World Rally Championship 2019

WRC season 2019

World Champion
Driver:	Ott Tanak
Manufacturer:	Hyundai
Season dates
<2018 season	2020 season>

The 47th edition of the WRC World Rally Championship was held from January 24th to November 17th, 2019. In 2019 the calendar comprised 14 rallies, the Rally Chile took place for the first time.

Attendees

Changes to the preseason

The reigning world champion of the 2018 season Sébastien Ogier switched from M-Sport to Citroen, and the former Toyota driver Esapekka Lappi also switched to Citroen. After the previous sponsor (Abu Dhabi) left the company, Citroen decided to only use 2 cars. Elfyn Evans and Teemu Suninen stayed with M-Sport, after the departure of Sébastien Ogier, Pontus Tidemand took over the 3rd M-Sport Ford, at least for the first two rallies. Thierry Neuville and Andreas Mikkelsen stayed with Hyundai, Sébastien Loeb and Dani Sordo shared the third car. Toyota stuck to Ott Tänak and Jari-Matti Latvala , while Kris Meeke was the third driver . The Briton was still on the road for Citroen the year before.

Driver and team championship

brand	team	automobile	No.	driver	Co-driver	rally
Citroën	Citroën Total WRT	Citroën C3 WRC	1	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	1-14
			4th	Esapekka Lappi	Janne Ferm	1-14
ford	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta WRC	3	Teemu Suninen	Marko salt mines	1-7
					Jarmo Lehtinen	8-14
			7th	Pontus Tidemand	Ola Fløene	1,2,11,12
			20th	Hayden Paddon	John Kennard	14th
			33	Elfyn Evans	Scott Martin	1-8, 12-14
				Gus Greensmith	Elliott Edmondson	9
			44	Gus Greensmith	Elliott Edmondson	7.10
Toyota	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota Yaris WRC	5	Kris Meeke	Sebastian Marshall	1-14
			8th	Ott Tanak	Martin Järveoja	1-14
			10	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	1-14
Hyundai	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	6th	Dani Sordo	Carlos del Barrio	3-5,7,8,10,11,13,14
			11	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	1-14
			18th	Craig Breen	Paul Nagle	14th
			19th	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	1,2,4,6,7,13
			42	Craig Breen	Paul Nagle	9.12
			89	Andreas Mikkelsen	Jæger-Synnevaag is different	1-3,5,6,8-12

calendar

No.	rally	date		winner	Winning manufacturer	report
		Beginning	The End
1	Rally Monte Carlo	24.1.	27.1.	Sébastien Ogier	Citroën	report
2	Rally Sweden	14.2.	17.2.	Ott Tanak	Toyota	report
3	Rally Mexico	7.3.	10.3.	Sébastien Ogier	Citroën	report
4th	Rally Corsica	28.3.	31.3.	Thierry Neuville	Hyundai	report
5	Rally Argentina	25.4.	28.4.	Thierry Neuville	Hyundai	report
6th	Rally Chile	9.5.	12.5.	Ott Tanak	Toyota	report
7th	Rally Portugal	30.5.	2.6.	Ott Tanak	Toyota	report
8th	Rally Italy	13.6	16.6.	Dani Sordo	Hyundai	report
9	Rally Finland	1.8.	4.8.	Ott Tanak	Toyota	report
10	Rally Germany	22.8.	25.8.	Ott Tanak	Toyota	report
11	Rally Turkey	12.9.	15.9.	Sébastien Ogier	Citroën	report
12	Rally Great Britain	3.10.	6.10.	Ott Tanak	Toyota	report
13	Rally Catalonia	October 24	10/27	Thierry Neuville	Hyundai	report
14th	Rally Australia	11/14	11/17	Called off

Ratings

WRC

Driver ranking

rank	driver															Points
01	O. Tanak	3 4	1 1	2	6 2	8 5	1 1	1 3	5	1 1	1	16 1	1 1	2 1	C.	263
02	T. Neuville	2 3	3 2	4 3	1 4	1 3	DNF	2 2	6 3	6 2	4 1	8 2	2 5	1 3	C.	227
03	S. Ogier	1 2	29 4	1 1	2 5	3 1	2 2	3 1	41 2	5 4	7 5	1 3	3 2	8 5	C.	217
04th	A. Mikkelsen	DNF	4th	11		2	7th		3 1	4 3	6th	3	6th			102
05	E. Evans	DNF	5 3	3	3	DNF	4th	5	4 5				5 4	6 2	C.	102
06th	K. Meeke	6 1	6th	5 2	9 1	4th	10 5	DNF	8th	DNF	2 4	7th	4th	29	C.	098
07th	J. Latvala	5	21st	8th	10	5 2	11 3	7th	19 4	3 5	3 3	6 4	DNF	5	C.	094
08th	D. Sordo			9 4	4th	6 2		23 5	1		5	5		3 4	C.	089
09	T. Suninen	11 5	23	DNF	5 3	7th	5	4 4	2	8th	29 2	4 5	DNF	7th	C.	089
10	E. Lappi	DNF	2 5	14 5	7th	DNF	6th	DNF	7th	2	8th	2	27 3	DNF	C.	083
11	S. Loeb	4th	7th		8th		3 4	DNF						4th		051
12	K. Rovanperä	18th	18th		DNF		8th	6th	9	9	16	18th	9	12		018th
13	P. Tidemand	20th	8th									9	7th			012
14th	C. Breen									7th			8th		C.	010
15th	G. Greensmith	7th	19th			15th	12	DNF	42	DNF	9	10	33	15th		009
16	B. Guerra			6th		12	16	14th					20th	DNF	C.	008th
17th	M. Wilkinson			7th		DNF	15th		14th			13	15th	DNF		006th
18th	M. Østberg		11			9	9	24	18th		17th		45	9		006th
19th	J. Kopecký							8th	10		11	11	18th	11		005
20th	Y. Bonato	8th			49											004th
21st	P. Loubet				44			9	11	14th			12	17th	C.	002
22nd	O. Veiby	12	9		DNF			DNF	20th				35	16		002
23	S. Sarrazin	9									DNF					002
24	N. Gryazin		15th		12			13	DNF	10	20th		13	23		001
25th	T. Katsuta	13	DNF		14th	16	14th	21st	DNF	DNF	10		14th	39		001
26th	E. Camilli				DNF					13	15th			10		001
27	E. Bergkvist		14th					10								001
28	A. Fourmaux	10	45		30th				36	23	23		16	32		001
29	P. Heller		DNF			10	28									001
30th	J. Tuohino		10													001
31	R. Triviño			10												001
32	P. Solberg												10			001

Manufacturer rating

rank	Manufacturer															Points
01	Hyundai Shell Mobis World Rally Team	2	3	4th	1	1	3	2	1	4th	3	3	2	1	C.	380
		4th	4th	6th	4th	2	7th	7th	3	6th	4th	5	6th	3	C.
		DNF	NC	NC	NC	NC	DNF	DNF	NC	NC	NC	NC	NC	NC	C.
02	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	3	1	2	6th	4th	1	1	5	1	1	6th	1	2	C.	362
		5	6th	5	8th	5	8th	6th	7th	3	2	7th	4th	4th	C.
		NC	NC	NC	NC	NC	NC	DNF	NC	DNF	NC	NC	DNF	NC	C.
03	Citroen Total WRT	1	2	1	2	3	2	3	6th	2	5	1	3	7th	C.	284
		DNF	8th	7th	7th	DNF	6th	DNF	8th	5	6th	2	8th	DNF	C.
04th	M-Sport Ford World Rally Team	6th	5	3	3	6th	4th	4th	2	7th	7th	4th	5	5	C.	218
		7th	7th	DNF	5	DNF	5	5	4th	DNF	8th	8th	7th	6th	C.
		NC	NC					DNF					DNF		C.

WRC 2 Pro

Driver ranking

rank	driver															Points
01	K. Rovanperä	2	2		DNF		1	1	1	1	3	3	1	3		176
02	M. Østberg		1			1	2	3	3		4th		5	1		145
03	G. Greensmith	1	3			2	3		4th			1	3	4th		137
04th	J. Kopecký							2	2		1	2	2	2		115
05	L. Pieniazek		4th	1	1			4th								74
06th	E. Camili									2	2					36
07th	M. Wilkinson					DNF	4th									12
08th	H. Paddon												4th			12

Manufacturer rating

rank	Manufacturer															Points
01	Škoda Motorsport	2	2		DNF	DNF	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2		323
			DNF				4th	2	2	DNF	3	3	2	3
02	M-Sport Ford World Rally Team	1	3	1	1	2	3	4th	4th	2	2	1	3	4th		259
			4th										4th
03	Citroen Total		1			1	2	3	3		4th		5	1		145

WRC 2

Driver ranking

rank	driver															Points
01	P. Loubet				10			1	1	4th			2	5	C.	91
02	K. Kajetanowicz				3	DNF			2		3	1	12	3		88
03	B. Guerra			1		2	2	6th					7th	DNF	C.	75
04th	N. Gryazin		5		2			5	DNF	1	5			11		73
05	F. Andolfi				1				7th		DNF	3	5	6th		64
06th	O. Veiby	3	1		DNF			DNF	5				11	4th		62
07th	M. Wilkinson			2					4th			2	4th	DNF		60
08th	T. Katsuta		DNF		4th	5	1	13	DNF	DNF						47
09	H. Solberg		7th					3		5		4th				43
10	E. Lindholm		2							7th				2		42
11	A. Heller			3		4th	DNF	7th					6th			41
12	P. Nobre					3	7th			6th		6th	8th	DNF		41
13	A. Fourmaux	2			9						8th		3	13		39
14th	E. Bergkvist		4th					2								30th
15th	J. Kristoffersson		3							3						30th
16	R. Yates	4th	10		5			15th			7th		10			30th
17th	S. Tempestini				11			10	3		4th			DNF		28
18th	P. Heller			DNF		1	10									26th
19th	Y. Bonato	1			12											25th
20th	F. Kreim										1					25th
21st	P. Solberg												1			25th
22nd	E. Camilli													1		25th
23	G. de Mevius	DNF			7th			9	6th		10		9	8th		23
24	J. Huttunen		DNF					DNF		2						18th
25th	M. Griebel										2					18th
26th	A. Cancio						3									15th
27	C. Vidaurre						4th									12
28	E. Pietarines							4th								12
29	N. Ciamin	5			DNF						DNF					10
30th	S. Israel						5									10
31	B. Cukurova											5				10
32	M. Villa	6th														08th
33	E. Brynildsen		6th													08th
34	S. Bedoret				6th						DNF					08th
35	V. Israel						6th									08th
36	D. spelled										6th					08th
37	"Pedro"	DNF			8th			16			9	9		12		08th
38	B. Manyera											7th				06th
39	J. Suarez													7th		06th
40	P. Flodin		8th													04th
41	E. Castro						8th									04th
42	A. Araujo							8th								04th
43	G. Munster	DNF								8th						04th
44	D. Salvi							DNF				8th				04th
45	M. Monelius		9													02
46	F. Lopez						9									02
47	N. Solans				DNF				DNF					9		02
48	J. Solans													10		01

JWRC

Driver ranking

The evaluation of the Junior WRC worked a little differently than the other evaluations. The FIA ​​point system was used as in the other classifications, but there was one point for each stage won. In addition, double points were awarded at the last rally.

rank	driver						Points
01	J. Solans Baldo	3 1	4 6	1 12	2 5	1 7	151
02	T. Kristensson	1 1	2 3	3	1 8	2 2	133
03	D. Rådström	8 12	3 1	2 6	DNF 5	9 10	075
04th	S. Johnston	5	DNF	DNF	5	3	050
05	E. Oldrati	7th	8th	8th	6th	4th	044
06th	R. Poom	2	6th		3	10	043
07th	J. Tannert	11	1 3	6th	DNF 1		037
08th	T. Williams	4th	5	8th	10	8th	035
09	F. Zaldivar	9	10	7th	8th	5	033
10	M. Sesks	6 3	DNF	5	9 2		025th
11	R. Badiu	13	7th	4th	DNF		018th
12	R. Booth					6th	016
13	A. Röyhkiö				4th		012
14th	K. Erickson-Chang					7th	012
15th	N. Geezer	12	9	10	7th		009
16	K. Torn	10 2	DNF				003
17th	S. Pajari				DNF 2		002

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Markus Lüttgens: WRC Calendar 2019: With France and Chile, but without Japan. October 13, 2018, accessed January 5, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Annika Kläsener: WRC sensation: Sebastien Ogier will return to Citroen in 2019. September 28, 2018, accessed January 5, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Markus Lüttgens: Citroen announces the commitment of Esapekka Lappi. October 17, 2018, accessed January 5, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Markus Lüttgens: Citroen confirms: After losing sponsors in 2019, two cars in the WRC. December 5, 2018, accessed January 5, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Toni Hoffmann: M-Sport 2019 with Evans and Suninen. December 22, 2018, accessed January 5, 2019 . 
6. ^ Toni Hoffmann: Pontus Tidemand in the WRC. December 21, 2018, accessed January 5, 2019 . 
7. ↑ Annika Kläsener: WRC: Thierry Neuville extends Hyundai until the end of 2021. September 12, 2018, accessed January 5, 2019 . 
8. ↑ Juliane Ziegengeist: Hyundai signs Andreas Mikkelsen for 2018 and 2019. September 28, 2017, accessed on January 5, 2019 . 
9. ↑ Hyundai signs record world champion Sébastien Loeb. December 13, 2018, accessed January 5, 2019 . 
10. ↑ Marion Rott: WRC 2019: Toyota brings Meeke, Tänak and Latvala to stay. October 17, 2018, accessed January 5, 2019 .