The 2019 FIA WRC2 Championship was the seventh season of WRC2, a rallying championship organised and governed by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, running in support of the World Rally Championship. The championship is open to cars complying with R5 regulations.
The 2019 season saw the creation of a new category within the championship, known as WRC2 Pro. This was open to manufacturer entries competing in cars built to R5 specifications, while the wider WRC2 Championship was open to privately entered cars.
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Entries In accordance with the 2019 regulations, all crews in WRC2 were required to register as independent entrants. Teams were still allowed to be present, but only to prepare the car for the driver.
ManufacturerTeamCarTyreCrew detailsDriver nameRoundsCitroën CHL Sport AutoCitroën C3 R5 Yoann Bonato1, 4 Citroën Total1, 4, 7–8, 10, 12–13 G.Car Sport Racing Tamara Molinaro Lorenzo Granai2 Citroën Monster Procircuit Rally Team Benjamín Israel6 Vincente Israel6 Samuel Israel6 Rosselot Rally Team Eduardo Castro6 Citroën Vodafone Team Olga McDonalds Hada Fam7 Saintéloc Junior Team Eieio Camilli Benjamin Veillas13 MRT MotorsportCitroën DS3 R5 Germán Lyon Ignacio Uez6Volkswagen Kristoffersson Motorsport 1–2, 4, 7–8, 12–13 2, 9 THX Racing Nicolas Ciamin Yannick Roche1, 4, 10 Printsport Emil Lindholm Mikael Korhonen2, 9, 13 Lars Stugemo Kalle Lexe2 BMA Autosport Eric Camilli François-Xavier Buresi4 Alberto Heller José Díaz 12 1010 Lotos Rally Team 4–6, 10, 12–13 Racing 4 You 7 PSRX Volkswagen Sweden 1212 AR Vidal Racing 13Ford M-Sport Ford World Rally TeamFord Fiesta R5 Adrien Fourmaux1, 4, 10, 12 35–63, 5–7 Felipe Rossi6 Emil Bergkvist Patrik Barth2, 7 "Pedro" Emanuele Baldaccini4, 7 Nil Solans Marc Martí4, 8 Tommi Mäkinen Racing 2, 4–8 Castrol Ford Team Türkiye Murat Bostanci11 Bugra Banaz11 Tommi Mäkinen Racing Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II Takamoto Katsuta Daniel Barritt9 M-Sport Ford World Rally Team "Pedro" Emanuele Baldaccini10–11 Jan Solans13 Gaurav Gill11–12, 14 Adrien Fourmaux Renaud Jamoul13 Alberto Heller13Škoda BMA AutosportŠkoda Fabia R5 Grégoire Munster Louis Louka1, 9 Brettex Site Services Rhys Yates Denis Giraudet1 James Morgan2, 4, 7, 10 Sportec Engineering Manuel Villa Daniele Michi1 Toksport World Rally Team Henning Solberg Ilka Minor2, 7, 11–12 Yigit Timur Maxime Vilmot2 Eyvind Brynildsen Veronica Engan2 Sports Racing Technologies Nikolay Gryazin Yaroslav Fedorov2 4, 7–10 Printsport Jari Huttunen Antti Linnaketo2 Tomi Tukiainen Mikko Pohjanharju 9 Brink Motorsport Martin Berglund Joakim Gevert2 Max Rpm Patrik Flodin Göran Bergsten2 Pontus Tidemand Racing Mattias Monelius Nicklas Edvardsson2 SMK Sundsvall Anton Eriksson Lars Andersson2 SXM Compétition Joakim Roman Ida Lidebjer2 Sébastien Bedoret Thomas Walbrecq4 Race Seven Benito Guerra Jamie Zapata3, 5–7 Marco Bulacia Fabian Cretu11–14 RB Motorsport8 Free Rally Service 3 2C Competition Pierre-Louis Loubet Vincent Landais4, 7–8 Motorsport Italia Fabio Andolfi Simone Scattolin4, 8, 10, 13–14 Emanuele Inglesi11–12 Paulo Nobre Gabriel Morales5–6, 9, 11–13 Diogo Salvi Hugo Magalhães11 Sport & You Paulo Babo7 Miguel Barbosa Jorge Carvalho7 Susaron Rally Team Emilio Fernández Joaquin Riquelme6 CB Tech Rally by Škoda Jorge Martínez Alberto Alvarez6 Alejandro Cancio Santiago García6 Cristóbal Vidaurre Rubén García6 ARC Sport Ricardo Teodósio José Teixeira7 Pedro Almeida Nuno Almeida7 TGS Worldwide Eerik Pietarinen Juhana Raitanen7 P&B Racing António Dias Nuno Rodrigues da Silva7 Lotos Rally Team 8, 11 BC Vision Motorsport Burak Cukurova Vedat Bostanci 11 Deniz Fahri Bahadir Gücenmez 11 Bora Manyera Çem Cerkez 11 Calm Competició José Antonio Suarez Alberto Iglesias 13 2C Competition Škoda Fabia R5 Evo Pierre-Louis Loubet Vincent Randais 9, 12–14 Toksport World Rally Team Henning Solberg Ilka Minor 9 SXM Compétition Sébastien Bedoret Thomas Walbrecq 10 Škoda Auto Deutschland Marijan Griebel Pirmin Winklhofer 10 Fabian Kreim Tobias Braun 10 Race Seven Benito Guerra Daniel Cué 12 Jamie Zapata 13–14 Sports Racing Technologies Nikolay Gryazin Yaroslav Fedorov 13Hyundai HMI Hyundai Italian Rally TeamHyundai i20 R5 "Pedro"1 Hyundai Motorsport N Simone Tempestini Sergio Itu4, 7–8, 10, 12–13 Jari Huttunen Antti Linnaketo7 Mikko Lukka9 Point Cola Racing Martín Scuncio6 Tomás Etcheverry6 Team Hyundai Portugal Armindo Araújo Luis Ramalho7 Bruno Magalhães Hugo Magalhães7 Sarrazin Motorsport Dominik Dinkel Christina Fürst10 Melvyn Evans Motorsport Rhys Yates James Morgan12–13Peugeot Peugeot Sport ChilePeugeot 208 T16 R5 Francisco López Nicolás Levalle6 Source:
Crew changes Daniel Barritt left the M-Sport World Rally Team to partner Toyota protégé Takamoto Katsuta.
Changes The formation of the WRC2 Pro championship saw the introduction of changes to eligibility. The Pro category was open to manufacturer-supported entries, with teams permitted to enter two crews per event. Pro entries must contest a minimum of eight rallies, including one outside Europe. Only the eight best results will contribute to the Pro championship. Crews contesting the wider WRC2 will not face any such restrictions.
The team's championship of the wider WRC2 was discontinued. Entrants in the championship were required to register under the name of the crew's driver.
Results and standings Season summary RoundEventReport1 3:35:12.4Report2 Rally Sweden Ole Christian Veiby Jonas Andersson 2:54:04.0Report3 Rally Guanajuato México Benito Guerra Jaime Zapata 3:52:43.5Report4 Tour de Corse Fabio Andolfi Simone Scattolin 3:34:28.6Report5 Rally Argentina Pedro Heller Marc Martí 3:41:09.1Report6 Rally Chile Takamoto Katsuta Daniel Barritt 3:29:26.7Report7 Rally de Portugal Pierre-Louis Loubet Vincent Landais 3:33:09.1Report8 Rally Italia Sardegna Pierre-Louis Loubet Vincent Landais 3:43:40.2Report9 Rally Finland Nikolay Gryazin Yaroslav Fedorov 2:41:09.0Report10 ADAC Rallye Deutschland Fabian Kreim Tobias Braun 3:28:16.7Report11 Marmaris Rally of Turkey Kajetan Kajetanowicz Maciek Szczepaniak 4:06:00.4Report12 Wales Rally GB Petter Solberg Phil Mills 3:12:34.1Report13 Eric Camilli Benjamin Veillas 3:16:26.8Report14 Rally Australia Rally cancelled (due to bushfires)Report
Scoring system Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers in each event.
Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10thPoints251815121086421
Drivers' standings DriverMONSWEMEXFRAARGCHIPORITAFINDEUTURGBRCATAUSPointsBest 6 1 10 1 1 4 2 5 C 91 91 2 3 Ret WD 2 3 1 12 3 88 88 3 1 2 2 6 7 Ret C 75 75 4 5 2 5 Ret 1 5 11 73 73 5 1 7 Ret 3 5 6WD 64 64 6 3 1 Ret Ret 5 11 4 62 62 7 2 4 2 4 RetWD 60 60 8 Ret 4 5 1 13 Ret Ret 47 47 9 7 3 5 4 WD 43 43 10 2 7 2 42 42 11 3 4 Ret 7 6 WD 41 41 12 Paulo Nobre 3 7 6 6 8 Ret 41 41 13 2 9 8 3 13 39 39 14 3 3 30 30 15 4 2 30 30 16 4 10 5 15 7 10 WD 30 30 17 11 10 3 4 WD Ret 28 28 18 Pedro Heller Ret 1 10 26 26 19 1 12 25 25 20 1 25 25 21 1 25 25 22 Ret 1 25 25 23 Ret 7 9 6 10 9 8 23 23 24 Jari Huttunen Ret Ret 2 18 18 25 Marian Griebel 2 18 18 26 3 15 15 27 4 12 12 28 4 12 12 29 5 Ret Ret 10 10 30 5 10 10 31 5 10 10 32 6 8 8 33 6 8 8 34 6 Ret 8 8 35 6 8 8 36 Dominik Dinkel 6 8 8 37 Ret 8 16 9 9 12 8 8 38 7 6 6 39 7 6 6 40 8 4 4 41 8 4 4 42 8 4 4 43 Grégoire Munster 8 4 4 44 Diogo Salvi Ret 8 4 4 45 9 2 2 46 9 2 2 47 Ret Ret 9 2 2 48 10 1 2DriverMONSWEMEXFRAARGCHIPORITAFINDEUTURGBRCATAUSPointsBest 6
Co-drivers' standings MONSWEMEXFRAARGCHIPORITAFINDEUTURGBRCATAUSPointsBest 6 1 10 1 1 4 2 5 C 91 91 2 3 Ret WD 2 3 1 12 3 88 88 3 5 2 5 Ret 1 5 11 73 73 4 1 2 2 6 69 69 5 3 1 Ret Ret 5 11 4 62 62 6 2 4 2 4 RetWD 60 60 7 Ret 4 5 1 13 Ret Ret 47 47 8 7 3 5 4 WD 43 43 9 2 7 2 42 42 10 3 4 Ret 7 6 WD 41 41 11 Gabriel Morales 3 7 6 6 8 Ret 41 41 12 2 9 8 3 13 39 39 13 3 5 6 33 33 14 1 7 RetWD 31 31 15 3 3 30 30 16 4 2 30 30 17 Marc Martí Ret Ret 1 10 Ret 9 28 28 18 11 10 3 4 WD Ret 28 28 19 1 12 25 25 20 1 25 25 21 1 25 25 22 1 25 25 23 Ret 7 9 6 10 9 8 23 23 24 2 18 18 25 2 18 18 26 10 5 15 7 10 WD 18 18 27 3 15 15 28 4 12 12 29 4 12 12 30 4 12 12 31 5 Ret Ret 10 10 32 5 10 10 33 5 10 10 34 6 8 8 35 6 8 8 36 6 Ret 8 8 37 6 8 8 38 6 8 8 39 Ret 8 16 9 9 12 8 8 40 7 6 6 41 7 Ret C 6 6 42 7 6 6 43 8 4 4 44 8 4 4 45 8 4 4 46 Ret 8 4 4 47 Ret 8 4 4 48 9 2 2 49 9 2 2 50 10 1 1Co-DriverMONSWEMEXFRAARGCHIPORITAFINDEUTURGBRCATAUSPointsBest 6
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References
External links Official website of the World Rally Championship Official website of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile