Soldini swaps his Maserati for a Ferrari

The 11-year partnership between charismatic Italian racing skipper Giovanni Soldini and luxury car brand Maserati has come to an end, with Soldini confirming that he was taking on a new project partnered by Ferrari.

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The Maserati programme began with Soldini skippering a Volvo 70, then since 2016 the eponymous modified MOD70 trimaran (racing as a Multi70) - surely one of the most well-travelled yachts in ocean racing. Besides setting nine course records, including one for the 15,000-mile 'Tea Route' from Hong Kong to London, it raced in many of the classic offshores, scoring line honours in the Middle Sea Race, RORC Transatlantic and Caribbean 600, often in extremely closefought competition against MOD70s such