BROOKFIELD PLACE, NEW YORK
MAY 6TH, 7TH AND 8TH
NAVY PIER, CHICAGO JUNE 10TH, 11TH AND 12TH



HOW THE LOUIS VUITTON AMERICA'S CUP RACES WORK
In the lead up to the America's Cup in Bermuda in 2017 all six teams - Oracle Team USA plus five challengers - Emirates Team New Zealand, Artemis Racing, Softbank Team Japan, Groupama Team France and Land Rover BAR - collect points in the Louis Vuitton America's Cup World Series (ACWS) events across 2015 and 2016.


THE LOUIS VUITTON AMERICA'S CUP WORLD SERIES
The weekend-long events (there were three in 2015 and six in 2016) consist of a set number of 25-minute races for all six boats on both the Saturday and Sunday. Teams will race in Oman, New York, Chicago, Portsmouth, Toulon, Tokyo (TBC) and further venues to be announced.


THE POINTS SYSTEM
The points collected in all the races count towards the 2017 Louis Vuitton Challenger Series - where all six teams, including defender Oracle Team USA, will each race each other to select who challenges for the Louis Vuitton America's Cup. Ten points are awarded for a first place finish, nine for second, eight for third and so on. Double points are awarded in the Super Sunday races.


SELECTING THE CHALLENGER
The winner of the ACWS will start the Challenger Series with two wins, the runner up with one. The two winners of the match races in the Challenger Series will then face-off to earn the right to go up against Oracle Team USA in the 2017 Louis Vuitton America's Cup final, regardless of where the Americans finish in the Challenger Series.




THE PARTNERSHIP
In July 2015, Land Rover announced it would become both Title and Exclusive Innovation Partner to Ben Ainslie Racing (BAR).


THE CHALLENGE
Land Rover BAR will challenge for the 35th Louis Vuitton America's Cup in 2017 aiming to bring the cup home to the UK for the first time in the race's 166 year history





TECHNOLOGY
The goal is to design a boat capable of winning the Louis Vuitton America's Cup for Land Rover BAR, pushing technological boundaries, and advancing Land Rover engineering to benefit future product development.

DESIGN INNOVATION
With daggerboards to lift the catamaran clear of the water for speed, and wings instead of sails, the America's Cup Class boat has been described as 'a fighter jet on water'.