San Francisco, Friday September 13th: The trophies for the America’s Cup World Series 2012/2013 were officially awarded today in San Francisco.
During the prize giving ceremony, Luna Rossa Piranha received from the hands of Race Director Iain Murray the trophies of Overall America’s Cup World Series winner for the season 2012/2013, as well as the ones for the 1st Place in the Newport 2012 Match Race event and 1st place in the San Francisco 2012 Fleet Race event (August).
San Francisco, August 23rd - The AC45 boats Oracle Team USA Spithill, Oracle Team USA Coutts and BAR – competitors in the America’s Cup World Series – have withdrawn from the event following the protest made by the Regatta Director for breach of Class Rules.The International Jury has therefore reviewed the final results of the America’s Cup World Series and declared Luna Rossa Piranha the Overall Champion and Fleet Racing Champion for the 2012 / 2013 season.
Naples, 13 - 21 April 2013 - The team goes back to Naples for the America’s Cup World Series. Luna Rossa participates with two AC45 catamarans: Luna Rossa “Piranha” steered by Chris Draper and Luna Rossa “Swordfish”, with Francesco Bruni at his first sailing experience as a catamaran helmsman. The performances are encouraging: Draper finishes second in the coastal race (the team will allocate their prize money to the reconstruction of the ‘Città della Scienza’ of Naples), and Francesco Bruni finishes first and second the overall in the fleet race and the match race final result respectively.
America’s Cup World Series Naples Championship Standings 1. Luna Rossa Swordfish (Francesco Bruni) – 80 points
2. Oracle Team USA (Tom Slingsby) – 80 3. Emirates Team New Zealand (Dean Barker) – 71 4. Luna Rossa Piranha (Chris Draper) – 70 5. J.P. Morgan BAR (Ben Ainslie) – 65 6. Energy Team (Yann Guichard) – 58 7. Artemis Racing White (Charlie Ekberg) – 40 8. HS Racing (R. Hagara/H.S. Steinacher) – 36 9. China Team (Mitch Booth) – 30
San Francisco (USA), 4 - 7 October 2012 - Luna Rossa faces a tough week following the decision of rotating its crew. The goal is to give Iker Martinez (newly entered in the team) the opportunity to gain knowledge and confidence in races with the AC45 class catamarans. Eliminated from the match racing qualifiers at the first round, Luna Rossa closes the fleet racing event in 9th place (Piranha) and 11th place (Swordfish).
Fleet racing Ranking 1. Oracle Team USA Spithill, 79 pt. 2. J.P. Morgan BAR, 79 pt. 3. Artemis Racing White, 72 pt. 4. Emirates Team New Zealand, 57 pt. 5. Oracle Team USA Coutts, 56 pt. 6. Artemis Racing Red, 52 pt.
7. Energy Team, 47 pt. 8. Team Korea, 40 pt. 9. Luna Rossa Piranha, 36 pt. 10. China Team, 28 pt. 11. Luna Rossa Swordfish, 20 pt.
Match Racing Ranking: 1. Oracle Team USA Spithill 2. Emirates Team New Zealand 3. Artemis Racing White 4. Artemis Racing Red 5. Oracle Team USA Coutts 6. Energy Team 7. J.P. Morgan BAR 8. Team Korea 9. China Team
San Francisco (USA), 21 - 26 August 2012 - Strong winds and low temperatures prevail throughout the first event in the city of San Francisco. In the match race regattas the AC45 Luna Rossa catamarans, after qualifying for the quarter finals, do not move on to the next phase and place respectively sixth (LR Piranha) and seventh (LR Swordfish) in the match race ranking.
In the fleet races Luna Rossa proves to be highly competitive: Piranha, at the top of the ranking already from day two, wins the final race and places second overall at only one point from the winner. Luna Rossa Swordfish wins fleet race three of the event and closes in fifth place overall.
Fleet Race Ranking: 1. Oracle Team USA – Spithill, 86 pt.
2. Luna Rossa Piranha, 85 pt. 3. Team Korea, 65 pt. 4. Energy Team, 55 pt. 5. Luna Rossa Swordfish, 51 pt. 6. Artemis Racing White, 48 pt. 7. Emirates Team New Zealand, 43 pt. 8. Oracle Team USA – Coutts, 42 pt. 9. Artemis Racing Red, 38 pt. 10. J. P. Morgan BAR, 37 pt. 11. China Team, 15 pt.
Match Race Ranking: 1. Oracle Team USA – Coutts 2. Oracle Team USA – Spithill 3. Artemis Racing White 4. Emirates Team New Zealand
5. Energy Team 6. Luna Rossa Piranha 7. Luna Rossa Swordfish 8. J.P. Morgan BAR 9. Team Korea 10. China Team 11. Artemis Racing Red
Newport, RI (USA), 26 June - 1 July 2012 - The Luna Rossa AC45 catamarans race in the United States for the first time. Piranha reaches the match race semifinal (ranking 3rd) and then goes on to win the fleet race of the Newport event in the America’s Cup World Series which was also the final event in season 2011-2012. Luna Rossa Swordfish closes in fifth place (fleet) and seventh (match racing).
Fleet Race Ranking: 1. Luna Rossa Piranha, 53 pt. 2. Oracle Team USA – Spithill, 48 pt. 3. Emirates Team New Zealand, 40 pt. 4. Team Korea, 36 pt. 5. Luna Rossa Swordfish, 35 pt. 6. Oracle Team USA – Coutts, 33 pt. 7. Artemis Racing, 32 pt.
8. Energy Team, 30 pt.
Match Race Ranking: 1. Oracle Team USA – Coutts 2. Oracle Team USA – Spithill 3. Luna Rossa Piranha 4. Artemis Racing 5. Energy Team 6. Emirates Team New Zealand 7. Luna Rossa Swordfish 8. Team Korea
Venice, 12 - 20 May - The racing week opens with the Trofeo Arzanà Città di Venezia (May 12-13), won by Luna Rossa Piranha, followed closely in second place by Luna Rossa Swordfish. In the America’s Cup World Series races the team finishes with its boats in second place (LR Piranha) and seventh (LR Swordfish) in the match races, but the light and unstable wind conditions in the final fleet race are not optimal and the LR Piranha finishes this last regatta 5th and LR Swordfish 6th.
Fleet Racing Ranking 1. Energy Team, 74 pt. 2. Oracle Team USA Spithill, 58 pt. 3. Emirates Team New Zealand, 54 pt.
4. Artemis Racing, 52 pt. 5. Luna Rossa Piranha, 43 pt. 6. Luna Rossa Swordfish, 43 pt. 7. Team Korea, 37 pt. 8. Oracle Team USA Bundock, 22 pt. 9. China Team, 18 pt.
Match Race Ranking 1. Artemis Racing 2. Luna Rossa-Piranha 3. Oracle Team USA Spithill 4. Energy Team 5. Emirates Team New Zealand 6. Team Korea 7. Luna Rossa Swordfish 8. Oracle Team USA Bundock 9. China Team
Naples, 7 - 15 April 2012 - The two Luna Rossa catamarans sail for the first time in the AC45 regattas. The racing week is characterized by shifty wind conditions that bring strong rains and storms in the gulf of Naples. Team Luna Rossa at its debut shows a competitive edge: Piranha wins the fleet races (and takes a 2nd place in the match races), and Swordfish closes in sixth place (4th in the match races).
Fleet Racing Ranking 1. Luna Rossa – Piranha (Chris Draper), pt. 92 2. ORACLE Racing – Spithill (James Spithill), pt. 77 3. Emirates Team New Zealand (Dean Barker), pt. 60 4. Energy Team (Yann Guichard), pt. 54
5. Team Korea (Nathan Outteridge), pt. 49 6. Luna Rossa – Swordfish (Paul Campbell-James), pt. 41 7. Artemis Racing (Terry Hutchinson), pt. 40 8. ORACLE Racing – Bundock (Darren Bundock), pt. 37 9. China Team (Fred Le Peutrec), pt. 15
Match Racing Ranking 1. Artemis Racing 2. Luna Rossa – Piranha 3. ORACLE Racing – Bundock 4. Luna Rossa – Swordfish 5. Energy Team6. Team Korea 7. ORACLE Racing – Spithill 8. Emirates Team New Zealand 9. China Team
Auckland (New Zealand), January - March 2012 – Luna Rossa reaches Auckland and starts preparing and racing with Emirates Team New Zealand. In record time - only 7 days - the team assembles the AC45 with which it will participate to the America’s Cup World Series.
The launch of the first catamaran takes place on January 16th. The team also acquires a second AC45 yacht; Luna Rossa will now participate in the America’s Cup World Series with two boats and will have a chance to train two complete crews in racing conditions. At the end of March the team moves to Gaeta to complete its first training cycle in view of the upcoming America’s Cup World Series regattas to take place in Naples.
