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Jan Kopecký is the defending drivers' champion.

The 2019 FIA World Rally Championship-2 is the seventh season of the World Rally Championship-2, an auto racing championship recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, running in support of the World Rally Championship. It was created when the Group R class of rally car was introduced in 2013. The championship is only open to cars complying with R5 regulations.[1]

The 2019 season will see the creation of a new class within the championship, known as the World Rally Championship-2 Pro.[2][3] The Pro class will be open to manufacturer entries competing in cars built to R5 specifications. The wider World Rally Championship-2 will be open to privately-entered cars.

Calendar

A map showing the locations of the rallies in the 2019 championship. Expected event headquarters are marked with a black dot.

The championship will be contested over fourteen rounds in Europe, the Middle East, North and South America and Australia.[2] The calendar was expanded to fourteen rounds with the addition of Rally Chile.[2]

Round Dates Rally Rally headquarters Rally details
Start Finish Surface Stages Distance Notes
1 24 January 27 January Monaco Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo Gap, Hautes-Alpes Mixed[a] 16 322.81 km
2 14 February 17 February Sweden Rally Sweden Torsby, Värmland Snow 19 319.17 km
3 7 March 10 March Mexico Rally Guanajuato México León, Guanajuato Gravel 21 316.51 km
4 28 March 31 March France Tour de Corse Bastia, Haute-Corse Tarmac TBA TBA
5 25 April 28 April Argentina Rally Argentina TBA Gravel TBA TBA
6 9 May 12 May Chile Rally Chile Concepción, Biobio Gravel TBA TBA
7 30 May 2 June Portugal Rally de Portugal TBA Gravel TBA TBA
8 13 June 16 June Italy Rally Italia Sardegna TBA Gravel TBA TBA
9 1 August 4 August Finland Rally Finland Jyväskylä, Keski-Suomi Gravel TBA TBA
10 22 August 25 August Germany ADAC Rallye Deutschland TBA Tarmac TBA TBA [b]
11 12 September 15 September Turkey Rally of Turkey TBA Gravel TBA TBA
12 3 October 6 October United Kingdom Wales Rally GB TBA Gravel TBA TBA [b]
13 24 October 27 October Spain RACC Rally Catalunya de España TBA Mixed[c] TBA TBA [b]
14 14 November 17 November Australia Rally Australia Coffs Harbour, New South Wales Gravel TBA TBA [b]
Source:[2][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][3]

Calendar changes

The World Rally Championship expanded its calendar to fourteen rounds with the addition of Rally Chile.[2] The event will be based in Concepción and run on gravel roads.[4] Rally Chile will be run back-to-back with Rally Argentina. The rally was also added to the World Rally Championship-2 schedule.

Route changes

The route of Rallye Monte Carlo will be shortened by 71.93 km (44.7 mi) compared to the 2018 route.[6] The route was revised after rule changes that were introduced for the 2019 championship limited the maximum distance of a route to 350 km (217.5 mi).[2] Organisers of the Tour de Corse announced plans for a new route, with up to three-quarters of the 2019 route being revised from the 2018 rally.[9]

Entries

World Rally Championship 2-Pro

Manufacturer Entrant Car Crew details
Driver name Co-driver name
Citroën France Citroën Total[11] Citroën C3 R5 France Yoann Bonato TBA
Ford United Kingdom M-Sport Ford WRT[11] Ford Fiesta R5 United Kingdom Gus Greensmith TBA
Škoda Czech Republic Škoda Motorsport[12] Škoda Fabia R5 Czech Republic Jan Kopecký[12] TBA
Finland Kalle Rovanperä[12] TBA

Crew changes

Škoda Motorsport scaled back their involvement in the championship to a single two-car team. The team retained defending drivers' champion Jan Kopecký and Kalle Rovanperä, while 2017 champions Pontus Tidemand and Jonas Andersson left the team.[12] Tidemand later joined WRC team M-Sport Ford on a part-time basis,[13] while Andersson remained in the World Rally Championship-2, partnering Ole Christian Veiby.[14]

World Rally Championship-2

Manufacturer Entrant Car Crew details
Driver name Co-driver name
Citroën Belgium Guillaume De Mevius Citroën C3 R5 Belgium Guillaume De Mevius[15] TBA
Ford France Adrien Fourmaux Ford Fiesta R5 France Adrien Fourmaux[15] TBA
Finland Tommi Mäkinen Racing[16] Japan Takamoto Katsuta[16] United Kingdom Daniel Barritt[16]
Volkswagen France Nicholas Ciamin Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 France Nicholas Ciamin[15] TBA
Norway Ole Christian Veiby[14] Norway Ole Christian Veiby[14] Sweden Jonas Andersson[14]

Crew changes

Daniel Barritt left the World Rally Championship to partner Toyota protégé Takamoto Katsuta.[16]

Changes

The formation of the World Rally Championship-2 Pro class saw the introduction of changes to class eligibility. The Pro class will be open to manufacturer-supported entries, with teams permitted to enter two crews per event. Pro class entries must contest a minimum of eight rallies, including one outside Europe. Only the eight best results will contribute to the Pro class championship. Crews contesting the wider World Rally Championship-2 will not face any such restrictions.[17]

Season report

Monte Carlo Rally

Main article: 2019 Monte Carlo Rally

Footnotes

  1. ^ 2019 Monte Carlo Rally will run on tarmac and snow surface.
  2. ^ a b c d Date subject to confirmation.[4]
  3. ^ 2019 Rally Catalunya will run on tarmac and gravel surface.

References

  1. ^ https://www.fia.com/sites/default/files/2019_wrc_sporting_regulations_12122018.pdf
  2. ^ a b c d e f "FIA announces World Motor Sport Council decisions". fia.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 12 October 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  3. ^ a b Herrero, Daniel (13 October 2018). "Australia remains finale on 2019 WRC calendar". speedcafe.com. Speedcafe. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  4. ^ a b c "Chile steps up to 2019 WRC". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 12 October 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Season 2019 WRC". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  6. ^ a b "Rallye Monte-Carlo – Edition 2019". acm.mc. Automobile Club de Monaco. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  7. ^ "Rally Sweden fakta 2019" (PDF). rallytravels.com. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  8. ^ "Rally Mexico homepage". Rally Guanajuato Mexico. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  9. ^ a b Evans, David (12 October 2018). "Tour of Corsica announces 2019 World Rally Championship reprieve". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  10. ^ "Visit Jyväskylä - Events > Neste Rally Finland". visitjyvaskyla.fi. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  11. ^ a b "2019 FIA World Rally Championship entrants". fia.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 21 December 2018. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  12. ^ a b c d Evans, David (28 November 2018). "Skoda Motorsport scales back for 2019 WRC2 season, Tidemand exits". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  13. ^ Klien, Jamie (21 December 2018). "Tidemand gets two WRC rounds with M-Sport". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  14. ^ a b c d "Monte-Carlo and Sweden in a VW Polo R5 and new co-driver". ocveiby.com. 19 December 2018. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  15. ^ a b c "New lineups debut on Monte entry". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 13 October 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  16. ^ a b c d Evans, David (19 December 2018). "Toyota reveals 2019 programme for WRC protege Takamoto Katsuta". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  17. ^ Evans, David (6 December 2018). "FIA reveals more details of WRC support structure in 2019". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
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