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championship.

Entries

Team changes

Teams from Brazil and Italy will join the fifth season. France will miss the opening round of the season due to a shortage of F50 catamarans.

Calendar

The Race Calendar for 2024-25 was announced on July 9, 2024, and features new stops in Brazil, UAE, a yet to be announced Middle Eastern Country, Germany, Switzerland and a return to Great Britain. Notably; fans from Canada and Bermuda were disappointed to not have return visits to their countries but remain hopeful to be included in a sixth season.

Season

Round 1: Dubai

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Dubai Sail Grand Prix presented by P&O Marinas marked the debut of two new teams joining the fleet -

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Brazil and

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Italy. Due to a shortage of F50 catamarans, only 11 teams were able to race in the

Dubai Sail Grand Prix presented by P&O Marinas. France SailGP Team's potential new ownership group opted to wait for the league's newest F50 and miss the first event, for which France were awarded compensatory points. ;Results Gold medal icon

Black Foils, New Zealand
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Spain reached the highest speed of the event: 64.8 km/h / 40.3 mph / 35 knots

Round 2: Auckland

After nearly two years of testing,

has introduced its new high-speed titanium T- Foils to the entire F50 fleet at the ITM New Zealand Sail Grand Prix , Auckland. Constructed from machined titanium and carbon, the high-speed T-Foils have thinner sections than the former L-Foils, reducing drag at high speeds. France SailGP Team, which had been due to rejoin the fleet, was not on the start line in Auckland due to the discovery of an issue in the titanium wingsail connectors of the team's new F50, that could not be resolved in time for France to compete. On the second day of ITM New Zealand Sail Grand Prix , Auckland, Canadian flight controller Billy Gooderham was injured during a maneuver in pre-racing warm up ahead of official racing. The team was not able to compete in remaining races. ;Results Gold medal icon

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Spain

Spain reached the highest speed of the event: 96 km/h / 59.7 mph / 51.8 knots

Round 3: Sydney

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capsized while being towed to the practise racecourse on Friday, the damage caused to the

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made the Americans unable to compete in the event. After sitting out the first two events, France SailGP Team returned to the competition in Sydney. ;Results Gold medal icon

NorthStar, Canada
Bronze medal icon

reached the highest speed of the event: 96.4 km/h / 59.9 mph / 52 knots

Round 4: Los Angeles

ROCKWOOL Racing SailGP Team collided with a mark during race 1 of Rolex Los Angeles Sail Grand Prix. The sustained damage ruled them out of competition. ;Results Gold medal icon

NorthStar, Canada
Silver medal icon

Black Foils, New Zealand
Bronze medal icon

ROCKWOOL Racing reached the highest speed of the event: 85.3 km/h / 53 mph / 46.1 knots

Round 5: San Francisco

After collision with a mark at

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Los Angeles Sail Grand Prix, the damage to ROCKWOOL Racing's F50 proved to be too extensive to be fixed in time, as a result they were ruled out of racing in San Francisco. 6 seconds before the start of Race 7

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wing collapsed, the cause is still unknown. The team couldn't race in the Event Final despite finishing fleet racing in 3rd place, France, who placed 4th, joined the top 2 teams instead. ;Results Gold medal icon

Spain

NorthStar, Canada
Bronze medal icon

France

reached the highest speed of the event: 90.2 km/h / 56 mph / 48.7 knots

Round 6: New York

Results

Points are awarded per race for the Event Leaderboard, with 10 points for the winner, 9 points for second place, 8 points for third, and so on, with 11th and 12th place getting 0 points. Each event hosts seven fleet races, with the three highest scoring teams of the event facing off in an additional final race to decide the podium order. The winner of that final wins the event, with the final standings of the event leaderboard used to award points for the Championship Leaderboard. The winner is awarded 10 Championship points, second awarded 9, and so on. Teams in 11th and 12th positions do not receive any Championship points. In the event of a tie between two or more boats in the event or Championship leaderboard, the teams are ranked according to their finishing places in the most recent race or event. The three highest scoring teams at the end of the season compete in the SailGP Grand Final with the winning team awarded the championship.

;Notes *France SailGP Team were awarded five points in Season Championship for sitting out of

Dubai Sail Grand Prix presented by P&O Marinas as build of 12th F50 is completed *France SailGP Team were awarded five points in Season Championship for missing ITM New Zealand Sail Grand Prix , Auckland due to technical wingsail issue *

were penalised eight points in Season Championship for twelve-point penalty at

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Australia Sail Grand Prix , Sydney – breaking Rule 57 during practice day transit * Germany

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SailGP Team were penalised eight points in Season Championship for twelve-point penalty at

Australia Sail Grand Prix , Sydney – collision with

Italy during practice racing * Germany

SailGP Team were penalised eight points in Season Championship for twelve-point penalty at

Australia Sail Grand Prix , Sydney – collision with

Brazil during practice racing *

Brazil SailGP Team were penalised four points in Season Championship for eight-point penalty at

Australia Sail Grand Prix , Sydney – breaking Rule 57 during practice racing * Germany

SailGP Team were penalised four points in Season Championship for eight-point penalty at

Australia Sail Grand Prix , Sydney – breaking Rule 57 during practice day transit * Rockwool Denmark SailGP Team were penalised eight points in Season Championship for twelve-point penalty at

Los Angeles Sail Grand Prix – collision with a race mark during Race 1 *

handed two season penalty points for four point penalty at Mubadala New York Sail Grand Prix - making contact with ROCKWOOL Denmark SailGP Team

Impact League

As part of SailGP's sustainability initiatives, the championship runs a second leaderboard on which teams compete to have the greatest improvement in the sustainability of the sport. It encourages teams to implement sustainable practices and promote inclusivity within their organizations and communities. The league tracks teams' progress in areas such as carbon footprint reduction, gender equity, and youth engagement. The SailGP Impact League is a sustainability and inclusivity program within the global sailing league. Teams are externally audited after each round against 10 criteria, with the top three ranked teams awarded prize money to be donated to the teams' sustainability partners.

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won the inaugural SailGP Impact League in 2022, followed by Rockwool Denmark in 2023 and

in 2024.

Standings

Notes

References

External links

SailGP website
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