Round 12 of 14 in the 2019 World Rally Championship
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Host country
United Kingdom
Rally base
Llandudno, Conwy
Dates run
3 – 6 October 2019
Start location
Little Budworth, Cheshire
Finish location
Denbigh Moors, Denbighshire
Stages
22 (312.75 km; 194.33 miles)[1]
Stage surface
Gravel
Transport distance
1,342.49 km (834.18 miles)
Overall distance
1,655.24 km (1,028.52 miles)
Statistics
Crews registered
59
Crews
52 at start, 47 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner
Ott Tänak Martin Järveoja Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 3:00:58.0
Power Stage winner
Ott Tänak Martin Järveoja Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
Support category results
WRC-2 winner
Petter Solberg Phil Mills Petter Solberg 3:12:34.1
J-WRC winner
Jan Solans Mauro Barreiro Rally Team Spain 3:30:05.0
The 2019 Wales Rally GB (also known as Wales Rally GB 2019) was a motor racing event for rally cars held over four days between 3 and 6 October 2019.[2] It marked the seventy-fifth running of Wales Rally GB and was the twelfth round of the 2019 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and the newly-created WRC-2 Pro class. It was also the final round of the Junior World Rally Championship. The 2019 event was based in Llandudno in Conwy, and was contested over twenty-two special stages with a total a competitive distance of 312.75 km (194.33 mi).
Reigning World Drivers' and World Co-Drivers Champions Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia were the defending rally winners. M-Sport Ford WRT, the team they drove for in 2018, were the defending manufacturers' winners.[3] The Finnish crew of Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen were the defending rally winners in the World Rally Championship-2 category, but they did not defend their titles as they were scheduled to be promoted to the newly-created WRC-2 Pro class.[4]
Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja won their first Wales Rally GB victory, extending their championship lead to a massive twenty-eight points. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the manufacturers' winners.[5] The Škoda Motorsport crew of Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen secured the first WRC-2 Pro title by winning the category, finishing first in the combined WRC-2 category.[6] 2003 World Rally Champions Petter Solberg and Phil Mills bid farewell to WRC by winning the WRC-2 class.[6] The Rally Team Spain crew of Jan Solans and Mauro Barreiro won the final round of the J-WRC championship and became the champions of 2019 Junior World Rally Championship.[7]
^"Route Planner" (PDF). walesrallygb.com. Wales Rally GB. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
^"FIA announces World Motor Sport Council decisions". fia.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 12 October 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
^"Sunday in Britain: Record-breaking Ogier nets fifth win". wrc.com. WRC. 7 October 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
^"WRC 2 in Britain: Rovanperä takes comfortablw win". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 7 October 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
^"Sunday in Britain: Tänak closes on title". wrc.com. WRC. 6 October 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
^ ab"WRC 2 in Britain: Kalle claims Pro title". wrc.com. WRC. October 6, 2019. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
^"Junior WRC in Britain: Solans secures title". wrc.com. WRC. 6 October 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
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