in the Portuguese town of Lagos between 27 June and 1 July. Eight teams of so many other nationalities will fight the 2018 circuit of the GC32 flying catamarans.

"Ineos Team UK" was presented by its founder, Jim Ratcliffe, to challenge 36 America's Cup. The British team now confirms its incorporation into the GC32 Racing Tour, the flying catamaran circuit that this season is being held in five headquarters in four southern European countries.

Sir Ben Ainslie, the best Olympic regatist of all time, will act as a patron and tymone in front of a powerful Australian Olympic squadron that will also have the top 35 American's Cup, Giles Scott; the two-time American Cup winner Joey Newton; the double Australian Olympic medalist Iain Jensen, top-three; the two-time American Cup World Series winner, Nick Hutton; and the Red Bull Youth American Cup champion, Neil Hunter 2017.

Crew:Ben Ainslie, timonel, Iain Jensen, major, Joey Newton, génova triber, Giles Scott, bow / tactical, Neil Hunter, Float, Nick Hutton, génova triber
Ground equipment:Jono Macbeth, team manager; Rob Wilson, coach; Matt Haslam, builder; Aston Campion, ground support; Ben Williams, physical trainer

The eight flying catamarans of the GC32 Racing Tour 2018

Equipment	Armor / pattern	Country	Timonel
1	Argo	Jason Carroll	USA	Jason Carroll
2	Code Red Racing	Federico Ferioli	ARG	Federico Ferioli
3	.film Racing	Simon Delzoppo	AUS	Simon Delzoppo
4	Frank Racing	Simon Hull	NZL	Simon Hull
5	INEOS TEAM UK	Ben Ainslie	GBR	Ben Ainslie
6	NORAUTO	Frank Cammas	FRA	Frank Cammas
7	Realteam	Esteban Garcia	SUI	Jérôme Clerc
8	Zoulou	Erik Maris	FRA	Erik Maris