Australia SailGP Team, officially the Bonds Flying Roos, is an Australian sailing team which participates in the international SailGP championship. Founded in 2018 for the inaugural season of SailGP, the team has been led by driver, CEO and Co-Owner Tom Slingsby since its creation. The team are three-time champions, having won the first three seasons of the competition. They finished runners up in Season 4 and Season 2025. They currently leading the 2026 Season Championship.
History Australia SailGP Team was established in 2019 by F50 League LLC as a part of the inaugural season of the SailGP competition.
It won the league's inaugural 2019 season, as well as the subsequent 2021–22 and 2022–23 seasons. They finished runners up in 2023-24 behind Spain and Season 2025 behind Emirates GBR.
British sailor Chris Draper signed with the team as Trimmer for 2025 following the departure of Kyle Langford to Redbull Italy.
In June 2025, Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds joined Tom Slingsby as co-owners of the Australia SailGP Team, renaming it Bonds Flying Roos, gaining Australian clothing company Bonds as title sponsor. Monday.com were brought on as Global Partner and Blueberry were named Team Partner.
Ahead of the 2026 Season, the team announced the signing of Australian Wing Trimmer Iain Jensen, who had just won the 2025 season onboard rivals Emirates Great Britain. Chris Draper departed and joined new team Artemis Sweden.
In May 2026, Disney+ announced they greenlit a new docuseries from Maximum Effort following the team and their world-famous co-owners Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds.
Former team members include Kyle Langford (Season 1-4), Ky Hurst (Season 1) Nick Hutton (Season 1), Lucy Copeland (Season 2), Nina Curtis (Season 2-4) Chris Draper (Season 5), Jimmy Spithill (One event in Season 4 while Tom Slingsby and his partner were having a baby), and Glenn Ashby (Two events in 2026 as injury replacement for Iain Jensen).
Results SeasonDriverPosition2019 Tom Slingsby 1st202122 Tom Slingsby 1st202223 Tom Slingsby 1st202324 Tom Slingsby Jimmy Spithill 2nd202425 Tom Slingsby 2ndSource:
Impact League
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