Head to Head: Sydney Match Race

Relive the first match race of SailGP Season 1. Longtime rivals Nathan Outteridge, at the helm of Japan SailGP Team, and Tom Slingsby, helming Australia SailGP Team, faced off on the final day of racing in Sydney. It was a fairytale ending for the Aussies, who clinched the win at home.

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The fan-centric, inshore racing takes place in some of the most iconic harbors around the globe and culminates with a $1 million winner-takes-all match race. Rival national teams from Australia, China, France, Great Britain, Japan and the United States battle it out in identical supercharged F50 catamarans, engineered for intense racing at electrifying speeds exceeding 50 knots (nearly 60 mph).