Oracle BMW Racing Beats OneWorld, Prada Rolls On

Excellent conditions for racing on the Hauraki Gulf saw both flights of scheduled matches sailed with the exception of one afternoon race. This was an important day for the Louis Vuitton Cup with the schedule being held to.
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Flight 8 will be sailed today along with the previously abandonded Flight 4 races, weather permitting. Tomorrow should be the final day of Round Robin 2, with Flight 9 and, hopefully, the other abandoned races.

The challenger cup quarter-finals will be divided into two groups of four and who will be in those groups is starting to be clear. Alinghi (only 1 defeat), OneWorld (2 defeats), Prada (a slow start in Round Robin 1 but has come back very strong in Round Robin 2), and Oracle (looking stronger) should be in the first group. Victory Challenge, GBR Challenge, Team Dennis Conner, and Mascalzone Latino look like the second group with the French Le Défi ARÉVA being eliminated. The racing has just begun.