The 2019 FIA WRC2 Pro Championship was the first and only season of WRC2 Pro, a rallying championship organised and governed by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile as the second-highest tier of international rallying. The category was open to cars entered by manufacturers and complying with Group R5 regulations, while WRC2 was open to privately entered cars.
Calendar
Entries ManufacturerEntrantCarTyreCrew detailsDriver nameRounds Ford Ford Fiesta R5 Gus Greensmith 1–2, 5–6, 8 2–4 7 Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II Eric Camilli Benjamin Veillas9–10 Gus Greensmith Elliott Edmondson11–13 Hayden Paddon John Kennard12Škoda Škoda Motorsport 1–2, 4, 65–6 Eerik Pietarinen Juhana Raitanen29 Kalle Rovanperä Jonne Halttunen7–13 Jan Kopecký Pavel Dresler7–8, 10–11 Jan Hloušek12–13 Michal Ernst14 Citroën Citroën Total Citroën C3 R5 Mads Østberg 2, 5–7, 9–10, 12–13 Source:
Crew changes Škoda Motorsport scaled back their involvement in the championship to a single two-car team. The team retained defending drivers' champion Jan Kopecký and Kalle Rovanperä, while 2017 champions Pontus Tidemand and Jonas Andersson left the team. Tidemand later joined WRC team M-Sport Ford on a part-time basis, while Andersson remained in WRC2, partnering Ole Christian Veiby. M-Sport Ford WRT will also enter two cars, one for Polish driver Łukasz Pieniążek and the other for Gus Greensmith and Elliott Edmondson. Greensmith will also make his World Rally Car début with M-Sport Ford WRT. Reigning two-time French Rally champion Yoann Bonato, who competed for privateer Citroën team CHL Sport Auto in 2018, was entered by the factory Citroën team for Monte Carlo, before Citroën withdrew their entry from the rally, leaving Bonato to run as a WRC2 entrant. After driving for Citroën's WRC team in 2018, Mads Østberg moved to the WRC-2 in 2019, staying with Citroën's factory team in a different C3 R5, in conjunction with DG Sport. Although not a member of Škoda's factory roster, 2018 Finnish Rally Champion Eerik Pietarinen was nominated to score points for Škoda alongside factory driver Kalle Rovanperä at Rally Sweden. Škoda would repeat this practice with 18-year-old Bolivian driver Marco Bulacia Wilkinson, who is set to participate in the pro-class in the South American double-header in Argentina and Chile, joining Rovanperä on the latter rally.
Results and standings Season summary RoundEventReport1 3:34:20.5Report2 Rally Sweden Mads Østberg Torstein Eriksen Citroën Total 2:55:54.5Report3 Rally Guanajuato México Łukasz Pieniążek Kamil Heller M-Sport Ford WRT 4:22:31.1Report4 Tour de Corse Łukasz Pieniążek Kamil Heller M-Sport Ford WRT 3:52:19.7Report5 Rally Argentina Mads Østberg Torstein Eriksen Citroën Total 3:35:23.1Report6 Rally Chile Kalle Rovanperä Jonne Halttunen Škoda Motorsport 3:23:46.3Report7 Rally de Portugal Kalle Rovanperä Jonne Halttunen Škoda Motorsport 3:30:57.0Report8 Rally Italia Sardegna Kalle Rovanperä Jonne Halttunen Škoda Motorsport 3:40:51.8Report9 Rally Finland Kalle Rovanperä Jonne Halttunen Škoda Motorsport 2:38:34.4Report10 ADAC Rallye Deutschland Jan Kopecký Pavel Dresler Škoda Motorsport 3:27:24.1Report11 Marmaris Rally of Turkey Gus Greensmith Elliott Edmondson M-Sport Ford WRT 4:05:30.8Report12 Wales Rally GB Kalle Rovanperä Jonne Halttunen Škoda Motorsport 3:11:49.1Report13 Mads Østberg Torstein Eriksen Citroën Total 3:16:04.2Report14 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 8 1 2 2 Ret 1 1 1 1 3 3 1 3 206 176 2 1 1 2 3 3 4 5 1 145 145 3 Gus Greensmith 1 3 2 3 4WD 1 3 4 137 137 4 2 2 1 2 2 2WD 115 115 5 4 1 1 4 74 74 6 Eric Camilli 2 2 36 36 7 Ret 4 12 12 8 4 12 12 9 Ret Ret 0 0DriverMONSWEMEXFRAARGCHIPORITAFINDEUTURGBRCATAUSPointsBest 8
Co-Drivers' standings MONSWEMEXFRAARGCHIPORITAFINDEUTURGBRCATAUSPointsBest 8 1 Jonne Halttunen 2 2 Ret 1 1 1 1 3 3 1 3 206 176 2 1 1 2 3 3 4 5 1 145 145 3 1 3 2 3 4WD 1 3 4 137 137 4 2 2 1 2 79 79 5 4 1 1 62 62 6 Benjamin Veillas 2 2 36 36 7 Jan Hloušek 2 2 36 36 8 Ret 4 12 12 9 4 12 12 10 4 12 12 11 Ret Ret 0 0Co-DriverMONSWEMEXFRAARGCHIPORITAFINDEUTURGBRCATAUSPointsBest 8
Manufacturers' standings EntrantMONSWEMEXFRAARGCHIPORITAFINDEUTURGBRCATAUSPoints 1 Škoda Motorsport 2 2 Ret Ret 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2WD 323 Ret 4 2 2 Ret 3 3 2 3 2 1 3 1 1 2 3 4 4 2 2 1 3 4 259 4WDWD 4 3 Citroën Total 1 1 2 3 3 4 5 1 145EntrantMONSWEMEXFRAARGCHIPORITAFINDEUTURGBRCATAUSPoints
Footnotes
References
External links Official website of the World Rally Championship Official website of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile