2019 SailGP championship
International sailing competition
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Entries
The series had six teams enter, all of which competed in all rounds.
| Team | Helmsman | Rounds |
|---|---|---|
 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] | ||
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEST | Sydney, Australia |
Sydney Sail Grand Prix | February 15–16 | Australia |
| 1 | San Francisco, USA |
San Francisco Sail Grand Prix | May 4–5 | Australia |
| 2 | New York City, USA |
New York Sail Grand Prix | June 21–22 | Japan |
| 3 | Cowes, England (Isle of Wight) |
Coews Sail Grand Prix | August 10–11 | Australia[a] |
| 4 | Marseille, France |
Marseille Sail Grand Prix | September 20–22 | Australia |
| Citation:[2] | ||||
Season
Round 1: Sydney
| Pos | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia |
4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Japan |
1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | Great Britain |
3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | |
| 4 | China |
2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | |
| 5 | France |
DNF | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | |
| 6 | United States |
5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
Round 2: San Francisco
| Pos | Team | SFN | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | F | ||
| 1 | Australia |
2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Japan |
1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 3 | Great Britain |
3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| 4 | United States |
4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | |
| 5 | France |
5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | |
| 6 | China |
6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | |
Round 3: New York
| Pos | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan |
2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | Australia |
1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | United States |
4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | |
| 4 | China |
3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | |
| 5 | France |
5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | |
| 6 | Great Britain |
6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 |
Round 4: Cowes
| Pos | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia |
1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Japan |
2 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | China |
3 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | France |
4 | 5 | 2 |
| 5 | United States |
6 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | Great Britain |
5 | 6 | 6 |
Event shortened due to extreme weather
Round 5: Marseille
| Pos | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia |
2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2 | Japan |
1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
| 3 | China |
5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 4 | France |
4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | Great Britain |
3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| 6 | United States |
6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
Grand Final: Marseille
| Pos | Team | F |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia |
1 |
| 2 | Japan |
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.
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