Britain slingshot from last to first to win SailGP 2025 championship in Abu Dhabi

VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS OF FINAL DAY OF SAIL GP CHAMPIONSHIP IN ABU DHABI/ SOUNDBITES WITH SKIPPER DYLAN FLETCHER, TACTICIAN HANNAH MILLS AND TEAM OWNER BEN AINSLIE RESENDING WITH SHOTLIST AND SCRIPT SHOWS: ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (NOVEMBER 30, 2025) (SAILGP – access all) 1. VARIOUS OF RACE START WITH EMIRATES GBR IN LAST PLACE/ CLOSE UP OF EMIRATES GBR'S BOAT (RED HULL) JIBING 2. WIDE SHOT OF EMIRATES GBR COMING UP TO THE GATE/ DUCKING BEHIND AUSTRALIA'S BOND FLYING ROOS 3. EMIRATES GBR ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE COURSE 4. VARIOUS OF EMIRATES GBR CROSSING THE FINISH LINE/ CREW CELEBRATE AND HUG EACH OTHER 5. (SOUNDBITE) (English) EMIRATES GBR SKIPPER DYLAN FLETCHER SAYING: "It was an unbelievable final, wasn't it? I mean, all three teams are amazing. Any one of us could have won, but yeah, just over the moon right now. What a really proud moment for the team. What a year. Stoked." 6. (SOUNDBITE) (English) EMIRATES GBR TACTICIAN AND TWO-TIME OLYMPIC CHAMPION HANNAH MILLS SAYING: "It's wild. I can't actually believe it. You know, it's just everyone's so good, the level's so high, the racing's so hard, and we prepared as well as we could for that final race, and we kind of executed what we wanted to do. Obviously, we didn't win the start, but after that I think we sailed the race we wanted to sail, and to be proud of, and came through with the win. So yeah, just absolutely buzzing for the team." 7. (SOUNDBITE) (English) EMIRATES GBR OWNER AND FOUR-TIME OLYMPIC CHAMPION BEN AINSLIE SAYING: "I'm just so proud of the team on and off the water. It's been a long season. Of course, it has lots of highs and lows, but to finish off in such strong fashion, to win the Impact League, win the season outright, and then win the Grand Final, what a huge achievement for the team. They've done brilliantly." 8. VARIOUS OF EMIRATES GBR CREW CELEBRATING ON THE PODIUM WITH THE SAIL GP GRAND FINAL TROPHY/ CLOSE UP OF THE TROPHY STORY: Britain won the 2025 SailGP Championship on Sunday (November 30), beating New Zealand and Australia in a thrilling three-way final in Abu Dhabi to lift the trophy and a $2 million prize. "It was an unbelievable final," said Emirates GBR skipper Dylan Fletcher. "All the three teams were amazing, any one of us could have won, but I'm just over the moon right now. What a team, what a year… I'm stoked". As they bore down on the finish line, the British crew celebrated their first SailGP championship win beneath the towering "wing" sail of their bright red and white F50 catamaran with cheers, laughter, whoops and wild fist pumping. Three-times winners Australia led off the start in Sunday's grand final, with Britain and New Zealand in hot pursuit as the, at times fluky, winds provided enough power for the crews to get their boats up on to their foils and "fly" above the water. The lead changed hands several times, before Fletcher and tactician Hannah Mills were able to get clear water by reading tricky wind shifts on Abu Dhabi's compact course, where teams used SailGP's new 27.5-metre wing for the first time. The British team was founded by Ben Ainslie, who is aiming to win the America's Cup in Naples in 2027 with his crew. (Production: Simon Ormiston) 

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