2026 SailGP championship

Rolex SailGP 2026 Championship
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Dates	January to November 2026
Yachts	F50
	← 2024-25 TBA →

The 2026 SailGP Championship will be the sixth season of the SailGP championship.

Entries

Team	Helmsman	Events
Australia SailGP Team	Tom Slingsby
Mubadala Brazil SailGP Team	Martine Grael
NorthStar SailGP Team	Giles Scott
Rockwool Racing SailGP Team	Nicolai Sehested
France SailGP Team	Quentin Delapierre
Emirates Great Britain SailGP Team	Dylan Fletcher
Germany Deutsche Bank SailGP Team	Erik Heil
Red Bull Italy SailGP Team	Ruggero Tita
Black Foils, New Zealand Sail GP Team	Peter Burling
Spain SailGP Team	Diego Botín
Switzerland SailGP Team	Sébastien Schneiter
United States SailGP Team	Taylor Canfield
Citations:

Team changes

SailGP plans to add two new teams its roster in 2026.^[1]

Calendar

The first look at the Race Calendar for 2026 was announced on April 16, 2025, and features new stops in Perth, Austarlia and Rio De Janeiro as well as the awaited return to Halifax.^[2]

Rnd	Host	Title	Dates	Winning team
1	Perth, Australia	Perth Sail Grand Prix	January 2026	TBD
2	Sydney, Australia	Sydney Sail Grand Prix	February 2026	TBD
3	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Enel Rio Sail Grand Prix	April 2026	TBD
4	Bermuda	Apex Group Bermuda Sail Grand Prix	May 2026	TBD
5	New York City, United States	Mubadala New York Sail Grand Prix	May 2026	TBD
6	Halifax, Canada	Halifax	June 2026	TBD
7	Portsmouth, Great Britain	Portsmouth	July 2026	TBD
8	Saint-Tropez, France	Saint-Tropez	September 2026	TBD
9	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Emirates Dubai Sail Grand Prix presented by P&O Marinas	November 2026	TBD
10	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	Mubadala Abu Dhabi Sail Grand Prix 2026 Season Grand Final, presented by Abu Dhabi Sport Council	November 2026	TBD
Citations:^[2]

Season

Results

Points are awarded per race for the Event Leaderboard, with 10 points for the winner, 9 points for second place, 8 points for third, and so on, with 11th and 12th place getting 0 points.^[3]

Each event hosts seven fleet races, with the three highest scoring teams of the event facing off in an additional final race to decide the podium order. The winner of that final wins the event, with the final standings of the event leaderboard used to award points for the Championship Leaderboard. The winner is awarded 10 Championship points, second awarded 9, and so on. Teams in 11th and 12th positions do not receive any Championship points.^[3]

In the event of a tie between two or more boats in the event or Championship leaderboard, the teams are ranked according to their finishing places in the most recent race or event.^[3]

The three highest scoring teams at the end of the season compete in the SailGP Grand Final with the winning team awarded the championship.^[4]

Impact League

As part of SailGP's sustainability initiatives, the championship runs a second leaderboard on which teams compete to have the greatest improvement in the sustainability of the sport. It encourages teams to implement sustainable practices and promote inclusivity within their organizations and communities. The league tracks teams' progress in areas such as carbon footprint reduction, gender equity, and youth engagement. The SailGP Impact League is a sustainability and inclusivity program within the global sailing league. Teams are externally audited after each round against 10 criteria, with the top three ranked teams awarded prize money to be donated to the teams' sustainability partners.^[5]New Zealand won the inaugural SailGP Impact League in 2022, followed by Rockwool Denmark in 2023 and Emirates Great Britain in 2024.^[6]^[7]^[8]

Standings

References

↑ "UPDATE: SailGP confirms plans to add two new teams to 2026 season start line". SailGP. 2025-04-17. Retrieved 2025-04-22.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "FIRST LOOK: SailGP reveals first details of 2026 Season calendar". SailGP. 2025-04-16. Retrieved 2025-04-22.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 "SailGP Explained // The beginner's guide to scoring in SailGP". SailGP. Retrieved 2024-12-19.
↑ "How Events Work". SailGP. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
↑ "A Race For The Future: SailGP becomes first sport to integrate positive impact into its global league". SailGP. 2021-07-14. Archived from the original on July 14, 2021. Retrieved 2021-07-14. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
↑ "SailGP announces New Zealand as the first-ever winners of the Impact League". SailGP. Retrieved 2025-01-22.
↑ "Denmark beats New Zealand to lift Season 3 Impact League trophy in San Francisco". SailGP. Retrieved 2025-01-22.
↑ "SailGP crowns Emirates Great Britain Season 4 Champions of the Impact League – SailGP's Podium for the Planet". SailGP. Retrieved 2025-01-21.

External links

SailGP website

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[1] "UPDATE: SailGP confirms plans to add two new teams to 2026 season start line". SailGP. 2025-04-17. Retrieved 2025-04-22.

[cal-2] 2.0 ^2.1 "FIRST LOOK: SailGP reveals first details of 2026 Season calendar". SailGP. 2025-04-16. Retrieved 2025-04-22.

[scoring-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 "SailGP Explained // The beginner's guide to scoring in SailGP". SailGP. Retrieved 2024-12-19.

[4] "How Events Work". SailGP. Retrieved 2022-09-12.

[5] "A Race For The Future: SailGP becomes first sport to integrate positive impact into its global league". SailGP. 2021-07-14. Archived from the original on July 14, 2021. Retrieved 2021-07-14. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)

[6] "SailGP announces New Zealand as the first-ever winners of the Impact League". SailGP. Retrieved 2025-01-22.

[7] "Denmark beats New Zealand to lift Season 3 Impact League trophy in San Francisco". SailGP. Retrieved 2025-01-22.

[8] "SailGP crowns Emirates Great Britain Season 4 Champions of the Impact League – SailGP's Podium for the Planet". SailGP. Retrieved 2025-01-21.

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