SailGP has today announced a return to Great Britain as part of its 2024/2025 Season calendar. The Great Britain Sail Grand Prix will take place on 19 and 20 July 2025, with the venue set to be announced in the coming months. SailGP last came to the UK in July 2022, with an event in Plymouth which was attended more than 31,000 people, including HRH Princess of Wales.
SailGP’s fifth season will feature a host of new teams and new locations, with a minimum of 13 events across five continents. The Season 4 Grand Final takes place in San Francisco this weekend, 13 and 14 July, and Season 5 will commence with the Emirates Dubai Sail Grand Prix presented by P&O Marinas on 23 and 24 November 2024.
Sir Ben Ainslie, CEO of the Emirates Great Britain SailGP Team, said: “We are delighted that SailGP is returning to Great Britain in the summer of 2025. All of us at Emirates GBR are excited to have a home event and bring the most exciting racing on water back to Britain. It will be an opportunity for our home fans to experience the world class entertainment SailGP has to offer and see the sport's top athletes in action during the close to shore racing. We will be announcing the venue in the coming months, and look forward to working with local schools, sailing clubs, and other organisations to create opportunities for young people in the area."
Following the Dubai event in November 2024, The global championship will head to the Southern Hemisphere for back-to-back events in New Zealand (January 18-19, 2025) and Australia (February 8-9, 2025). Following record-setting crowds in Seasons 3 and 4, the ITM New Zealand Sail Grand Prix will make its debut in Auckland - New Zealand’s largest city, known for its passionate racing fans. From there, the entertainment heads to the iconic Sydney Harbor for SailGP’s record sixth visit to the city.
SailGP will return to Los Angeles for a weekend of sport and spectacle, bringing together Hollywood glamor and action-packed entertainment (March 15-16, 2025), before visiting one of the most dynamic racecourses on the calendar - San Francisco Bay (March 22-23, 2025), set in front of the backdrop of the Golden Gate Bridge.
Next, the recently-announced Mubadala Brazil SailGP Team will make its home debut at the Brazil Sail Grand Prix (May 3-4, 2025) – with an exciting city announcement to follow. The league will then return to the Big Apple for the Mubadala New York Sail Grand Prix (June 7-8, 2025).
The European leg of the 2024/2025 Season will include the much-anticipated return of the Great Britain Sail Grand Prix (July 19-20, 2025) and a third visit to Taranto (September 6-7, 2025) for the ROCKWOOL Italy Sail Grand Prix, and a fourth visit to Spain for the Spain Sail Grand Prix | Andalucía - Cádiz (October 4-5, 2025).
New events in Germany (August 16-17) - city to be revealed - and Geneva, Switzerland (September 20-21, 2025) will provide opportunities for fans of each nation to cheer for their respective team on home waters for the very first time.
The 2024/2025 season will be rounded out by an additional Middle Eastern event scheduled for November 7-8 2025. Then it’s back to Abu Dhabi for the Grand Final - with national pride, personal glory and the largest cash prize in the sport all on the line.