Martine Grael Becomes First Female Driver to Win a SailGP Fleet Race in Latest Episode of Racing on the Edge
JULY 14, 2025, NEW YORK | Double-Olympic champion Martine Grael’s breakthrough victory in New York features in the newest episode of SailGP’s official behind-the-scenes documentary, Racing on the Edge, which drops today. The episode follows Grael’s journey since joining the global racing championship as its first female driver at the beginning of the 2025 Season.
Produced in partnership with Rolex, the episode provides an intimate view into Grael’s pioneering role in the sport as she leads the Mubadala Brazil SailGP Team to its first fleet race win at the Mubadala New York Sail Grand Prix last month on Governors Island. Following the Mubadala Brazil SailGP Team in its debut season with Grael at the wheel, viewers are given a behind-the-scenes look at the unique challenges faced by Grael as she tackles SaliGP’s steep learning curve – the trials, tribulations, and emotional highs and lows of competing against the best in the sport on the world’s greatest stage.
“We had so many things to improve in New York that we didn’t know how it was going to go,” Grael says in the episode. “I think the smile on everybody’s faces after our first win describes it all.”
Grael’s fleet race victory marks a milestone in the Rolex SailGP Championship, in which men and women compete alongside one another in identical, 50-foot foiling catamarans. Claiming victory against 11 rival nations, Grael demonstrates that women can not only compete alongside – but win – at the very highest level of the elite competition.
ABOUT SAILGP | The most exciting racing on water, the Rolex SailGP Championship sees national teams battling it out in identical high-tech, high-speed 50-foot foiling catamarans at iconic venues around the world. Racing faster than the wind at speeds approaching 100 km/h (60 mph), SailGP is driven by the sport’s top athletes, with national pride, personal glory, and a total prize money of US$12 million at stake. Powered by nature – wind, sea and sun – driven by purpose, SailGP races for a better future. Visit SailGP.com to find out more.
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