2019 Rally Chile

2019 Rally Chile
1. Copec Rally Chile
Round 6 of 14 in the 2019 World Rally Championship
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Host country Chile
Rally baseConcepción, Biobío
Dates run9 – 12 May 2019
Start locationEl Pinar, Concepción Province
Finish locationVilla Verde, Concepción Province
Stages16 (304.81 km; 189.40 miles)[1]
Stage surfaceGravel
Transport distance940.87 km (584.63 miles)
Overall distance1,245.68 km (774.03 miles)
Statistics
Crews registered63
Crews55 at start, 35 at finish
Overall results
Overall winnerEstonia Ott Tänak
Estonia Martin Järveoja
Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
3:15:53.8
Power Stage winnerEstonia Ott Tänak
Estonia Martin Järveoja
Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
Support category results
WRC-2 winnerJapan Takamoto Katsuta
United Kingdom Daniel Barritt
Japan Takamoto Katsuta
3:29:26.7

The 2019 Rally Chile (also known as the Copec Rally Chile 2019) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 9 and 12 May 2019.[2] It marked the first running of Rally Chile, and was the sixth round of the 2019 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and the newly created WRC-2 Pro class. The 2019 event was based in Talcahuano of Concepción Province in Bío Bío Region and consists of sixteen special stages totalling 304.81 km (189.40 mi) competitive kilometres.

Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja won the first edition of Rally Chile. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the manufacturers' winners.[3] The Škoda Motorsport crew of Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen took the victory in the WRC-2 Pro category, finishing first in the combined WRC-2 category, while Takamoto Katsuta and Daniel Barritt won the wider WRC-2 class.[4]

  1. ^ "Itinerary" (PDF). rallymobil.cl. Rally Chile. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-09-13. Retrieved 9 May 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 Chile: victory for masterful Tänak". wrc.com. WRC. May 12, 2019. Retrieved May 13, 2019.
  4. ^ "Sunday in Chile: Rovanperä seals Pro win". wrc.com. WRC. May 12, 2019. Retrieved May 13, 2019.