New Zealand sailor Peter Burling will race against his former team at this weekend’s America’s Cup Preliminary Regatta in Sardinia.<\/p>\n
Burling left Team New Zealand<\/a> in April 2025 after the two parties were unable to reach an agreement over his future.<\/p>\n The three-times America’s Cup winner and Olympic champion then joined Italian outfit Luna Rossa<\/a> in June.<\/p>\n Burling has been named as one of the helmsmen for Luna Rossa’s two boat entry into the Preliminary Regatta.<\/p>\n “It’s a very strong team that I’ve always respected. We have an exceptional sailing line-up and we’ve done great work over these past months. I can’t wait to get back on the racecourse,” Burling said ahead of the regatta.<\/p>\n Eight boats will compete in Sardinia, two each from Team New Zealand, Luna Rossa and Great Britain and one each from Alinghi and La Roche Posay.<\/p>\n Late challengers Team Australia and America Racing won’t take part.<\/p>\n Nathan Outteridge will skipper and helm the senior Team New Zealand boat and Seb Menzies will lead the women’s and junior team.<\/p>\n Outteridge said he was looking forward to taking on Burling.<\/p>\n “It’s been a few years sitting side-by-side like this in a lot of meetings and now you are against each other. But Pete and I have had a great relationship over the last 15 years. Whether we were training together, competing against each other, working together, and we are racing against each other again. This is really cool.”<\/p>\n Watch this weekend\u2019s preliminary regatta live on TVNZ+<\/a><\/p>\n