The inaugural America's Cup World Series were held between 2011 and 2013 in the lead up to the 2013 America's Cup. They were raced in AC45 catamarans. The competition was rocked by a cheating scandal in which Oracle Team USA had made an unauthorized modification by using additional ballast.Gavin Clarke, Oracle Team USA sailors admit breaking America's Cup rules, The Register, 12 Aug 2013. Retrieved 30 July 2016. The team withdrew from the competition on 8 August 2013.America's Cup Jury, Jury Notice JN096, 8 August 2013 Penalties imposed included expelling three team members, a $250,000 fine, and a one-point penalty for each of the first two races of the Match in which they would otherwise score a point."Jury Notice JN117", 3 September 2013, This also affected boats on loan to Ben Ainslie Racing and HS Racing, which withdrew from the competition. After reallocating points, overall winner for 2011/2012 was declared to be Team New Zealand, and for 2012/2013 it was Luna Rossa Piranha.America’s Cup World Series Re-Scoring , August 23, 2013
Teams
ClubTeamHelmsmanSail loft Sail Korea Yacht ClubTeam Korea Chris Draper Nathan OutteridgePeter BurlingDoyle Sailmakers Royal Swedish Yacht ClubArtemis Racing White Terry Hutchinson Charlie EkbergNorth SailsArtemis Racing Red Santiago Lange Nathan OutteridgeNorth Sails Royal New Zealand Yacht SquadronTeam New Zealand Dean BarkerNorth Sails Golden Gate Yacht ClubOracle Racing 4 James Spithill Tom SlingsbyNorth SailsOracle Racing 5HS Racing Russell Coutts Darren Bundock Roman HagaraNorth Sails Měi Fán Yacht ClubChina Team Mitch Booth Charlie Ogletree Frédéric le Peutrec Philip RobertsonUK Sailmakers Yacht Club de FranceEnergy Team Loïck Peyron Yann GuichardVoilerie Incidences Aleph Yacht ClubAleph Sailing Team (defunct) Bertrand Pacé Pierre PennecNorth Sails Real Club Náutico de ValenciaGreen Comm Racing (defunct) Vasilij ŽbogarNorth Sails Circolo della Vela SiciliaLuna Rossa Piranha Chris DraperNorth SailsLuna Rossa Swordfish Paul Campbell-James Iker Martínez de LizarduyFrancesco BruniNorth Sails Royal Cornwall Yacht ClubBen Ainslie Racing Ben AinslieNorth Sails
AC45 World Series + 2011–12 AC45 World SeriesTeamCascais6–14 August 2011Plymouth10–18 September 2011San Diego12–20 November 2011Naples11–15 April 2012Venice15–20 May 2012Newport26 June – 1 July 2012Standingsmatchracefleetracematchracefleetracematchracefleetracematchracefleetracematchracefleetracematchracefleetracematchracefleetracetotal Oracle Racing 410861010104989DSQ (9)DSQ (9)(47)(55)(102) Team New Zealand91010989386858415293 Artemis Racing White898DNF 37510410774503282 Energy Team5355986771063383674 Oracle Racing 56778538333DSQ (10)DSQ (5)(39)(29)(68) Team Korea749646565437333366 Luna Rossa Piranha––––––91096810262652 Luna Rossa Swordfish––––––754546151631 Aleph-Equipe de France353767––––––121931 China Team3334343332––151631 Green Comm Racing464DNS 333––––––111223
+ 2012–13 AC45 World SeriesTeamSan Francisco21–26 August 2012San Francisco2–7 October 2012Naples16–21 April 2013Standingsmatchracefleetracematchracefleetracematchracefleetracematchracefleetracetotal Oracle Racing 4DSQ (9)DSQ (86)DSQ (10)DSQ (79)DSQ (10)DSQ (80)DSQ (29)DSQ (245)DSQ (274) Luna Rossa Piranha58513677013191204 Ben Ainslie RacingDSQ (3)DSQ (37)DSQ (4)DSQ (79)DSQ (8)DSQ (65)DSQ (15)DSQ (181)DSQ (196) Team New Zealand74395767122171193 Artemis Racing White84887254021160181 Energy Team65554745815160175 Luna Rossa Swordfish45112098014151165 Oracle Racing 5DSQ (10)DSQ (42)DSQ (6)DSQ (56)––DSQ (16)DSQ (98)DSQ (114) Team Korea265340––5105110 Artemis Racing Red138752––89098 China Team11522823057378 HS Racing––––DSQ (3)DSQ (36)DSQ (3)DSQ (36)DSQ (39)
From the Newport AC45 World Series through all the second season of racing, all Oracle Racing boats (including those loaned to Ben Ainslie and HS Racing) were found to have raced out of measurement, with a 3 kg ballast surplus in the dolphin striker. All points are therefore subject to change and a new winner for both seasons to be declared.
References
External links The America's Cup America's Cup results Plans of the AC45
See also 2013 America's Cup