Great Britain win at SailGP Saint-Tropez

France Sail Grand Prix in Saint-Tropez, planned for September 12-13, cancelled racing for the second day due to thunderstorms forecasted for the racing area. The Great Britain SailGP Team took the event win after posting scores of 2-4-6-1 from the four fleet races.

Starting and consistency was a challenge as offshore winds provided massive shifts and puffs on the Bay of Saint-Tropez, with Peter Burling’s Kiwi squad doing next best to finish second followed by Diego Botin’s Spain SailGP Team in third.

The GBR team moves into second on the overall Rolex SailGP Championship standings, while New Zealand takes the top spot. Australia dropped to third after a fifth place finish. Spain, who finished third on the event leaderboard, have now closed in on the podium group to fourth overall, while the gap widens for France and Canada, fifth and sixth respectively.

Three events remain to determine the top three teams for the Championship Final Race in the Abu Dhabi, UAE.

SailGP information – Saint-Tropez event – YouTube

Saint-Tropez Results
1. Great Britain – Dylan Fletcher, 2-4-6-1, 31 pts
2. New Zealand – Peter Burling, 5-1-3-5, 30
3. Spain – Diego Botin, 3-3-2-12, 25
4. Germany – Erik Heil, 10-5-5-2, 22
5. Australia – Tom Slingsby, 1-10-10-4, 19
6. France – Quintin Delapierre, 6-9-4-6, 19
7. Denmark – Nicolai Sehested, 4-8-7-8, 17
8. Brazil – Martine Grael, 7-7-12-3, 16
9. Italy – Ruggero Tita, 12-6-1-11, 15
10. Canada – Giles Scott, 9-2-11-10, 12
11. United States – Taylor Canfield, 8-12-9-7, 9
12. Switzerland – Sebastien Schneiter, 11-11-8-9, 5

Season 5 Leaderboard (after 9 events)
1. New Zealand – Peter Burling, 70 points
2. Great Britain – Dylan Fletcher, 68 points
3. Australia – Tom Slingsby, 67 points
4. Spain – Diego Botin, 64 points
5. France – Quintin Delapierre, 52 points*
6. Canada – Giles Scott, 45 points
7. Switzerland – Sebastien Schneiter, 30 points
8. Denmark – Nicolai Sehested, 26 points**
9. Italy – Ruggero Tita, 22 points
10. Brazil – Martine Grael, 14 points**
11. Germany – Erik Heil, 13 points**
12. United States – Taylor Canfield, -8 points**
* France was awarded points for the first two events as their F50 was not available
**Teams receive season penalty points for incidents during practice or racing

Season 5 Schedule – 14 events *
2024
November 23-24 – Dubai, UAE

2025
January 18-19 – Auckland, New Zealand
February 8-9 – Sydney, Australia
March 15-16 – Los Angeles, USA
March 22-23 – San Francisco, USA
May 3-4 – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
June 7-8 – New York City, USA
July 19-20 – Portsmouth, Great Britain
August 16-17 – Sassnitz, Germany
September 6-7 – Taranto, Italy
September 12-13 – Saint-Tropez, France
September 20-21 – Geneva, Switzerland
October 4-5 – Andalucía – Cádiz, Spain
November 7-8 – Middle East
November 29-30 – Grand Final – Abu Dhabi, UAE
* The season began with 14 events but Tranto was replaced with Saint-Tropez, while Rio and Middle East were cancelled.

Format for Season 5:
• Teams compete in identical F50 catamarans.
• Each event runs across two days.
• Five qualifying fleet races of approximately 15 minutes may be scheduled for each regatta.
• The top three teams from qualifying advance to a final race to be crowned event champion and earn the largest share of the prize purse (amount not confirmed; Season 4 had $400,000.00 USD prize purse with winning team earning $200k at each event).
• The season ends with the Grand Final, which includes the Championship Final Race for the top three teams in the season standing with the winner claiming a monetary award (amount not confirmed; Season 4 had $2 million USD prize).
• The top team on points ahead of the three-boat Championship Final will get a monetary award (amount not confirmed; Season 4 had a $350,000.00 prize).
• The league still owns the New Zealand and Spain teams and are looking at how they can bring new investment into them.

For competition documents, click here.

Established in 2018, SailGP seeks to be an annual, global sports league featuring fan-centric inshore racing among national teams in some of the iconic harbors around the globe.

Source: SailGP