How Oracle technology drives the performance gains on BOR90



8:06 AM Wed 11 Nov 2009 GMT
'BOR90 achieves significant performance gains through the use of Oracle technology' BMW Oracle Racing &copy Photo Gilles Martin-Raget Click Here to view large photo

BMW Oracle Racing's design team member, Ian 'Fresh' Burns takes us out for a day in the BMW Oracle Racing tender and explains how Oracle, the technology, works as a tune up partner and data repository for Oracle, the yacht. Burns explains the performance improvements they have been able to achieve through this relationship, as they both try to win the America's Cup.




BMW ORACLE Racing Technology montage - giving some idea of the size of the the America's Cup Challenger




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