2019 Rally Chile 1. Copec Rally Chile | |||
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Round 6 of 14 in the 2019 World Rally Championship
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Host country | Chile | ||
Rally base | Concepción, Biobío | ||
Dates run | 9 – 12 May 2019 | ||
Start location | El Pinar, Concepción Province | ||
Finish location | Villa Verde, Concepción Province | ||
Stages | 16 (304.81 km; 189.40 miles) [1] | ||
Stage surface | Gravel | ||
Transport distance | 940.87 km (584.63 miles) | ||
Overall distance | 1,245.68 km (774.03 miles) | ||
Results | |||
Overall winner | Ott Tänak Martin Järveoja Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 3:15:53.8 | ||
WRC-2 Pro winner | Kalle Rovanperä Jonne Halttunen Škoda Motorsport 3:23:46.3 | ||
WRC-2 winner | Takamoto Katsuta Daniel Barritt Takamoto Katsuta 3:29:26.7 | ||
Power Stage winner | Ott Tänak Martin Järveoja Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | ||
Crews registered | 63 | ||
Crews | 55 at start, 35 at finish |
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]
Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul led both the drivers' and co-drivers' championships with a ten-point lead over six-time world champions Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia. Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja were third, a further eighteen points behind. In the World Rally Championship for Manufacturers, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT held a thirty-seven-point lead over Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT. [5]
In the World Rally Championship-2 Pro standings, Łukasz Pieniążek and Kamil Heller held a four-point lead ahead of Gus Greensmith and Elliott Edmondson in the drivers' and co-drivers' standings respectively. Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen were third, eight points further back. In the manufacturers' championship, M-Sport Ford WRT led Citroën Total by seventy points, with Škoda Motorsport fourteen points further behind in third. [6]
In the World Rally Championship-2 standings, Benito Guerra and Jaime Zapata led the drivers' and co-drivers' standings by three points respectively. Ole Christian Veiby and Jonas Andersson were second, following by Nikolay Gryazin and Yaroslav Fedorov in third. [6]
The following crews entered into the rally. The event was open to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2, WRC-2 Pro and privateer entries not registered to score points in any championship. A total of sixty-three entries were received, with eleven crews entered with World Rally Cars and twenty-three entered the World Rally Championship-2. Four crews were nominated to score points in the Pro class.
Chile has never previously hosted its own WRC round, so every stage is brand new. [8]
All dates and times are CLT (UTC-3).
Date | Time | No. | Stage name | Distance |
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9 May | 11:00 | — | Talcahuano [ Shakedown ] | 6.45 km |
Leg 1 — 142.38 km | ||||
10 May | 8:00 | SS1 | El Pinar | 17.11 km |
9:33 | SS2 | El Puma 1 | 30.72 km | |
10:46 | SS3 | Espigado 1 | 22.26 km | |
15:14 | SS4 | El Puma 2 | 30.72 km | |
16:27 | SS5 | Espigado 2 | 22.26 km | |
18:30 | SS6 | Concepcion — Bicentenario | 2.20 km | |
Leg 2 — 121.16 km | ||||
11 May | 8:08 | SS7 | Rio Lia 1 | 24.90 km |
9:08 | SS8 | Maria Las Cruces 1 | 23.09 km | |
10:20 | SS9 | Pelun 1 | 16.59 km | |
14:08 | SS10 | Rio Lia 2 | 24.90 km | |
15:08 | SS11 | Maria Las Cruces 2 | 23.09 km | |
16:20 | SS12 | Pelun 2 | 16.59 km | |
Leg 3 — 62.16 km | ||||
12 May | 8:08 | SS13 | Bio Bio 1 | 14.41 km |
10:31 | SS14 | Lircay | 18.06 km | |
10:20 | SS15 | San Nicolàs | 15.28 km | |
12:18 | SS16 | Bio Bio 2 [ Power Stage ] | 14.41 km | |
Source: [1] |
The second stage of the brand new event was interrupted due to the safety reason, which affected Thierry Neuville, who was first on the road. As a result, the Belgian was awarded a notional time. [9] In the afternoon loop, Ott Tänak stormed away and held a 22.4-second lead into Saturday. [10]
The second leg was quite dramatic. Kris Meeke rolled his Yaris in the opening stage of the day. He managed to carry on, but valuable time has been lost, which dropped him down to tenth overall at the end of the day. [11] One stage later, championship leader Neuville crashed violently after a right-hand blind crest, badly damaging his i20. Luckily, the Belgian and his co-driver Nicolas Gilsoul were fine, but they were unable to continue the rally. [12] The battle for the final podium was on fire until Jari-Matti Latvala hit a rock in the final test and broke his Toyota's driveshaft, which elevated nine-time world champion Sébastien Loeb to third, just 5.1 seconds off defending world champion Sébastien Ogier, who was half a minute behind rally leader Tänak. [13] Eventually, Tänak took the rally victory, following by Ogier, who managed to keep Loeb behind, in second. [3]
Position | No. | Driver | Co-driver | Entrant | Car | Time | Difference | Points | ||
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Event | Class | Event | Stage | |||||||
1 | 1 | 8 | Ott Tänak | Martin Järveoja | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | Toyota Yaris WRC | 3:15:53.8 | 0.0 | 25 | 5 |
2 | 2 | 1 | Sébastien Ogier | Julien Ingrassia | Citroën Total WRT | Citroën C3 WRC | 3:16:16.9 | +23.1 | 18 | 4 |
3 | 3 | 19 | Sébastien Loeb | Daniel Elena | Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | 3:16:24.0 | +30.2 | 15 | 2 |
4 | 4 | 33 | Elfyn Evans | Scott Martin | M-Sport Ford WRT | Ford Fiesta WRC | 3:17:30.5 | +1:36.7 | 12 | 0 |
5 | 5 | 3 | Teemu Suninen | Marko Salminen | M-Sport Ford WRT | Ford Fiesta WRC | 3:19:09.4 | +3:15.6 | 10 | 0 |
6 | 6 | 4 | Esapekka Lappi | Janne Ferm | Citroën Total WRT | Citroën C3 WRC | 3:19:39.2 | +3:45.4 | 8 | 0 |
7 | 7 | 89 | Andreas Mikkelsen | Anders Jæger-Amland | Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | 3:20:32.8 | +4:39.0 | 6 | 0 |
10 | 8 | 5 | Kris Meeke | Sebastian Marshall | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | Toyota Yaris WRC | 3:24:27.2 | +8:33.4 | 1 | 1 |
11 | 9 | 10 | Jari-Matti Latvala | Miikka Anttila | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | Toyota Yaris WRC | 3:26:53.0 | +10:59.2 | 0 | 3 |
Retired SS8 | 11 | Thierry Neuville | Nicolas Gilsoul | Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | Rolled | 0 | 0 | ||
Date | No. | Stage name | Distance | Winners | Car | Time | Class leaders |
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9 May | — | Pinares [ Shakedown ] | 6.45 km | Mikkelsen / Jæger-Amland | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | 4:46.4 | — |
10 May | SS1 | El Pinar | 17.11 km | Meeke / Marshall Latvala / Anttila | Toyota Yaris WRC Toyota Yaris WRC | 11:35.9 | Meeke / Marshall Latvala / Anttila |
SS2 | El Puma 1 | 30.72 km | Tänak / Järveoja | Toyota Yaris WRC | 21:10.4 | Tänak / Järveoja | |
SS3 | Espigado 1 | 22.26 km | Neuville / Gilsoul | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | 14:23.7 | ||
SS4 | El Puma 2 | 30.72 km | Tänak / Järveoja | Toyota Yaris WRC | 20:46.0 | ||
SS5 | Espigado 2 | 22.26 km | Tänak / Järveoja | Toyota Yaris WRC | 14:03.4 | ||
SS6 | Concepcion — Bicentenario | 2.20 km | Loeb / Elena | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | 2:06.9 | ||
11 May | SS7 | Rio Lia 1 | 24.90 km | Neuville / Gilsoul | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | 13:55.1 | |
SS8 | Maria Las Cruces 1 | 23.09 km | Loeb / Elena | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | 14:28.3 | ||
SS9 | Pelun 1 | 16.59 km | Tänak / Järveoja | Toyota Yaris WRC | 10:09.8 | ||
SS10 | Rio Lia 2 | 24.90 km | Ogier / Ingrassia | Citroën C3 WRC | 13:45.1 | ||
SS11 | Maria Las Cruces 2 | 23.09 km | Tänak / Järveoja | Toyota Yaris WRC | 14:14.7 | ||
SS12 | Pelun 2 | 16.59 km | Loeb / Elena | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | 10:00.6 | ||
12 May | SS13 | Bio Bio 1 | 14.41 km | Meeke / Marshall | Toyota Yaris WRC | 8:14.5 | |
SS14 | Lircay | 18.06 km | Ogier / Ingrassia | Citroën C3 WRC | 10:13.5 | ||
SS15 | San Nicolàs | 15.28 km | Loeb / Elena | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | 8:08.6 | ||
SS16 | Bio Bio 2 [ Power Stage ] | 14.41 km | Tänak / Järveoja | Toyota Yaris WRC | 7:57.3 | ||
Pos. | Drivers' championships | Co-drivers' championships | Manufacturers' championships | |||||||||
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Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | Move | Manufacturer | Points | ||||
1 | 1 | Sébastien Ogier | 122 | 1 | Julien Ingrassia | 122 | Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT | 178 | ||||
2 | 1 | Ott Tänak | 112 | 1 | Martin Järveoja | 112 | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | 149 | ||||
3 | 2 | Thierry Neuville | 110 | 2 | Nicolas Gilsoul | 110 | Citroën Total WRT | 143 | ||||
4 | Kris Meeke | 56 | Sebastian Marshall | 56 | M-Sport Ford WRT | 100 | ||||||
5 | Elfyn Evans | 55 | Scott Martin | 55 |
Kalle Rovanperä led in the Pro category with a slender 2.4-second advantage after an intense battle with Mads Østberg. [14] The eighteen-year-old Finn extended his lead over Østberg as the Norwegian lost 30 seconds when fluid leaked out of the rear brakes of his C3 R5. [15] Eventually, Rovanperä successfully took his first Pro victory of the season. [4]
Results in bold denote first in the RC2 class, the class which both the WRC-2 Pro and WRC-2 championships run to.
Date | No. | Stage name | Distance | Winners | Car | Time | Class leaders |
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9 May | — | Talcahuano [ Shakedown ] | 6.45 km | Rovanperä / Halttunen | Škoda Fabia R5 | 4:59.6 | — |
10 May | SS1 | El Pinar | 17.11 km | Østberg / Eriksen | Citroën C3 R5 | 12:03.0 | Østberg / Eriksen |
SS2 | El Puma 1 | 30.72 km | Østberg / Eriksen | Citroën C3 R5 | 22:11.7 | ||
SS3 | Espigado 1 | 22.26 km | Østberg / Eriksen | Citroën C3 R5 | 15:08.3 | ||
SS4 | El Puma 2 | 30.72 km | Rovanperä / Halttunen | Škoda Fabia R5 | 21:32.5 | Rovanperä / Halttunen | |
SS5 | Espigado 2 | 22.26 km | Rovanperä / Halttunen | Škoda Fabia R5 | 14:47.5 | ||
SS6 | Concepcion — Bicentenario | 2.20 km | Østberg / Eriksen | Citroën C3 R5 | 2:12.8 | ||
11 May | SS7 | Rio Lia 1 | 24.90 km | Rovanperä / Halttunen | Škoda Fabia R5 | 14:24.7 | |
SS8 | Maria Las Cruces 1 | 23.09 km | Stage interrupted [lower-alpha 10] | ||||
SS9 | Pelun 1 | 16.59 km | Østberg / Eriksen | Citroën C3 R5 | 10:36.6 | Rovanperä / Halttunen | |
SS10 | Rio Lia 2 | 24.90 km | Østberg / Eriksen | Citroën C3 R5 | 14:05.1 | ||
SS11 | Maria Las Cruces 2 | 23.09 km | Østberg / Eriksen | Citroën C3 R5 | 14:46.1 | ||
SS12 | Pelun 2 | 16.59 km | Rovanperä / Halttunen | Škoda Fabia R5 | 10:32.5 | ||
12 May | SS13 | Bio Bio 1 | 14.41 km | Østberg / Eriksen | Citroën C3 R5 | 8:37.2 | |
SS14 | Lircay | 18.06 km | Østberg / Eriksen | Citroën C3 R5 | 10:39.5 | ||
SS15 | San Nicolàs | 15.28 km | Østberg / Eriksen | Citroën C3 R5 | 8:30.9 | ||
SS16 | Bio Bio 2 | 14.41 km | Østberg / Eriksen | Citroën C3 R5 | 8:21.4 | ||
Position | No. | Driver | Co-driver | Entrant | Car | Time | Difference | Points | ||
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Event | Class | Class | Event | |||||||
8 | 1 | 22 | Kalle Rovanperä | Jonne Halttunen | Škoda Motorsport | Škoda Fabia R5 | 3:23:46.3 | 0.0 | 25 | 4 |
9 | 2 | 23 | Mads Østberg | Torstein Eriksen | Citroën Total | Citroën C3 R5 | 3:24:09.9 | +23.6 | 18 | 2 |
12 | 3 | 21 | Gus Greensmith | Elliott Edmondson | M-Sport Ford WRT | Ford Fiesta R5 | 3:27:35.3 | +3:49.0 | 15 | 0 |
15 | 4 | 24 | Marco Bulacia Wilkinson | Fabian Cretu | Škoda Motorsport | Škoda Fabia R5 | 3:29:28.6 | +5:42.3 | 12 | 0 |
Pos. | Drivers' championships | Co-drivers' championships | Manufacturers' championships | |||||||||
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Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | Move | Manufacturer | Points | ||||
1 | 1 | Gus Greensmith | 73 | 1 | Elliott Edmondson | 73 | M-Sport Ford WRT | 135 | ||||
2 | 1 | Mads Østberg | 68 | 1 | Torstein Eriksen | 68 | 1 | Škoda Motorsport | 73 | |||
3 | 2 | Łukasz Pieniążek | 62 | 2 | Kamil Heller | 62 | 1 | Citroën Total | 68 | |||
4 | 1 | Kalle Rovanperä | 61 | 1 | Jonne Halttunen | 61 | ||||||
5 | Marco Bulacia Wilkinson | 12 | Fabian Cretu | 12 |
Three-time European Rally Champion Kajetan Kajetanowicz was initially entered for the event, but due to the mechanical issues in Rally Argentina, he and his team withdrew from Chile. [16]
Local hero Alberto Heller was comfortable in the lead, but his brother Pedro Heller had to retire from the day as he rolled his Fiesta in the opening stage. [14] However, Alberto was surpassed by Takamoto Katsuta in final stage of the second leg. [15] Worse still, the Chilean rolled his Ford Fiesta into retirement in the second to last stage. Eventually, Katsuta brought car home to take his first victory of the season. [4]
Results in bold denote first in the RC2 class, the class which both the WRC-2 Pro and WRC-2 championships run to.
Date | No. | Stage name | Distance | Winners | Car | Time | Class leaders |
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9 May | — | Talcahuano [ Shakedown ] | 6.45 km | Fontena / Alvarez | Škoda Fabia R5 | 4:59.3 | — |
10 May | SS1 | El Pinar | 17.11 km | Katsuta / Barritt | Ford Fiesta R5 | 12:30.4 | Katsuta / Barritt |
SS2 | El Puma 1 | 30.72 km | A. Heller / Díaz | Ford Fiesta R5 | 22:40.3 | A. Heller / Díaz | |
SS3 | Espigado 1 | 22.26 km | Katsuta / Barritt | Ford Fiesta R5 | 15:46.0 | ||
SS4 | El Puma 2 | 30.72 km | A. Heller / Díaz | Ford Fiesta R5 | 22:23.9 | ||
SS5 | Espigado 2 | 22.26 km | A. Heller / Díaz | Ford Fiesta R5 | 15:24.4 | ||
SS6 | Concepcion — Bicentenario | 2.20 km | Katsuta / Barritt | Ford Fiesta R5 | 2:15.5 | ||
11 May | SS7 | Rio Lia 1 | 24.90 km | Katsuta / Barritt | Ford Fiesta R5 | 14:34.3 | |
SS8 | Maria Las Cruces 1 | 23.09 km | Stage interrupted [lower-alpha 10] | ||||
SS9 | Pelun 1 | 16.59 km | Martínez Fontena / Alvarez | Škoda Fabia R5 | 10:33.4 | A. Heller / Díaz | |
SS10 | Rio Lia 2 | 24.90 km | A. Heller / Díaz | Ford Fiesta R5 | 14:20.2 | ||
SS11 | Maria Las Cruces 2 | 23.09 km | Katsuta / Barritt | Ford Fiesta R5 | 15:01.7 | ||
SS12 | Pelun 2 | 16.59 km | Katsuta / Barritt | Ford Fiesta R5 | 10:47.2 | Katsuta / Barritt | |
12 May | SS13 | Bio Bio 1 | 14.41 km | Katsuta / Barritt | Ford Fiesta R5 | 8:46.8 | |
SS14 | Lircay | 18.06 km | Martínez Fontena / Alvarez | Škoda Fabia R5 | 11:03.7 | ||
SS15 | San Nicolàs | 15.28 km | Martínez Fontena / Alvarez | Škoda Fabia R5 | 8:44.3 | ||
SS16 | Bio Bio 2 | 14.41 km | Martínez Fontena / Alvarez | Škoda Fabia R5 | 8:31.3 | ||
Pos. | Drivers' championships | Co-drivers' championships | ||||||
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Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | |||
1 | Benito Guerra | 61 | Jaime Zapata | 61 | ||||
2 | 7 | Takamoto Katsuta | 47 | 7 | Daniel Barritt | 47 | ||
3 | 1 | Ole Christian Veiby | 40 | 1 | Jonas Andersson | 40 | ||
4 | 1 | Nikolay Gryazin | 28 | 1 | Yaroslav Fedorov | 28 | ||
5 | 1 | Alberto Heller | 27 | 1 | José Díaz | 27 |
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The 2020 Rally Estonia was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over three days between 4 and 6 September 2020. It marked the tenth running of Rally Estonia and was the fourth round of the 2020 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The 2020 event was based in the town of Tartu in Tartu County and consisted of seventeen special stages. The rally covered a total competitive distance of 232.64 km (144.56 mi).