CEO and Skipper, Russell Coutts held a relatively impromptu Media session in the BMW Oracle Racing base last Wednesday. Following is a slightly edited transcript of that session. Â
Russell Coutts: I want to start off by setting the record straight on a few things. Â
I think that Mr Bertarelli either said or implied that Mr Ellison is trying to win this by spending more money. I’ve had a lot of experience in America’s Cups and I think you can observe that both teams are about the same size; they’ve got the similar sized boats and similar sized programs; and with my knowledge of what it costs to operate a team like Alingi and what it costs to operate this team I can tell you now they’d be very, very similar. Right the way through this process or this dispute we at BMW Oracle Racing have worked hard not to personalise the issues … Details