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Round Robin 2 / Matches 7 & 5 : Oracle BMW Racing takes second place
Two wins in a day for Dickson and Holmberg
dimanche 3 novembre 2002 –
The Round Robins 1 and 2 took end with two races in the bay of Hauraki. Oracle BMW Racing did competed all agains french and swedes challengers. For his birthday, chris Dickson offered himself two wins and a final place of two in the round robin series before the start of the quarters of final where the american team could meet its fellow challenger of Oneworld...
Luna Rossa did not race against Alinghi as the Swiss last night filed a notice of withdrawal from Round Robin Two. The Swiss team completes the two Round Robins first overall. Team Prada, therefore, gains the point of the match with Alinghi without racing.
The teams now have 7 days off before the start of the quarter finals, scheduled for Tuesday November 12.
Only the leading eight teams at the end of the Round Robin Two move forward to the quarter finals, divided in two groups according to their placement : from first to fourth ("double chance group") and from fifth to eighth ("single chance group").
The top teams of both groups have the right to choose their opponent within their own group. Tomorrow Alinghi and Victory Challenge will announce which teams they have picked to race against in the quarter finals. The four teams of the double chance group race each other in a best of seven series.
The two winners in this phase move directly forward to the semifinals, while the two losing teams go to the repechage round of the quarterfinals. Also the four teams in the single chance group race each other in a best of seven series : the two winners go to the repechage round, while the two losers are eliminated from the Louis Vuitton Cup.
In the repechage round of the quarterfinals the two losing teams of the double chance group race against the winners of the single chance group in a best of seven series. The winners of this round qualify for the semifinals while the losers are eliminated.
Source Prada Luna Rossa
In today’s matches, Oracle BMW Racing did won its two race following the same scenario by taking the lead from the start and rounding mark 1 with more than 40 seconds lead. They never had been wooried toward the end by an possible come back of the french and swedish boats dispite a spinnaker pole break in the second match.
TODAY’S RESULTS
FLIGHT 7 OF ROUND ROBIN TWO, MATCH 1 POSTPONED FROM OCTOBER 31
– Match 1 Oracle BMW Racing USA 76 wins against Le Defi FRA 69 (1’ 07" lead)
FLIGHT 5 OF ROUND ROBIN TWO, MATCH 2 POSTPONED FROM NOVEMBER 2
– Match 2 Oracle BMW Racing USA 76 wins against Orm SWE 73 (43" lead)
Louis Vuitton Cup / Round Robin 2 final rankings
| Pos | Challenger - Pays | Pts | J/G/P RR1:RR2 |
| 1 | Alinghi - SUI | 13 | 8/7/1 : 8/6/2 |
| 2 | Oracle BMW Racing - USA | 12 | 8/5/3 : 8/7/1 |
| 3 | OneWorld* - USA | 12 | 8/8/0 : 8/5/3 |
| 4 | Prada Luna Rossa - ITA | 11 | 8/4/4 : 8/7/1 |
| 5 | Victory Challenge - SWE | 7 | 8/3/5 : 8/4/4 |
| 5 | GBR Challenge - GBR | 7 | 8/4/4 : 8/3/5 |
| 7 | Team Dennis Conner - USA | 6 | 8/4/4 : 8/2/6 |
| 8 | Le Défi Areva - FRA | 2 | 8/0/8 : 8/2/6 |
| 9 | Mascalzone Latino - ITA | 1 | 8/1/7 : 8/0/8 |
*OneWorld Challenge gets one point penalty
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