Nico Rosberg, the 2016 F1 champion turned sustainability entrepreneur and ambassador of Sunreef's Eco range.
Rosberg moved into the yachting spotlight last year as the ambassador for Sunreef Yachts’ Eco range of solar-powered catamarans. Meanwhile, the 2016 F1 champion turned sustainability entrepreneur also owns a team in the new Extreme E off-road series for electric SUVs, in which the use of hydrogen offers a window into the fuel’s potential use for yachts.
Since then, Rosberg has established himself as a successful e-mobility and green tech entrepreneur and investor, leading to his ongoing partnership with Sunreef. However, despite a globe-trotting sporting career that overlapped with Nadal’s for many years, Rosberg never met the Spaniard until a chance encounter in the Balearic Islands late last year.
Yet despite a sporting career based on power and speed, Rosberg prefers to sail when on the water and has enjoyed spending time testing a Sunreef 60 E from his base in Monaco, where he has lived for much of his life. Rosberg’s partnership with Sunreef stemmed from his father introducing him to Francis Lapp, founder and President of Sunreef, passionate rally car driver and Formula One fanatic.
“At the moment, they’re working on building future hulls with a basalt and linen material combination, which would be a huge step in sustainability. They’re really trying everything, using recycled teak instead of new teak and many other examples. It’s really awesome and very fascinating.” Rosberg says the appeal of eco-friendly yachts and other vehicles is only going to increase with both future generations demanding the technology and the technology itself improving over time.
In late February, the RMS St Helena, Extreme E’s floating paddock and base, departed the UK for Saudi Arabia carrying the series’ freight and infrastructure, including race cars. “It’s such a coincidence,” Rosberg laughs. “When I came to him with the project, he was like, ‘I can’t believe it, that’s so cool, I want to support’. He even came to the first official test we had.”
“We’re going to have hydrogen power stations, so the electricity in the cars is going to be powered by hydrogen fuel cell chargers. This is really innovative and massively reduces the emissions of the championship. It’s really forward thinking and that’s what makes Extreme E so special.
Rosberg is an investor in German flying taxi company Volocopter, which has performed test flights in Singapore; Photo: Nikolay Kazakov for Volocopter
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