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Australia crowned ROCKWOOL Denmark Sail Grand Prix champions and celebrate successive Season 2 event wins

Cover photo: Australia SailGP Team spray champagne as they celebrate their win in the final race on Race Day 2 at Aarhus, Denmark. Photo and copyright by Ian Roman for SailGP. … Aarhus, Denmark – 8/21/2021 – by SailGP – Australia has extended its lead at the top of the SailGP Season Championship with victory in the ROCKWOOL Denmark Sail Grand Prix. Having won the previous event in Great Britain, Tom Slingsby’s team headed to Aarhus leading the overall rankings, and beating Japan and the Brits in the winner-takes-all Final saw the Aussies move two points clear of Ben Ainslie’s […]

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Danish team celebrate first win in front of home crowd in Aarhus

Cover photo: Nicolai Sehested led the Denmark SailGP Team presented by ROCKWOOL to an incredible Race 1 finish, putting to bed any doubts about his drive to win at SailGP. Aarhus, Denmark – 8/20/2021 – by SailGP – The City of Smiles, Aarhus, now has a little more to be happy about as the hometown crowd was greeted with a first-ever win by the home team. Nicolai Sehested led the Denmark SailGP Team presented by ROCKWOOL to an incredible Race 1 finish, putting to bed any doubts about his drive to win at SailGP. The inaugural ROCKWOOL Denmark Sail Grand […]

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Great Britain SailGP Team breaks F50 speed record on Ben Ainslie’s return in Denmark

Aarhus, Denmark – 8/18/2021 – By SailGP – Great Britain SailGP Team CEO and driver Sir Ben Ainslie returned to the wheel of the British F50 today as the team began training ahead of the Rockwool, Denmark Sail Grand Prix in Aarhus (August 20-21). It was an eventful return to action for Ainslie, who had missed the previous two SailGP events to welcome the arrival of his baby son Fox, as he and the British crew broke the SailGP speed record with a top speed of 98.3 km/h (61.1mph/53.1 knots) in strong breeze on the Aarhus waters. After winning the […]

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Australia won its first event of Season 2, as Great Britain delights home fans with race victory on Plymouth Sound

Plymouth, United Kingdom – 7/18/2021 – By SailGP – The Australia SailGP Team on Sunday celebrated its first event win of SailGP Season 2, being crowned champion of the Great Britain Sail Grand Prix on Plymouth Sound, as a sun-drenched crowd was also treated to a race win for the home British team. The Aussies, skippered by Tom Slingsby, beat France and the United States in the three-team winner-takes-all Final to move up to first in the Season Championship. The Season 1 champion was defeated by Great Britain in the Bermuda Sail Grand Prix Final earlier this season, but got its […]

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‘It was a rough call’ – Phil Robertson reacts as Spain shown first ever SailGP Black Flag in Plymouth

Plymouth, United Kingdom – 7/17/2021 – By SailGP – Phil Robertson believes Spain was incorrectly shown the first ever Black Flag in SailGP on Saturday to be disqualified from the third race of the opening day of the Great Britain Sail Grand Prix. The Spanish team, which finished fourth in each of the first two races, appeared to be speeding to a perfect start in race 3 with an angled maneuver already utilized to some success this season. However, only seconds after crossing the start line a Black Flag was shown to Robertson’s team as the umpires adjudged the Spanish […]

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The United States top Great Britain Sail Grand Prix leaderboard at end of Race Day 1 but Brits disappoint on home waters

Plymouth, United Kingdom – 7/17/2021 – By SailGP – It was a disappointing opening day in Plymouth for the Great Britain SailGP Team, as the home team ended Race Day 1 of the Great Britain Sail Grand Prix in the last place in the leaderboard after an eventful day’s racing. Despite managing to finish second in the final race of the day, Interim Driver Paul Goodison’s Team totaled just eight points across the three races – not helped by a two-point penalty imposed due to boat contact in race 2. The United States ended the day topping the leaderboard with […]

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It’s coming home? Paul Goodison excited to race for home glory in Plymouth

Plymouth, United Kingdom – 7/16/2021 – by SailGP – Great Britain is racing for home glory in Plymouth this weekend, and Interim Driver Paul Goodison is hoping It’s Coming Home. The Great Britain Sail Grand Prix, taking place on Plymouth Sound on 17-18 July, pits SailGP’s eight national teams against each other in the race to be crowned third event winner of Season 2. The Brits, home team for this event, won the opening event in Bermuda before Japan claimed victory in Italy last time out. The British team did not perform as well in Taranto as Bermuda, with Interim Driver […]

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Early weather forecast and predictions for the Great Britain Sail Grand Prix for the weekend races of July 17-18

United Kingdom – 7/11/2021 – By SailGP – The stage is being set in Plymouth for what should be a thrilling third event of Season 2. We’ve already hosted two top-class events this campaign, with Great Britain winning in Bermuda and Japan claiming victory in Italy, and the British team will be hoping to pick up another win in its home waters. However, Tom Slingsby and Australia are aiming for a first event win of the season, while Championship leaders Spain want to extend its lead atop the leaderboard. There’s sure to be plenty more drama in Plymouth this weekend, […]

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Japan crowned Italy SailGP champion after a thrilling day of racing in front of sold-out crowds in Taranto

Taranto, Italy – 6/6/2021 – By SailGP – Photos courtesy of SailGP – SailGP fans were out in force in Taranto on Sunday to watch Japan win the Italy Sail Grand Prix and be crowned the second event champion of Season 2. With on-shore tickets sold out and nearly 1,000 boats on the water watching the Race Day 2 action, Season 1 runner up Japan beat Spain and the United States – the latter of whom broke down in dreadfully unfortunate circumstances – in the winner-takes-all podium Final to claim ItalySGP victory and add ten points to its total in […]

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United States and japan dominate the opening day of Italy Sail Grand Prix with three crew on board due to wind conditions in Taranto

Taranto, Italy – 6/5/2021 – by SailGP – Photos courtesy of SailGP – The United States and Japan are in pole position to qualify for the Italy Sail Grand Prix Final with both teams winning 21 points on the first day of racing in Taranto. Jimmy Spithill’s US Team won two of three fleet races on the first race day, with Japan claiming a single victory, as light wind conditions in southern Italy meant each F50 only featured three crew rather than the usual five. The US won the first and final races of the day, sandwiching a lone Japanese […]