Rally Chile 2019

 Rally Chile 2019

Racing data
6th of 14 rounds of the 2019 World Rally Championship
Surname:	Rally Chile
Date:	9-14 May 2019
Begin:	Talcahuano , Concepción
Exams:	16 tests over 304.81 km
Distance:	940.87 km
Covering:	gravel
Podium
First:	Ott Tanak Toyota Yaris WRC
Second:	Sébastien Ogier Citroën C3 WRC
Third:	Sébastien Loeb Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC

The 1st Rally Chile was the 6th round of the FIA - World Rally Championship 2019 . It lasted from May 9th to 14th, 2019. A total of 16 special stages were driven on gravel.

report

While Ott Tänak clinched his second win of the season in Chile, his Toyota team-mate Jari-Matti Latvala , who started the rally with the best time in the first special stage, only got a single World Championship point in the end. On the last stage on Saturday (SS12), Latvala rolled out in third place with a technical defect. On Sunday he couldn't get more than the third fastest time on the power stage , which still gave him three world championship points. In the end, the Finn had to be content with 11th place in the final result.

Even Kris Meeke in the third Toyota had no racing luck. The Brit overturned in fifth place on SS7 on Saturday and lost a lot of time. With the best time on the first Sunday stage (SS13) and three World Championship points for eighth place in the final result, Meeke was only able to limit the damage.

Third place went to Sébastien Loeb . For the WRC record champion, it is the first podium finish in his fourth start in the Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC. On the way to this, which he achieved seven seconds behind Sébastien Ogier , Loeb achieved four special stage best times in Chile.

A serious accident happened on Saturday in the eighth special stage. Thierry Neuville flew over a knoll and lost control of his Hyundai, the front of the car was completely destroyed. Co-drivers Nicolas Gilsoul and Neuville could only leave the car with the help of a few spectators and had to go to the hospital for an examination. Neuville's first feared broken leg has not been confirmed.

Ogier replaced Neuville in the championship lead in the overall standings, he was ten points ahead of the Belgian at the time. After the Rally Chile, Tänak was only two points behind Neuville.

Registration list

No	driver	Co-driver	automobile	class
1	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Citroën C3 WRC	WRC RC1
3	Teemu Suninen	Marko salt mines	Ford Fiesta WRC	WRC RC1
4th	Esapekka Lappi	Janne Ferm	Citroën C3 WRC	WRC RC1
5	Kris Meeke	Sebastian Marshall	Toyota Yaris WRC	WRC RC1
8th	Ott Tanak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Yaris WRC	WRC RC1
10	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Toyota Yaris WRC	WRC RC1
11	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	WRC RC1
19th	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	WRC RC1
33	Elfyn Evans	Scott Martin	Ford Fiesta WRC	WRC RC1
37	Lorenzo Bertelli	Simone Scattolin	Ford Fiesta WRC	WRC RC1
89	Andreas Mikkelsen	Jæger is different	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	WRC RC1
41	Benito Guerra	Jaime Zapata Ortega	Škoda Fabia R5	WRC2 RC2
44	Takamoto Katsuta	Daniel Barritt	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC2 RC2
52	Alejandro Cancio	Santiago Garcia	Škoda Fabia R5	WRC2 RC2

A total of 55 vehicles were reported.

Classifications

Bottom line

rank	driver	Co-driver	automobile	time	Residue	Points + Power Stage
WRC
01	Ott Tanak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Yaris WRC	3: 15: 53.8		25 + 5
02	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Citroën C3 WRC	3: 16: 16.9	00: 23.1	18 + 4
03	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	3: 16: 24.0	00: 30.2	15 + 2
04th	Elfyn Evans	Scott Martin	Ford Fiesta WRC	3: 17: 30.5	01: 36.7	12
05	Teemu Suninen	Marko salt mines	Ford Fiesta WRC	3: 19: 09.4	03: 15.6	10 + 4
06th	Esapekka Lappi	Janne Ferm	Citroën C3 WRC	3: 19: 39.2	03: 45.4	8 + 2
07th	Andreas Mikkelsen	Jæger is different	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	3: 20: 32.8	04: 39.0	6th
08th	Kalle Rovanperä	Jonne Haltunen	Škoda Fabia R5	3: 23: 46.3	07: 52.5	4 + 1
09	Mads Østberg	Torstein Eriksen	Citroën C3 R5	3: 24: 09.9	08: 16.1	2
10	Kris Meeke	Sebastian Marshall	Toyota Yaris WRC	3: 24: 27.2	08: 33.4	1 + 1
WRC2
01 (14)	Takamoto Katsuta	Daniel Barritt	Ford Fiesta R5	3: 29: 26.7		25th
02 (16)	Benito Guerra	Jaime Zapata Ortega	Škoda Fabia R5	3: 32: 32.8	03: 06.1	18th
03 (17)	Alejandro Cancio	Santiago Garcia	Škoda Fabia R5	3: 34: 33.9	05: 07.2	15th

Special stages

Day	WP	Surname	length	driver	Co-driver	automobile	time	leader
WRC
Day 1 May 9th	-	Pinares ( Shakedown )	6.45 km	Andreas Mikkelsen	Jæger is different	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	4: 46.4	n / A
Day 2 May 10th	WP1	El Pinar	17.11 km	Kris Meeke Jari-Matti Latvala	Sebastian Marshall Miikka Anttila	Toyota Yaris WRC Toyota Yaris WRC	11: 35.9	Kris Meeke Jari-Matti Latvala
	WP2	El Puma 1	30.72 km	Ott Tanak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Yaris WRC	21: 10.4	Ott Tanak
	WP3	Espigado 1	22.26 km	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	14: 23.7
	Service Talcahuano 12:21 p.m. (40 min)
	WP4	El Puma 2	30.72 km	Ott Tanak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Yaris WRC	20: 46.0
	WP5	Espigado 2	22.26 km	Ott Tanak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Yaris WRC	14: 03.4
	WP6	Concepcion - bicentenario	2.20 km	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	2: 06.9
	Service Talcahuano 7:30 p.m. (45 min)
Day 3 May 11th
	Service Talcahuano 6:30 a.m. (15 min)
	WP7	Rio Lia 1	24.90 km	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	13: 55.1
	WP8	Maria Las Cruces 1	23.09 km	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	14: 28.3
	WP9	Pelun 1	16.59 km	Ott Tanak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Yaris WRC	10: 09.8
	Service Talcahuano 12:05 p.m. (40 min)
	WP10	Rio Lia 2	24.90 km	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Citroën C3 WRC	13: 45.1
	WP11	Maria Las Cruces 2	23.09 km	Ott Tanak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Yaris WRC	14: 14.7
	WP12	Pelun 2	16.59 km	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	10: 00.6
	Service Talcahuano 5:45 p.m. (45 min)
Day 4 May 12th
	Service Talcahuano 07:00 a.m. (15 min)
	WP13	Bio Bio 1	14.41 km	Kris Meeke	Sebastian Marshall	Toyota Yaris WRC	8: 14.5
	WP14	Lircay	18.06 km	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Citroën C3 WRC	10: 13.5
	WP15	San Nicolàs	15.28 km	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	8: 08.6
	WP16	Bio Bio 2 (Power Stage)	14.41 km	Ott Tanak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Yaris WRC	7: 57.3

Winner special stages

WP	number	driver	automobile
2, 4, 5, 9, 11, 16	6th	Ott Tanak	Toyota Yaris WRC
6, 8, 12, 15	4th	Sébastien Loeb	Hyundai Coupe i20 WRC
10, 14	2	Sébastien Ogier	Citroën C3 WRC
3, 7	2	Thierry Neuville	Hyundai Coupe i20 WRC
1, 13	2	Kris Meeke	Toyota Yaris WRC
1	1	Jari-Matti Latvala	Toyota Yaris WRC

Drivers' Championship after the rally

Item	driver	Points
1	Sébastien Ogier	122
2	Ott Tanak	112
3	Thierry Neuville	110
4th	Kris Meeke	56
5	Elfyn Evans	55

Team world championship

Item	team	Points
1	Hyundai Motorsport	178
2	Toyota Racing WRT	149
3	Citroën WRT	143
4th	M-Sport WRT	100

Web links

• Information and results at http://www.wrc.com/

Individual evidence

1. ↑ motorsport-total.com: WRC Rallye Chile: Thierry Neuville after a serious accident in the hospital , accessed on August 8, 2020
2. ↑ motorsport-total.com: WRC Rallye Chile: Victory for Tänak, podium for Loeb , accessed on August 8, 2020
3. ↑ ewrc-results.com: Entry list , accessed on August 8, 2020
4. ↑ www.ewrc-results.com: Result , accessed on August 8, 2020
5. ↑ www.ewrc-results.com: Special stages , accessed on August 8, 2020