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At the end of the year BMW will bring to a close its longstanding partnership with ORACLE Racing and thereby end its involvement in the America's Cup. This is by mutual agreement of both partners. Both parties set ambitious goals and achieved the ultimate objective: winning the America's Cup.

BMW has partnered BMW ORACLE Racing since 2002. Technology and skills have transferred freely between the automaker and sailing team, most notably in the fields of structural engineering and high-modulus composite construction. The result was celebrated in the February when the yacht USA 17, the fastest yacht in the history of the America’s Cup, won the 33rd Match with a resounding 2:0 victory off Valencia, Spain.

BMW ORACLE Racing clinches RC 44 season championship

Skipper Larry Ellison and the crew of the RC 44 BMW ORACLE Racing today wrapped up the 2010 RC 44 Season Championship.  The crew – including Russell Coutts (tactician), Dirk de Ridder (mainsheet), Ryan Godfrey (bow), Ross Halcrow (trimmer), Revelin Minihane (pit), Colin Orsini (grinder) and Chris Schirmer (trimmer) – placed second in the fleet racing portion of the ORACLE RC 44 Cup Miami.

Credit : Gilles Martin-Raget / BMW ORACLE

Coupled with their sixth-place finish in the match racing portion, BMW ORACLE Racing placed fourth overall in the event. They also won the RC 44 Austria Cup in April and the RC 44 Copenhagen Cup in June and finished with a 2-point advantage over Artemis Racing in the season championship.

BMW ORACLE Racing congratulates Team New Zealand

BMW ORACLE Racing fell short of its goal of winning the Louis Vuitton Trophy Dubai, the final regatta for the America’s Cup Class, when Emirates Team New Zealand scored a 2-0 victory in the final.

Credit : Gilles Martin-Raget/BMW ORACLE Racing

BMW ORACLE Racing led at the first windward mark in both races, but succumbed to uncharacteristic mishaps in crew work that their strong rival capitalized on.

BMW ORACLE Racing reaches final of Louis Vuitton Trophy Dubai (Images)

BMW ORACLE Racing advanced to the final of the Louis Vuitton Trophy Dubai, the fitting finale for America’s Cup Class monohulls, with a sterling performance in today’s semifinal round.

Led by skipper James Spithill, the American team, which won the 33rd America’s Cup in February, defeated the German/French All4One crew 2-0 to advance to the final where it will meet Emirates Team New Zealand, also a 2-0 winner in the semifinal round.

Photo: Gilles Martin-Raget/BMW ORACLE Racing

BMW ORACLE Racing's James Spithill wins RC 44 Worlds (Image)

BMW ORACLE Racing team skipper James Spithill, guest helmsman Anders Myralf of Denmark and the crew of the yacht 17 today were crowned champions of the inaugural RC 44 World Championship for the Islas Canarias Puerto Calero Cup.

Crédit : Gilles Martin-Raget

Spithill named Sailor of the Year in Australian Yachting Awards

BMW ORACLE Racing announces with great pride that team skipper James Spithill has won the Australian Male Sailor of the Year award for 2009-2010.

Spithill (31, Sydney, Australia) won the award for guiding BMW ORACLE Racing’s trimaran USA to victory in the 33rd America’s Cup Match last February.

Crédit : Gilles Martin-Raget

BMW ORACLE Racing garners gold, bronze at RC 44 Worlds.

BMW ORACLE Racing’s two crews at the RC 44 World Championship Islas Canarias Puerto Calero Cup today won the gold and bronze medals in the match racing portion of the regatta.

Photo Gilles Martin-raget / BMW ORACLE Racing

Team skipper Jimmy Spithill and his crew aboard the yacht 17 – Skip Baxter, Jonas Hviid-Nielsen, Kyle Langford, Joey Newton, Bryce Ruthenberg, Piet van Nieuwenhuyzen and Matt von Bibra – won the gold medal with a 2-0 victory over Artemis of Sweden.

BMW ORACLE Racing wins 1851 Cup (FOTO)

BMW ORACLE Racing, the defenders of the America's Cup, have beaten the TEAMORIGIN - the British America's Cup team in the re-enactment of the 1851 race around the Isle of Wight

BMW ORACLE Racing wins RC44 Copenhagen Cup

Team owner Larry Ellison converted a steady day in the top half of the fleet into an overall win at the RC44 Copenhagen Cup on Sunday.