Rally Monte Carlo 2019

 Rally Monte Carlo 2019

Racing data
1st of 14 rounds of the 2019 World Rally Championship
Surname:	Rally Monte Carlo
Date:	24.-27. January 2019
Begin:	Monaco
Exams:	16 tests over 323.83 km
Distance:	well km
Covering:	Asphalt (ice / snow)
Podium
First:	Sébastien Ogier Citroën WRT
Second:	Thierry Neuville Hyundai WRT
Third:	Ott Tanak Toyota WRT

The 87th Monte Carlo Rally was the first of 13 FIA - World Cup races 2019 . The rally consisted of 16 special stages and was driven between January 24th and 27th.

Sébastien Ogier and co-driver Julien Ingrassia at the 2019 Monte Carlo Rally

report

The 2019 season opener at the Monte Carlo Rally was extremely exciting. After 16 special stages in sometimes very difficult conditions, the decision was not made until the last special stage. In the end, Sébastien Ogier (Citroën) was in the lead by just 2.2 seconds after a thrilling duel with Thierry Neuville (Hyundai). Third was Ott Tänak (Toyota). By winning on his first start after returning to Citroën, Ogier cemented his reputation as “Mr. Monte Carlo », he wins this rally six times in a row with three different cars (Volkswagen, Ford and Citroën). But the Frenchman didn't have to fight for victory as hard as this year. Until the last special stage, Thierry Neuville was only a few seconds behind. On the penultimate special stage, Neuville came within 0.4 seconds of Ogier, who was handicapped by a temporarily jammed gas pedal. But on the last special stage (power stage), the six-time world champion played his whole class, drove 1.8 seconds faster than Neuville and won again.

Tanak (Toyota) made a strong impression. The fact that, despite victories in seven of the 15 special stages (SS), it was not enough for more than third place was due to a tire damage on Friday that caused the Estonian to lose more than two minutes. After that, he set the fastest time in six special stages in a row on Saturday and Sunday.

After a long break in the WRC, Sébastien Loeb also competed again. He contested six selected competitions for Hyundai in 2019. Loeb was satisfied, as he showed a strong performance with the Hyundai i20 WRC after only two days of testing. After a courageous tire choice on Friday, he won two special stages and at the end of the day came fourth in the overall ranking. Only that he and co-driver Daniel Elena did not reach the podium on the final day bothered the record world champion (nine world titles) a little. "At our first rally with Hyundai fourth, that's not so bad," he said in an interview.

Registration list

No	driver	Co-driver	automobile	class
1	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Citroën C3 WRC	WRC RC1
11	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	WRC RC1
8th	Ott Tanak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Yaris WRC	WRC RC1
10	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Toyota Yaris WRC	WRC RC1
4th	Esapekka Lappi	Janne Ferm	Citroën C3 WRC	WRC RC1
89	Andreas Mikkelsen	Jæger is different	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	WRC RC1
33	Elfyn Evans	Scott Martin	Ford Fiesta WRC	WRC RC1
3	Teemu Suninen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Fiesta WRC	WRC RC1
19th	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	WRC RC1
5	Kris Meeke	Sebastian Marshall	Toyota Yaris WRC	WRC RC1
7th	Pontus Tidemand	Ola Fløne	Ford Fiesta WRC	WRC RC1
20th	Mauro Miele	Luca Beltrame	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC RC1
22nd	Yoann Bonato	Benjamin Boulloud	Citroën C3 R5	WRC2 RC2
23	Ole Christian Veiby	Jonas Andersson	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	WRC2 RC2
26th	Adrien Fourmaux	Renaud Jamoul	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC2 RC2

A total of 84 vehicles were reported.

Classifications

Bottom line

rank	driver	Co-driver	automobile	time	Residue	Points + Power Stage
WRC
01	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Citroën C3 WRC	3: 21: 15.9		25 + 4
02	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 WRC	3: 21: 18.1	00: 02.2	18 + 3
03	Ott Tanak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Yaris WRC	3: 23: 31.1	02: 15.2	15 + 2
04th	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Hyundai i20 WRC	3: 23: 44.1	02: 28.2	12
05	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Toyota Yaris WRC	3: 23: 45.8	02: 29.9	10
06th	Kris Meeke	Sebastian Marshall	Toyota Yaris WRC	2: 26: 52.1	05: 36.2	8 + 5
07th	Gus Greensmith	Elliot Edmondson	Ford Fiesta R5	3: 34: 20.5	13: 04.6	6th
08th	Yoann Bonato	Benjamin Boulloud	Citroën C3 R5	3: 35: 12.4	13: 56.5	4th
09	Stéphane Sarrazin	Jacques-Julien Renucci	Hyundai i20 R5	3: 35: 22.7	14: 06.8	2
10	Adrien Fourmaux	Renaud Jamoul	Ford Fiesta R5	3: 37: 19.3	16: 03.4	1
11	Teemu Suninen	Marko salt mines	Ford Fiesta WRC	3: 39: 12.7	17: 56.8	0 + 1
WRC2
01 (8)	Yoann Bonato	Benjamin Boulloud	Citroën C3 R5	3: 35: 12.4		25th
02 (9)	Adrien Fourmaux	Renaud Jamoul	Ford Fiesta R5	3: 37: 19.3	02: 06.9	18th
03 (12)	Ole Christian Veiby	Jonas Anderson	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	3: 39: 29.1	04: 16.7	15th

Special stages

Day	WP	Surname	length	driver	Co-pilot	automobile	time	leader
Day 1 Jan. 24	-	Gap shakedown	3.35 km	Kris Meeke	Sebastian Marshall	Toyota Yaris WRC	1: 56.8	n / A
	WP1	La Bréole - Selonnet	20.76 km	Ott Tanak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Yaris WRC	13: 02.0	Ott Tanak
	WP2	Avançon - Notre-Dame-du-Laus	20.59 km	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	13: 18.5
	Service Park Gap 10:11 p.m. (45 + 3 min)
Day 2 Jan 25
	Service Park Gap 07:30 a.m. (15 + 3 min)
	WP3	Valdrôme - Sigottier 1	20.04 km	called off
	WP4	Roussieux - Laborel 1	24.05 km	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	14: 42.1	Thierry Neuville
	WP5	Curbans - Piégut 1	18.47 km	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Citroën C3 WRC	13: 49.1
	Service Park Gap 12:27 p.m. (30 + 3 min)
	WP6	Valdrôme - Sigottier 2	20.04 km	Sébastien Ogier Jari-Matti Latvala	Julien Ingrassia Miikka Anttila	Citroën C3 WRC Toyota Yaris WRC	13: 39.5
	WP7	Roussieux - Laborel 2	24.05 km	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	14: 26.6	Sébastien Ogier
	WP8	Curbans - Piégut 2	18.47 km	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	13: 25.5
	Service Park Gap 5:44 p.m. (45 + 3 min)
Day 3 Jan. 26
	Service Park Gap 07:52 a.m. (15 + 3 min)
	WP9	Agnières-en-Dévoluy - Corps 1	29.82 km	Ott Tanak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Yaris WRC	20: 54.0
	WP10	St-Léger-les-Mélèzes - La Bâtie-Neuve 1	16.87 km	Ott Tanak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Yaris WRC	10: 12.1
	Service Park Gap 11:26 a.m. (30 + 3 min)
	WP11	Agnières-en-Dévoluy - Corps 2	29.82 km	Ott Tanak	Martin Järveoja | Järveoja	Toyota Yaris WRC	19: 54.5
	WP12	St-Léger-les-Mélèzes - La Bâtie-Neuve 2	16.87 km	Ott Tanak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Yaris WRC	9: 53.2
	Service Park Gap 3:18 p.m. (45 + 3 min)
Day 4 Jan. 27	WP13	La Bollène Vésubie - Peïra Cava 1	18.41 km	Ott Tanak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Yaris WRC	11: 40.3
	WP14	La Cabarette - Col de Braus 1	13.58 km	Ott Tanak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Yaris WRC	9: 52.4
	WP15	La Bollène Vésubie - Peïra Cava 2	18.41 km	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul | Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	11: 25.5
	WP16	La Cabarette - Col de Braus 2 (Power Stage)	13.58 km	Kris Meeke	Sebastian Marshall	Toyota Yaris WRC	9: 37.3

Winner special stages

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

Drivers' Championship after the rally

Item	driver	Points
1	Sébastien Ogier	29
2	Thierry Neuville	21st
3	Ott Tanak	17th
4th	Kris Meeke	13
5	Sébastien Loeb	12

Team world championship

Item	team	Points
1	Hyundai Motorsport	30th
2	Citroën WRT	25th
3	Toyota Racing WRT	25th
4th	M-Sport WRT	14th

Web links

Commons : Rallye Monte Carlo 2019  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Information and results at http://www.wrc.com/
• Official Site Rallye Monte Carlo http://acm.mc/

Individual evidence

1. ↑ motorsport-total.com: Rallye Monte Carlo 2019: Ogier wins after a thrilling duel against Neuville , accessed on July 4, 2020
2. ↑ ewrc-results.com: Entry list , accessed on July 25, 2020
3. ↑ www.ewrc-results.com: 87th Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo 2019 , accessed on July 4, 2020

Coordinates: 44 °  N , 7 °  E