2019 SailGP championship

The 2019 SailGP Championship was the first season of the SailGP championship, and was won by the Australian team.[1]

2019 SailGP Championship
The Australian, Chinese, and British SailGP teams at the New York SailGP.
Event title
Name2019 SailGP Championship
DatesFebruary 15 to September 22, 2019
YachtsF50
Results
WinnerAustralia Australia

Entries
The championship-winning Australian team at the New York Sail GP.
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 Australia SailGP Team Australia Tom Slingsby All
China China SailGP Team New Zealand Phil Robertson All
France France SailGP Team France Billy Besson All
United Kingdom Great Britain SailGP Team United Kingdom Dylan Fletcher All
Japan Japan SailGP Team Australia Nathan Outteridge All
United States United States SailGP Team United States 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 Australia Sydney, Australia Sydney Sail Grand Prix February 15–16 Australia Australia
2 United States San Francisco, USA San Francisco Sail Grand Prix May 4–5 Australia Australia
3 United States New York City, USA New York Sail Grand Prix June 21–22 Japan Japan
4 United Kingdom Cowes, England Coews Sail Grand Prix August 10–11 Australia Australia[lower-alpha 1]
5 France Marseille, France Merseille Sail Grand Prix September 20–22 Australia Australia
Citation:[2]

Season

Round 1: Sydney

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 Australia
SYD		 United States
SFN		 United States
NYC		 United Kingdom
COW[lower-alpha 1]		 France
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 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 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 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 United Kingdom 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 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 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.
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