I think it was Ken Read who in the pre-race was chatting and said something like, "In a two boat race, the faster boat always wins."

As we saw, all ETNZ has to do is go straight, and let their boat speed carry them away. It's up to Oracle to get in front of them, and at least try to dump some bad wind on them, but in both starts, Jimmy tried to hook them and luff them into a foul. That might win the start, but won't work, long term.