2019 Rally Turkey

2019 Rally Turkey
12. Marmaris Rally Turkey
Round 11 of 14 in the 2019 World Rally Championship
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Rally Turkey is the slowest gravel round on the calendar.
Host country Turkey
Rally baseMarmaris, Muğla
Dates run12 – 15 September 2019
Start locationMarmaris Castle, Muğla
Finish locationMarmaris, Muğla
Stages17 (310.10 km; 192.69 miles)[1]
Stage surfaceGravel
Transport distance678.40 km (421.54 miles)
Overall distance988.50 km (614.23 miles)
Statistics
Crews registered31
Crews28 at start, 24 at finish
Overall results
Overall winnerFrance Sébastien Ogier
France Julien Ingrassia
France Citroën Total WRT
3:50:12.1
Power Stage winnerEstonia Ott Tänak
Estonia Martin Järveoja
Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
Support category results
WRC-2 winnerPoland Kajetan Kajetanowicz
Poland Maciej Szczepaniak
Poland Kajetan Kajetanowicz
4:06:00.4

The 2019 Rally Turkey (also known as Marmaris Rally Turkey 2019) is a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 12 and 15 September 2019.[2] It marked the twelfth running of Rally Turkey and was the eleventh 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 Marmaris in Muğla Province, and was contested over seventeen special stages with a total a competitive distance of 310.10 km (192.69 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]

Reigning World Drivers' and World Co-Drivers Champions Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia won in Turkey for the first time in their careers. Their team, Citroën World Rally Team, were the manufacturers' winners.[5] The M-Sport Ford WRT crew of Gus Greensmith and Elliott Edmondson won the WRC-2 Pro category, while the Polish crew of Kajetan Kajetanowicz and Maciej Szczepaniak won the wider WRC-2 class to take the championship lead, finishing third in the combined WRC-2 category.[6]

  1. ^ "Revised Rally Turkey Route Ready To Challenge WRC Teams". rallyturkey.com. Rally of Turkey. 12 August 2019. Retrieved 17 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 Turkey: Tänak's turkish delight". wrc.com. WRC. 16 September 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  4. ^ "WRC 2 in Turkey: Fifth win for Kopecký". wrc.com. WRC. 16 September 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Saturday in Turkey:Ogier win rejindles title bid". wrc.com. WRC. 15 September 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  6. ^ "WRC 2 in Turkey:Gus Clinches dramatic Pro win". wrc.com. WRC. 15 September 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2019.