2019 GC32 Racing Tour

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2019 was the sixth series of the GC32 Racing Tour. It was the first to include well-known GC32 teams Alinghi, Oman Air and Red Bull Sailing Team, following the collapse of the Extreme Sailing Series. [1] The 2019 season consisted of five acts, returning to Villasimius, Riva del Garda, Lagos, and Palma de Mallorca, as well as its debut in Muscat, Oman.

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2019 GC32 Racing Tour
Event title
Edition6th
Dates22 May – 10 November 2019
Yachts GC32
Results
Winner Alinghi Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg
  2018
2020  


Events

22-26 May: Villasimius Cup / Villasimius, Sardinia, Italy

26-30 June: GC32 World Championship / Lagos, Portugal

31 July- 4 August: 38 Copa del Rey MAPFRE / Palma de Mallorca, Spain

11-15 September: GC32 Riva Cup / Riva del Garda, Italy

6-10 November: GC32 Oman Cup / Muscat, Oman

Teams

Full-Season Teams

Alinghi

Arnaud Psarofaghis

Bryan Mettraux

Yves Detrey

Nicolas Charbonnier

Timothé Lapauw

Black Star Sailing Team

Christian Zuerrer

Flavio Marazzi

Florian Trüb

Adam Kay

Will Alloway

RedBull Sailing Team

Roman Hagara

Hans-Peter Steinacher

Mark Spearman

Rhys Mara

Julius Hallström

Oman Air

Adam Minoprio

Pete Greenhalgh

Stewart Dodson

Adam Piggott

Nasser Al Mashari

ZouLou

Erik Maris

Thierry Fouchier

Thomas le Breton

Bruno Mourniac

Nicolas Heintz

Argo

Jason Carroll

Sébastien Col

Nick Hutton

Alister Richardson

Scott ‘Chuck’ Norris


Part-Season Teams

Código Rojo Racing

M&G Tressis Silicius

Iker Martinez

Team Tilt

INEOS Rebels UK

Ben Ainslie

Oli Greber

Ben Cornish

Joey Newton

Giles Scott

NORAUTO

Franck Cammas

Arnaud Jarlegan

Olivier Herledant

Matthieu Vandame

Devan Le Bihan

CHINAone NINGBO

Phil Robertson

Ed Powys

Liu 'Black' Xue

Chen 'Horace' Jinhao

Liu 'Leo' Ming

Results

Overall Results

RankTeamTotalEvent 1Event 2Event 3Event 4Event 5
1Alinghi721211
2Oman Air1012124
3Red Bull Sailing Team1634333
4ZouLou1945442
5Argo2653DNC/756
6Black Star Sailing Team2866565

[2]

Owner-Driver Results

RankTeamTotalEvent 1Event 2Event 3Event 4Event 5
1ZouLou612111
2Argo1121DNC/32DNC/3

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References

  1. "OC Sport confirms the closure of Extreme Sailing Series | News". Extremesailingseries.com. 2019-06-12. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
  2. "results - the latest outcomes of our foil-racing Circuit". GC32 Racing Tour. Retrieved 2020-03-15.