On February 14, 2010 the BMW Oracle team of the US won sailing's Americas Cup after attained a 2-0 unattainable lead. This was in a best of 3 series against Alinghi 5 of Switzerland. The 2010 Americas Cup regatta is being staged in Valencia, Spain.

The BMW Oracle team won the races by:

1. First race, February 12 by 15 minutes and 28 seconds.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/sailing/7224096/Americas-Cup-2010-BMW-Oracle-make-light-work-of-Alinghi.html
2. Second race, February 14 by 5 minutes and 26 secondshttp://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/?article=150449

The BMW Oracle Team Principal is Larry Ellison the CEO of Oracle.http://www.americascup.com/en/acteurs/bmw-oracle/presentation-56-44 Ellison joins tycoons such as Harold Vanderbilt, Ted Turner and Bill Koch, who have also won the trophy.

The CEO of BMW Oracle is Russell Coutts, a veteran sailor from New Zealand who wins the Americas Cup for the 4th time (previously 1993, 1995 and [[2000]).http://www.russellcoutts.com/en/biography/index.php Coutts actually took the Americas Cup off the USA back in 1995 when he lead Team New Zealand to a 5-0 win against the US team.

The Americas Cup trophy will now head back to San Francisco and the home of the Golden Gate Yacht Club.http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100214/ap_on_sp_ot/sai_america_s_cup_19http://www.ggyc.com/

One race remains on February 16 but this is of minimal consequence now as the event is already won for the USA.

The BMW Oracle Team for the Americas Cup win were:

1. Team Principal - Larry Ellisonhttp://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123715920
2. CEO/Skipper - Russell Coutts, CBE, MBEhttp://www.russellcoutts.com/en/
3. Helmsman - James Spithillhttp://www.smh.com.au/sport/spithill-earns-his-wings-for-oracle-20100210-nsij.html
4. Tactician - John Kosteckihttp://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/02/14/sports/AP-SAI-Americas-Cup.html?_r=2&src=twt&twt=nytimes