| 2019 Monte Carlo Rally 87e Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo | ||
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Round 1 of 14 in the 2019 World Rally Championship
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 Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia won the rally for the sixth time. | ||
| Host country |  Monaco[a] | |
| Rally base | Gap, Hautes-Alpes | |
| Dates run | 24 – 27 January 2019 | |
| Start location | Place Desmichels, Gap | |
| Finish location | Casino Square, Monaco | |
| Stages | 16 (323.83 km; 201.22 miles)[1] | |
| Stage surface | Tarmac / Snow | |
| Transport distance | 1,042.6 km (647.8 miles) | |
| Overall distance | 1,366.43 km (849.06 miles) | |
| Statistics | ||
| Crews registered | 84 | |
| Crews | 84 at start, 67 at finish | |
| Overall results | ||
| Overall winner |  Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia Citroën Total WRT3:21:15.9 | |
| Power Stage winner |  Kris Meeke Sebastian Marshall Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | |
| Support category results | ||
| WRC-2 winner | Yoann Bonato Benjamin Boulloud Yoann Bonato 3:35:12.4 | |
The 2019 Monte Carlo Rally (also known as the 87e Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 25 and 28 January 2019.[2] It marked the eighty-seventh running of the Monte Carlo Rally, and was the first round of the 2019 World Rally Championship. It was also the first round of the World Rally Championship-2 and the newly created WRC-2 Pro class. The 2019 event was based in the town of Gap in the Hautes-Alpes department of France and consists of sixteen special stages. The rally covered a total competitive distance of 322.81 km (200.58 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 Škoda Motorsport crew of Jan Kopecký and Pavel Dresler were the defending winners in the World Rally Championship-2 category,[4] but did not enter the rally.[5] In the World Rally Championship-3 category, Italian privateers Enrico Brazzoli and Luca Beltrame were the reigning rally winners, but did not defend their title as the WRC-3 category was discontinued in 2019.[6][b]
Ogier and Ingrassia successfully defended their titles. Their team, Citroën World Rally Team, were the manufacturers' winners. The victory also marked the 100th world rally success for the French manufacturer.[7] The M-Sport Ford WRT crew of Gus Greensmith and Elliott Edmondson became the first crew to win an event in the WRC-2 Pro category, while Yoann Bonato and Benjamin Boulloud won the wider WRC-2 class, finishing second in the combined WRC-2 category.[8]
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- ^ "FIA announces World Motor Sport Council decisions". fia.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 12 October 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
- ^ "Ogier wins Rallye Monte-Carlo". speedcafe.com. 29 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
- ^ "Sunday in WRC 2: Kopecký Wins in Style". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 28 January 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
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- ^ "Sunday in Monte-Carlo:Ogier claims sixth straight win". wrc.com. WRC. 27 January 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
- ^ "WRC 2 Monte-Carlo:Greensmith secures Pro victory". wrc.com. WRC. 27 January 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2019.