Nice Britain’s SailGP group prolonged their lead within the general standings with an exhilarating first win of the season in Australia.
Driver Dylan Fletcher led the British group to podium finishes within the opening two occasions, ending second in November’s season-opener in Dubai and third final day trip in Auckland, New Zealand within the 14-regatta occasion.
GB claimed 4 top-three finishes within the seven qualifying races to achieve the ultimate in Sydney Harbour, alongside hosts Australia and Canada, led by former British driver Giles Scott.
They usually discovered the higher breeze within the closing levels to overtake Canada and win by six seconds, whereas Tom Slingsby’s Australian group needed to accept third after being penalised for encroachment at first.
“We have to preserve working laborious and delivering, however it is a nice consequence for the group and I am actually happy with how everybody carried out,” mentioned Fletcher, 36, who received gold within the males’s 49er class on the Tokyo Olympics.
Ben Ainslie, CEO of the British group, added: “It is solely Dylan’s third occasion with the group and he is accomplished brilliantly. He is world-class and that is why we needed to get him on this recreation.”
It was a primary victory for the British group since June – once they received in Canada within the 2024 marketing campaign with Scott as driver – and moved them to 27 factors general, three away from second-placed Australia and 7 forward of reigning champions Spain in third.
Racing now strikes to the USA for back-to-back legs in Los Angeles (15-16 March) and San Francisco (22-23 March).
