Oracle Team USA

BMW Oracle Racing is the name of a challenger team for the 32nd America 's Cup in 2007, which took place in front of Valencia. Was launched by the syndicate, which took up the flag of the Golden Gate Yacht Club (San Francisco, USA), Oracle founder Larry Ellison. As Challenger of Record, BMW Oracle Racing had traditionally together with defending champion Alinghi ( Switzerland ) set the framework Rules for the 32nd edition of the America 's Cup with the aim of adapting the competition to the demands of modern media society and closer to a wider public.

• 2.1 The Team
• 2.2 Louis Vuitton Acts 2005 to 2007
• 2.3 2007 Louis Vuitton Cup

Participation in 2003

The Team

The team as "Oracle Racing" in 2000 by Larry Ellison was founded. The syndicate was based on Ellison's Sayonara campaign with which the software billionaire had brought five Maxi World Championship title in a row. In the summer of 2002 engaged, then, somewhat surprisingly, the car manufacturer BMW as the main sponsor, the team wore from this date the name of Oracle BMW Racing and Alinghi was next, Prada and OneWorld as favorites to win the Louis Vuitton Cup. With the two strong partners Oracle and BMW, as well as an excellent, committed international crew was Oracle BMW Racing Alinghi as the prime example of a new generation of America's Cup challenges.

Louis Vuitton Cup 2002/ 03

The start of the Louis Vuitton Cup was still mixed. In the first preliminary round, the team came up with for its potential disappointing 5-3 victories. Ellison responded and took the previously retired from the Team New Zealand's Chris Dickson as skipper back on the boat. This was followed by eleven wins in a row and finally the final against Alinghi. The series was lost with 1:5, but was far narrower than it express the sheer numbers. Alinghi won the debate and the America's Cup defending champions Team New Zealand. With the finish line in the fifth race representative of Oracle BMW Racing and Alinghi signed as the new titleholder an agreement for the implementation of the 32nd America 's Cup.

Participation in 2007

The Team

Oracle BMW Racing was now the Challenger of Record for 2007. Alinghi owner Ernesto Bertarelli and his counterpart Larry Ellison had a common vision. The America's Cup is to be a modern, global sports event for the general public and of interest to sponsors. The jointly developed regulations to lay the foundations. The team continued to evolve. In the summer of 2004, the partnership with BMW was renewed and the team BMW Oracle Racing renamed because BMW was no longer only sponsor, but now also contributions of a technical nature and in marketing made ​​. With the guidance of the campaign for the 2007 Skipper Chris Dickson was appointed, who compiled a powerful international team again. Even if staff were some line-up changes ( as the Americans and winning Volvo Ocean Race skipper John Kostecki stepped down from the campaign, it was the German Tony piston into the team ) is BMW Oracle Racing once again among the top favorites expected.

Louis Vuitton Acts 2005-2007

Part of the changes for the 32nd America's Cup regattas are in advance, the 13 so-called Louis Vuitton Acts in which all challengers and the Defender must participate. They serve both the pipeline and are mainly the smaller teams provide an opportunity for match practice, but also by supplying media attention. Sporty indicated at not entirely unexpected that the so -called " Big Four " BMW Oracle Racing, Alinghi, Team New Zealand and Luna Rossa Challenge the Cup victory in 2007 will make up with each other. BMW Oracle Racing reached 1-12 following rankings in the Acts: 1-3-3-3-4-2-2-4-2-1-4-3.

2007 Louis Vuitton Cup

In the Round Robins (2 × each against all ), BMW Oracle Racing qualified as second behind Emirates Team New Zealand for the semi-final against Luna Rossa Challenge and retired there from 1:5.

Participation in 2010

To participate in the 33rd America 's Cup, the team developed a new trimaran called BMW Oracle Racing 90 ( BOR90 ). With this, it won 14 February 2010 the race against Alinghi already after the second race.