The 2019 Rally Estonia (formally known as the Shell Helix Rally Estonia 2019) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over three days between 12 and 14 July 2019. It marked the ninth running of Rally Estonia. The event consisted of fifteen special stages totalling in competitive kilometres. The stages were run on smooth gravel roads of Southern Estonia. Two street stages were also held during the rally, in Tartu and in Elva. Rally headquarters and service park were based in Otepää, at the Tehvandi Sports Center, while city of Tartu hosted the ceremonial start and finish.
The 2019 edition was the first ever Official WRC Promotional Event with all the current WRC works teams (Toyota, M-Sport, Hyundai and Citroën) featured in the line-up. Ott Tänak & Martin Järveoja repeated last year's win, this time ahead of Andreas Mikkelsen & Anders Jæger-Amland. Esapekka Lappi & Janne Ferm completed the podium.
Background Entry list No. Driver Co-Driver Team Car Tyre World Rally Car entries1 Ott Tänak Martin Järveoja Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota Yaris WRC 2 Elfyn Evans Scott Martin M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Fiesta WRC 3 Andreas Mikkelsen Anders Jæger-Amland Hyundai Motorsport N Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC 4 Esapekka Lappi Janne Ferm Citroën Total WRT Citroën C3 WRC 5 Craig Breen Paul Nagle Hyundai Motorsport N Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC 6 Valeriy Gorban Sergei Larens Eurolamp World Rally Team Mini John Cooper Works WRC 7 Georg Gross Raigo Mõlder OT Racing Ford Fiesta WRC 8 Markko Märtin Kristo Kraag Markko Märtin Ford Fiesta WRC Group R entries9 Teemu Suninen Jarmo Lehtinen M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II 10 Eerik Pietarinen Juhana Raitanen TGS Worldwide Škoda Fabia R5 Evo 11 Takamoto Katsuta Daniel Barritt Tommi Mäkinen Racing Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II 12 Nikolay Gryazin Yaroslav Fedorov Sports Racing Technologies Škoda Fabia R5 14 Oliver Solberg Aaron Johnston Sports Racing Technologies Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 15 Raul Jeets Andrus Toom Tehase Auto Škoda Fabia R5 16 Rainer Aus Simo Koskinen TGS Worldwide Škoda Fabia R5 17 Kenneth Johnsrød Dyre Erling Fredriksen Johnsrød Racing Ford Fiesta R5 18 Priit Koik Kristo Tamm Kaur Motorsport Ford Fiesta R5 20 Robert Blomberg Ida Bood Robert Blomberg Škoda Fabia R5 21 Radik Shaymiev Maxim Tsvetkov TAIF Motorsport Ford Fiesta R5 22 Karl Martin Volver Margus Jõerand TGS Worldwide Škoda Fabia R5 23 Emilio Fernandez Axel Coronado Toksport WRT Škoda Fabia R5 26 Sanjay Takale Edgars Svencis Baltic Motorsport Promotion Ford Fiesta R2 27 Arnis Alksnis Gints Pētersons Rallyworkshop-ERST Finance Peugeot 208 R2 28 Alexander Kudryavtsev Yuri Kulikov ALM Motorsport Peugeot 208 R2 29 William Binbach Ida Lidebjer Granberg William Binbach Peugeot 208 R2 30 Jose Tomas Fernandez Carlos Garrafa Baltic Motorsport Promotion Ford Fiesta R2 31 Georg Linnamäe Volodymyr Korsia ALM Motorsport Peugeot 208 R2 32 Adrien Fourmaux Renaud Jamoul Adrien Fourmaux Ford Fiesta R2T 33 Adam Westlund Joakim Sjöberg Sports Racing Technologies Peugeot 208 R2 34 Gregor Jeets Kuldar Sikk Tehase Auto Ford Fiesta R2T 35 Kaspar Kasari Gabriel Müürsepp OT Racing Ford Fiesta R2T 36 Roland Poom Ken Järveoja Roland Poom Ford Fiesta R2T 37 Robert Virves Sander Pruul OT Racing Ford Fiesta R2T 38 Ken Torn Kauri Pannas OT Racing Ford Fiesta R2T Group N entries39 Emīls Blūms Didzis Eglītis Rallyworkshop-ERST Finance Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 40 Edijs Bergmanis Edgars Grīns Rallyworkshop-ERST Finance Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 41 Ralfs Sirmacis Ralfs Igaveņš Sporta Klubs Autostils Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 42 Denis Rostilov Georgy Troshkin Neiksans Rallysport Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 43 Edgars Balodis Lasma Tole Rallyworkshop-ERST Finance Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 44 Stig Andervang Robin Eriksson Stig Andervang Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 45 Aiko Aigro Kermo Kärtmann Tikkri Motorsport Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 53 Aleksei Semenov Igor Marov Aleksei Semenov Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 54 Siim Liivamägi Edvin Parisalu Kupatama Motorsport Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 55 Rünno Ubinhain Allan Ilves Kupatama Motorsport Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 57 Mirko Usin Janek Tamm ALM Motorsport Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 58 Kristaps Sarma Ervīns Zgirskis Rallyworkshop-ERST Finance Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 59 Mikołaj Kempa Marcin Szeja Kaur Motorsport Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV 60 Krišjānis Zintis Putniņš Mārtiņš Puriņš Rallyworkshop-ERST Finance Subaru Impreza 61 Henri Franke Arvo Liimann Cueks Racing Subaru Impreza 62 Jurģis Meisters Kalvis Blūms Rallyworkshop-ERST Finance Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 63 Vadim Kuznetsov Roman Kapustin ALM Motorsport Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII Other notable entries19 Egon Kaur Silver Simm Kaur Motorsport Ford Fiesta Proto 24 Alexander Mikhaylov Normunds Kokins Neiksans Rallysport Ford Fiesta NRC 56 Gleb Zavolokin Mikhail Soskin F-motors Rally Team Ford Fiesta Proto Source:
Report Classification Driver Co-driver Team Car Time Overall classification 11 1:15:38.40.0 23 1:16:41.9+1:03.5 34 1:17:05.5+1:27.1 42 1:17:26.1+1:47.7 55 1:17:34.8+1:56.4 68 1:19:33.5+3:55.1 714 1:19:57.8+4:19.4 816 1:21:26.3+5:47.9 910 1:21:27.4+5:49.0 106 1:21:57.4+6:19.0Source:
Special stages DateNo.Stage nameDistanceWinnersCarTimeRally leaders 12 July — Raiga [Shakedown] Tänak / Järveoja Toyota Yaris WRC2:52.3 13 July SS1 Tänak / Järveoja Toyota Yaris WRC8:00.1 Tänak / Järveoja SS2 Tänak / Järveoja Toyota Yaris WRC5:27.2 SS3 Tänak / Järveoja Toyota Yaris WRC7:55.1 SS4 Mikkelsen / Jæger-Amland Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC5:28.5 SS5 Tänak / Järveoja Toyota Yaris WRC5:07.9 SS6 Tänak / Järveoja Toyota Yaris WRC4:31.8 SS7 Tänak / Järveoja Toyota Yaris WRC5:08.6 SS8 Tänak / Järveoja Toyota Yaris WRC4:24.8 SS9 Evans / Martin Ford Fiesta WRC1:30.414 July SS10 Tänak / Järveoja Toyota Yaris WRC3:29.9 SS11 Tänak / Järveoja Toyota Yaris WRC8:00.7 SS12 Tänak / Järveoja Toyota Yaris WRC3:30.0 SS13 Tänak / Järveoja Toyota Yaris WRC7:56.4 SS14 Tänak / Järveoja Toyota Yaris WRC3:50.4 SS15 Tänak / Järveoja Toyota Yaris WRC1:05.2
References
External links The official website of Rally Estonia