Great Britain wins SailGP Season 5
The fifth season of SailGP finished as it should with Great Britain taking the title. They had been the form team, winning the most events (3 of 12), but still had to overcome the final stage on November 29-30 in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
The season began and ended with events in the Middle East, and while the United Arab Emirates oil money must be good for the league, the meager shoreside fan action was matched by the light winds on the Persian Gulf. A league built on high adrenaline instead strolled.
However, the top three teams on the season leaderboard - Great Britain, New Zealand, and Australia - survived the six fleet races to advance to the winner-take-all $2 million Grand Final. As this was the lone event decided on the fleet races alone, their focus was to keep defender Spain out, which made for odd optics as the best teams did poorly.
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