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Nothing to see here...

SailGP fails fast and moves on swiftly from that horror smash...

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Magnus Wheatley
Feb 26, 2026
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Am I alone in thinking that I can hear the sound of a giant broom sweeping inconvenience under the carpet? To be honest I was quite gobsmacked by the ‘Findings from Review’ that SailGP published, so much so that it’s taken me a good 24 hours to digest it. It’s a remarkable piece of face-saving with SailGP Director of Performance Engineering Alex Reid wheeled out to effectively say: “Nothing to see here..move on.”

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