PRESS RELEASE

TOO MUCH WIND OVER THE HAURAKI GULF: RACING ABANDONED AND POSTPONED TO TOMORROW

Auckland, October 2nd, 2002 ­ Today on Hauraki Gulf was to strong gusting up to 33kns so the Rece Commettee decided to abandon the scheduled race and postpone to tomorrow. No match then between “TIM Mascalzone Latino” and the american syndicate “Oracle BMW Racing” Tomorrow same forecast of today.

Mascalzone Latino and its team are racing with the TIM colours, the only mobile telephone company entirely Italian and sole sponsor for this all-Italian challenge.

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Mascalzone Latino and its team can be visited at the internet site: www.mascalzonelati
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