The Emirates Great Britain SailGP Team has secured its fourth podium result of the 2025 Season in front of a sell-out crowd at its home event in Portsmouth. The British crew came away with a second-place finish at the Emirates Great Britain Sail Grand Prix, after being pipped to the post by New Zealand.
Emirates GBR faced the Kiwis and Switzerland in Sunday’s winner-takes-all final in front of the 10,000 fans that filled the grandstand on Southsea Common. Although they didn’t come away with the win, the Brits put on a stellar performance across the event, securing top three finishes in all four races on Saturday - with a scoresheet of 1-2-3-2. This meant they entered day two on Sunday at the top of the leaderboard and the crew managed to maintain that place heading into the three-boat final, but unfortunately the Kiwis denied Emirates GBR the glory of a home-event win.
Emirates GBR Driver Dylan Fletcher said: “What an event, the home crowd was amazing and we very nearly got it done. We sailed well and had a solid weekend but there’s lots of jeopardy in SailGP. We gave it our everything and thought we might have had a nibble at the Kiwis at that top gate but unfortunately it just wasn’t enough. The team has really gelled and worked well together and it feels like we’re back to our usual level after a couple of off events. We know that’s how we can sail and if we sail like that for the rest of the season we will be where we want to be for that Grand Final in Abu Dhabi.”
With more than 20,000 fans attending the event across the weekend, Emirates GBR Strategist Hannah Mills said the team was “gutted” to not get the win in front of the home crowd.
“We are obviously gutted not to win as we felt like we were sailing really well this weekend but we certainly gave it our all,” she said.
“We were sailing really fast, the boat handling was good and our communication was solid – we are just so proud at how we’ve bounced back after a couple of tough events, and to do it here in front of a home crowd who were so loud was just amazing, we’re all just buzzing.”
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