Alicante, Spain (12-17 May) – Marseille, France (9-14 June) – Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (20-25 July) – Portimao, Portugal (18-23 August) – Cartagena, Spain (14-19 September)

For the first time the 2009 Audi MedCup will feature both the the TP52 Series and the GP42 Series. It consists of five regattas over the course of five months in four different countries. They are all sailed in Southern European waters, four in the Mediterranean and one in the Atlantic.

Whilst each of the five regattas stand alone as an individual event,  winning the circuit requires the best score from all events.

Sailing is a mechanical sport draws comparisons with to motor racing. The obvioussimilarities are profressional team, the competition, the equipment and different strategies for different race tracks. As in Formula 1 racing success comes to the team with the right combination of preparation, speed, driving skill, reliability and good tactics.

With the Audi MedCup Circuit the classes of boat used are the TP52 and the GP42 and although they all look similar to the untrained eye, they are as subtly different from each other as the starting grid of a Formula 1 motor racing Grand Prix.

The Audi MedCup Circuit represents the top of the sport today and attracts the very best designers, sailors and technicians, and this has inspired many owners to participate and to continue to participate along the four year history of the Audi MedCup tour.

But it is not all about work. Summer racing  means taking in some of the most beautiful sailing locations in the world. The Mediterranean has many ports capable of staging prestigious competitions.

One key feature of the circuit is to take it on a logical, pragmatic route making it easiest on the teams in terms of logistics and travel, starting in Alicante and finishing up in Carthagena only (120 kms) to the south, having taken in the South of France, Sardinia, Portugal’s Algarve.