Alinghi risponde alla lettera di Larry Ellison

[singlepic=623,250,170,,left]America’s Cup – Valencia – Alinghi ha ricevuto la lettera di Larry Ellison e rileva che BMW Oracle Racing è ritornato sulle sue posizioni di un anno fa, motivo per cui nessun progresso è stato ancora realizzato al momento.
Alinghi aveva sperato che a seguito dell’annuncio di questa settimana sulla riapertura delle iscrizioni per la 33a America’s Cup e il rilancio di una serie di incontri tra i partecipanti all’evento per affrontare i piani per il futuro e la progettazione di una nuova classe di imbarcazioni, BMW Oracle Racing decidesse di ritirare la causa legale che sta bloccando l’evento nelle aule di giustizia di New York e si unisse ai challenger già iscritti per costruire insieme una 33a America’s Cup di successo.
Mentre Ernesto Bertarelli continua a sperare che piuttosto che utilizzare l’ufficio stampa e quello legale, Larry Ellison voglia riprendere a dialogare personalmente per trovare una soluzione all’attuale impasse, sembra evidente che BMW Oracle Racing continui a credere nella sua strategia legale. In conseguenza di ciò, rendiamo nota la risposta di Ernesto spedita oggi.
Nel frattempo i challenger già iscritti hanno risposto molto favorevolmente all’invito per i prossimi meeting che inizeiranno la prossima settimana. Anche per questo motivo tutti noi siamo impazienti di riportare l’America’s Cup in acqua il più presto possibile.

Per leggere la lettera di Bertarelli clicca qui.

For the Record
[Alinghi Press Release] Alinghi has received Larry Ellison’s letter and notes that BMW Oracle Racing has returned to its position of a year ago and therefore no progress has been achieved so far.
Alinghi had hoped that subsequent to this week’s announcement re-opening entries for the 33rd America’s Cup and re-launching a series of Competitor Meetings to discuss plans for the 33rd edition and the design of a new class, BMW Oracle Racing would drop the law suit that is holding the event to ransom in the New York courts and join the entered challengers in the process of making the 33rd AC a success.
While Ernesto Bertarelli remains hopeful that Larry Ellison will return to a dialogue in person rather than use the BMW Oracle Racing press and legal offices to discuss a solution to the current impasse, it appears that BMW Oracle Racing continues to believe in its current legal strategy and therefore we attach Ernesto’s reply to Larry’s letter, sent today.
Meanwhile, the entered challengers have responded very favourably to the upcoming Competitor Meetings that start next week and we all look forward to getting the America’s Cup back on the water as soon as possible.

To read Bertarelli’s letter click here.

[EDITOR’S NOTE] Alinghi during the day has changed its online press release (not the letter). Below is the first version with the differences in bold:

For the Record
[Alinghi Press Release] Alinghi has received Larry Ellison’s letter and notes that BMW Oracle Racing (BOR) has returned to its position of a year ago and therefore no progress has been achieved so far.
Alinghi had hoped that subsequent to this week’s announcement re-opening entries for the 33rd America’s Cup and re-launching a series of Competitor Meetings to discuss plans for the 33rd edition and the design of a new class, BOR would drop the law suit that is holding the event to ransom in the New York courts and join the entered challengers in the process of making the 33rd AC a success.
While Ernesto Bertarelli remains hopeful that Larry Ellison will return to the one-on-one talks to discuss the future and a solution to the current impasse, it appears that BOR has chosen to continue with its law suit and therefore we attach a reply, sent today.
Meanwhile, the entered challengers have responded very favourably to the upcoming Competitor Meetings that start next week and we all look forward to getting the America’s Cup back on the water as soon as possible.

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