The Emirates Great Britain SailGP Team has missed out on its first final of the 2025 Season by just one point. Despite winning two of the three fleet races on Race Day 2 of the Rolex Los Angeles Sail Grand Prix, the British team was pipped to the third spot in the final by Australia.
It was a nail-biting watch as Emirates GBR gave it their all to win the seventh fleet race of the event, but the crew needed Australia to finish eighth or lower to secure their spot in the final. Up until the final mark the Aussies were in eighth behind the USA SailGP Team, but they managed to overtake the home team on the final leg and crush Emirates GBRβs hopes of making their fourth final in as many events. Australia was joined by New Zealand and Canada in the winner-takes-all final, and it ended with former Emirates GBR Driver Giles Scott securing his first win with the Canadian team.
Emirates GBR Driver Dylan Fletcher said: "It was certainly a bit of a rollercoaster of emotions after we crossed the finish line with the win in that last race. We thought the Americans had done it and they were going to take the Aussies, but they said they stuffed their last tack which left it open, hats off to the Aussies they did a great job in that race. Itβs obviously disappointing to miss out on the final by just one point, but Iβm really proud of how the team came out swinging today. We won two races in the difficult light conditions, with only four of us on-board rather than the usual six, so hopefully we can continue that form going into the San Francisco event next weekend.β
Despite not making it into the final, Emirates GBR still sits top of the Rolex SailGP Championship 2025 Season leaderboard with 34 points, while Australia are second with 32 and New Zealand third with 29. It will be all to race for next weekend in San Francisco, for the second installment of SailGPβs first ever double-header.
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