Six teams -- Emirates Team New Zealand, ORACLE TEAM USA, Land Rover BAR, Artemis Racing, SoftBank Team Japan and Groupama Team France -- took part in the warmup for the main event in Bermuda in 2017.
Artemis Racing and Land Rover BAR vie for first place. Artemis' weekend victory was made all the more incredible after recovering from a collision with an umpire boat at the start of Race 2.
The head-on crash would have been in excess of 25 knots (28 mph). "At that point we couldn't go anywhere," Artemis Racing skipper Nathan Outteridge told the America's Cup website. "He went straight between our bows but thankfully nobody was hurt. There was a serious amount of damage to our boat though."
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The "Super Sunday" proved to be even more crucial, with extra points on offer due to racing on day one having to be canceled early because of a lack of wind.
Artemis arrived in fifth place out of the six teams but came out on top after an excellent weekend of racing. "This event meant a lot to us. We've always known we had the potential, but we've been tripped up by mistakes," Outteridge said.