| 2019 Rally Italia Sardegna 16. Rally Italia Sardegna | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Round 8 of 14 in the 2019 World Rally Championship
| |||
 Rally Sardegna features with fast and narrow stages, with intense heat testing tyre limits. | |||
| Host country |  Italy | ||
| Rally base | Alghero, Sardinia | ||
| Dates run | 13 – 16 June 2019 | ||
| Start location | Ittiri motocross track, Alghero | ||
| Finish location | Argentiera, Alghero | ||
| Stages | 19 (310.52 km; 192.95 miles)[1] | ||
| Stage surface | Gravel | ||
| Transport distance | 1,073.12 km (666.81 miles) | ||
| Overall distance | 1,383.64 km (859.75 miles) | ||
| Statistics | |||
| Crews registered | 89 | ||
| Crews | 88 at start, 49 at finish | ||
| Overall results | |||
| Overall winner |  Dani Sordo Carlos del Barrio Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT3:32:27.2 | ||
| Power Stage winner |  Andreas Mikkelsen Anders Jæger-Amland Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT | ||
| Support category results | |||
| WRC-2 winner |  Pierre-Louis Loubet Vincent Landais Pierre-Louis Loubet3:43:40.2 | ||
| J-WRC winner | Jan Solans Mauro Barreiro Rally Team Spain 4:02:36.2 | ||
The 2019 Rally Italia Sardegna (also known as Rally Italia Sardegna 2019) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 13 and 16 June 2019.[2] It marked the sixteenth running of Rally Italia Sardegna and was the eighth round of the 2019 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and the newly created WRC-2 Pro class. It was also the third round of the Junior World Rally Championship. The 2019 event was based in Alghero in Sardinia, and was contested over nineteen special stages with a total a competitive distance of 310.52 km (192.95 mi).
Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul were the defending rally winners. Their team, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, were the defending manufacturers' winners.[3] Jan Kopecký and Pavel Dresler were the defending winners in the World Rally Championship-2 category, but they did not defend their titles as they participated in the newly created WRC-2 Pro class.[4]
Dani Sordo and Carlos del Barrio won their second career victory. Their team, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, successfully defended their titles.[5] The Škoda Motorsport crew of Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen took hat-trick in the WRC-2 Pro category, finishing first in the combined WRC-2 category, while the French crew of Pierre-Louis Loubet and Vincent Landais won the wider WRC-2 class.[6] The third round of the J-WRC championship was taken by the Rally Team Spain crew of Jan Solans and Mauro Barreiro.[7]
- ^ "Itinerary". rallyitaliasardegna.com. Rally Italia Sardegna. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
- ^ "FIA announces World Motor Sport Council decisions". fia.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 12 October 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
- ^ "Breaking News: Neuville's Italy Stunner". wrc.com. WRC. 10 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
- ^ "WRC 2 in Italy: Kopecký takes third win of 2018". wrc.com. WRC. 10 June 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
- ^ "Sunday in Italy: Sordo snatches late win". wrc.com. WRC. June 16, 2019. Retrieved June 17, 2019.
- ^ "Sunday in Portugal: Kalle claims Pro treble". wrc.com. WRC. June 16, 2019. Retrieved June 17, 2019.
- ^ "Junior WRC in Italy: Solans' Sardinia success". wrc.com. WRC. June 16, 2019. Retrieved June 17, 2019.