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2023–24 SailGP championship


The 2023–24 SailGP Championship was the fourth season of the SailGP championship. It was won by the Spanish team, the first time the Australian team did not win the championship.

2023–24 SailGP Championship
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Event title
Name2023–24 SailGP Championship
DatesJune 16, 2023 to July 14, 2024
YachtsF50
Results
WinnerSpain Spain SailGP Team
Impact LeagueUnited Kingdom Emirates Great Britain SailGP Team

Entries

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Team Helmsman Events
  Australia SailGP Team   Tom Slingsby 1–5, 7–10
  Jimmy Spithill 6
  Canada SailGP Team   Phil Robertson 1–10
  ROCKWOOL Denmark SailGP Team   Nicolai Sehested 1–10
  France SailGP Team   Quentin Delapierre 1–10
  Germany SailGP Team   Erik Heil 1–10
  Emirates Great Britain SailGP Team   Ben Ainslie 1–6
  Giles Scott 7–10
  New Zealand SailGP Team   Peter Burling 1–7, 9–10
  Nathan Outteridge 8
  Spain SailGP Team   Diego Botín 1–10
  Switzerland SailGP Team   Sébastien Schneiter 1–8
  Nathan Outteridge 9–10
  United States SailGP Team   Jimmy Spithill 1–5
  Taylor Canfield 6–9
Citations:[1][2]

Team changes

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Bernoulli | Locke planned to enter the championship as a fan-run team covering the geographical area of Bermuda and the Caribbean.[1][2] The team failed to gain the necessary funding in time for the fourth season, and pushed their entry goal to the fifth season in 2024.[3]

On May 31, 2023, the creation of the SailGP Germany Team was announced and added to the fourth season roster.[4][5]

Calendar

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An additional round was added to this season.[6] The New Zealand round was originally scheduled to be held in Auckland but was cancelled,[7] and later moved to Christchurch.[8]

Rnd Host Title Dates Winning team
1   Chicago, United States Rolex United States Sail Grand Prix | Chicago at Navy Pier June 16–17, 2023   New Zealand
2   Los Angeles, United States Oracle Los Angeles Sail Grand Prix | Port of Los Angeles July 22–23, 2023   Spain
3   Saint-Tropez, France France Sail Grand Prix | Saint-Tropez September 9–10, 2023   Emirates Great Britain
4   Taranto, Italy ROCKWOOL Italy Sail Grand Prix | Taranto September 23–24, 2023   Emirates Great Britain[a]
5   Cádiz, Spain Spain Sail Grand Prix | Andalucía – Cádiz October 14–15, 2023   United States SailGP Team
6   Dubai, United Arab Emirates Emirates Dubai Sail Grand Prix presented by P&O Marinas December 9–10, 2023   New Zealand
7   Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Mubadala Abu Dhabi Sail Grand Prix presented by Abu Dhabi Sports Council January 13–14, 2024   New Zealand
8   Sydney, Australia KPMG Australia Sail Grand Prix | Sydney February 24–25, 2024   Australia
–[b]   Auckland, New Zealand ITM New Zealand Sail Grand Prix | Auckland March 23–24, 2024 Removed
9   Christchurch, New Zealand ITM New Zealand Sail Grand Prix | Christchurch March 23–24, 2024   New Zealand
10   Bermuda Apex Group Bermuda Sail Grand Prix May 4–5, 2024   Spain
11   Halifax, Canada ROCKWOOL Canada Sail Grand Prix | Halifax June 1–2, 2024   Emirates Great Britain
12   New York City, United States Mubadala New York Sail Grand Prix June 22–23, 2024   New Zealand
13   San Francisco, United States SailGP Season 4 Grand Final | San Francisco July 13–14, 2024   Australia (Event Winners)
Citations:[6][9][10]

Season

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Round 1: Chicago

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The New Zealand team won the Chicago event, with Australia 2nd and Canada 3rd.

Round 2: Los Angeles

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The Spanish team won the Los Angeles event, with Denmark 2nd and Australia 3rd.

Germany were penalised for clipping the rear of the Switzerland boat at the start of the 4th fleet race. They received a 4-point penalty in the event ranking, and a 2-point penalty in the season ranking.

Round 3: Saint-Tropez

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Sebastian Vettel participated in practice for the regatta with the German team, which he co-owns.[11] The United States team capsized in practice, but avoided damaging their F50.[12]

Wind for the first day of racing were mainly light, preventing the boats from foiling.[13] Spain and Canada collided during the first race, with the latter receiving a penalty.[14] Moments after the finishing the final race of the day, New Zealand's wing collapsed, leaving doubts as to whether they would be able to participate in the second day of racing.[15][16][13]

Round 4: Taranto

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New Zealand was unable to participate in the regatta due to a shortage of spare parts preventing their F50 from being repaired and were awarded six championship points.[17] Emirates GBR, Australia and the United States teams qualified for the event final but all three were unable to finish the race due to winds dropping to just 7km/h and exceeding the 16 minute race time limit resulting in a win for Emirates GBR based on fleet racing results for the whole event.[18]

Round 5: Cádiz

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Round 6: Dubai

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Round 7: Abu Dhabi

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Both days of racing in Abu Dhabi were characterized by light wind. The boats used the largest 28m wingsail configurations, but foiling was not seen in any of the races as teams tried for "H1" at best. The three boat final on Sunday saw New Zealand again win with Spain and the new USA team battling into 2nd and 3rd place respectively.

Round 8: Sydney

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The return of SailGP to Sydney Harbour saw both days feature stronger winds and full foiling than recent rounds. The final on Sunday saw Denmark, Australia and New Zealand racing for the title with Denmark being the only boat not to break the line at the start. After close racing, Australia won the race and their first round victory in the 2023–24 Season.

Round 9: Christchurch

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The New Zealand event was originally scheduled to be held in Auckland but was cancelled,[7] and later moved to Christchurch.[8]

The first race day was cancelled due to dolphins on the race course after already shortening the training time. On the second race day three fleet races and the final were held. The British team started the races with a penalty resulting from a collision during training. The first round was overshadowed by a collision damaging the Danish boat, which managed to continue competing, and another damaging the Australian team boat, which had to retire. The event was won by New Zealand which took the overall championship lead by one point from Australia.[19] Later, the umpires penalized the Australian team for colliding with the finish mark while avoiding a collision with the Canadian boat.[20]

Round 10: Bermuda

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Spain won in a brilliant victory over Australia and New Zealand. It is in this race where the Spanish team did a start in the "Fernando Alonso's style".

The United States team did not compete in Bermuda after sustaining serious damage to their F50 in practice racing.[21]

Round 11: Halifax

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The second day of racing was affected by strong winds. Due to the winds the boats of Switzerland, USA and Germany were not ready to be launched and were not able to participate in the first round of racing of that day with the latter being able to join in the second round. The boats were launched in the order of the results of the first day. Australia capsized in the fifth round due to a malfunctioning invert button for the wingsail.[22]

Round 12: New York

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The racing on the first day was heavily affected by thunderstorms leading to light winds. The second round was cut short and the third round was cancelled shortly after the start due to light winds.

Round 13: Grand Final | San Francisco

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Canada hit a race marker in race two, whilst France sustained foil damage after a collision with Denmark in race four which prevented France from competing in race five. After five fleet races Australia were the San Francisco event winners and the top three season point earning teams (New Zealand, Australia, and Spain) progressed to the Grand Final race. Spain won the start and was first to round mark 1, leading the entire race despite encountering rudder damage on the final leg before the finish line. New Zealand finished third, Australia second, and Spain were crowned champions of the season. [23]

Results

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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.[24]

Each event hosts multiple 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.[24]

The three highest scoring teams at the end of the season compete in the SailGP Grand Final with the winning team awarded the championship.[25]

Pos Team  
CHI 		 
LOS 		 
STP 		 
TRN 		 
CDZ 		 
DUB 		 
ABD 		 
SYD 		 
CHR[c] 		 
BMU 		 
HAL 		 
NYC 		 
SFN 		Points
1 2 3 4 5 F 1 2 3 4 5 F 1 2 3 4 5 F 1 2 3 4 5 F 1 2 3 4 5 F 1 2 3 4 5 F 1 2 3 4 5 F 1 2 3 4 5 F 1 2 3 F 1 2 3 4 5 F 1 2 3 4 5 F 1 2 3 4 F 1 2 3 4 5 F
1   Spain 6 9 4 1 7 6 3 2 1 9 1 8 4 7 2 2 3 8 8 7 2 3 1 6 3 4 10 10 8 2 DNS 9 10 1 1 10 1 2 4 1 8 7 6 3 2 4 7 6 1 3 4 1 1 4 8 7 1 7 4 6 7 7 7 5 6 4 1
2   Australia 1 5 1 4 5 2 1 2 4 2 1 3 5 1 8 5 1 2 1 1 5 5 7 DNF 5 2 1 6 2 3 3 1 3 4 8 2 2 9 6 1 9 1 2 4 5 8 1 DNF DNS DNS 1 1 3 8 2 3 8 6 1 6 DNF 3 6 9 1 5 1 8 1 1 2
3   New Zealand 4 2 2 3 6 1 4 5 10 7 6 1 6 5 DNS DNS 4 5 8 2 5 6 2 4 2 4 1 1 10 2 6 6 1 3 5 1 2 7 3 1 4 2 1 3 4 4 6 1 2 5 2 4 5 5 5 3 4 2 1 4 4 4 3 7 3
4   ROCKWOOL Denmark 5 4 3 10 4 3 1 5 4 3 2 3 7 2 4 6 6 3 1 9 9 3 4 2 1 1 2 4 5 10 3 5 5 4 8 8 8 2 3 2 4 4 2 8 8 6 6 3 2 4 8 6 1 5 4 4 3 2 8 5 10 2 8 1 4 2
5   Emirates Great Britain 2 7 8 6 10 2 6 1 9 8 2 8 3 1 3 1 2 2 3 1 2 DNF 8 10 6 7 6 5 7 1 1 DSQ 7 7 7 5 4 9 6 7 6 5 4 3 8 8 5 5 7 7 3 5 2 3 2 1 1 7 2 5 3 6 2 2 5 5
6   Canada 3 1 5 5 2 3 5 7 3 3 4 10 5 9 3 8 5 5 4 6 4 7 7 5 5 3 1 3 8 7 1 3 3 6 5 7 5 10 10 10 8 2 5 1 3 3 2 2 6 2 9 7 3 3 1 7 4 2 1 4 2 3 5 6 2 3
7   France 7 3 9 9 3 8 9 6 8 7 6 2 4 9 9 3 4 2 7 6 9 1 7 9 7 2 4 7 5 2 4 3 9 2 7 5 4 3 9 1 2 5 1 2 4 9 8 9 3 2 7 6 2 3 2 9 5 3 3 1 3 3 9 DNS
8   United States 9 10 6 2 8 7 4 8 5 2 9 3 1 8 7 4 6 8 3 1 DNF 2 3 10 3 4 1 8 9 9 9 3 9 2 3 4 3 3 6 9 9 10 3 9 9 9 10 10 10 WH WH 10 10 10 9 9 10 10 7 6
9   Germany 8 8 7 7 9 9 8 9 10 5 7 9 6 7 4 9 DNS DNS 4 5 6 9 9 8 8 9 DSQ 5 8 7 6 5 10 3 2 8 8 5 1 9 6 6 5 5 8 7 5 5 4 9 9 WH 6 8 9 7 8 8 9 7 8 9
10   Switzerland 10 6 10 8 1 10 10 7 6 10 4 10 10 6 5 7 7 6 8 8 DSQ 8 4 10 9 7 6 6 6 6 8 8 4 9 10 7 7 6 3 10 7 7 7 9 7 9 1 6 9 8 7 WH WH 6 1 8 6 10 6 9 10 4
Citation:[26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][10][9]
Key
Colour Result
1 Winner
2 Second place
3 Third place
4–10 Finish
DNF Did not finish
DNS Did not start
DSQ Disqualified
WH Withheld from racing
C Race cancelled
Notes
  • New Zealand SailGP team were awarded six points in the season championship as they were unable to compete in ROCKWOOL Italy Sail Grand Prix | Taranto.
  • Germany SailGP Team were penalised two points in the season championship for a four-point penalty at the Oracle Los Angeles Sail Grand Prix | Port of Los Angeles.
  • Canada SailGP Team were penalised four points in the season championship for an eight-point penalty at the France Sail Grand Prix | Saint-Tropez.
  • Spain SailGP Team were penalised two points in the season championship for a four-point penalty at the Spain Sail Grand Prix | Andalucía – Cádiz
  • Switzerland SailGP Team were penalised four points in the season championship for an eight-point penalty at the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Sail Grand Prix presented by Abu Dhabi Sports Council
  • Emirates Great Britain were penalised four points in the season championship for an eight-point penalty at the ITM New Zealand Sail Grand Prix | Christchurch
  • Australia SailGP Team were penalised eight points in the season championship for a twelve-point penalty at the ITM New Zealand Sail Grand Prix | Christchurch
  • ROCKWOOL Denmark SailGP Team were penalised four points in the season championship for an eight-point penalty at the ITM New Zealand Sail Grand Prix | Christchurch
  • Germany SailGP Team were penalised four points at the Mubadala New York Sail Grand Prix for a collision with Australia during a training session.
  • Canada SailGP Team were penalised eight points at the San Francisco Grand Prix for making contact with a race marker in round two.
  • France SailGP Team were penalised twelve points at the San Francisco Grand Prix for a collision with Denmark in round four.

Impact League

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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. 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.[36]

Standings

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Pos Team  
CHI 		 
LOS 		 
STP 		RZW  
TRN 		 
CDZ 		 
DUB 		 
ABD 		ACI  
SYD 		 
CHR 		 
BMU 		CRD  
HAL 		 
NYC 		PRG SUR WOM Points
1   Emirates Great Britain 19 21 19 80 19 19 21 19 50 19 25 19 90 19 19 25 20 100 602
2   ROCKWOOL Denmark 19 22 19 60 19 19 21 19 90 20 26 20 40 20 19 10 20 75 598
3   Switzerland 19 22 19 90 19 19 21 19 100 19 25 20 100 19 19 30 20 70 590
4   France 20 23 19 75 19 19 21 19 50 20 26 20 80 20 20 20 20 80 571
5   New Zealand 20 23 19 70 20 20 22 20 70 20 26 20 40 20 20 20 20 90 560
6   Australia 20 23 20 100 20 20 20 20 60 20 22 19 40 20 20 10 15 75 544
7   Germany 19 17 19 65 20 19 26 19 70 20 26 20 40 19 19 0 20 70 513
8   Canada 19 23 20 60 19 19 19 20 70 20 20 20 30 20 19 15 20 70 502
9   Spain 19 22 19 50 19 18 21 19 50 19 26 19 40 20 20 15 20 70 486
10   United States 20 23 20 60 20 19 19 19 80 18 23 20 40 20 18 0 20 40 479
Citation: [37]

Notes

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  1. ^ The win was awarded to Great Britain as no team finished the final race within the time limit due to low winds.
  2. ^ The New Zealand round was originally meant to rotate between Auckland and Christchurch, with Auckland hosting the round for the 2023–24 season. However, due to issues with the Auckland venue, the round was moved to Christchurch.
  3. ^ The first day of racing in Christchurch was cancelled due to marine life in the race area.

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