7.30pm
It was a triumphant day for Italian challenger Prada, which added to its earlier defeat of Mascalzone Latino, with a win over Larry Ellison's San Fransisco-based Oracle team of 1min 55sec.
The results appear to have vindicated the major changes made by Prada to their boat ITA-74 during the week-long break between the first and second rounds.
Skipper Francesco de Angelis took advantage of a massive windshift to win his second race of the day.
The Italians trailed Oracle USA-76, with Peter Holmberg at the helm, over the starting line and were 45 seconds behind at the first windward mark.
The Italians lost a further 29-seconds on the run and Oracle BMW Racing looked very secure.
But on the second weather leg, with the American boat in a strong covering position, the wind suddenly shifted dramatically to the left. Luna Rossa was able to earn a windward position, but with the boats now well above the port tack layline, USA-76 still looked safe.
However, with the wind dying near the top mark, and the boats now nearly side by side, Holmberg seemed to slow a fraction more than the Italians, and de Angelis was able to nose ahead to windward and roll over USA-76 before gybing for the mark.
At this point, because of the massive shift, the Italians were actually able to hold Holmberg up from the mark, before finally relenting and leading back, eventually rounding 15-seconds clear.
By the time the course was square to the wind, Prada held nearly a two-minute lead which it enjoyed through the finish.
The result saw Prada move into third-equal place with Oracle, with both teams now having five wins.
Winds: light southerlies
Winning margin: 01.55
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