2019 SailGP championship

{{Short description|International sailing competition}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2021}}{{Infobox sailing competition|name=2019 SailGP Championship|year=2019|dates=February 15 to September 22, 2019|yachts=F50|next=2021–22|winner={{flagicon|AUS}} Australia|image=SAILGP Australian, Chinese and British Teams.jpg|caption=The Australian, Chinese, and British SailGP teams at the New York SailGP.}}

The 2019 SailGP Championship was the first season of the SailGP championship, and was won by the Australian team.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2019-09-23|title=Team Australia wins inaugural SailGP title over Team Japan after daring move|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-23/team-australia-wins-inaugral-sailgp-title/11537384|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191109133321/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-23/team-australia-wins-inaugral-sailgp-title/11537384|archive-date=2019-11-09|access-date=2020-10-24|website=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|language=en-AU}}

Entries

File:SAILGP Australian Team.jpg

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

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!Team

!Helmsman

!Rounds

{{Flagicon|AUS}} Australia SailGP Team

|{{Flagicon|AUS}} Tom Slingsby

|All

{{Flagicon|CHN}} China SailGP Team

|{{Flagicon|NZ}} Phil Robertson

|All

{{Flagicon|FRA}} France SailGP Team

|{{Flagicon|FRA}} Billy Besson

|All

{{Flagicon|GBR}} Great Britain SailGP Team

|{{Flagicon|GBR}} Dylan Fletcher

|All

{{Flagicon|JPN}} Japan SailGP Team

|{{Flagicon|AUS}} Nathan Outteridge

|All

{{Flagicon|USA}} United States SailGP Team

|{{Flagicon|USA}} Rome Kirby

|All

colspan="3" |Citation:{{Cite web|last=Fish|first=Ben|date=2019-06-15|title=SailGP Season 1 Media Guide|url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1piCNX3VvOZYUMBXxalX-fB8e2iArbeMN/view?usp=embed_facebook|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125093612/https://drive.google.com/file/d/1piCNX3VvOZYUMBXxalX-fB8e2iArbeMN/view?usp=embed_facebook|archive-date=2020-11-25|access-date=2020-11-25|website=|format=PDF}}

Calendar

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

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!Host

!Title

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!Winning team

1

|{{Flagicon|AUS}} Sydney, Australia

|Sydney Sail Grand Prix

|February 15–16

|{{Flagicon|AUS}} Australia

2

|{{Flagicon|USA}} San Francisco, USA

|San Francisco Sail Grand Prix

|May 4–5

|{{Flagicon|AUS}} Australia

3

|{{Flagicon|USA}} New York City, USA

|New York Sail Grand Prix

|June 21–22

|{{Flagicon|JPN}} Japan

4

|{{Flagicon|GBR}} Cowes, England

|Coews Sail Grand Prix

|August 10–11

|{{Flagicon|AUS}} Australia{{Efn||name=cowes|group=}}

5

|{{Flagicon|FRA}} Marseille, France

|Merseille Sail Grand Prix

|September 20–22

|{{Flagicon|AUS}} Australia

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Season

= Round 1: Sydney =

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= Round 2: San Francisco =

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= Round 3: New York =

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= Round 4: Cowes =

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= Round 5: Marseilles =

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Results

{{Main|Statistics of SailGP}}

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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! rowspan="2" |Team

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SYD

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SFN

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NYC

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COW{{Efn|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.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2019-08-11|title=Aussies survive SailGP Cowes|url=http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2019/08/11/aussies-survive-sailgp-cowes/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190811225535/https://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2019/08/11/aussies-survive-sailgp-cowes/ |archive-date=August 11, 2019 |access-date=2020-12-18|website=Scuttlebutt Sailing News|language=en-US}}|name=cowes|group=}}

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MAR

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! colspan="33" |Citations:{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2019-05-05|title=San Francisco SailGP: Result|url=https://sailgp.com/results/san-francisco/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928151712/https://sailgp.com/results/san-francisco/|archive-date=2020-09-28|access-date=2020-11-25|website=SailGP|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2019-06-22|title=New York SailGP: Result|url=https://sailgp.com/results/new-york/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022172421/https://sailgp.com/results/new-york/|archive-date=2020-10-22|access-date=2020-11-25|website=SailGP|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2019-08-11|title=Cowes SailGP: Result|url=https://sailgp.com/results/cowes/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125091225/https://sailgp.com/results/cowes/|archive-date=2020-11-25|access-date=2020-11-25|website=SailGP|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2019-09-22|title=Marseille SailGP: Results|url=https://sailgp.com/results/marseille/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928135953/https://sailgp.com/results/marseille/|archive-date=2020-09-28|access-date=2020-11-25|website=SailGP|language=en}}

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Notes

{{Notelist}}

References

{{reflist}}