| 2022–23 SailGP Championship | |
| Year: | 2022–23 |
| Dates: | May 14, 2022 to May 7, 2023 |
| Yachts: | F50 |
| Prev: | 2021–22 |
| Next: | 2023–24 |
| Award1 Title: | Impact League |
| Award1: | Denmark |
| Logoalt: | SailGP logo |
The 2022–23 SailGP Championship was the third season of the SailGP championship.
| Australia SailGP Team | Tom Slingsby | All | |
| Canada SailGP Team | Phil Robertson | All | |
| Denmark SailGP Team presented by ROCKWOOL | Nicolai Sehested | All | |
| France SailGP Team | Quentin Delapierre | All | |
| Ben Ainslie | 1–3, 5–11 | ||
| New Zealand SailGP Team | Peter Burling | All | |
| Spain SailGP Team | Jordi Xammar | 1–8 | |
| Diego Botín | 9–11 | ||
| Switzerland SailGP Team | Sébastien Schneiter | 1–3, 6–11 | |
| Nathan Outteridge | align=center | 4–5 | |
| United States SailGP Team | Jimmy Spithill | All | |
| Citations:[1] | |||
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Canada and Switzerland joined the championship, increasing the number of teams to nine.
Japan SailGP Team participation has been indefinitely paused during the 2022–23 season due to a shortage of F50 yachts. Since new entrants Canada and Switzerland are self-funded, Japan was selected from the centrally-funded teams to give up their yacht due to a lack of sponsorship for the team.[2] [3] Japan's former helm and CEO Nathan Outteridge has since signed onto the Swiss SailGP Team and served as skipper in recent regattas.[4]
Four new venues joined the schedule with the additions of Chicago, Dubai, Singapore and New Zealand. Italy will not continue as a venue for this season. Denmark's location moved from Aarhus to Copenhagen.[5] [6] Sydney was not on the original schedule, but later entered into a three-year contract to start with the third season.[7]
| 1 | Bermuda | Bermuda Sail Grand Prix presented by Hamilton Princess | May 14–15, 2022 | Australia | |
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| 2 | Chicago, United States | T-Mobile United States Sail Grand Prix | Chicago at Navy Pier | June 18–19, 2022 | Australia | |
| 3 | Plymouth, England | Great Britain Sail Grand Prix | Plymouth | July 30–31, 2022 | New Zealand | |
| 4 | Copenhagen, Denmark | ROCKWOOL Denmark Sail Grand Prix | Copenhagen|August 20, 2022| New Zealand|-!5| Saint-Tropez, France|Range Rover France Sail Grand Prix | Saint-Tropez | September 10–11, 2022 | United States | |
| 6 | Cádiz, Spain | Spain Sail Grand Prix | Andalucía – Cádiz presented by NEAR | September 24–25, 2022 | France | |
| 7 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Dubai Sail Grand Prix presented by P&O Marinas | November 11–12, 2022 | Australia | |
| 8 | Singapore | Singapore Sail Grand Prix | January 14–15, 2023 | New Zealand | |
| 9 | Sydney, Australia | KPMG Australia Sail Grand Prix | Sydney|February 18, 2023| France|-!10| Christchurch, New Zealand|ITM New Zealand Sail Grand Prix | Christchurch | March 18–19, 2023 | Canada | |
| 11 | San Francisco, USA | Mubadala SailGP Season 3 Grand Final | San Francisco | May 6–7, 2023 | Australia | |
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Great Britain did not participate in the regatta after hitting a rock during a practice session and causing severe damage to their F50.[8] Day 1 of racing on August 19 was cancelled due to light wind.
The Range Rover France Sail Grand Prix event brought two days with wildly different wind conditions. Day 1 featured heavy wind and fast racing with puffs reaching up to 45 km/h. The F50 class speed record was set several times during racing, with the final record set by the French team at 99.94 km/h.[9] Mark roundings were high stakes maneuvers, with most teams intentionally "landing" the boats to scrub speed. There were two near-capsizes from Canada and Denmark, and Australia sustained damage at the end of race one during a sudden de-foil, but the fleet managed the conditions well for three exciting races.
Day 2's wind was at the minimum 10 km/h range so the fleet's modular wings were extended from Day 1's 18 meters to the tallest 29 meter configuration.[10] Although two races were attempted, both courses were shortened and only one was completed within the 14 minute time limit. The event final then featured light air tactics from USA, NZL and GRB hunting for patches of wind to speed them across the finish.
Two teams were penalized points for boat to boat contact: Switzerland was docked 4 event points and 2 championship points for contact with USA during practice. USA was docked 8 event points and 4 championship points for contact with France during race 5.[11]
Race management has increased the time limit for races from 14 minutes to 16 minutes, and decreased the minimum legs from 4 to 3.[12]
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.[13]
Each event hosts multiple 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.
The three highest scoring teams at the end of the season compete in the Sail GP Grand Final with the winning team awarded the championship.[14]
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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. 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.[24]
| 1 | Denmark | 170 | 169 | 166 | 128 | 139 | 154 | 144 | 163 | 182 | 151 | 1565 | |
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| 2 | New Zealand | 171 | 163 | 176 | 138 | 130 | 150 | 146 | 163 | 181 | 144 | 1560 | |
| 3 | 159 | 164 | 168 | 137 | 135 | 146 | 157 | 153 | 157 | 141 | 1516 | ||
| 4 | Canada | 167 | 160 | 171 | 121 | 130 | 165 | 162 | 151 | 159 | 127 | 1513 | |
| 5 | Spain | 155 | 153 | 166 | 135 | 113 | 155 | 138 | 148 | 154 | 132 | 1459 | |
| 6 | France | 160 | 141 | 165 | 133 | 135 | 157 | 145 | 150 | 161 | 103 | 1452 | |
| 7 | Australia | 158 | 163 | 169 | 128 | 127 | 126 | 128 | 156 | 178 | 109 | 1440 | |
| 8 | 151 | 154 | 168 | 111 | 128 | 156 | 141 | 142 | 156 | 111 | 1417 | ||
| 9 | Switzerland | 120 | 136 | 169 | 139 | 137 | 132 | 153 | 159 | 165 | 105 | 1413 | |
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