2019 SailGP Championship | |
Year: | 2019 |
Dates: | February 15 to September 22, 2019 |
Yachts: | F50 |
Next: | 2021–22 |
Winner: | Australia |
The 2019 SailGP Championship was the first season of the SailGP championship, and was won by the Australian team.[1]
The series had six teams enter, all of which competed in all rounds.
Team | Helmsman | Rounds | |
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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] |
The season was contested over five rounds, of which all but one were won by the Australian team.
1 | Sydney, Australia | Sydney Sail Grand Prix | February 15–16 | Australia | |
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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 | Coews Sail Grand Prix | August 10–11 | Australia | ||
5 | Marseille, France | Merseille Sail Grand Prix | September 20–22 | Australia | |
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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.
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