2019 SailGP championship

2019 SailGP Championship

The Australian, Chinese, and British SailGP teams at the New York SailGP.
Event title
Name	2019 SailGP Championship
Dates	February 15 to September 22, 2019
Yachts	F50
Results
Winner	Australia
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The 2019 SailGP Championship was the first season of the SailGP championship, and was won by the Australian team. ^[1]

Entries

The championship-winning Australian team at the New York SailGP.

The series had six teams enter, all of which competed in all rounds.

Team	Helmsman	Rounds
Australia SailGP Team	Tom Slingsby	All
China SailGP Team	Phil Robertson	All
France SailGP Team	Billy Besson	All
Great Britain SailGP Team	Dylan Fletcher	All
Japan SailGP Team	Nathan Outteridge	All
United States SailGP Team	Rome Kirby	All
Citation: [2]

Calendar

The season was contested over five rounds, of which all but one were won by the Australian team.

Rnd	Host	Title	Dates	Winning team
1	Sydney, Australia	Sydney Sail Grand Prix	February 15–16	Australia
2	San Francisco, USA	San Francisco Sail Grand Prix	May 4–5	Australia
3	New York City, USA	New York Sail Grand Prix	June 21–22	Japan
4	Cowes, England	Coews Sail Grand Prix	August 10–11	Australia [a]
5	Marseille, France	Merseille Sail Grand Prix	September 20–22	Australia
Citation: [2]

Results

Points were awarded per race, with 10 points for the winner, 9 points for second place, 8 points for third, and so on.

Each event hosted multiple races, with the two highest scoring teams after each round facing off one-on-one. The winner of that final race won the event. The two highest scoring teams at the end of the season competed in Marseille with the winning team awarded the championship.

Pos Team SYD SFN NYC COW [a] MAR Points 1 2 3 4 5 F 1 2 3 4 5 F 1 2 3 4 5 F 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 F 1 Australia 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 229 2 Japan 1 2 2 2 3 2 1 1 1 2 4 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 3 3 1 4 1 2 3 1 2 223 3 China 2 6 6 6 2 6 5 5 6 6 3 5 3 5 6 3 2 4 5 3 5 3 1 4 2 C 171 4 Great Britain 3 4 4 3 5 3 4 2 1 2 6 6 6 3 4 5 6 6 3 2 3 6 4 6 4 C 169 5 France DNF 5 3 4 4 5 6 6 5 5 5 3 4 6 5 4 5 2 4 5 4 4 6 3 1 C 164 6 United States 5 3 5 5 6 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 5 4 1 6 4 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 C 163 Citations: [4] [5] [6] [7]

Key Colour Result 1 Winner 2 Second place 3 Third place 4–6 Finish DNF Did not finish DNS Did not start DSQ Disqualified WH Withheld from racing C Race cancelled

Notes

1. Although the Cowes SailGP was planned to take place over 5 races and a final, the event was shortened due to extreme weather and was awarded to the Australian team. ^[3]

References

1. "Team Australia wins inaugural SailGP title over Team Japan after daring move". Australian Broadcasting Corporation . September 23, 2019. Archived from the original on November 9, 2019. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
2. Fish, Ben (June 15, 2019). "SailGP Season 1 Media Guide" (PDF). Archived from the original on November 25, 2020. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
3. "Aussies survive SailGP Cowes". Scuttlebutt Sailing News. August 11, 2019. Archived from the original on August 11, 2019. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
4. "San Francisco SailGP: Result". SailGP. May 5, 2019. Archived from the original on September 28, 2020. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
5. "New York SailGP: Result". SailGP. June 22, 2019. Archived from the original on October 22, 2020. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
6. "Cowes SailGP: Result". SailGP. August 11, 2019. Archived from the original on November 25, 2020. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
7. "Marseille SailGP: Results". SailGP. September 22, 2019. Archived from the original on September 28, 2020. Retrieved November 25, 2020.

External links

• SailGP website