{"id":82333,"date":"2025-07-21T13:57:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T17:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/?p=82333"},"modified":"2025-07-24T13:44:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T17:44:55","slug":"black-foils-win-sailgps-uk-grand-prix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/racing\/black-foils-win-sailgps-uk-grand-prix\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Foils Win SailGP&#8217;s UK Grand Prix"},"content":{"rendered":"\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/RP2_8338-1-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"New Zealand SailGP Team\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/RP2_8338-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/RP2_8338-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/RP2_8338-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/RP2_8338-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/RP2_8338-1.jpg 2000w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">New Zealand SailGP Team helmed by Peter Burling in action as Blair Tuke, co-CEO and wing trimmer of New Zealand SailGP Team, crosses the boat on Race Day 2 of the Emirates Great Britain Sail Grand Prix in Portsmouth, UK.<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Ricardo Pinto for SailGP<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n<p>It was not to be for Dylan Fletcher\u2019s Emirates Great Britain <a href=\"https:\/\/sailgp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SailGP<\/a> Team as Peter Burling\u2019s Black Foils cinched victory in Portsmouth, England, advancing New Zealand to the top of the 2025 Season leaderboard. Fletcher came away with a respectable second-place, while Sebastian Schneiter\u2019s Swiss SailGP Team finished third in the team\u2019s first-ever event final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe id=\"x8aa2rgac1\" src=\"https:\/\/Sailingworld.dragonforms.com\/x8aa2rgac1\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"width:100%;height:165px;border:none;overflow:hidden;\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Taking to the winners\u2019 podium, Burling commended his team\u2019s performance: \u201cIt was nice racing out there. We were riding some pretty challenging conditions and to pull off today, as a group, we&#8217;re super pleased. Going into the European series as the winners is something we&#8217;re really proud of and we\u2019re looking forward to continuing to build on that. I\u2019m really pleased with the way we fought today.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"526\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/RP3_9641_1-1024x673.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"Emirates Great Britain SailGP Championship Event 7 Season 2025 Portsmouth\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/RP3_9641_1-1024x673.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/RP3_9641_1-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/RP3_9641_1-768x505.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/RP3_9641_1.jpg 1200w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">New Zealand SailGP Team helmed by Peter Burling lead Red Bull Italy SailGP Team helmed by Ruggero Tita, Emirates Great Britain SailGP Team helmed by Dylan Fletcher and the rest of the SailGP F50 catamaran fleet on Race Day 1 of the Emirates Great Britain Sail Grand Prix in Portsmouth, UK. <\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Ricardo Pinto for SailGP<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n<p>In a showdown on the Solent, Burling\u2019s team showed the fleet just who\u2019s back in charge, after the nail-biting three-boat final had Switzerland, Emirates GBR and New Zealand all jostling for the top spot throughout the duration of the shortened-course sprint final. It marks the second time New Zealand has stolen the Brits\u2019 home victory\u2014Burling\u2019s team beat Sir Ben Ainslie\u2019s in Plymouth in Season 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Emirates GBR Hannah Mills reflected: \u201cObviously, we&#8217;re pretty gutted not to win. We felt like this weekend, everyone was sailing so well, so to not quite manage to do it in the final is obviously super disappointing. But I think as a team, we&#8217;re just so proud of how we bounced back after a couple of rough events. And just to do it here, we&#8217;re so very proud \u2013 we heard how loud it was, it was amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite finishing last in the final \u2013 stopped in the final moments of the race due to technical issues on board \u2013 Seb Schneiter\u2019s Switzerland still had plenty to celebrate. Throughout the day, the team held their own against Tom Slingsby\u2019s BONDS Flying Roos, hunting down the Swiss in a tight battle for third.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Schneiter said, \u201cI\u2019m super proud and happy to make our first final &#8211; I think we deserve it. We worked really hard as a team, and we sailed well all weekend. It&#8217;s a shame to end up having to stop that final with some technical issues, but we had an awesome start &#8211; we showed up, we were there, and now I&#8217;m looking forward to the rest of the season.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/unnamed-1024x576.png\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"Portsmouth Event Leaderboard\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/unnamed-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/unnamed-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/unnamed-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/unnamed-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/unnamed.png 1920w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">Results of Emirates Great Britain Sail Grand Prix<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">SailGP<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n<p>Perhaps the most impressive comeback story of the weekend was the France SailGP Team\u2019s return to the startline after a major wing incident ruled them out of Saturday\u2019s racing. An overnight repair job from the SailGP Tech Team put France back on the startline just 24 hours later, and straight onto the racecourse &#8211; the team picked up 19 points for the weekend and two podium finishes \u2013 a first and second in fleet races 6 and 7, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Driver Quentin Delapierre\u2019s France said, \u201cHappy to get out racing but super strange to get directly onto the racetrack after docking out at 50 knots\u2026 pretty scary! If we weren\u2019t in racing mode, we\u2019d be thinking too much about the wing failure and what can happen, so it was cool to get those three races, but unfortunately, a really bad result for us. It is what it is and the season isn\u2019t over.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/unnamed-3-1024x576.png\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"2025 Season Leaderboard\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/unnamed-3-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/unnamed-3-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/unnamed-3-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/unnamed-3-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/unnamed-3.png 1920w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">SailGP Season 5 Leaderboard after Portsmouth.<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">SailGP<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n<p>All 12 national teams battled choppy waters, racecourse obstacles and a number of technical issues forcing speedy, pit-lane repairs. Australia missed out on their second-consecutive event final \u2013 a result driver Tom Slingsby said he was \u201cnot happy\u201d about \u2013 while usual heavyweights Spain also finished sixth on the weekend leaderboard. With the results tallied, New Zealand moves into the top spot on the overall championship standings, bumping Australia to second and Spain to third. Emirates GBR remains in fourth, but has closed the gap \u2013 now just one point away from the podium group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The sailors of Emirates Great Britain SailGP Team were hot at their hometown grand-prix, but the Kiwis on the Black Foils came out on top.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":82356,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"BS_author_type":"BS_author_is_guest","BS_guest_author_name":"SailGP Media","BS_guest_author_url":"","hydra_display_date":"","hydra_display_updated":false,"_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":"","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"","_yoast_wpseo_title":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","arc_story_id":"","arc_website_url":"","custom_permalink":"","arc_subtype":"","arc_exclude_from_feeds":false,"sponsored":false,"sponsored_label":"Sponsored Content","sponsored_display_label":false,"sponsored_image":false,"post_right_rail":true,"post_right_rail_ad_1":true,"post_right_rail_ad_2":true,"post_right_rail_ad_3":false,"post_right_rail_ad_4":false,"post_right_rail_recirc":true,"fixed_anchor_ad":true,"post_top_ad":true,"post_off_ramp":true,"post_taboola":false,"labels":true,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":"","ad_targeting":"","ad_settings_ads_on_this_page":true,"ad_settings_automatic_ad_injection_into_the_content":true,"sponsored_url":"","social_share":true,"alternate_title_newsletter":"","alternate_content_newsletter":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[178,1446],"class_list":["post-82333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-racing","tag-sailboat-racing","tag-sailgp"],"acf":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82333\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}