Angola Westbrook Racing has completed the first post-event environmental monitoring report delivered in partnership with EOMAP and the European Space Agency (ESA) following the 2026 UIM E1 World Championship event at Lake Como, Italy. The report represents the first operational deployment of the Team’s satellite-based environmental monitoring framework announced ahead of the Lake Como race weekend.
Conducted between 16 March and 28 April 2026, the monitoring programme analysed 24 satellite observation scenes across the Lake Como race area and wider western basin using ESA Copernicus Sentinel-2, Landsat-8/9 and Planet SuperDove imagery.
The analysis focused on four key environmental indicators: turbidity, chlorophyll concentration, water visibility depth (Secchi Depth), and Harmful Algal Bloom probability, alongside floating debris detection. The report identified only one isolated floating debris detection during the monitoring period, which subsequent spectral analysis concluded was most likely submerged vegetated material rather than plastic litter.
According to the findings, average turbidity levels across the monitored race area remained around 0.5 NTU, with no measurable difference identified before and after the race event. The report concluded that race operations did not have a measurable impact on turbidity, chlorophyll concentration or water visibility levels during the Lake Como event period.
The monitoring framework forms part of Angola Westbrook Racing’s broader “Powering Performance with Purpose” sustainability strategy, which focuses on integrating measurable environmental assessment, operational accountability and long-term positive impact into the Team’s activities across the E1 championship calendar.
Ana Agostinho, Sustainability Lead at Angola Westbrook Racing, said: “The Lake Como deployment was designed to establish a measurable and science-based approach to environmental monitoring around race events. Analysing 24 satellite observation scenes across the monitoring period provided valuable baseline data for the Team and demonstrated how environmental assessment can be integrated into race operations in a transparent and credible way. This project is not about making broad sustainability claims. It is about building a long-term framework based on measurable indicators, operational accountability and collaboration with scientific and institutional partners including ESA and EOMAP, while contributing to the Team’s wider mission to create positive environmental impact through sport.”
Davide Coppola, Head of Space Applications Initiatives at the European Space Agency, commented “This first operational deployment at Lake Como demonstrates how space-enabled technologies can support sustainability monitoring in live sporting environments. The collaboration illustrates the practical value of Earth Observation applications in generating accessible environmental intelligence for event organisers, stakeholders and local communities.”
Dr. Eva-Maria Haas, Head of Strategic Accounts Europe at EOMAP, added: “The monitoring carried out at Lake Como confirms the value of combining satellite data with environmental analytics to create a clearer understanding of water conditions around major events. The programme provides a scalable approach that can be expanded across future race locations while supporting long-term environmental awareness and decision-making.”
The Lake Como monitoring initiative forms the baseline for a broader deployment planned across additional race locations during the 2026 E1 season, including Monaco, Lagos, Miami and the Bahamas. The programme is designed to support transparent environmental reporting, operational assessment and collaboration with local stakeholders and environmental organisations.
Angola Westbrook Racing will continue to integrate environmental monitoring and sustainability reporting into its wider race operations and partner activities
throughout the season.
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