BMW Sailing
Stay up-to-date on the BMW ORACLE Racing team, yachts, race event news, and Valencia experience opportunities by browsing the latest press releases below.
Disappointment and pride mark the team's exit. 5/20/2007
BMW ORACLE Racing fought to the end, but bowed out of the Louis Vuitton Cup in Valencia today after going down 5-1 to the Italian Luna Rossa team.
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Louis Vuitton Cup, Semi-Final - Match Six. 5/20/2007
BMW ORACLE Racing came out fighting and made every effort to turn their fortunes around, but finally bowed out of the Louis Vuitton Cup today after trailing Luna Rossa Challenge across the finish line for a 5-1 score.
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BMW ORACLE Racing makes afterguard change. 5/20/2007
Sten Mohr, the Danish BMW ORACLE Racing helmsman, will replace Chris Dickson at the wheel of USA 98 for today's sixth Louis Vuitton Cup semi-final match against Luna Rossa Challenge.
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Louis Vuitton Cup Sunday Preview 5/20/2007
There is no giving up. Team owner Larry Ellison came to the base yesterday and addressed the full group, expressing his appreciation for everything they had done, his confidence in their abilities and his absolute determination to fight back.
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BMW ORACLE Racing says don't count us out yet. 5/19/2007
A double penalty in the pre-start cost BMW ORACLE Racing dearly in the fifth match of the Louis Vuitton Cup final and allowed Luna Rossa Challenge to extend their lead to 4-1 in the best-of-nine series.
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Louis Vuitton Cup, Semi-Final – Match Five. 5/19/2007
This match was decided in the pre-start when BMW ORACLE Racing was penalized twice during a fiery exchange with Luna Rossa Challenge.
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As loose as a goose. 5/19/2007
Twenty four years ago in Newport Rhode Island, when Australia II was up against the weight of the New York Yacht Club's 132-year winning streak, skipper John Bertrand wrote a small note of inspiration to himself on the side of the cockpit of the wing-keeled yacht.
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BMW WTCC drivers go full throttle on the grinding machine. 5/19/2007
Competition, teamwork, technology, gearboxes and horsepower were all in evidence at the BMW ORACLE Racing base when four BMW World Touring Car drivers - in Valencia for the next round of the WTCC on the weekend - paid a visit.
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Louis Vuitton Cup Saturday Preview. 5/19/2007
The confidence and commitment levels remain as high as ever as BMW ORACLE Racing heads out on day five of the semi finals. The task at this stage of the semis remains unchanged, to win one match at a time and be first to win five.
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Assessing risks and reaping big rewards. 5/18/2007
Don Wilson's day-to-day life in the world of proprietary derivatives trading bears close resemblance to his approach to sailing - it is all about the disciplines of managing risk and reward.
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