The Rolex SAILGP championship announced on Friday that the capital of the French footballer Kylian Mbappé is investing in the France SAILGP team. The announcement comes a week after Sailgp announced that DJ Khaled joined sport as a media threshing chief.
In addition to the investment of Coalition Capital, the association “Inspired by km” in Mbappé will also become the official charity of the French Sailgp team. The French team is operated by K-Challenge and the CO-PDG Bruno Dubois and Stephan Kandler.
“We are delighted to be on board with this new adventure with the France SAILGP team, alongside Accor and other investors,” said Mbappé in a statement. “I am also proud that IBKM has the opportunity to engage more young people in the world through this relationship.”
“We could not be more excited to welcome Kylian Mbappé to our family of growing Sailgp partners and investors – he is undeniably one of the most influential athletes of our time, and an inspiration for sports fans around the world,” read a statement by the CEO of SAIGP, Sir Russell Couts.
The French team, led by Pilot Quentin Delapierre, is one of the six SAILGP origin teams dating back to the League establishment in 2019. Known under the name of “Les Bleus”, the French team currently holds the SAINGP racing speed with a 99.94 km / h (or 62.01 MPH), which they reached Saint-Trope.
The announcement became before the first of Sailgp events of Sailgp for 2025, during which DJ Khaled will serve as a sport ambassador as a media threshing chief. Thanks to his campaign, Khaled will highlight the League and its American Grand Prix in Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York.
The Los Angeles Sail Grand Prix will be Air this weekend on CBS Sports Network, with the coverage of day 1 broadcast at 11 p.m. on Saturday before the live coverage of day 2 on Sunday at 5 p.m. he.
