2023–24 SailGP Championship
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Name2023–24 SailGP Championship
DatesJune 16, 2023 to July 14, 2024
YachtsF50
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The 2023–24 SailGP Championship is the fourth season of the SailGP championship.

Entries

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

Team changes

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

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

Season

Round 1: Chicago

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

Round 2: Los Angeles

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

Sebastian Vettel participated in practice for the regatta with the German team, which he co-owns.[9] The United States team capsized in practice, but avoided damaging their F50.[10]

Wind for the first day of racing were mainly light, preventing the boats from foiling.[11] Spain and Canada collided during the first race, with the latter receiving a penalty.[12] 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.[13][14][11]

Round 4: Taranto

New Zealand was unable to participate in the regatta due to a shortage of spare parts preventing their F50 from being repaired.[15]

Round 5: Cádiz

Round 6: Dubai

Round 7: Abu Dhabi

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.[16]

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.[16]

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

Pos Team United States
CHI		 United States
LOS		 France
STP		 Italy
TRN		 Spain
CDZ		 United Arab Emirates
DUB		 United Arab Emirates
ABD		 Australia
SYD		 New Zealand
CHR		 Bermuda
BMU		 Canada
HAL		 United States
NYC		 United States
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 ... F 1 ... F 1 ... F 1 ... F 1 ... F 1 ... F
1 Australia 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 52
2 Denmark 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 41
3 New Zealand 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 40
4 United Kingdom 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 38
5 United States 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 35
6 Spain 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 33 (35)
7 Canada 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 32 (36)
8 France 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 31
9 Switzerland 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 15
10 Germany 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 10 (12)
Citation:[18][19][20][21][22][23][24]
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 docked two points in the season championship for a four-point penalty at Oracle Los Angeles Sail Grand Prix | Port of Los Angeles.
  • Canada SailGP Team were docked four points in the season championship for an eight-point penalty at France Sail Grand Prix | Saint-Tropez.
  • Spain SailGP Team were docked two points in the season championship for a four-point penalty at the Spain Sail Grand Prix | Andalucía - Cádiz
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

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. 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.[25]

Standings

Pos Team United States
CHI		 United States
LOS		 France
STP		 Italy
TRN		 Spain
CDZ		 United Arab Emirates
DUB		 United Arab Emirates
ABD		 Australia
SYD		 New Zealand
CHR		 Bermuda
BMU		 Canada
HAL		 United States
NYC		 United States
SFN		 RZW Points
1 Australia Australia 20 23 20 20 20 20 100 223
2 Switzerland Switzerland 19 22 19 19 19 21 90 209
3 United Kingdom Emirates Great Britain 19 21 19 19 19 21 80 198
4 France France 20 23 19 19 19 21 75 196
5 New Zealand New Zealand 20 23 19 20 20 22 70 194
6 Germany Germany 19 17 19 20 19 26 65 185
7 United States United States 20 23 20 20 19 19 60 181
8 Canada Canada 19 23 20 19 19 19 60 179
9 Denmark ROCKWOOL Denmark 19 22 19 19 19 21 60 179
10 Spain Spain 19 22 19 19 18 21 50 168
Citation:

Notes

  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.

References

  1. 1 2 Goodlander, Cap'n Fatty (May 3, 2023). "The Sudden Internet-fueled Evolution of Yacht Racing". ALL AT SEA. Retrieved May 9, 2023.
  2. 1 2 "First Fan-Owned Team launches for SailGP". SailGP. Retrieved May 9, 2023.
  3. ↑ "SailGP: How many teams for Season 4?". Scuttlebutt Sailing News. May 17, 2023. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
  4. ↑ "SailGP: Four times F1 World Champion involved in new German SailGP team". www.sail-world.com. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Sebastian Vettel Announces New Yacht Racing Team". Jalopnik. May 31, 2023. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
  6. 1 2 "Calendar - SailGP Season 4 Schedule, Race Listing and Venues". SailGP. Retrieved May 9, 2023.
  7. ↑ "SailGP cancel Auckland event four months before start - Auckland business reacts". www.sail-world.com. Retrieved January 4, 2024.
  8. ↑ "'Absolutely crucial': New venue for SailGP NZ event confirmed". NZ Herald. January 4, 2024. Retrieved January 4, 2024.
  9. ↑ Wilson, Bernie (September 8, 2023). "Vettel revved up, but Aussies set the pace in SailGP". PerthNow. Seven West Media. Associated Press. Retrieved September 10, 2023.
  10. ↑ "United States capsizes as SailGP teams push final practice in Saint-Tropez". Sail-World. SailGP. September 9, 2023. Retrieved September 10, 2023.
  11. 1 2 Gladwell, Richard (September 9, 2023). "Kiwis drop big rig after finish of Race 3 - major damage". Sail-World. Retrieved September 10, 2023.
  12. ↑ Blazeby, Miranda (September 9, 2023). "Canada's crazy collision with Spain on first day of Saint-Tropez". SailGP. Retrieved September 10, 2023.
  13. ↑ "All crew safe after Team New Zealand boat collapse". Radio New Zealand. September 10, 2023. Retrieved September 10, 2023.
  14. ↑ Lulham, Amanda (September 10, 2023). "Scary near miss for SailGP guns as wing sail explodes". Herald Sun. Archived from the original on September 10, 2023. Retrieved September 10, 2023.
  15. ↑ Medina, Angelina (September 16, 2023). Written at Mexico City. Hogue, Tom (ed.). "New Zealand to miss out on Italy SailGP due to spare wing not arriving on time". Reuters. London: Thomson Reuters. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
  16. 1 2 "SailGP Explained // How Scoring Works". SailGP. Archived from the original on June 3, 2021. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
  17. ↑ "How Events Work". SailGP. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
  18. ↑ "SailGP Results - United States Sail Grand Prix: Chicago Rankings, Leaderboards". SailGP. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
  19. ↑ "SailGP Results - Los Angeles Sail Grand Prix Rankings, Leaderboards". SailGP. Retrieved September 10, 2023.
  20. ↑ "SailGP Results - France Sail Grand Prix". SailGP. September 10, 2023. Retrieved September 10, 2023.
  21. ↑ "SailGP Results - ROCKWOOL Italy Sail Grand Prix | Taranto Rankings, Leaderboards". SailGP. Retrieved September 25, 2023.
  22. ↑ "SailGP Results - Spain Sail Grand Prix | ANDALUCÍA-CÁDIZ Rankings, Leaderboards". SailGP. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
  23. ↑ "SailGP Results - Emirates Dubai Sail Grand Prix presented by P&O Marinas | Dubai Rankings, Leaderboards". SailGP. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
  24. ↑ "SailGP Results - Abu Dhabi Sail Grand Prix | Abu Dhabi Rankings, Leaderboards". SailGP. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
  25. ↑ "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.
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