The final of the second season of SailGP will see three teams fighting it out for the $1 million purse as teams face off in San FranciscoSeason 2 of SailGP is set to draw to a close this weekend as the eight competing teams, sailing their foiling F50s, line up for the SailGP Final in San Francisco.
\nAs this is the final event of the season, the teams will be vying for the coveted $1 million top prize.
\nGoing into this final event, there is a clear top three in the overall standings with Tom Slingsby\u2019s Team Australia heading up the series, Jimmy Spithill\u2019s Team USA two points behind him and Nathan Outteridge\u2019s Team Japan in third another two points behind.
\nThe first two of these teams are guaranteed their spot in the three-boat winner-takes-all match race for the $1m prize.
\nSlingsby and his Team Australia will be looking to replicate their win in the inaugural season of SailGP, but Spithill will be keen to stop them making it two straight wins.
\nTaking place on an iconic race course between the Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz, five races will be contested across Saturday and Sunday, before the winner-takes-all, season-deciding final race.
\nAlongside the SailGP Season 2 Championship, for the first time ever, a second podium will also take place on the Sunday to crown the Impact League winner \u2013 the league\u2019s second podium for the planet.
\nPhoto: Eloi Stichelbaut for SailGP
\nSailGP\u2019s Impact League is an initiative to put sustainability at the heart of the sport and accelerate the transition to clean energy. Currently Peter Burling and Blair Tuke\u2019s New Zealand lead the charge from Ben Ainslie\u2019s Great Britain and Slingsby\u2019s Australia.
\nSan Francisco marks SailGP\u2019s return to the U.S. after a three-year hiatus, promising to deliver spectacular racing action in the race area so beloved by high performance sailors \u2013 and the scene of Oracle Team USA\u2019s famous comeback win against Emirates Team New Zealand in the 2013 America\u2019s Cup.
\nAlthough the top three teams are well out in front, the fight in the middle of the fleet is also close with 1 point separating Phil Robertson\u2019s Team Spain, and Burling\u2019s Team New Zealand, with Ainslie\u2019s Team Great Britain just a single point behind the Kiwis.
\nNicolai Sehested\u2019s Denmark team and Quentin Delapierre\u2019s French team round out the final places.
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The final of the second season of SailGP will see three teams fighting it out for the $1 million purse as teams face off in San FranciscoSeason 2 of SailGP is set to draw to a close this weekend as … <\/p>\n