SailGP Interviews

'The safest is when you're pushing hard' - Billy Gooderham explains flight control

Last season, NorthStar SailGP Team’s flight controller Billy Gooderham spent most of his race time focused on a piece of PVC tape on the bow of the F50. “It is now painted on the boat for us with a new paint job this year, so...

Podcast Ep. 8 - Sydney SailGP preview + Quentin Delapierre on safety

Click here to listen on Spotify and other platforms Sydney SailGP is almost here, but the Auckland collision casts a long shadow. In this week's episode, the team digs into one of the most consequential weekends in SailGP's...

How SailGP decides who's right at 50 knots

Sometimes Craig Mitchell and his team of SailGP umpires feel the benefit of operating remotely from a windowless studio in London. The chief umpire of SailGP since it began six years ago, Mitchell thinks back to one particularly...

From feeding cows to racing an F50: A chat with SailGP super-sub Glenn Ashby

“Glenn Ashby, there you were minding your own business feeding your cows and then you get the call-up to join Australia’s BOND Flying Roos SailGP team in Perth.” Andy Rice catches up with farmer-by-day Glenn to chat about his...

Sir Ben Ainslie on winning SailGP

Sir Ben Ainslie tells The Foil about how much it means for his Emirates GBR team to win the 2025 ‪SailGP‬ championship – and describes “the killer move” JK tack that made the difference in the Grand Final. Freddie Carr, who...

Emirates GBR: the winning interview

The season 5 SailGP championship triumph came down to a three-boat final that Freddie Carr describes as 'one of the best sailing races I've seen in a very, very long time.' And given Freddie's America's Cup pedigree, that's not a...