Chinese Team Dongfeng enters Volvo Ocean Race 2014 15

Team Dongfeng is the third entry so far to announce its participation in the 12th edition of the race in 2014-15. Team Director Bruno Dubois announced the launch of the new campaign in the Hubei province city of Wuhan on Wednesday. The team will represent China and will have the interests of Chinese sailing at its core with a significant number of Chinese in the final race crew as well as its support team. Huang Gang, General Manager of Dongfeng Commercial Vehicle Company, said: “Dongfeng Commercial Vehicle has become an important partner for the Volvo Ocean Race, which is an internationally renowned sailing event. This is also a key step in DFCV’s global marketing strategy.” OC Sport, which will run all aspects of the campaign, is one of the most respected companies in the sport of sailing and responsible for the successful Extreme Sailing Series as well as numerous race campaigns over the past 15 years – including those of record-breaking British female sailor, Dame Ellen MacArthur. It is, however, the first time that OC Sport and its Executive Chairman, Mark Turner, has been involved in running a Volvo Ocean Race campaign and so fulfils a long-standing ambition for him, and for Team Director Bruno Dubois, who both competed in the 1989-90 race. “We are aiming for a successful race entry with a Chinese team, not just a successful entry — this is an absolute at the heart of this very exciting and challenging project,” said Turner.