Singapore added to SailGP’s expanding calendar in 2022
Singapore has been added to SailGP’s expanded season three calendar, with the first Asian race in the series scheduled for 14th and 15th January next year.
Organisers of the series have announced that the 10 teams, including new franchises from Canada and Switzerland, will race their hydrofoiling F50 catamarans at East Coast Park's Parkland Green in the eighth round of the series.
SailGP Chief Executive Russell Coutts, a five-time America’s Cup winner, commented “from our inception, we have made it clear that our ambition is to be a truly global championship, with some of the world’s most iconic waterfront cities as our backdrop.
“With the confirmation of our first Asian grand prix, the addition of Singapore to the line-up and season three now spanning four continents, our vision is becoming a reality.”
Team Australia successfully defended its title in late March, with driver Tom Slingsby speeding ahead of rivals Nathan Outteridge of Team Japan and Jimmy Spithill of Team USA to claim the US$1 million winner-takes-all season two championship race on San Francisco Bay.
Slingsby beat Outteridge for the inaugural SailGP title and US$1 million check in 2019.
SailGP is an international sailing competition using high performance F50 foiling catamarans, where teams compete across a season of multiple grands prix around the world.
The new season starts in Bermuda on 14th May.
Image credit SailGP.
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