Artemis have had a solid season for a team of newcomers. Making their league debut at the Perth season opener, the Swedish team clocked a fourth-place finish in the 13-boat fleet, beating the likes of 2024 champion Los Gallos, NorthStar and ROCKWOOL. It was a sign of things to come.
Since then they've recorded three podium finishes, in Rio, Halifax and Portsmouth, and become one of the most consistent finishers in the fleet. Their average finish position sits at 4.25.
But the word "newcomers" comes with a caveat.
There's plenty of previous F50 experience on board. Wing trimmer Chris Draper previously raced with the British and Australian teams, while flight controller Andy Maloney, from New Zealand, spent three seasons with the Black Foils before joining the Brazilians for their inaugural campaign last year. Then there's Nathan Outteridge, who drove the Japanese team to two Grand Finals in 2022 and 2023, finishing second on both occasions, before joining the Swiss team in a coaching role.
The three of them aren't so much newcomers as old hands.
Nevertheless, it is the team's first season, and they currently sit third on the season leaderboard, behind the Bonds Flying Roos and Los Gallos, both of whom have already booked their places in the Championship-deciding Grand Final.
With two events remaining, Artemis sit on 59 points, holding the third Grand Final qualification spot. They hold a slim three-point lead over the United States in fourth, and a six-point advantage over Emirates GBR in fifth. Those numbers alone understate just how good Artemis's debut season has been.
Five missed races tell the real story.
Artemis arrived in Bermuda fresh off their first podium finish, a third in Rio. The overall standings were promising at that point, with the team just four points behind the United States in third. Everything changed in Bermuda.
On the first day of racing, a broken bowsprit and other technical issues forced the team to retire before racing even began. The SailGP Tech Team worked overtime to get them back on the start line for day two, but the damage was already done.
Those four missed races left the team 11th overall for the event, with zero championship points gained. When the season leaderboard was recalibrated, Artemis remained fifth, tied with Germany, but their points deficit to the Championship podium had tripled. They were now 11 points behind Los Gallos in third, a far steeper mountain to climb than before. Another race was missed in Valencia due to an unresolved technical issue, bringing their season total to five DNS results.
Those five races matter to the wider picture.
Without them, Nathan Outteridge's team would rank among the most consistent in the league. The missed races cost them an estimated 20 to 35 championship points, and that is the main reason they currently sit 35 points behind the Bonds Flying Roos. With those points in hand, Artemis would be contending for first or second overall, rather than defending third from the Americans and the British.
Those five missed races stand as the only real lapse in the team's consistency this season. In fact, they rank as the third most consistent team in the fleet, behind only the Australians and the Spanish.
They've finished inside the top five in 67.2% of all races, a figure bettered only by the Australians (82.1%) and the Spanish (70.1%). They've also claimed a podium finish in 47.5% of all races, with only the Bonds Flying Roos and Los Gallos boasting higher podium conversion rates.
Their average event finishing position is 5.64, third in the fleet behind the Aussies and the Spanish.
Speaking on the latest episode of SailGP Today, league commentator Lisa Darmanin highlighted this steadiness as the team's key strength, a quiet consistency that, five lost races aside, has quietly made Artemis one of the stories of the season.
