Following the disrupted schedule of practice racing planned for Monday 22nd May, in which only one of the three races planned was concluded, all six America’s Cup teams took part in further practice racing today (Tuesday), with the five races run throwing up intriguing results with no one team claiming more than a single victory.

Under the guidelines set out by America’s Cup Race Management (ACRM), all teams were permitted to train against each other yesterday (Monday 22nd), today (Tuesday 23rd) and also on Thursday 25th May.

With the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup Qualifiers just three days away, starting at 5.00pm on Friday 26th May, ORACLE TEAM USA, SoftBank Team Japan, Emirates Team New Zealand, Groupama Team France, Artemis Racing and Land Rover BAR all took to the Great Sound for some last minute race preparation.

It proved an interesting afternoon as all the teams, apart from Groupama Team France, managed to clinch a victory from their races.
 

© Ricardo Pinto

Race four of this week saw ORACLE TEAM USA overcome SoftBank Team Japan in a dominant display in the opening duel of the day, before Emirates Team New Zealand claimed victory over Groupama Team France in race five.

However, ORACLE TEAM USA could not follow up the momentum of their opening race win as they suffered defeat at the hands of Artemis Racing in race six.

Following a difficult couple of weeks practice racing, Land Rover BAR enjoyed a moment of positivity in race seven, as they managed to overcome the pedal-power of Emirates Team New Zealand.

And in the final race of the afternoon SoftBank Team Japan brushed aside Artemis Racing to conclude the latest practice racing action.
 

© Ricardo Pinto

              Port        Stbd        Winner

Race 4   USA         JPN         USA

Race 5   FRA          NZL        NZL

Race 6   SWE         USA        SWE

Race 7   GBR          NZL        GBR (NZL retired)

Race 8   JPN          SWE        JPN (SWE retired)

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