| 2019 Wales Rally GB 75. Wales Rally GB | |||
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Round 12 of 14 in the 2019 World Rally Championship
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.jpg) Changeable weather can bring rain and fog to the rally. | |||
| 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 WRT3:00:58.0 | ||
| Power Stage winner | Ott Tänak Martin Järveoja Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | ||
| Support category results | |||
| WRC-2 winner |  Petter Solberg Phil Mills Petter Solberg3:12:34.1 | ||
| J-WRC winner |  Jan Solans Mauro Barreiro Rally Team Spain3:30:05.0 | ||
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.
- ^ a b "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.