Four major sports titles in a super Sunday for the Spanish, as Spain secure $2Million in prize money by taking the SailGP Grand Final in San Francisco.
Los Gallos snatched their first SailGP Championship title, adding to major wins in the Euros 2024, the Wimbledon final, and LIV Golf on a Sunday of sport the Spanish won’t soon forget.
Spain defeated league heavyweights Australia and New Zealand who finished second and third respectively in Sunday’s winner-takes-all Grand Final race.
Unable to keep the smile from his face, Botin enthused: “Beating the Kiwis and Aussies in the Grand Final here in San Francisco – it’s amazing. We’re over the moon.”
At the start of the second day, New Zealand, Australia and France lead with Spain in fourth just one point behind France, as they battled fo compete in the the $2 million, winner-takes-all Grand Final.
Australia took race 4 ahead of Canada with Spain 6th, and then the final fleet race with Spain 4th and claiming the third spot in the final, after France crashed with the Danes, and were out with a broken rudder and a 12 event point penalty.
With Australia hot on Spain’s heels for the duration of the Grand Final race, it was all down to moments before the final maneuver where Australia lost critical momentum – citing technical error once again.
In a drag race to the finish, Botin soared into the win . . . the first time that Tom Slingsby’s Aussi team has been beaten in the Grand Final shootout. Slingsby citing sheer bad luck when he misssed the final tack and Spain grabbed the title.
Australia were San Francisco SailGP event winners, one point ahead of Rockwool Denmark, with Emirates Great Britain third on the podium.
The 2024/2025 Season will begin with the Emirates Dubai Sail Grand Prix presented by P&O Marinas on November 23-24, 2024.
The League’s fifth season will feature a host of new teams and locations, including debut events in Brazil, Germany, Switzerland and Auckland, as well as a return to Great Britain on 19-20 July 2025.
2024 San Francisco SaillGP Event Final Leaderboard:
1 // Australia 39 points
2 // ROCKWOOL Denmark 38 points
3 // Emirates Great Britain 35 points
4 // New Zealand 33 points
5 // Canada 28 points
6 // Spain 26 points
7 // France 16 points
8 // Germany 14 points
9 // United States 13 points
10 // Switzerland 12 points
2024 SailGP Season 4 Leaderboard:
1 // Spain
2 // Australia
3 // New Zealand
4 // ROCKWOOL Denmark
5 // Emirates GBR
6 // Canada
7 // France
8 // United States
9 // Germany
10 // Switzerland
