Statute Challenger accepted on August 19, 2004, (Establishment : 1997) Management Patrizio Bertelli (ITA), syndicate head Giacomo Ovidi (ITA) Managing Director Budget €85 million (sponsors : Telecom Italia, Prada...) Boats 2007 : ITA 86 & 94   2003 : ITA 74 & 80   2000 : ITA 45, 53, 58 Designers   Roberto Biscontini (ITA) Yacht Designer Claudio Maletto (ITA),Yacht Designer Bruce Nelson (USA), Yacht Designer     Andrea Avaldi (ITA) Ian Campbell (GBR) M. Caponnetto (ITA) Guido Cavalazzi (ITA) Miguel Costa (ARG) Warren Davis (USA)   Luca Donna (ITA) Winfried Feifel (GER) Scott Ferguson (USA) Ignacio Sevilla (ESP) Francis Hueber (FRA) Elizabeth Lurie (USA)   Fabrizio Nicotera (ITA) Paolo Periotto (ITA) G. Provinciali (ITA) H. Søderlund (DEN) Evan Spong (AUS) Thiha Win (BIR) Boatyard Persico, Nembro Val Seriana (ITA) (Manager : Richard Gillies, NZL) Crew   Francesco de Angelis (ITA), Head of team/Skipper James Spithill (AUS), Helmsman Charlie McKee (USA), Torben Grael (BRE), Tacticians Michele Ivaldi (ITA), Tom Schnackenberg (NZL) & Matteo Plazzi (ITA), navigators Steve Erickson (USA), Afterguard, Sailing Operations Manager     M. Augustson (SWE) Paolo Bassani (ITA) N. Braquehais (ESP) D. Bresciano (ITA) F. Bruni (ITA) Thom Burnham (USA) M. Cannoni (ITA) Simone de Mari (ITA) Ben J. Durham (AUS) S. Falcone (GBR)   Andy Fethers (AUS) Daniel Fong (NZL) M. Gherarducci (ITA) Christian Kamp (DEN) Andy Horton (USA) E. Marino (ITA) Jon McKee (USA) Manuel Modena (ITA) Vernon Neville (RSA) Joe Newton (AUS)   Gilberto Nobili (ITA) Claudio Novi (ITA) Ph. Presti (FRA) Romolo Ranieri (ITA) M. Sirena (ITA) Alan Smith (NZL) Grant Spanhake (NZL) Andrew Taylor (NZL) T. Wakinaga (JPN) Weather ???