The 2024–25 SailGP Championship, officially the Rolex SailGP 2025 Championship, is the fifth season of the SailGP championship.

Entries

Team Helmsman Events
Australia Australia SailGP Team Australia Tom Slingsby 1–3
Brazil Mubadala Brazil SailGP Team Brazil Martine Grael 1–3
Canada NorthStar SailGP Team United Kingdom Giles Scott 1–3
Denmark Rockwool Racing SailGP Team Denmark Nicolai Sehested 1–3
France France SailGP Team France Quentin Delapierre 3
United Kingdom Emirates Great Britain SailGP Team United Kingdom Dylan Fletcher 1–3
Germany Germany Deutsche Bank SailGP Team Germany Erik Heil 1–3
Italy Red Bull Italy SailGP Team Italy Ruggero Tita 1–3
New Zealand Black Foils, New Zealand Sail GP Team New Zealand Pete Burling 1–3
Spain Spain SailGP Team Spain Diego Botín 1–3
Switzerland Switzerland SailGP Team Switzerland Sébastien Schneiter 1–3
United States United States SailGP Team United States Taylor Canfield 1–2
Citations:

Team changes

Teams from Brazil and Italy will join the fifth season.[1][2] 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.[3] 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.[4][5][6]

Rnd Host Title Dates Winning team
1 United Arab Emirates Dubai, United Arab Emirates Emirates Dubai Sail Grand Prix presented by P&O Marinas November 23–24, 2024 New Zealand New Zealand
2 New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand ITM New Zealand Sail Grand Prix | Auckland January 18–19, 2025 Australia Australia
3 Australia Sydney, Australia KPMG Australia Sail Grand Prix | Sydney February 8–9, 2025 United Kingdom Emirates Great Britain
4 United States Los Angeles, United States Rolex Los Angeles Sail Grand Prix March 15–16, 2025 TBD
5 United States San Francisco, United States Oracle San Francisco Sail Grand Prix March 22–23, 2025 TBD
6 Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Enel Rio Sail Grand Prix May 3–4, 2025 TBD
7 United States New York City, United States Mubadala New York Sail Grand Prix June 7–8, 2025 TBD
8 United Kingdom Portsmouth, Great Britain Emirates Great Britain Sail Grand Prix | Portsmouth July 19–20, 2025 TBD
9 Germany Sassnitz, Germany Germany Sail Grand Prix | Sassnitz August 16–17, 2025 TBD
–[a] Italy Taranto, Italy Rockwool International Italy Sail Grand Prix | Taranto September 6–7, 2025 Removed
10 TBA, Europe TBA September 2025 TBD
11 Switzerland Geneva, Switzerland Rolex Switzerland Sail Grand Prix | Geneva September 20–21, 2025 TBD
12 Spain Cádiz, Spain Spain Sail Grand Prix | Andalucia-Cadiz October 4–5, 2025 TBD
13 TBA, Middle East TBA November 7–8, 2025 TBD
14 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Mubadala Abu Dhabi SailGP 2024/2025 Season Grand Final, presented by Abu Dhabi Sport Council November 29–30, 2025 TBD
Citations:[3][7][8][9][10]

Season

Round 1: Dubai

Emirates Dubai Sail Grand Prix presented by P&O Marinas marked the debut of two new teams joining the fleet - Mubadala Brazil and Red Bull Italy.[1][2]

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

Round 2: Auckland

After nearly two years of testing, SailGP 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.[12]

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.[13]

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.[14]

Round 3: Sydney

United States SailGP Team capsized while being towed to the practise racecourse on Friday, the damage caused to the wing made the Americans unable to compete in the event.[15]

After sitting out the first two events, France SailGP Team returned to the competition in Sydney.

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.[16]

Each event hosts five 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.[16]

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.[16]

The three highest scoring teams at the end of the season compete in the SailGP Grand Final with the winning team awarded the championship.[17]

Pos Team United Arab Emirates
DUB 		New Zealand
AKL 		Australia
SYD 		United States
LA 		United States
SFN 		Brazil
RIO 		United States
NYC 		United Kingdom
PSM 		Germany
SAS
TBA 		Switzerland
GEN 		Spain
CDZ
TBA 		United Arab Emirates
ABD 		Points[b]
1 2 3 4 5 F 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 F 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 F 1 ... F 1 ... F 1 ... F 1 ... F 1 ... F 1 ... F 1 ... F 1 ... F 1 ... F 1 ... F 1 ... F
1 United Kingdom Emirates Great Britain 5 8 2 3 3 2 1 2 9 4 2 4 6 3 5 1 3 3 1 6 7 1 27
2 Australia Australia 3 5 1 4 10 5 1 2 2 1 2 DNF 1 3 2 1 1 3 3 1 3 24
3 Spain Spain 8 6 3 2 4 2 4 4 8 5 3 3 2 2 9 7 5 5 5 9 20
4 New Zealand New Zealand 2 3 5 1 7 1 4 8 6 1 4 6 2 8 7 11 11 2 1 5 20
5 Denmark Rockwool Denmark 6 9 11 5 1 6 5 5 5 8 1 1 6 4 4 6 7 4 6 17
6 Canada NorthStar 9 2 4 8 6 9 7 3 6 DNS DNS DNS 7 8 5 4 4 2 4 2 15
7 France France 4 3 8 2 6 9 8 15 (5)
8 Switzerland Switzerland 4 4 8 9 8 11 10 1 3 10 10 4 1 6 2 9 9 11 2 12
9 Italy Red Bull Italy 10 11 9 11 9 3 3 7 7 3 9 8 9 10 9 8 10 10 11 7
10 Brazil Mubadala Brazil 11 10 6 7 11 10 9 8 11 7 5 7 11 5 10 10 DNF 8 10 0 (4)
11 United States United States 1 7 7 6 2 3 7 6 10 10 9 8 9 0 (8)
12 Germany Germany Deutsche Bank 7 1 10 10 5 8 11 DNS 9 6 7 5 10 11 6 7 8 7 3 -6 (6)
Citation:[18][19][20][21]
Key
Colour Result
1 Winner
2 Second place
3 Third place
4–12 Finish
DNF Did not finish
DNS Did not start
DSQ Disqualified
WH Withheld from racing
C Race cancelled
Notes
  • France SailGP Team were awarded five points in Season Championship for sitting out of Emirates 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[22]
  • United States SailGP Team were penalised eight points in Season Championship for twelve-point penalty at KPMG Australia Sail Grand Prix | Sydney – breaking Rule 57[c] during practice day transit
  • Germany Deutsche Bank SailGP Team were penalised eight points in Season Championship for twelve-point penalty at KPMG Australia Sail Grand Prix | Sydney – collision with Red Bull Italy during practice racing
  • Germany Deutsche Bank SailGP Team were penalised eight points in Season Championship for twelve-point penalty at KPMG Australia Sail Grand Prix | Sydney – collision with Mubadala Brazil during practice racing
  • Mubadala Brazil SailGP Team were penalised four points in Season Championship for eight-point penalty at KPMG Australia Sail Grand Prix | Sydney – breaking Rule 57[c] during practice racing[23]
  • Germany Deutsche Bank SailGP Team were penalised four points in Season Championship for eight-point penalty at KPMG Australia Sail Grand Prix | Sydney – breaking Rule 57[c] during practice day transit[d]

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.[24]New Zealand won the inaugural SailGP Impact League in 2022, followed by Rockwool Denmark in 2023 and Emirates Great Britain in 2024.[25][26][27]

Standings

Pos Team United Arab Emirates
DUB 		New Zealand
AKL 		Australia
SYD 		United States
LA 		United States
SFN 		Brazil
RIO 		United States
NYC 		United Kingdom
PSM 		Germany
SAS
TBA 		Switzerland
GEN 		Spain
CDZ
TBA 		United Arab Emirates
ABD 		Points
1 Canada NorthStar 15 23 26 64
2 Spain Spain 14 23 26 63
3 France France 13 24 25 62
4 Switzerland Switzerland 12 23 26 61
5 Italy Red Bull Italy 13 21 26 60
6 New Zealand New Zealand 13 23 22 58
7 Germany Germany Deutsche Bank 11 22 23 56
8 Brazil Mubadala Brazil 11 23 22 56
9 United Kingdom Emirates Great Britain 12 19 25 56
10 Australia Australia 12 22 21 55
11 United States United States 11 22 20 53
12 Denmark Rockwool Denmark 13 18 22 53
Citation:[28]


Notes

  1. ^ Taranto event has been replaced with another European location that is TBA
  2. ^ Numbers in brackets show the amount of points before penalties or awarded points
  3. ^ a b c Rule 57 penalizes a team for causing damage to its F50 that was reasonable to avoid
  4. ^ Despite Germany SailGP Team having accumulated 20 penalty points during the Sydney event, SailGP docked 12 points from their season result. No explanation was given

References

  1. ^ a b "Brazil to join SailGP with backing from Abu Dhabi fund". Reuters. June 21, 2024. Archived from the original on July 15, 2024. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Introducing the Red Bull Italy SailGP Team, final nation revealed ahead of 2025 Season Opener". SailGP.
  3. ^ a b "SailGP Announces 2024-2025 Season Calendar". SailGP. July 9, 2024. Archived from the original on July 15, 2024. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
  4. ^ "SailGP not returning to Halifax next year, Sail N.S. hopeful for 2026". CBC News. July 9, 2024. Archived from the original on July 15, 2024. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
  5. ^ "Bermuda Not Listed In 2025 Sail GP Calendar". Bernews. July 9, 2024. Archived from the original on July 15, 2024. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
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  7. ^ "CONFIRMED: Rio de Janeiro to host Brazil's first ever SailGP event". SailGP. Retrieved September 27, 2024.
  8. ^ "REVEALED: Sassnitz to host Germany's first ever SailGP event". SailGP. Retrieved September 27, 2024.
  9. ^ "REVEALED: Portsmouth to host SailGP's long-awaited UK return in 2025". SailGP.
  10. ^ "Tickets to six more 2025 Season events now on sale". SailGP. Retrieved December 15, 2024.
  11. ^ "REVEALED: The 11-team line-up for Dubai's 2025 Season opener". SailGP. Retrieved January 22, 2025.
  12. ^ ""Baptism of fire": High-speed, titanium T-Foils introduced to SailGP fleet in Auckland". SailGP. Retrieved January 22, 2025.
  13. ^ "ANNOUNCED: France will not race in Auckland due to wingsail issue". SailGP. Retrieved January 22, 2025.
  14. ^ "Commentators: 'Canada injury shows importance of squad depth'". SailGP. Retrieved January 22, 2025.
  15. ^ "CONFIRMED: United States OUT of racing in Sydney after capsize". SailGP. Retrieved February 8, 2025.
  16. ^ a b c "SailGP Explained // The beginner's guide to scoring in SailGP". SailGP. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
  17. ^ "How Events Work". SailGP. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
  18. ^ "SailGP Season 5 Championship Leaderboard". SailGP. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
  19. ^ "SailGP Results – Emirates Dubai Sail Grand Prix presented by P&O Marinas". SailGP. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
  20. ^ "SailGP Results – ITM New Zealand Sail Grand Prix | Auckland". SailGP. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
  21. ^ "SailGP Results – KPMG Australia Sail Grand Prix | Sydney". SailGP. Retrieved February 8, 2025.
  22. ^ "Announced: France will not race in Auckland due to wingsail issue". SailGP. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
  23. ^ ""Why do we get points if it was their mistake?" Grael reacts to Germany practice race penalty drama". SailGP. Retrieved February 9, 2025.
  24. ^ "A Race For The Future: SailGP becomes first sport to integrate positive impact into its global league". SailGP. July 14, 2021. Archived from the original on July 14, 2021. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
  25. ^ "SailGP announces New Zealand as the first-ever winners of the Impact League". SailGP. Retrieved January 22, 2025.
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  27. ^ "SailGP crowns Emirates Great Britain Season 4 Champions of the Impact League – SailGP's Podium for the Planet". SailGP. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
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