The eighth event of Season 3’s 11-strong schedule, the Singapore Sail Grand Prix, marked SailGP’s first event of 2023 and and the league’s debut visit to Asia. We round up the best photos from the event.
![Season 3 // Singapore Sail Grand Prix // F50 fleet beneath clouds](http://images.ctfassets.net/2lppn7hwgzta/3ukCvxRAitQ3N4lSDq3aMt/4f640beea130fc7f2e4c8f43bb5a4293/BB509619.jpg)
Turbulent conditions, stormy skies and fickle winds played havoc on the first day, resulting in a 50 minute delay, four-crew configurations and a shortened racing schedule of two fleet races.
![Season 3 // Singapore Sail Grand Prix // United States crew wait for wind](http://images.ctfassets.net/2lppn7hwgzta/2FdbHhtxO4y4F78vGKfAMV/2bad9cc42863d1ee3d64de43eb04c5ec/IW1_8661.jpg)
Australia was top of the leaderboard overnight, despite not winning a race, while New Zealand and the United States picked up the wins.
![Season 3 // Singapore Sail Grand Prix // F50 fleet against Singapore skyline](http://images.ctfassets.net/2lppn7hwgzta/3U3G17b713Xe7KBJkmQlhK/fa5f2b5fe612fcbbd58c383b13e0e1b6/IW1_0226.jpg)
The wind turned up on the second day, with crews fighting to de-power the largest 29m wing in gusts of up to 33 km/h.
![Season 3 // Singapore Sail Grand Prix // Blair Tuke in Mixed Zone](http://images.ctfassets.net/2lppn7hwgzta/4GRGjUMu3RmVDcX2fK9NUq/af06adc107ba3fd061195d9dcddf726c/BB608253.jpg)
A top speed of 77.1 km/h was recorded by New Zealand as the flying F50 fleet screamed past spectators meters away on the shoreline and at SailGP’s first ever Beach Club.
![Season 3 // Singapore Sail Grand Prix // Spectators watch New Zealand from Singapore beach club](http://images.ctfassets.net/2lppn7hwgzta/mS3jPSqtJc6eEMksLDByd/b4c91367d771438c8e3aba5723b8d04a/CP2_7064.jpg)
Sebastien Schneiter’s young Swiss crew made history on the second day, sealing its first ever race win and following it up with a second place finish behind Denmark in the fourth and final fleet race.
![Season 3 // Singapore Sail Grand Prix // Switzerland win race on second day](http://images.ctfassets.net/2lppn7hwgzta/2kj1Bi7cPB2q8esCPrcIQJ/b0cf6bc2284da3963a376bc135f4c2ae/IW2_9075.jpg)
This now means that all nine teams have won a race - after Jordi Xammar’s Spain picked up a win for the first time at the Dubai Sail Grand Prix.
![Season 3 // Singapore Sail Grand Prix // Switzerland with New Zealand and Denmark](http://images.ctfassets.net/2lppn7hwgzta/59cCY6GXsZRU8uJ20J1uer/931dad2fd0dfd5f7a3b51c1cb6617b93/FD1_2736.jpg)
Despite its improved showing, Switzerland missed out on a place in the Final by just two points, leaving New Zealand, Australia and Denmark to battle it out in the winner-takes-all podium race.
It was a perfect start for all three boats, with Australia making the fastest start and Denmark positioned the closest to the start line, but New Zealand had the all-important best angle to mark one.
![AUS1](http://images.ctfassets.net/2lppn7hwgzta/1GxLI2dwrJ6isEcfpwpnmv/7c986105519cd49be693ce85b832cda7/AUS1.jpg)
A few mistakes from Australia and Denmark allowed the Kiwis to extend their lead to over 100m and sweep across the line to win the first ever Singapore Sail Grand Prix.
![Season 3 // Singapore Sail Grand Prix // Australia and New Zealand in the Final](http://images.ctfassets.net/2lppn7hwgzta/3KzOTfJUUKAeKo2HHEUGmZ/52e587c65d53b05eeb0e13c0d31917a4/ES908217__1_.jpg)
It was an especially impressive performance considering the team started the event on -4 points after colliding with the United States in practice.
![DEN1](http://images.ctfassets.net/2lppn7hwgzta/5rCaSKzM0vKxAW5XvaPJdg/764f2ef9c833cb76ca1f8d4ae888e044/DEN1.jpg)
After kicking off the year with the Singapore Sail Grand Prix, the SailGP fleet will next meet at the KPMG Australia Sail Grand Prix on February 18/19.