Second day of SailGP racing in Saint-Tropez

Sailweb

10th September 2023

Sunday, 10 September, the second day of SailGP racing in Saint-Tropez.

Overnight it was confirmed that significant damage sustained to New Zealand’s wing means Pete Burling’s team would be unable to compete on the second day of racing in Saint-Tropez.

Ben Ainslie and his British team won the first race (R4) of the day.

The final full fleet race (R5) was a win for Tom Slingby and Australia.

For the three boat Final it was Ben Ainslie, Tom Slingsby and Diego Botin and the Spain team.

Final event victory went to Ainslie and Emirates Team GBR after they caught and passed Slingsby to take the lead round the final mark for a 26 sec win.

This puts Ainslie in fourth place on the Season 4 overall leaderboard with 19pts.

Slingsby leads with 26 pts, second Botin with 24 pts and third Nicolia Sehested and the Rockwool DEN team.

Next event is in Taranto for the ROCKWOOL Italy Sail Grand Prix, 23 and 24 September.

But before that event, Ainslie and several other SailGP sailors will head immediatly to Spain for the start of the America’s Cup first Preliminary Regatta, sailed in AC40 monohulls.

The practice races in Vilanova are on 13 and 14 September, and racing on Friday 15, Saturday 16, and Sunday 17 September.

See below for the final day racing video.