Dubai Sail Grand Prix presented by P&O Marinas Overall

 Extraordinary finish to Dubai Sail Grand Prix presented by P&O Marinas sees Tom Slingsby defeat Great Britain and France in final seconds.

Tom Slingsby's Australia SailGP Team delivered one of the more remarkable victories seen in SailGP to dramatically overtake both France and Great Britain from what had seemed respective winning positions to storm back onto the winner's podium.

At the close of theDubai Sail Grand Prix presented P&O Marinas, Australia now leads the championship by nine points from New Zealand, with France one point further back, maintaining its position in the crucial top three placings. A good result from Great Britain in Dubai sees it just two points out of the Grand Final currently with four events left in the season, as the top four teams have started to pull away from the rest of the field.

Sir Ben Ainslie was on track for a first SailGP win in eighteen months as he led right up to the final gate before an error saw Australia and France sweep past them in the final seconds.

Ainslie said: "I think that is one of the best examples of grabbing defeat from the jaws of victory that I have seen for a very long time, it's hugely frustrating for the team, we had such a good weekend, and just missed the final move, but that's SailGP, that's sport, it happens."

DUBAI SAIL GRAND PRIX PRESENTED BY P&O MARINAS FINAL STANDINGS //

1 // Australia // 10 points

2 // France // 9 points

3 // Great Britain // 8 points

4 // New Zealand // 5 points*

5 // Denmark // 6 points **

6 // United States // 5 points

7 // Canada // 4 points

8 // Spain // 3 points

9 // Switzerland // 2 points

SAILGP SEASON 3 CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS (after seven events) //

1 // Australia // 60 points

2 // New Zealand // 51 points

3 // France // 50 points

4 // Great Britain // 48 points

5 // Denmark // 42 points

6 // Canada // 40 points

7 // United States // 39 points

8 // Spain // 22 points

9 // Switzerland // 16 points