The 2026 SailGP Championship, officially the Rolex SailGP 2026 Championship is the ongoing sixth season of the SailGP championship. The season is being contested over thirteen sail grands prix held at venues around the world. Teams are competing for both the season championship and the impact league. Emirates GBR are both the reigning season champions and impact league winners.
Entries TeamDriverEvents Bonds Flying Roos SailGP Team Tom Slingsby1-11 Mubadala Brazil SailGP Team Martine Grael1-6, 8-10 Paul Goodison7, 11 NorthStar SailGP Team Giles Scott1-11 Rockwool Racing SailGP Team Nicolai Sehested1-11 DS Automobiles SailGP Team France Quentin Delapierre1-2, 4-11 Emirates Great Britain SailGP Team Dylan Fletcher1-11 Germany SailGP Team presented by Deutsche Bank Erik Heil1-11 Red Bull Italy SailGP Team Phil Robertson1-11 Black Foils SailGP Team Peter Burling1-2, 7-11 Los Gallos SailGP Team Diego Botín2-11 Artemis SailGP Team Nathan Outteridge1-11 Switzerland SailGP Team Sébastien Schneiter1-11 United States SailGP Team Taylor Canfield 1-10 Martine Grael11Citations:
Team changes Artemis SailGP Team driven by Nathan Outteridge will become the thirteenth team for the 2026 season.
Calendar The first look at the Race Calendar for 2026 was announced on April 16, 2025, and features new stops in Perth, Australia and Rio De Janeiro as well as the awaited return to Halifax.
HostTitleDatesWinning team1 Perth, AustraliaOracle Perth Sail Grand Prix presented by KPMG17–18 January 2026 Emirates GBR2 Auckland, New ZealandITM New Zealand Sail Grand Prix14–15 February 2026 Bonds Flying Roos3 Sydney, AustraliaKPMG Sydney Sail Grand Prix28 February – 1 March 2026 US SailGP Team4 Rio de Janeiro, BrazilEnel Rio Sail Grand Prix11–12 April 2026 Bonds Flying Roos5 BermudaApex Group Bermuda Sail Grand Prix10–11 May 2026 Bonds Flying Roos6 New York City, United StatesMubadala New York Sail Grand Prix31 May – 1 June 2026 Bonds Flying Roos7 Halifax, Canada Canada Sail Grand Prix Canada Sail Grand Prix21–22 June 2026 Los Gallos8 Portsmouth, Great BritainEmirates Great Britain Sail Grand Prix26–27 July 2026 Los Gallos9 Sassnitz, GermanyGermany Sail Grand Prix23–24 August 2026 Bonds Flying Roos10 Valencia, SpainSpain Sail Grand Prix5-6 September 2026 US SailGP Team11 Geneva, SwitzerlandRolex Switzerland Sail Grand Prix19–20 September 2026 Los Gallos12 Dubai, United Arab EmiratesEmirates Dubai Sail Grand Prix presented by DP World21–22 November 2026 TBD13 Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesMubadala Abu Dhabi Sail Grand Prix 2026 Season Grand Final, presented by Abu Dhabi Sport Council28–29 November 2026 TBDCitations:
Season
Round 1: Oracle Perth Sail Grand Prix presented by KPMG
Results
Team1234567F1 Emirates GBR537511412 Bonds Flying Roos189233323 DS Team France212852234 Artemis921164115 United States34339896 NorthStar494107617 Red Bull Italy751062758 Rockwool Racing6106741069 Germany by Deutsche Bank1075989810 Mubadala Brazil868411111011 SwitzerlandDNFDNFDNSDNS105712 Black FoilsDNFDNSDNSDNSDNSDNSDNSDNC Los GallosDNFDNSDNSDNSDNSDNSDNS Penalties
Black Foils handed eight point penalty for collision with Switzerland in Fleet Race 1.
Round 2: ITM New Zealand Sail Grand Prix The round was marked by strong winds across both days of racing, which contributed to a severe collision between the New Zealand and French teams during the third race. As a consequence, the fleet was split with separate races on the second day, to allow more space per boat on the course.
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.
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.
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.
The three highest scoring teams at the end of the season compete in the SailGP Grand Final with the winning team awarded the championship. TeamPERAKLSYDRIOBERNYCHALPSMSASVALGENDBAABDPoints1 Bonds Flying Roos21511147122942 Los GallosDNS33221211351783 Artemis459311522597594 United States5714766611113565 Emirates GBR122124211 11969536 DS Team France34DNS8941086126467 NorthStar610111063832108448 Rockwool Racing88651071291043409 Explora Journeys SwissDNF11101158348743910 Germany by Deutsche Bank968631171078123611 Red Bull Italy7134789912123113012 Black FoilsDNF9DNSDNSDNSDNS5541152713 Mubadala Brazil101279121013131313109Citation:
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.New Zealand won the inaugural SailGP Impact League in 2022, followed by Rockwool Denmark in 2023 and Emirates Great Britain in 2024.
Standings
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References
External links SailGP website