Oracle calls time out in America's Cup after Kiwi trouncing | Reuters: "Larry Ellison's American team appeared shell-shocked and asked for the time out just before the start of race two, under a rule giving the teams the right to delay one race in the 17-race series for the world's oldest sporting trophy. The so-called postponement card is generally reserved for boat breakdowns. "We feel like we need to regroup," skipper Jimmy Spithill said at a post-race press conference. "It's obvious we've got to make some changes." Oracle faces an uphill battle, having started the regatta with a two-race penalty and without its first-choice wing-sail trimmer, Dirk de Ridder. An international jury punished the team for illegally modifying its smaller, 45-foot practice catamarans in a preliminary regatta. . . ."
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