As SailGP Season 2 nears its conclusion on March 26-27 with the Mubadala United States Sail Grand Prix in San Francisco, the third season calendar has expanded with the announcement of two additional occasions.
The ten groups competing in Season 3 – new franchises Canada and Switzerland and returning nations Australia, Denmark, France, Nice Britain, Japan, New Zealand, Spain, and the US – will now be contesting at the least 9 occasions with the intention of there in the end being 11 phases in 2022-23.
SailGP heads to New Zealand on March 18-19, 2023, as a part of a serious 4 season partnership with New Zealand Main Occasions. By way of the partnership – spanning Season 3 to Season 6 – Christchurch and Auckland will share internet hosting duties of SailGP, claiming a everlasting fixture on the SailGP season calendar and the primary dwelling occasion for Peter Burling and Blair Tuke’s New Zealand SailGP Group.
The championship will then conclude in San Francisco with the Season 3 Grand Ultimate happening on Might 6-7, 2023, in entrance of the enduring Golden Gate Bridge on among the best stadium sail racing venues on this planet.
These two new 2023 occasions be a part of the seven already introduced for Season 3, with the championship kicking-off in Bermuda on Might 14-15, 2022. From there, the ten-nation fleet – comprising the game’s greatest athletes – will head to Chicago, Plymouth, Copenhagen, Saint-Tropez, Cádiz and Dubai, making it the largest SailGP season up to now.
Additional 2023 dates and areas to finish Season 3 – anticipated to comprise as much as 11 occasions – will likely be introduced shortly.
Feminine athletes will as soon as once more race all through the third season onboard the F50s as SailGP’s Pathway Program continues to develop, and SailGP’s group engagement arm SailGP Encourage will as soon as once more introduce the game to younger individuals from various backgrounds.
“As we strategy our season finale subsequent week in San Francisco, our plans are already in place for Season 3 which encompasses a unbelievable line-up of host venues and a rising roster of iconic waterfront cities and groups,” mentioned SailGP CEO Sir Russell Coutts.
“Moreover, the truth that we are going to race a 3rd time in San Francisco and have agreed a four-year partnership with New Zealand, exhibits the arrogance we’re constructing in our ever-expanding world championship.
“In reality, we now have already launched our bid course of for Season 4 and sit up for welcoming functions from host venues around the globe that align with our sports activities, environmental and financial targets and values.”
2022-23 SailGP Season 3 Schedule*
Might 14-15, 2022 – Bermuda Sail Grand Prix introduced by Hamilton Princess
June 18-19, 2022 – United States Sail Grand Prix | Chicago at Navy Pier
July 30-31, 2022 – Nice Britain Sail Grand Prix | Plymouth
August 19-20, 2022 – ROCKWOOL Denmark Sail Grand Prix | Copenhagen
September 10-11, 2022 – France Sail Grand Prix | Saint-Tropez
September 24-25, 2022 – Spain Sail Grand Prix | Andalucía – Cádiz
November 12-13, 2022 – Dubai Sail Grand Prix introduced by P&O Marinas
March 18-19, 2023 – New Zealand Sail Grand Prix | Christchurch
Might 6-7, 2023 – United States Sail Grand Prix | San Francisco (Season 3 Grand Ultimate)
*Additional 2023 dates and areas to finish Season 3 – anticipated to comprise as much as 11 occasions.
2022-23 Groups, Helm
Australia, Tom Slingsby
Canada, TBA
Denmark, Nicolai Sehested
France, Quentin Delapierre
Nice Britain, Ben Ainslie
Japan, Nathan Outteridge
New Zealand, Peter Burling
Spain, Jordi Xammar/ Phil Robertson
Switzerland, Sébastien Schneiter
United States, Jimmy Spithill
SailGP info – Outcomes – Fb
Format for 2021-22 SailGP occasions:
• Groups compete in an identical F50 catamarans.
• Every occasion runs throughout two days.
• There are three races on every day, totaling six races at every occasion.
• The opening 5 fleet races contain each group.
• The ultimate match race pits the three highest rating groups in opposition to one another to be topped occasion champion.
• The season ends with the Grand Ultimate, which incorporates the Championship Ultimate Race – a winner-takes-all match race for the $1m prize.
Established in 2018, SailGP seeks to be an annual, world sports activities league that includes fan-centric inshore racing in a number of the iconic harbors across the globe. Rival nationwide groups compete in an identical F50 catamarans with the season culminating with a $1 million winner-takes-all match race.
Supply: SailGP
