2019 Rallye Deutschland

2019 Rally Deutschland
37. ADAC Rallye Deutschland
Round 10 of 14 in the 2019 World Rally Championship
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Unpredictable weather and a variety of tarmac surfaces can make tyre choice difficult.
Host country Germany
Rally baseBostalsee, Saarland
Dates run22 – 25 August 2019
Start locationWinterbach, Saarland
Finish locationSankt Wendel, Saarland
Stages19 (344.04 km; 213.78 miles)[1]
Stage surfaceTarmac
Transport distance844.19 km (524.56 miles)
Overall distance1,228.23 km (763.19 miles)
Statistics
Crews registered55
Crews52 at start, 41 at finish
Overall results
Overall winnerEstonia Ott Tänak
Estonia Martin Järveoja
Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
3:15:29.8
Power Stage winnerBelgium Thierry Neuville
Belgium Nicolas Gilsoul
South Korea Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT
Support category results
WRC-2 winnerGermany Fabian Kreim
Germany Tobias Braun
Germany Fabian Kreim
3:28:16.7

The 2019 Rallye Deutschland (also known as ADAC Rallye Deutschland 2019) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 22 and 25 August 2019.[2] It marked the thirty-seventh running of Rallye Deutschland and was the tenth round of the 2019 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and the newly created WRC-2 Pro class. The 2019 event was based at the Bostalsee in Saarland, and was contested over nineteen special stages with a total a competitive distance of 344.04 km (213.78 mi).

Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja were the defending rally winners. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the defending manufacturers' winners.[3] The Škoda Motorsport crew of 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 were promoted to the newly created WRC-2 Pro class.[4]

Tänak and Järveoja successfully defended their titles to get German hat-trick. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, won the rally and covered all three podium places for the first time since 1993 Safari Rally.[5] The Škoda Motorsport crew of Jan Kopecký and Pavel Dresler took their first victory of the season in the WRC-2 Pro category, finishing first in the combined WRC-2 category, while the local crew of Fabian Kreim and Tobias Braun won the wider WRC-2 class.[6]

  1. ^ "Itinerary" (PDF). adac-rallye-deutschland.de. Rallye Deutschland. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  2. ^ "FIA announces World Motor Sport Council decisions". fia.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 12 October 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Sunday in Germany: Second success for Tänak". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  4. ^ "WRC 2 in Germany: Kopecký storms to victory". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 19 August 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Sunday in Germany: Tänak's hat-trick". wrc.com. WRC. 25 August 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  6. ^ "WRC 2 in Germany: Kopecký claims Pro win". wrc.com. WRC. 25 August 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.