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
Event Title
Name2019 SailGP Championship
DatesFebruary 15 to September 22, 2019
YachtsF50
Results
Winner Australia

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 Rounds Helmsman Rounds
Australia All Tom Slingsby All
China All Phil Robertson All
France All Billy Besson All
Great Britain All Dylan Fletcher All
Japan All Nathan Outteridge All
United States of America All 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 Dates Winning team
1 Sydney, Australia February 15–16 Australia
2 San Francisco, USA May 4–5 Australia
3 New York City, USA June 21–22 Japan
4 Cowes, England August 10–11 Australia[lower-alpha 1]
5 Marseille, France 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.

Team
SYD
SFN
NYC
COW[lower-alpha 1]
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
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
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
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
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
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
United States of America 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
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]

Reference
  1. "Team Australia wins inaugural SailGP title over Team Japan after daring move". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2019-09-23. Archived from the original on 2019-11-09. Retrieved 2020-10-24.
  2. Fish, Ben (2019-06-15). "SailGP Season 1 Media Guide" (PDF). Archived from the original on 2020-11-25. Retrieved 2020-11-25.
  3. "Aussies survive SailGP Cowes". Scuttlebutt Sailing News. 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
  4. "San Francisco SailGP: Result". SailGP. 2019-05-05. Archived from the original on 2020-09-28. Retrieved 2020-11-25.
  5. "New York SailGP: Result". SailGP. 2019-06-22. Archived from the original on 2020-10-22. Retrieved 2020-11-25.
  6. "Cowes SailGP: Result". SailGP. 2019-08-11. Archived from the original on 2020-11-25. Retrieved 2020-11-25.
  7. "Marseille SailGP: Results". SailGP. 2019-09-22. Archived from the original on 2020-09-28. Retrieved 2020-11-25.
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