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{{Short description|Sailing competition syndicate}}
{{For|the racehorse|Alinghi (horse)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Infobox America's Cup team
| shortname    = Alinghi
| image        = Alinghi logo.jpg
| Fullname     = Alinghi
| club         = {{yachtclub|Société Nautique de Genève}}
| nat          = {{SUI}}
| owner        = [[Ernesto Bertarelli]]
| skip         = Ernesto Bertarelli
| year         = 1994
| ceo          =
| wins         = [[2003 Louis Vuitton Cup]]<br>[[2003 America's Cup]]<br>[[2007 America's Cup]]<br>8 times D35 Trophy<br>7 times Bol d'Or<br>4 times Extreme Sailing Series<br>2019 GC32 World Champion and GC32 Racing Tour winner
| sailno1        = SUI–64
| boats1        = ''SUI 64''
| sailno2        = SUI–91
| boats2        = ''SUI 91''
| sailno3        = SUI–100
| boats3        = ''SUI 100''
| sailno4        = SUI
| boats4        = ''[[Alinghi 5]]''
| notes        =
}}

'''Alinghi''', or '''Alinghi Red Bull Racing''' because of the [[sports marketing]] [[brand]]ing by [[Red Bull]], is the competitive [[sailing]] syndicate set up by [[Ernesto Bertarelli]], racing under the colors of the [[Société Nautique de Genève]], to challenge for the [[America's Cup]], and other competitions. Bertarelli had raced several smaller yachts named ''Alinghi'' previously, but 2003 was his first attempt at the America's Cup.  Alinghi challenged for and won the [[2003 America's Cup]] in [[Auckland]] [[New Zealand]] and successfully defended it at the [[2007 America's Cup]] in [[Valencia]], [[Spain]]. Alinghi lost the America's Cup to the [[Golden Gate Yacht Club]] and their team [[BMW Oracle Racing]] in a [[Deed of Gift of the America's Cup|Deed of Gift]] match in Valencia, Spain in February 2010.

For the 2003 event, [[Team New Zealand]] as the holder of the America's Cup, in consultation with [[Prada Challenge|Prada]], the Challenger of Record, removed the nationality rule that stipulated that all of the crew members must be nationals of the challenging syndicate.

Alinghi took full advantage of this rule change and hired many of the world's top America's Cup sailors particularly from New Zealand.  New Zealanders saw the defection of key members of Team New Zealand to Alinghi as an act of disloyalty to their home country{{mdash}}understandable against a background of strong nationwide public support for Team New Zealand that they saw as representing their country rather than just representing the [[Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron]].<ref>
{{cite web
|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2003/feb/12/sailing.davidfickling
|title=Storm warning
|website=[[TheGuardian.com]]
|date=12 February 2003
}}</ref>

After a series of discussions with Team New Zealand it was announced that they would compete in the [[Louis Vuitton Pacific Series]] in 2009.

In July 2010, it appeared that the team was being disbanded and would not compete in future America's Cups.<ref>
{{Cite news|title=none
|newspaper=Tribune de Genève
|date=1 July 2010
|page=14
}}</ref> On 26 November 2010, Alinghi formally confirmed that it would not participate in the [[2013 America's Cup]].<ref>
{{cite web
 |url=http://www.alinghi.com/en/news/news/index.php?idIndex=200&idContent=22686
 |publisher=Alinghi
 |title=Alinghi announces sailing program
 |date=26 November 2010
 |access-date=26 November 2010
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101202092959/http://www.alinghi.com/en/news/news/index.php?idIndex=200&idContent=22686
 |archive-date=2 December 2010
 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In December 2021 Ernesto Bertarelli announced the launch of the new Alinghi [[Red Bull Racing]] to compete in the [[37th America's Cup]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2021/12/14/red-bull-to-energize-americas-cup/|title = Red Bull to energize America's Cup >> Scuttlebutt Sailing News|date = 14 December 2021}}</ref> Arnaud Psarofaghis will serve as Skipper.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnstone |first=Duncan |date=2023-03-06 |title=America's Cup: Alinghi redesign Team New Zealand boat |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/americas-cup/131423506/americas-cup-alinghi-redesign-team-new-zealand-boat |access-date=2023-03-14 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref>

==America's Cup==

=== 2003 challenge ===
{{further|2003 America's Cup|2003 Louis Vuitton Cup}}
[[File:Alinghi-img 0167.jpg|alt=|thumb]]
Coinciding with the change in the nationality rules concerning the crew and in order to maximize the chances of success, Alinghi hired [[Russell Coutts]], the successful skipper and helmsman of Team New Zealand.  Coutts had already won the America's Cup for New Zealand in 1995 and successfully defended for New Zealand in 2000.  Along with Coutts came several other important [[Kiwi (people)|Kiwi]] sailors, including Team New Zealand tactician [[Brad Butterworth]]. [[Grant Simmer]], another America's Cup veteran, joined as managing director and head of design. Bertarelli, the syndicate's president, served as navigator during the racing.

Apart from New Zealand, the Alinghi team consisted of members from [[Germany]], the [[United States]], [[Canada]], the [[Netherlands]], [[France]], [[Italy]], [[Spain]], the [[U.S. Virgin Islands]], [[Portugal]], [[Turkey]], [[Ireland]], the [[UK]] (from [[Scotland]] and [[Wales]]), [[Belgium]], [[South Africa]], [[Australia]], [[Uruguay]], [[Argentina]], [[Denmark]], [[Ecuador]], and [[Switzerland]].

The Alinghi boats for the 2003 challenge, ''SUI-64'' (the race boat) and the ''SUI-75'', were developed specifically for the race by the Alinghi team in close collaboration with the [[École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne]]. Alinghi also had a test yacht from the 2000 America's cup, ''SUI-59'' (formerly called ''Fast 2000'').

Alinghi raced to a 5–0 victory against Team New Zealand on 2 March 2003, winning the America's Cup.

They guaranteed themselves a further stake in the history books by becoming the first team since the inaugural race in 1851 to return the [[America's Cup]] to Europe and for being the first team to win the Cup on its first attempt.

Alinghi's stated vision was "to win the America's Cup, while earning respect and recognition as a world class sports team as well as sharing our passion".

Due to this victory, Team Alinghi received one of the highest honors in sport, the Olympic Cup in 2004. The ''[[Coupe Olympique]]'' is an award given annually by the International Olympic Committee.<ref>
{{cite web
|url=http://www.olympic.org/content/news/media-resources/manual-news/1999-2009/2004/12/02/olympic-cup-goes-to-team-alinghi/
|title=Olympic Cup goes to Team Alinghi
|date=22 December 2021
}}</ref>

===2007 defense===
{{further|2007 America's Cup|Louis Vuitton Cup 2007}}
[[File:Alinghi Valence 2007 SUI 91 et SUI 100.JPG|thumb|The boats SUI 91 and SUI 100.]]

Team Alinghi fired its [[skipper (boating)|skipper]] Russell Coutts on 27 April 2004. Immediately beforehand, Alinghi (via ''America's Cup Management'') changed the America's Cup Rules to prevent any team members from moving between teams until the completion of the 2007 America's Cup. Alinghi, as the then current holders of the America's Cup, were fully entitled to change the rule.  Nine months later the conflict was ended with a short statement.<ref>
{{cite web
|url=http://www.yacht.de/yo/yo_news/show.php3?id=3139&nodeid=105
|title=Coutts gefeuert
|work=yacht.de
|first=Lars
|last=Bolle
|date=27 April 2007
|language=de
|access-date=1 June 2007
| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070703193444/http://www.yacht.de/yo/yo_news/show.php3?id=3139&nodeid=105| archive-date= 3 July 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.yacht.de/yo/yo_news/show.php3?id=3052&nodeid=105
|title=Wenn dieser Kerl seine Aufgabe nicht erfüllen will, haben wir ein Problem
|work=yacht.de
|first=Carsten
|last=Kemmling
|language=de
|date=22 June 2004
|access-date=1 June 2007
|archive-date=24 January 2022
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124043124/https://www.yacht.de/yo/yo_news/show.php3?id=3052&nodeid=105
|url-status=dead
}}</ref><ref>
{{cite web
|url=http://www.blick.ch/sport/news5082
|title=Streit zwischen Bertarelli und Coutts beigelegt
|work=blick.ch
|language=de
|date=24 March 2005
|access-date=1 June 2007
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070629003353/http://www.blick.ch/sport/news5082
|archive-date=29 June 2007
|url-status=dead}}
</ref>

The sailing team was extended again and was led for the 2007 campaign by [[Brad Butterworth]], Alinghi's tactician and vice-president. Butterworth was highly experienced in America's Cup racing having sailed aboard the winning boat in the three previous competitions.  Butterworth's team had many world-class sailors including [[Peter Holmberg]], [[Ed Baird]], [[Juan Vila]], Jordi Calafat, [[Warwick Fleury]], [[Simon Daubney]], and [[Murray Jones (sailor)|Murray Jones]]. [[Jochen Schümann]], winner of four Olympic medals, was the sports director for the sailing team.

Alinghi participated in all Louis Vuitton Acts, along with the 11 challengers from nine nations, before defending the America's Cup during the Match Race in June 2007. [[UBS AG|UBS]], and [[British Telecom|BT Infonet]] renewed their commitment to the team as Main Partners for the next four years, along with [[Audemars Piguet]], [[SGS S.A.|SGS]], [[Nespresso]], [[MSC Cruises]], WISeKey and [[North Sails]] as co sponsors. Alinghi's first America's Cup defeat came on 24 June 2007 when they were defeated by Emirates Team New Zealand in the second race of the 2007 America's Cup off Valencia.

After a series of close races between the seemingly closely matched competitors, Alinghi won their final race against Emirates Team New Zealand on 3 July 2007, defending the America's Cup with five wins to Team New Zealand's two.

=== 2010 defense ===
{{main|2010 America's Cup}}
[[America's Cup Management]] announced on 5 July 2007 that the protocol for the 2010 America's Cup had been agreed between the defending yacht club, Société Nautique de Genève of Switzerland, and the Challenger of Record, the Club Náutico Español de Vela of Spain.  However this arrangement did not survive a legal challenge from BMW Oracle Racing, who successfully argued that Club Náutico Español de Vela was not a valid Challenger of Record due to non-compliance with the terms of the America's Cup Deed of Gift.{{clarify|reason=Briefly explain how Club Náutico Español was non-compliant|date=April 2012}} Swiss based companies WISeKey and Hublot were the two primary sponsors of Alinghi's 2010 defense.<ref>
{{Cite news
|title=WISeKey prend le vent avec Alinghi et rêve de faire le tour du monde.
|first=Pierre-Yves
|last=Frei
|newspaper=Tribune de Genève
|language=fr
|date=8 December 2009
|url=http://www.tdg.ch/actu/economie/wisekey-prend-vent-alinghi-reve-faire-tour-monde-2009-12-07
|access-date=26 April 2012
}}</ref>

After extensive court action, [[Golden Gate Yacht Club]] (whose team is BMW Oracle Racing) was declared Challenger of Record and sailed against Alinghi in a Deed of Gift match in February 2010 at Valencia, Spain.<ref name="scuttlebutt">{{cite web|url=http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/news/07/cf/ |title=Scuttlebutt News: Cory E. Friedman – 33rd America's Cup |publisher=Sailingscuttlebutt.com |access-date=28 December 2012| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100209140158/http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/news/07/cf/| archive-date= 9 February 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref><ref name="NYCOA20090402">{{Cite court
|litigants = Golden Gate Yacht Club v. Societe Nautique De Geneve
|court = New York Court of Appeals
|date = 2 April 2009
|url=https://caselaw.findlaw.com/ny-court-of-appeals/1418851.html
|access-date=28 December 2012
}}</ref> The competing boats, ''[[Alinghi 5]]'' and ''[[USA 17 (yacht)|USA 17]]'', were both 90-foot multihulls.  ''USA 17''{{'}}s [[rigid wing sail]] provided a decisive advantage and Golden Gate Yacht Club won the 2010 America's Cup two races to none.

===2023 challenge===
On 14 December 2021 Alinghi announced a joint-venture with Red Bull. Alinghi founder Ernesto Bertarelli and two-time Olympic champion Hans-Peter Steinacher announced the launch of the new Alinghi Red Bull Racing and presented its logo at the Société Nautique de Genève.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-12-14 |title=ALINGHI RED BULL RACING LAUNCHES BID FOR 37TH AMERICA'S CUP |url=https://www.alinghi.com/news/alinghi-red-bull-racing-launches-bid-37th-americas-cup |access-date=2023-09-23 |website=alinghi.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2021/12/14/red-bull-to-energize-americas-cup/|title = Red Bull to energize America's Cup >> Scuttlebutt Sailing News|date = 14 December 2021}}</ref>

Arnaud Psarofaghis will serve as Skipper.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-03-02 |title=Twenty years ago: Alinghi made history >> Scuttlebutt Sailing News |url=http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2023/03/02/twenty-years-ago-alinghi-made-history/ |access-date=2023-03-16 |website=Scuttlebutt Sailing News |language=en-US}}</ref>

== D35 Trophy, Bol d'Or, Extreme Sailing Series, GC32 Racing Tour==
===Bol d'Or===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Boat !! Skipper !! Time 
|-
| 1997 ||'''Trimaran'''||[[Ernesto Bertarelli]]<br>[[Pierre-Yves Jorand]]||6h 54m 09s
|-
| 2000 ||'''Catamaran'''||[[Ernesto Bertarelli]]<br>[[Pierre-Yves Jorand]]||6h 15m 56s
|-
| 2001 ||'''Catamaran'''||[[Ernesto Bertarelli]]<br>[[Pierre-Yves Jorand]]||8h 57m 11s
|-
| 2002 ||'''Catamaran'''||[[Ernesto Bertarelli]]||12h 07m 34s
|-
| 2003 ||'''Catamaran'''||[[Ernesto Bertarelli]]||9h 56m 53s
|-
| 2011 ||Décision 35||[[Ernesto Bertarelli]]||6h 25m 50s
|-
| 2017 ||Décision 35||[[Ernesto Bertarelli]]<br>Arnaud Psarofaghis||5h 11m 00s
|}

===Decision 35 Trophy===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Skipper !! Place 
|-
| 2004 ||[[Ernesto Bertarelli]]||3rd
|-
| 2005 ||[[Ernesto Bertarelli]]||2nd
|-
| 2006 ||[[Ernesto Bertarelli]]||2nd
|-
| 2007 ||[[Ernesto Bertarelli]]||1st
|-
| 2008 ||[[Ernesto Bertarelli]]||1st
|-
| 2009 ||[[Ernesto Bertarelli]]||1st
|-
| 2010 ||[[Ernesto Bertarelli]]||2nd
|-
| 2011 ||[[Ernesto Bertarelli]]||2nd
|-
| 2012 ||[[Ernesto Bertarelli]]||2nd
|-
| 2013 ||[[Ernesto Bertarelli]]||1st
|-
| 2014 ||[[Ernesto Bertarelli]]||1st
|-
| 2015 ||[[Ernesto Bertarelli]]||2nd
|-
| 2016 ||[[Ernesto Bertarelli]]||2nd
|-
| 2017 ||[[Ernesto Bertarelli]]||1st
|-
| 2018 ||[[Ernesto Bertarelli]]||1st
|-
| 2019 ||[[Ernesto Bertarelli]]||1st
|}

Alinghi has also competed in the [[Extreme Sailing Series]] (winning it four times) and in the [[GC32 Racing Tour]] (winning it one time) and was [[GC32]] World Champion in 2019.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*[https://alinghiredbullracing.americascup.com/ Alinghi RedBull Racing]
*[http://www.alinghi.com Alinghi] former official website until joint venture with RedBull

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[[Category:2000 establishments in Switzerland]]
[[Category:Alinghi]]