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34-636: Known as Mascalzone Latino-Capitalia Team and at that time also representing Reale Yacht Club Canottieri Savoia , the team first competed at the Louis Vuitton Cup 2007 , the challenger series held prior to the 2007 America's Cup . They intended to compete in the Louis Vuitton Pacific Series in 2009 but withdrew due to financial concerns. The team then became involved in the Louis Vuitton Trophy and provided ITA-90 and ITA-99 for

68-480: A 2–0 record against Desafío Español 2007 with winning margins of 1:12 and 0:43. In their semi-final competition Emirates Team New Zealand always led at the 1st mark and beat Desafío Español 2007 5–2, advancing to the finals. Likewise, BMW Oracle Racing had a 2–0 record against Luna Rossa Challenge with winning margins of 0:06 and 0:19 but were comprehensively beaten 1–5 by Luna Rossa Challenge in their semi-final. Superior tactics by Luna Rossa Challenge in

102-494: A little wind, and although most days the race committee postponed races for wind, they were able to race most days. Although many of the results were easy to predict, a few upsets occurred in the first round robin. In the first race of the first flight, the powerhouse from New Zealand lost to the Mascalzone Latino, an Italian challenger. In the fourth flight, Shosholoza, the underdog from South Africa, beat Luna Rossa from Italy,

136-491: A race for the top place. Both Emirates Team New Zealand and the United States had lost one race in the first round and zero in the second round robin. Because of Bonus Points from previous acts, New Zealand had a one-point advantage over the United States. Each race counted as two points, so a win for either team would result in the first-place finish in the round robins. The final race was expected to be an exciting match between

170-463: A three time cup veteran. Due to the lack of wind the first week, the second round robin began without any lay days after the first. The first surprise of the second round robin was by China Team, who beat the favored BMW Oracle Racing team by 3 minutes and 15 seconds, the only team yet to achieve a win against BMW Oracle. The win was due to a delamination on the American team's headsail foil which caused

204-431: A win and zero for a defeat. The first four boats then progressed to the semi-finals stage of the Louis Vuitton Cup and the remainder were eliminated. As winner of the round-robin events Emirates Team New Zealand won the right to choose their opponent. The 2007 Louis Vuitton Cup started slowly with all races postponed for the first four days of competition due to light and variable winds. There were rumors that BMW Oracle

238-521: A −2 penalty score at the start (awarded due to illegal boat modifications in the prior America's Cup World Series) to win 9–8 against Emirates Team New Zealand on the final race. In the 2017 America's Cup defence held in Bermuda, he also led Oracle Team USA, but lost eight races to one. In March 2018, it was announced that Jimmy Spithill would join the Challenger of Record entry, Luna Rossa Challenge, for

272-576: The 36th Americas Cup series. As one of two helmsmen, he steered the boat on starboard tack while Francesco Bruni steered the boat on port tack. Luna Rossa won the Prada Cup and lost in the Americas Cup Finals to Team New Zealand in March 2021. Following defeat in the 2024 Louis Vuitton cup final against Ineos Brittana he announced his retirement from Americas Cup racing. On 6 October 2012, while at

306-604: The America's Cup . Club Nautico di Roma are the Challenger of Record for the 34th America's Cup and will be represented by their sailing team Mascalzone Latino. On May 12, 2011, Vincenzo Onorato announced that he was withdrawing Mascalzone Latino from the 34th America's Cup , citing challenges in agreeing with their sponsors on a budget sufficient to fund a competitive team. Louis Vuitton Cup 2007 The 2007 Louis Vuitton Cup held in Valencia , Spain, from April 16 to June 6

340-626: The Sydney-Hobart and first in the Kenwood Cup . He confirmed his ability by winning numerous races in the following years, including twice the Nations Cup (2003 and 2004), and obtaining a second place in the 2003 Match Race World Championship - and first place in 2005. He debuted in the America's Cup in 2000 with Young Australia , showing his precocious talent despite leading an antiquated boat. At

374-480: The America's Cup, forcing two penalties to BMW Oracle skipper Chris Dickson in race five of the Louis Vuitton Cup 2007 , causing Dickson's resignation a few days later. Spithill went on to lose 5–0 to Emirates Team New Zealand in the 2007 Louis Vuitton Cup final. In 2010, as skipper and helmsman for BMW Oracle Racing , Spithill was at the time the youngest ever winner of the America's Cup (30 years 7 months) until 2021 when Peter Burling at 30 years 2 months became

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408-412: The age of 20, he was the youngest helmsman in the America's Cup. In 2003 he led Oneworld in the America's Cup , reaching the semifinal of the Louis Vuitton Cup , where he was beaten by Oracle BMW Racing . For the 2007 America's Cup , Spithill was chosen by Francesco De Angelis , whom he had beaten in the 2003 Louis Vuitton quarter-finals, as his heir as helmsman of Luna Rossa Challenge . Spithill

442-492: The boat was helmed by Karol Jabłoński and John Cutler was the teams tactician and technical director. The team was coached by Paul Cayard . Magnus Holmberg skippered Victory Challenge . The afterguard included Stefan Rahn, Santiago Lange , Thierry Fouchier , and Morgan Larson . The crew also included six members of the former GBR Challenge; traveller/strategist Neal McDonald , Simon Fisher, David Carr, Nik Pearson, Richard Sydenham and Ian Weighell. Jeremy Scantlebury

476-459: The committee stays private for 6 months. Every cup team and all the media was trying to find out more about two of the final interpretations. It seems that one boat may have found a significant advantage, but everyone would have to wait until the end of the Cup to find out who and exactly what had happened. Racing was scheduled to start on April 16, 2007, but did not get underway until April 20, 2007. All

510-423: The favourites, in their semi-final. In the best of 9 race final Emirates Team New Zealand beat Luna Rossa Challenge 5–0. However to put this into context, Luna Rossa Challenge 'worst' defeat was in race 3 when Emirates Team New Zealand were only 0:1:38 seconds faster in a race lasting 1:35:37 i.e. a 1.71% performance advantage. In the other 4 races the performance margin was even smaller. Luna Rossa Challenge won

544-676: The final race; and unsuccessfully in the 2017 America's Cup held in Bermuda. In 2017, Spithill skippered LDV Comanche to win Line Honours in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. This win came after winning their protest against Wild Oats. In the 36th America's Cup he was one of two helmsmen on the Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli boat. Luna Rossa won the Prada Cup and lost in the Americas Cup Finals . After some junior match race titles, in 1998 he arrived third in

578-602: The first event in Nice . Mascalzone Latino will host the third event in La Maddalena , Sardinia in co-operation with the Reale Yacht Club Canottieri Savoia . In February 2010 the team announced it cooperation with German automobile manufacturer and long supporter of sailing activities Audi On February 15, 2010 Golden Gate Yacht Club announced that they had accepted a challenge from Club Nautico di Roma for

612-616: The headsail to become partially detached making the sail totally ineffective for part of the race. Also, the Americans gave their best crew members a holiday and sailed against the Chinese with a less experienced crew. The following day several of the China Team members arrived at the compound with bald heads. Reportedly they bet one another that if they beat the Americans, they would shave their heads. The final round of round robin competition featured

646-499: The pre-start sequences were a significant factor in their semi-final win. Luna Rossa Challenge advanced to face Emirates Team New Zealand in the finals. The finals of the 2007 Louis Vuitton Cup pitted Luna Rossa Challenge against Emirates Team New Zealand . Both boats had decisive results in the semi-finals, where Luna Rossa Challenge defeated BMW Oracle Racing 5–1, and Emirates Team New Zealand defeated Desafío Español 2007 5–2. The two teams raced against each other in each of

680-488: The round-robin events Emirates Team New Zealand won the right to choose their opponent in the semi-finals and chose Desafío Español 2007 . Hence BMW Oracle Racing raced against Luna Rossa Challenge in the other semi-final. The first team in each semi-final to win 5 races then qualified for the finals of the Louis Vuitton Cup . Each pairing had raced against each other twice in the preceding round-robin events. In their previous meetings, Emirates Team New Zealand had

714-469: The scheduled races for April 21, 2007, were postponed by the race committee to April 22, 2007, due to light winds. Some of the scheduled races for April 22, 2007, and all of the races on April 23, 2007, were postponed by the race committee until April 24, 2007, due to poor wind conditions. Some of the scheduled races for April 27, 2007, were postponed by the race committee until April 28, 2007, due to very light and variable winds. The following week brought

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748-421: The toss prior to the first race of the final which gave them the advantage of entering the starting area from the "yellow" side. In the results tables below, the team with the advantage of entering the starting area from the yellow side (entering from the right-hand side on starboard tack) is marked with [REDACTED] . This is decided for the first race by the toss of a coin; then the advantage of starting from

782-1045: The trial boat. Skippered by Chris Dickson , the crew included Gavin Brady , Phil Jameson, Paul Westlake, Scott Crawford, Alberto Barovier, Brad Webb , Brian MacInnes, Joe Spooner , Ross Halcrow , Robbie Naismith , Bertrand Pacé , Craig Monk , Carl Williams , Peter Isler and owner Larry Ellison . Luna Rossa Challenge was led by Francesco de Angelis and helmsman James Spithill . The crew included Peter Gilmour , Francesco Bruni , mid-bowman Max Sirena , Emanuele Marino, Manuel Modena, Marco Montis, Benjamin Durham, Andy Horton , Michele Cannoni, Gilberto Nobili, Joey Newton , Shannon Falcone , Christian Kamp, Romolo Ranieri, Emanuele Marino, Andrew Taylor , Matteo Plazzi , Simone de Mari , Massimo Gherarducci, Paolo Bassani, Alan Smith , and Olympians Torben Grael , Philippe Presti , Michele Ivaldi , Magnus Augustson and Charles and Jonathan McKee . Skippered by Luis Doreste ,

816-447: The two round robins. Luna Rossa Challenge won their race in round robin 1 on 26 April 2007 by 48 seconds. Emirates Team New Zealand won their race in round robin 2 on 7 May 2007 by 36 seconds. Prior to the final, expert commentators were fairly unanimous that Emirates Team New Zealand were in top form but Luna Rossa Challenge had improved since the round robins as evidenced by their comprehensive beating of BMW Oracle Racing , one of

850-566: The two. However, after the start, the race quickly became disappointing for BMW Oracle fans, with New Zealand stretching their early lead. The result was New Zealand winning the round robin, and was able to choose its opponent for the subsequent semi-final round. Some of the scheduled races for April 29, 2007 were postponed by the race committee until April 30, 2007, due to lack of wind. All races scheduled for May 1 were postponed to May 2 due to excessive wind. All races scheduled for May 3 were postponed to May 4 due to thunder storms. As winner of

884-477: The windless days off to continue making repairs to their mast, which shattered in a starboard-port situation with Internet Team Germany two weeks earlier, and completed mast repairs by the time racing had commenced. The highlights for the week were not on the water, but rather off it. The Measurement Committee released the final rule interpretations. The rules state that any cup team can request an interpretation and remain anonymous. Additionally, any interpretation by

918-417: The yellow side alternates race by race. James Spithill James Spithill (born 28 June 1979) is an Australian yachtsman . In 2010, as skipper and helmsman for BMW Oracle Racing , Spithill won the America's Cup . He defended the cup twice, both times against Emirates Team New Zealand, first successfully in 2013, when Oracle Team USA came back from a −2 penalty score at the start to win 9–8 on

952-411: The youngest skipper to win the America's Cup. Spithill was the helmsman and skipper for the challenging team BMW Oracle Racing 90 in the 2010 America's Cup . His yacht USA 17 beat the defending yacht Alinghi 5 by a considerable margin. Most observers stated that USA 17's rigid wing sail had given it a decisive advantage. He successfully defended in 2013, when Oracle Team USA came back from

986-399: Was a mainstay of the team, which he led to the final of the Louis Vuitton Cup 2007 after beating one of the favourites, Oracle BMW Racing , 5–1 in the semifinals. He earned the nickname of "James Pitbull" among Italian fans because of his aggressive tactics during the pre-start phase of the races. He is the protagonist of what is arguably remembered as the greatest pre-start in the history of

1020-780: Was led by Thierry Peponnet and included Sebastien Col, Tanguy Cariou , Frederic Guilmin, Jean François Cuzon, Jim Turner , and Wade Morgan. From Italy, +39 Challenge included non-sailing skipper Luca Devoti , helmsman Iain Percy , and other Olympic competitors such as Rafael Trujillo and Ian Walker . The rest of the crew was navigator Bruno Zirilli; afterguard Andrew Simpson ; traveller Gabriele Bruni; runner Anthony Nossiter ; trimmers Stefano Rizzi and Christian Scherrer; grinders Michele Gnutti, Chris Brittle and Pawel Bielecki; mast Alejandro Colla; mast/pitman Massimo Galli; sewerman Piero Romeo; mid-bowman Corrado Rossignoli; Andy Fethers; and bowman Jacek Wisoski. United Internet Team Germany

1054-403: Was planning on rotating the crew off the boat because they were running out of stories to tell as they sat in the boat waiting for wind. To entertain fans, some teams came up with interesting stunts. For instance, United Internet Germany came up with a way to wakeboard , by having their largest sail trimmers pull on the wakeboarder using the jib trimming system. +39, an Italian challenger, used

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1088-492: Was skippered by Jesper Bank and included America's Cup veteran David Dellenbaugh . Pierre Mas was the skipper of China Team which had an alliance with Le Défi . Only two of the crew were Chinese. Round robin 2 was completed on May 9, 2007. Teams had accrued bonus points based on their results in the Louis Vuitton Acts which took place in the preceding years. For the round-robin races, two points were awarded for

1122-880: Was the event used to select the challenger for the 2007 America's Cup . Eleven potential challengers competed in the competition which consisted of two round robins , two semi-finals and a final. The winner was Emirates Team New Zealand , who challenged the defender Alinghi in June 2007 for the America's Cup . Managed by Grant Dalton and skippered by Dean Barker , the crew included Terry Hutchinson ; navigator Kevin Hall ; strategist Ray Davies ; Adam Beashel ; Barry Mckay ; Tony Rae ; Don Cowie ; Chris Ward  ; Grant Loretz ; Robert Salthouse ; James Dagg ; Rob Waddell ; Andrew Hemmings ; Jono McBeth ; Matt Mason ; Richard Meacham and Jeremy Lomas . Ben Ainslie and Kelvin Harrap sailed

1156-520: Was the sailing team manager. Vasco Vascotto was the skipper for Mascalzone Latino, which included helmsman Flavio Favini, Cameron Dunn, Jes Gram-Hansen, Andrea Pavan, Chris Dougall, Pierluigi De Felice, Giuseppe Brizzi, Davide Scarpa, Nacho Postigo, Giulio Giovanella and funder Vincenzo Onorato . South Africa's first challenge, Team Shosholoza was skippered by Mark Sadler and Ian Ainslie . The crew included Italians Paolo Cian and Tommaso Chieffi . Managed by Dawn Riley , Areva Challenge

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