Germany Sailgp Team fights with starting problems: Rank Elf in Portsmouth!

Germany Sailgp Team fights with starting problems: Rank Elf in Portsmouth!

Portsmouth, Großbritannien - On July 21, 2025, the F50 foiler race in Portsmouth experienced a dramatic turn that made it difficult for all participating teams, especially the Germany Sailgp Team. The team from Germany continued to fight with starting difficulties, which had a negative impact on their overall performance. Erik Kosegarten-Heil, one of the drivers, expressed that these problems cost them a lot in the respective races, even though they felt comfortable within the action. The difficulties in starting included late and early starts, which led to them often overhauled and ultimately only reached the eleventh place at the end of the weekend.

On the first day of the race, the team still took fourth place. But on the second day on the water there were some positive moments, but overall it was not enough for an improvement. After seven out of twelve events of the season, the Germany Sailgp Team continues to take eleventh place in the season classification, tied only in front of the US team, which forms the bottom of the point.

challenges and incidents

The problems of the German team continued in the course of the race. The team was not only punished for path violations, but also experienced a "horror situation" in the last race. Here the F50 racing catamaran got stuck with a foil in the anchor line of a ton during a ton round, which the race ended abruptly. Erik Heil described the situation as extremely questionable because they feared that this could lead to damage to the foil box that would result in lengthy repairs.

The British teams had mixed feelings: after the fleetraces they were the leader, but lost in the final against New Zealanders and Switzerland. While the New Zealand team celebrated their second event victory of the season, the Swiss had to give up technical problems in the final. The French team, on the other hand, managed to successfully take part in training after a wing break in training thanks to nightly repair measures on the second day of the race.

look ahead

The next challenge for the Germany Sailgp Team is already in the house. The focus is on fixing the start problems for the next event in Sassnitz, which will take place on August 16 and 17, 2025. You have created a to-do list for preparing for your home game in the hope of improving performance. In the overall ranking, they are now determined to further increase in the course of the season, regardless of how challenging the competition may be.

Overall, the event in Portsmouth recorded around 20,000 spectators who followed the impressive competitions on the coast. An exciting look is now aimed at the upcoming events, including the stations in St. Tropez, Geneva, Cadíz and Abu Dhabi, all of which are in the schedule.