Since 2011, the team has been competing in downhill racing series at national and international level. These include several World Cup races, the entire European and Swiss Downhill Cup series, as well as occasional races in the German race series. This season, Team Project wants to build on last year's successes and take another step forward. The declared long-term goal is the 2018 World Championships in Lenzerheide.

Bad news before the start of the season

Such ambitious goals require appropriate preparation, and that includes training camps. But two weeks beforehand, team boss Thomas Weber was shocked to discover that the bus would no longer start. The garage's diagnosis brought the next bit of bad news: the bus could no longer be repaired. Six years, over 90 competitions, six training camps, countless training weekends and almost 200,000 kilometers, the old Mercedes bus has accompanied the team across Europe.

Such travel-intensive competition seasons are not possible for young athletes without support, as they take up an enormous amount of time, material and financial resources. As a new team vehicle simply does not fit into the team budget, a crowdfunding project was quickly launched on www.ibelieveinyou.ch to cover the shortfall of 20,000 francs for a new vehicle.

Here's the link to the project:

www.ibelieveinyou.ch/teamproject