Overview

ABOUT US Dongfeng Race Team is a professional sailing team made up of international and Chinese sailors sponsored by Dongfeng Motor Corporation, the Chinese motor manufacturer based in Wuhan in Hubei province. The team is managed by global sports marketing and events company OC Sport. It is led by team director Bruno Dubois and, on the water, by the experienced offshore skipper Charles Caudrelier of France. OUR SPORTING MISSION Dongfeng Race Team in the 2017-18 Volvo Ocean Race has a clear and unambiguous sporting objective – to sail to the best of the team’s ability with the aim of challenging for overall race victory. As in the 2014-15 Volvo Ocean Race, Dongfeng Race Team is also committed to helping to promote and develop the sport of offshore sailing in China. VOLVO OCEAN RACE The Volvo Ocean Race is the world's longest and toughest professional sporting event – a sailing race run for over 40 years on a scale like no other and a story with the power to engage fans in unique ways. The teams in the 2014-15 edition once again experienced scorching days and freezing nights in cramped conditions onboard the new one-design Volvo Ocean 65s. Sailors covered 38,739 nautical miles (44,580 miles or 71,745 kilometres) across four oceans and five continents, taking on a challenge of breathtaking scope, hitting maximum speeds of 37 knots (68.5 kph) and facing mountainous waves. The next edition of the race will start from Alicante, Spain on October 22, 2017 and will visit the cities of Lisbon, Cape Town, Melbourne, Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Auckland, Itajaí, Newport RI, Cardiff and Gothenburg, finishing in The Hague in June 2018.