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2024Boat WorldOctober 2024SailGP 2025

Brazil to host SailGP

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Rio de Janeiro will host the inaugural Brazilian SailGP event, the renowned international sail racing championship known as the most exciting racing on water. The Enel Rio Sail Grand Prix will take place on May 3-4, 2025 in Guanabara Bay, in front of the stunning backdrop of Sugarloaf Mountain and the iconic Rio skyline. 

Two-time Olympic gold medalist Martine Grael has been selected as driver for her nations SailGP team, announced earlier this year – the first female driver since the league’s inception in 2019.

Martine Grael poses for a photo in front of a SailGP sign in Rio de Janeiro for the announcement of the Mubudala Brazil SailGP Team and Enel Rio Sail Grand Prix event in Season 5. Martine Grael, two-time double Olympic gold-medalist, has been selected as driver for the Mubadala Brazil SailGP Team – the first female driver since the league’s inception in 2019. Monday 2nd September 2024. Photo: André Luiz Mello/AGIF/SailGP. Handout image supplied by SailGP.

SailGP CEO Sir Russell Coutts celebrated Grael’s appointment, hailing the Brazilians as “a serious contender” in the 2024/2025 Season. 

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