Diego Botin’s Spain surprised SailGP heavyweights Australia and New Zealand within the three-boat showdown to take the championship title and $2 million prize in an exciting finish to Season 4.
Los Gallos ended Australia’s 3-championship successful streak and wrote themselves into the historical past books towards all odds.
In this closing event, Spain’s poor fleet race outcomes, mixed with France’s blistering race begins, noticed Botin near shedding its place within the Grand Remaining. However on the ultimate day of the ultimate occasion, catastrophe struck – with the French crashing into Denmark to choose up season-ending penalty factors and severe injury to their F50.
Excellent begin line execution propelled Spain into an early lead when the Grand Remaining started and, regardless of Australia coming near overtaking, Los Gallos managed to cross the end line within the nick of time, sealing their first ever Championship win on the long-lasting waters of San Francisco Bay.
This video relives the motion from the adrenaline-filled spectacle, together with racing highlights, driver reactions, and 5 moments you may need missed.
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Season 4 Remaining Standings (13 occasions; outcomes and whole factors)
1. Spain (Diego Botin), 5-1-3-6-6-10-2-5-4-1-4-7-6-(1)
2. Australia (Tom Slingsby), 2-3-2-2-3-2-7-1-10-3-7-4-1-(2)
3. New Zealand (Peter Burling), 1-7-8-DNC/6-4-1-1-3-1-2-5-1-4-(3)
4. Denmark (Nicolai Sehested), 4-2-4-7-2-6-9-2-9-5-3-8-2
5. Nice Britain (Ben Ainslie/Giles Scott), 7-6-1-1-8-5-8-7-7-8-1-3-3
6. Canada (Phil Robertson), 3-4-10-5-5-3-6-10-3-4-6-2-5
7. France (Quintin Delapierre), 6-8-6-4-7-4-4-4-2-9-2-5-7
8. United States (Jimmy Spithill/Taylor Canfield), 9-5-5-3-1-8-3-9-8-10-10-10-9
9. Germany (Erik Heil), 10-10-7-8-9-10-9-5-6-5-6-8-9-8
10. Switzerland (Sebastien Schneiter/Nathan Outteridge), 8-9-9-9-7-10-8-6-7-9-6-10
For scoring particulars, click here.
SailGP resumes with Season 5 on November 23-24 in Dubai, UAE. For particulars, click here.
Season 4 – 2023
June 16-17 – United States Sail Grand Prix | Chicago at Navy Pier
July 22-23 – United States Sail Grand Prix | Los Angeles
September 9-10 – France Sail Grand Prix | Saint-Tropez
September 23-24 – Italy Sail Grand Prix | Taranto
October 14-15 – Spain Sail Grand Prix | Andalucía- Cádiz
December 9-10 – Dubai Sail Grand Prix | Dubai*
Season 4 – 2024
January 13-14 – Abu Dhabi Sail Grand Prix | Abu Dhabi
February 24-25 – Australia Sail Grand Prix | Sydney
March 23-24 – New Zealand Sail Grand Prix | Auckland
March 23-24 – New Zealand Sail Grand Prix | Christchurch
Could 4-5 – Bermuda Sail Grand Prix
June 1-2 – Canada Sail Grand Prix | Halifax
June 22-23 – United States Sail Grand Prix | New York
July 13-14 – SailGP Season 4 Grand Remaining | San Francisco
* Added October 3, 2023
Format for Season 4:
• Groups compete in similar F50 catamarans.
• Every occasion runs throughout two days.
• As much as seven qualifying fleet races of roughly quarter-hour could also be scheduled for every regatta.
• The highest three groups from qualifying advance to a ultimate race to be topped occasion champion and earn the most important share of the $300,000.00 USD occasion prize cash purse (will increase to $400k for Abu Dhabi with the successful group now incomes $200k at every occasion).
• The season ends with the Grand Remaining, which incorporates the Championship Remaining Race for the highest three groups within the season standing with the winner claiming the $2 million USD prize.
• The highest group on factors forward of the three-boat Championship Remaining will likely be awarded $350,000.00.
For competitors paperwork, click here.
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