America's Cup - Preliminary Regatta - Barcelona ESP - Day 1

The first meeting of the 6 America's Cup participants began yesterday in good conditions with around 15 knots. The spectacular racers (top speed yesterday 44kn (=82 km/h)) seemed to be about similar speed, the decisive factors were the starts, the maneuvers, and the material. ----- Alinghi-Red-Bull took a comfortable victory after the French Orient Express missed the start. The second duel of the day began very evenly balanced until 'Luna Rossa' went down with a power failure and 'New Zealand' pulled away. Impressive 'American Magic' distanced 'INEOS Team GBR' by a large margin. In their second duel, 'Luna Rossa' then clearly distanced 'Orient Express'. ----- The daily report and the ranking list. We will also be broadcasting live today from 2pm.