If yesterday morning marked a triumph for Valencia over the creation of a Formula 1 circuit, that success continued.

Just after midday, Francisco Camps, Rita Barberá and Bernie Ecclestone were all invited to the Alinghi base in the Americas Cup Port. Once there, the three were informed by Ernesto Bertarelli, the President of the Alinghi syndicate, that should Alinghi be successful in its retention of the Americas Cup, then he was in favour of staging the next Cup races in Valencia.

He also added that in the case of Alinghi success in defending the title, the races would take place every two years instead of four currently, with 2009 being set in Valencia and 2011 in Dubai, giving that country enough time to create the infrastructure necessary for such an undertaking.