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 (1st title)|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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

== Entries == alt=The championship-winning Australian team at the New York Sail GP.|thumb|The championship-winning Australian team at the New York SailGP. The series had six teams enter, all of which competed in all rounds.

{| class="wikitable" !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:<ref name=":0">{{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}}</ref> |}

== Calendar == The season was contested over five rounds, of which all but one were won by the Australian team. {| class="wikitable" |+ !{{Abbr|Rnd|Round}} !Host !Title !Dates !Winning team |- !TEST |{{Flagicon|AUS}} Sydney, Australia |Sydney Sail Grand Prix |February 15–16 |{{Flagicon|AUS}} Australia |- !1 |{{Flagicon|USA}} San Francisco, USA |San Francisco Sail Grand Prix |May 4–5 |{{Flagicon|AUS}} Australia |- !2 |{{Flagicon|USA}} New York City, USA |New York Sail Grand Prix |June 21–22 |{{Flagicon|JPN}} Japan |- !3 |{{Flagicon|GBR}} Cowes, England (Isle of Wight) |Coews Sail Grand Prix |August 10–11 |{{Flagicon|AUS}} Australia{{Efn||name=cowes|group=}} |- !4 |{{Flagicon|FRA}} Marseille, France |Marseille Sail Grand Prix |September 20–22 |{{Flagicon|AUS}} Australia |- ! colspan="5" |Citation:<ref name=":0" /> |}

== Season ==

=== Round 1: Sydney === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" fontsize="90%" |- !{{Abbr|Pos|Championship position}} !Team !1 !2 !3 !4 !5 !F |- !1 | style="text-align:left" ; |{{Flagicon|AUS}} Australia | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |4 | style="background:#FFFFBF;" |1 | style="background:#FFFFBF;" |1 | style="background:#FFFFBF;" |1 | style="background:#FFFFBF;" |1 | style="background:#FFFFBF;" |1 |- !2 | style="text-align:left" ; |{{Flagicon|JPN}} Japan | style="background:#FFFFBF;" |1 | style="background:#DFDFDF;" |2 | style="background:#DFDFDF;" |2 | style="background:#DFDFDF;" |2 | style="background:#FFDF9F;" |3 | style="background:#DFDFDF;" |2 |- !3 | style="text-align:left" ; |{{Flagicon|GBR}} Great Britain | style="background:#FFDF9F;" |3 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |4 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |4 | style="background:#FFDF9F;" |3 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |5 | |- !4 | style="text-align:left" ; |{{Flagicon|CHN}} China | style="background:#DFDFDF;" |2 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |6 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |6 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |6 | style="background:#DFDFDF;" |2 | |- !5 | style="text-align:left" ; |{{Flagicon|FRA}} France | style="background:#EFCFFF;" |DNF | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |5 | style="background:#FFDF9F;" |3 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |4 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |4 | |- !6 | style="text-align:left" ; |{{nowrap|{{Flagicon|USA}} United States}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |5 | style="background:#FFDF9F;" |3 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |5 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |5 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |6 | |} === Round 2: San Francisco === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" fontsize="90%" ! rowspan="2" |{{Abbr|Pos|Championship position}} ! rowspan="2" |Team ! colspan="6" |{{Flagicon|USA}}<br>SFN |- !1 !2 !3 !4 !5 !F |- !1 | style="text-align:left" ; |{{Flagicon|AUS}} Australia | style="background:#DFDFDF;" |2 | style="background:#DFDFDF;" |2 | style="background:#FFDF9F;" |3 | style="background:#FFDF9F;" |3 | style="background:#FFFFBF;" |1 | style="background:#FFFFBF;" |1 |- !2 | style="text-align:left" ; |{{Flagicon|JPN}} Japan | style="background:#FFFFBF;" |1 | style="background:#FFFFBF;" |1 | style="background:#FFFFBF;" |1 | style="background:#DFDFDF;" |2 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |4 | style="background:#DFDFDF;" |2 |- !3 | style="text-align:left" ; |{{Flagicon|GBR}} Great Britain | style="background:#FFDF9F;" |3 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |4 | style="background:#DFDFDF;" |2 | style="background:#FFFFBF;" |1 | style="background:#DFDFDF;" |2 | |- !4 | style="text-align:left" ; |{{nowrap|{{Flagicon|USA}} United States}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |4 | style="background:#FFDF9F;" |3 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |4 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |4 | style="background:#FFDF9F;" |3 | |- !5 | style="text-align:left" ; |{{Flagicon|FRA}} France | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |5 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |6 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |6 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |5 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |5 | |- !6 | style="text-align:left" ; |{{Flagicon|CHN}} China | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |6 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |5 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |5 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |6 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |6 | |} === Round 3: New York === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" fontsize="90%" |- !{{Abbr|Pos|Championship position}} !Team !1 !2 !3 !4 !5 !F |- !1 | style="text-align:left" ; |{{Flagicon|JPN}} Japan | style="background:#DFDFDF;" |2 | style="background:#FFFFBF;" |1 | style="background:#FFFFBF;" |1 | style="background:#FFFFBF;" |1 | style="background:#DFDFDF;" |2 | style="background:#FFFFBF;" |1 |- !2 | style="text-align:left" ; |{{Flagicon|AUS}} Australia | style="background:#FFFFBF;" |1 | style="background:#DFDFDF;" |2 | style="background:#DFDFDF;" |2 | style="background:#DFDFDF;" |2 | style="background:#FFDF9F;" |3 | style="background:#DFDFDF;" |2 |- !3 | style="text-align:left" ; |{{nowrap|{{Flagicon|USA}} United States}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |4 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |4 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |5 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |4 | style="background:#FFFFBF;" |1 | |- !4 | style="text-align:left" ; |{{Flagicon|CHN}} China | style="background:#FFDF9F;" |3 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |5 | style="background:#FFDF9F;" |3 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |5 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |6 | |- !5 | style="text-align:left" ; |{{Flagicon|FRA}} France | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |5 | style="background:#FFDF9F;" |3 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |4 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |6 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |5 | |- !6 | style="text-align:left" ; |{{Flagicon|GBR}} Great Britain | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |6 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |6 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |6 | style="background:#FFDF9F;" |3 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |4 | |} === Round 4: Cowes === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" fontsize="90%" |- !{{Abbr|Pos|Championship position}} !Team !1 !2 !3 |- !1 | style="text-align:left" ; |{{Flagicon|AUS}} Australia | style="background:#FFFFBF;" |1 | style="background:#FFFFBF;" |1 | style="background:#FFFFBF;" |1 |- !2 | style="text-align:left" ; |{{Flagicon|JPN}} Japan | style="background:#DFDFDF;" |2 | style="background:#FFDF9F;" |3 | style="background:#FFDF9F;" |3 |- !3 | style="text-align:left" ; |{{Flagicon|CHN}} China | style="background:#FFDF9F;" |3 | style="background:#DFDFDF;" |2 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |4 |- !4 | style="text-align:left" ; |{{Flagicon|FRA}} France | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |4 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |5 | style="background:#DFDFDF;" |2 |- !5 | style="text-align:left" ; |{{nowrap|{{Flagicon|USA}} United States}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |6 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |4 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |5 |- !6 | style="text-align:left" ; |{{Flagicon|GBR}} Great Britain | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |5 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |6 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |6 |} Event shortened due to extreme weather

=== Round 5: Marseille === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" fontsize="90%" |- !{{Abbr|Pos|Championship position}} !Team !1 !2 !3 !4 !5 !6 !7 |- !1 | style="text-align:left" ; |{{Flagicon|AUS}} Australia | style="background:#DFDFDF;" |2 | style="background:#FFFFBF;" |1 | style="background:#DFDFDF;" |2 | style="background:#FFFFBF;" |1 | style="background:#DFDFDF;" |2 | style="background:#DFDFDF;" |2 | |- !2 | style="text-align:left" ; |{{Flagicon|JPN}} Japan | style="background:#FFFFBF;" |1 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |4 | style="background:#FFFFBF;" |1 | style="background:#DFDFDF;" |2 | style="background:#FFDF9F;" |3 | style="background:#FFFFBF;" |1 | |- !3 | style="text-align:left" ; |{{Flagicon|CHN}} China | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |5 | style="background:#FFDF9F;" |3 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |5 | style="background:#FFDF9F;" |3 | style="background:#FFFFBF;" |1 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |4 | style="background:#DFDFDF;" |2 |- !4 | style="text-align:left" ; |{{Flagicon|FRA}} France | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |4 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |5 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |4 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |4 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |6 | style="background:#FFDF9F;" |3 | style="background:#FFFFBF;" |1 |- !5 | style="text-align:left" ; |{{Flagicon|GBR}} Great Britain | style="background:#FFDF9F;" |3 | style="background:#DFDFDF;" |2 | style="background:#FFDF9F;" |3 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |6 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |4 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |6 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |4 |- !6 | style="text-align:left" ; |{{nowrap|{{Flagicon|USA}} United States}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |6 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |6 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |6 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |5 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |5 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |5 | style="background:#FFDF9F;" |3 |}

=== Grand Final: Marseille === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" fontsize="90%" |- !{{Abbr|Pos|Championship position}} !Team !F |- !1 | style="text-align:left" ; |{{Flagicon|AUS}} Australia | style="background:#FFFFBF;" |1 |- !2 | style="text-align:left" ; |{{Flagicon|JPN}} Japan | style="background:#DFDFDF;" |2 |}

== 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. <section begin="SGP S1 results" /> {| |style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center"| {| class="wikitable" fontsize=90% style=text-align:center |+ !{{Abbr|Pos|Championship position}} !Team !{{Flagicon|USA}}<br>SFN !{{Flagicon|USA}}<br>NYC !{{Flagicon|GBR}}<br>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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>|name=cowes|group=}} !{{Flagicon|FRA}}<br>MAR !{{Flagicon|FRA}}{{br}}{{Abbr|FIN|Grand Final|align=center}} !Points |- !1 | style="text-align:left" ; |{{Flagicon|AUS}} Australia | style="background:#FFFFBF;" |1 | style="background:#DFDFDF;" |2 | style="background:#FFFFBF;" |1 | style="background:#FFFFBF;" |1 | style="background:#FFFFBF;" |1 ! style="text-align:center" |49 |- !2 | style="text-align:left" ; |{{Flagicon|JPN}} Japan | style="background:#DFDFDF;" |2 | style="background:#FFFFBF;" |1 | style="background:#DFDFDF;" |2 | style="background:#DFDFDF;" |2 | style="background:#DFDFDF;" |2 ! style="text-align:center" |46 |- !3 | style="text-align:left" ; |{{Flagicon|CHN}} China | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |6 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |4 | style="background:#FFDF9F;" |3 | style="background:#FFDF9F;" |3 | ! style="text-align:center" |28 |- !4 | style="text-align:left" ; |{{Flagicon|GBR}} Great Britain | style="background:#FFDF9F;" |3 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |6 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |5 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |5 | ! style="text-align:center" |26 |- !6 | style="text-align:left" ; |{{Flagicon|FRA}} France | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |5 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |5 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |6 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |4 | ! style="text-align:center" |24 |- !4 | style="text-align:left" ; |{{nowrap|{{Flagicon|USA}} United States}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |4 | style="background:#FFDF9F;" |3 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |5 | style="background:#DFFFDF;" |6 | ! style="text-align:center" |26 |- <section end="SGP S1 results" /> ! colspan="33" |Citations:<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> |} |style="vertical-align:top;"| {{SailGP results key|no_boats=6}} |}

== Notes == {{Notelist}}

== References == {{reflist}}

== External links == * [https://sailgp.com/ SailGP website]

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