Second season of SailGP league set to sail from April 2021 to early 2022 and feature F50 catamaran racing in an expanded circuit.
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SailGP has suspended racing for the remainder of the year due to the Covid-19 pandemic and will reschedule Season 2 from April 2021 to early 2022, with the second series ?set to be expanded from five to a minimum of seven events?.
The now-cancelled 2020 SailGP season started with seven teams racing in Sydney
Results from this year?s Sydney SailGP from February 28-29 ? the first and only completed event of the year ? will be null and void.
Two of the four remaining events scheduled for this year have confirmed new dates for 2021 ? San Francisco on April 17-18 and New York on June 4-5. SailGP also intends to return to the UK and Denmark during the rescheduled Season 2, with new dates to be confirmed. Sir Ben Ainslie, who led the British entry to victory in his SailGP debut in February, said racing on the F50 catamarans would resume ?when it?s safe for everyone involved?, but admitted he was missing a series that also featured returning campaigns from Australia, France, Japan and the US, plus newcomers Denmark and Spain.
?This has been a huge challenge for the entire world and in particular for healthcare workers on the frontline of this crisis. At the end of the day, this is sport and we?ll get back out there when it?s safe for everyon...