2019 Rally de Portugal
2019 Rally de Portugal 53. Vodafone Rally de Portugal | |
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Round 7 of 14 in the Support category results | |
WRC-2 winner | ![]() ![]() ![]() 3:33:09.1 |
The 2019 Rally de Portugal (also known as the Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2019) was a
Background
Championship standings prior to the event
Defending world champions Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia led both the drivers' and co-drivers' championships with a ten-point lead over Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja. Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul were third, a further two points behind. In the World Rally Championship for Manufacturers, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT held a twenty-nine-point lead over Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT.[8]
In the World Rally Championship-2 Pro standings, Gus Greensmith and Elliott Edmondson held a five-point lead ahead of Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen in the drivers' and co-drivers' standings respectively. Łukasz Pieniążek and Kamil Heller were third, six points further back. In the manufacturers' championship, M-Sport Ford WRT led Škoda Motorsport by sixty-two points, with Citroën Total fifteen points further behind in third.[9]
In the World Rally Championship-2 standings,
Entry list
The following crews entered into the rally. The event opened to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2, WRC-2 Pro, Portuguese national championship, Peugeot Rally Cup Ibérica and privateer entries not registered to score points in any championship. A total of sixty-one entries were received, with twelve crews entered with World Rally Cars and twenty-seven entered the World Rally Championship-2. Four crews were nominated to score points in the Pro class.
Route
The 2019 route cut 46.72 km (29.0 mi) from the 2018 itinerary to meet the regulation of the 350 km (217.5 mi) maximum total distance.[11][12][1]
Itinerary
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All dates and times are WEST (UTC+1).
Date | Time | No. | Stage name | Distance |
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30 May | 08:00 | — | Paredes [Shakedown] | 4.60 km |
Leg 1 — 94.50 km | ||||
31 May | 9:48 | SS1 | Lousã 1 | 12.35 km |
10:32 | SS2 | Góis 1 | 18.78 km | |
11:20 | SS3 | Arganil 1 | 14.44 km | |
13:51 | SS4 | Lousã 2 | 12.35 km | |
14:35 | SS5 | Góis 2 | 18.78 km | |
15:23 | SS6 | Arganil 2 | 14.44 km | |
19:03 | SS7 | Lousada | 3.36 km | |
Leg 2 — 165.20 km | ||||
1 June | 8:08 | SS8 | Vieira do Minho 1 | 20.53 km |
9:08 | SS9 | Cabeceiras de Basto 1 | 22.22 km | |
10:20 | SS10 | Amarante 1 | 37.60 km | |
15:13 | SS11 | Vieira do Minho 2 | 20.53 km | |
15:54 | SS12 | Cabeceiras de Basto 2 | 22.22 km | |
17:10 | SS13 | Amarante 2 | 37.60 km | |
19:03 | SS14 | Gaia Street Stage 1 | 2.25 km | |
19:28 | SS15 | Gaia Street Stage 2 | 2.25 km | |
Leg 3 — 51.77 km | ||||
2 June | 08:35 | SS16 | Montim 1 | 8.76 km |
09:08 | SS17 | Fafe 1 | 11.18 km | |
09:49 | SS18 | Luílhas | 11.89 km | |
10:35 | SS19 | Montim 2 | 8.76 km | |
12:18 | SS20 | Fafe 2 [Power Stage] | 11.18 km | |
Source:[1] |
Report
World Rally Cars
Hyundai Motorsport had initially planned to enter Andreas Mikkelsen for the rally but he was dropped in favour of Sébastien Loeb, due to Mikkelsen's inconsistent form on gravel.[13] However, Loeb's rally was conceded almost sixteen minutes as his fuel system failed. So was his teammate Dani Sordo, who grabbed an early lead until the similar issue happened to him.[14] Following Hyundai's double disasters, Toyota managed to end the day with an 1-2-3.[15] Teemu Suninen was the only driver can match Yaris' pace, but a brake failure pushed the Finn down to sixth. Teammate Elfyn Evans hit trouble as well. The Welshman lost almost four minutes when his Fiesta stopped with an electrical problem, which raised heavy dust when went back on the road. The dust affected greatly on Esapekka Lappi, who suffered a puncture early before, but the time he loss was later credited back to him.
On day two, rally leader Ott Tänak hit a damper issue and slashed his lead to just 4.3 seconds. Teammate Jari-Matti Latvala suffered the same problem, but he was unable to finish the rally, so Rally2 for the Finn. A double dose of tactics by Thierry Neuville's Hyundai team boosted him to third, less than ten seconds off the lead. Gus Greensmith had to retire from the day as he crashed his Fiesta into a ditch.[16]
Eventually, Tänak secured a back-to-back victory, while the final day saw four major retirements.
Classification
Special stages
Date | No. | Stage name | Distance | Winners | Car | Time | Class leaders |
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30 May | — | Talcahuano [Shakedown] | 6.45 km | Neuville / Gilsoul | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | 3:02.1 | — |
31 May | SS1 | Lousã 1 | 12.35 km | Sordo / del Barrio | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | 9:06.9 | Sordo / del Barrio |
SS2 | Góis 1 | 18.78 km | Tänak / Järveoja | Toyota Yaris WRC | 12:19.7 | ||
SS3 | Arganil 1 | 14.62 km | Tänak / Järveoja | Toyota Yaris WRC | 9:00.0 | Tänak / Järveoja | |
SS4 | Lousã 2 | 12.35 km | Sordo / del Barrio | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | 8:59.2 | ||
SS5 | Góis 2 | 18.78 km | Suninen / Salminen | Ford Fiesta WRC | 12:18.9 | ||
SS6 | Arganil 2 | 14.62 km | Neuville / Gilsoul | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | 8:58.5 | ||
SS7 | Lousada | 3.36 km | Neuville / Gilsoul | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | 2:35.5 | ||
1 June | SS8 | Vieira do Minho 1 | 20.53 km | Meeke / Marshall | Toyota Yaris WRC | 12:59.3 | |
SS9 | Cabeceiras de Basto 1 | 22.22 km | Latvala / Anttila | Toyota Yaris WRC | 13:43.0 | ||
SS10 | Amarante 1 | 37.60 km | Latvala / Anttila | Toyota Yaris WRC | 25:10.4 | ||
SS11 | Vieira do Minho 2 | 20.53 km | Tänak / Järveoja | Toyota Yaris WRC | 12:51.5 | ||
SS12 | Cabeceiras de Basto 2 | 22.22 km | Neuville / Gilsoul | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | 13:35.9 | ||
SS13 | Amarante 2 | 37.60 km | Neuville / Gilsoul | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | 25:02.2 | ||
SS14 | Gaia Street Stage 1 | 2.25 km | Stage cancelled[p] | ||||
SS15 | Gaia Street Stage 2 | 2.25 km | Stage cancelled[p] | ||||
2 June | SS16 | Montim 1 | 8.64 km | Meeke / Marshall | Toyota Yaris WRC | 5:49.1 | Tänak / Järveoja |
SS17 | Fafe 1 | 11.18 km | Tänak / Järveoja | Toyota Yaris WRC | 6:38.6 | ||
SS18 | Luílhas | 11.89 km | Tänak / Järveoja | Toyota Yaris WRC | 8:05.7 | ||
SS19 | Montim 2 | 8.64 km | Neuville / Gilsoul | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | 5:46.3 | ||
SS20 | Fafe 2 [ Power stage ]
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11.18 km | Ogier / Ingrassia | Citroën C3 WRC | 6:35.0 |
Championship standings
Pos. | Drivers' championships | Co-drivers' championships | Manufacturers' championships | |||||||||
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Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | Move | Manufacturer | Points | ||||
1 | ![]() |
Sébastien Ogier | 142 | ![]() |
Julien Ingrassia | 142 | ![]() |
Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT | 202 | |||
2 | ![]() |
Ott Tänak | 140 | ![]() |
Martin Järveoja | 140 | ![]() |
Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | 182 | |||
3 | ![]() |
Thierry Neuville | 132 | ![]() |
Nicolas Gilsoul | 132 | ![]() |
Citroën Total WRT | 158 | |||
4 | ![]() |
Elfyn Evans | 65 | ![]() |
Scott Martin | 65 | ![]() |
M-Sport Ford WRT | 122 | |||
5 | ![]() |
Kris Meeke | 56 | ![]() |
Sebastian Marshall | 56 |
World Rally Championship-2 Pro
Classification
Position | No. | Driver | Co-driver | Entrant | Car | Time | Difference | Points | ||
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Event | Class | Class | Event | |||||||
6 | 1 | 22 | Kalle Rovanperä | Jonne Halttunen | Škoda Motorsport | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo
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3:30:57.0 | 0.0 | 25 | 8 |
8 | 2 | 24 | Jan Kopecký | Pavel Dresler | Škoda Motorsport | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo
|
3:32:04.7 | +1:07.7 | 18 | 4 |
24 | 3 | 21 | Mads Østberg | Torstein Eriksen | Citroën Total | Citroën C3 R5
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3:50:05.6 | +19:08.6 | 15 | 0 |
27 | 4 | 22 | Łukasz Pieniążek | Jakub Gerber | M-Sport Ford WRT | Ford Fiesta R5 | 4:01:52.1 | +30:55.1 | 12 | 0 |
Special stages
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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30 May | — | Talcahuano [Shakedown] | 6.45 km | Rovanperä / Halttunen | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo
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3:10.1 | — |
31 May | SS1 | Lousã 1 | 12.35 km | Rovanperä / Halttunen | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo
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9:36.4 | Rovanperä / Halttunen |
SS2 | Góis 1 | 18.78 km | Rovanperä / Halttunen | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo
|
12:54.7 | ||
SS3 | Arganil 1 | 14.62 km | Rovanperä / Halttunen | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo
|
9:36.1 | ||
SS4 | Lousã 2 | 12.35 km | Østberg / Eriksen | Citroën C3 R5
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9:26.1 | Kopecký / Dresler | |
SS5 | Góis 2 | 18.78 km | Kopecký / Dresler | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo
|
12:58.5 | ||
SS6 | Arganil 2 | 14.62 km | Rovanperä / Halttunen | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo
|
9:30.4 | ||
SS7 | Lousada | 3.36 km | Rovanperä / Halttunen | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo
|
2:42.5 | ||
1 June | SS8 | Vieira do Minho 1 | 20.53 km | Rovanperä / Halttunen | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo
|
13:33.6 | Rovanperä / Halttunen |
SS9 | Cabeceiras de Basto 1 | 22.22 km | Rovanperä / Halttunen | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo
|
14:28.0 | ||
SS10 | Amarante 1 | 37.60 km | Rovanperä / Halttunen | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo
|
26:21.5 | ||
SS11 | Vieira do Minho 2 | 20.53 km | Rovanperä / Halttunen | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo
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13:31.7 | ||
SS12 | Cabeceiras de Basto 2 | 22.22 km | Østberg / Eriksen | Citroën C3 R5
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14:24.1 | ||
SS13 | Amarante 2 | 37.60 km | Rovanperä / Halttunen | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo
|
26:11.2 | ||
SS14 | Gaia Street Stage 1 | 2.25 km | Stage cancelled[p] | ||||
SS15 | Gaia Street Stage 2 | 2.25 km | Stage cancelled[p] | ||||
2 June | SS16 | Montim 1 | 8.64 km | Østberg / Eriksen | Citroën C3 R5
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6:04.5 | Rovanperä / Halttunen |
SS17 | Fafe 1 | 11.18 km | Østberg / Eriksen | Citroën C3 R5
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6:59.5 | ||
SS18 | Luílhas | 11.89 km | Østberg / Eriksen | Citroën C3 R5
|
8:29.8 | ||
SS19 | Montim 2 | 8.64 km | Østberg / Eriksen Rovanperä / Halttunen |
Škoda Fabia R5 Evo
|
6:02.1 | ||
SS20 | Fafe 2 | 11.18 km | Pieniążek / Gerber | Ford Fiesta R5 | 7:04.1 |
Championship standings
Pos. | Drivers' championships | Co-drivers' championships | Manufacturers' championships | |||||||||
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Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | Move | Manufacturer | Points | ||||
1 | ![]() |
Kalle Rovanperä | 86 | ![]() |
Jonne Halttunen | 86 | ![]() |
M-Sport Ford WRT | 147 | |||
2 | ![]() |
Mads Østberg | 83 | ![]() |
Torstein Eriksen | 83 | ![]() |
Škoda Motorsport | 116 | |||
3 | ![]() |
Łukasz Pieniążek | 74 | ![]() |
Elliott Edmondson | 73 | ![]() |
Citroën Total | 83 | |||
4 | ![]() |
Gus Greensmith | 73 | ![]() |
Kamil Heller | 62 | ||||||
5 | Jan Kopecký | 18 | Pavel Dresler | 18 |
World Rally Championship-2
Classification
Special stages
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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30 May | — | Talcahuano [Shakedown] | 6.45 km | Loubet / Landais | Škoda Fabia R5 | 3:12.4 | — |
31 May | SS1 | Lousã 1 | 12.35 km | Loubet / Landais | Škoda Fabia R5 | 9:33.4 | Loubet / Landais |
SS2 | Góis 1 | 18.78 km | Veiby / Andersson | Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 | 13:04.2 | Veiby / Andersson | |
SS3 | Arganil 1 | 14.62 km | Katsuta / Barritt | Ford Fiesta R5 | 9:42.2 | ||
SS4 | Lousã 2 | 12.35 km | Gryazin / Fedorov | Škoda Fabia R5 | 9:27.5 | ||
SS5 | Góis 2 | 18.78 km | Veiby / Andersson | Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 | 12:57.2 | ||
SS6 | Arganil 2 | 14.62 km | Veiby / Andersson | Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 | 9:37.6 | ||
SS7 | Lousada | 3.36 km | Loubet / Landais | Škoda Fabia R5 | 2:41.0 | ||
1 June | SS8 | Vieira do Minho 1 | 20.53 km | Veiby / Andersson | Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 | 13:43.5 | |
SS9 | Cabeceiras de Basto 1 | 22.22 km | Veiby / Andersson | Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 | 14:31.2 | ||
SS10 | Amarante 1 | 37.60 km | Pietarinen / Raitanen | Škoda Fabia R5 | 26:49.5 | Katsuta / Barritt | |
SS11 | Vieira do Minho 2 | 20.53 km | Loubet / Landais | Škoda Fabia R5 | 13:37.9 | ||
SS12 | Cabeceiras de Basto 2 | 22.22 km | Gryazin / Fedorov | Škoda Fabia R5 | 9:27.5 | Loubet / Landais | |
SS13 | Amarante 2 | 37.60 km | Minor-Petrasko
|
Škoda Fabia R5 | 26:37.9 | ||
SS14 | Gaia Street Stage 1 | 2.25 km | Stage cancelled[p] | ||||
SS15 | Gaia Street Stage 2 | 2.25 km | Stage cancelled[p] | ||||
2 June | SS16 | Montim 1 | 8.64 km | Gryazin / Fedorov | Škoda Fabia R5 | 6:07.7 | Loubet / Landais |
SS17 | Fafe 1 | 11.18 km | Katsuta / Barritt | Ford Fiesta R5 | 7:07.8 | ||
SS18 | Luílhas | 11.89 km | Katsuta / Barritt Gryazin / Fedorov |
Ford Fiesta R5 Škoda Fabia R5 |
8:33.2 | ||
SS19 | Montim 2 | 8.64 km | Katsuta / Barritt | Ford Fiesta R5 | 6:02.3 | ||
SS20 | Fafe 2 | 11.18 km | Katsuta / Barritt | Ford Fiesta R5 | 7:02.3 |
Championship standings
Pos. | Drivers' championships | Co-drivers' championships | ||||||
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Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | |||
1 | ![]() |
Benito Guerra | 69 | ![]() |
Jaime Zapata | 69 | ||
2 | ![]() |
Takamoto Katsuta | 47 | ![]() |
Daniel Barritt | 47 | ||
3 | ![]() |
Ole Christian Veiby | 40 | ![]() |
Jonas Andersson | 40 | ||
4 | ![]() |
Nikolay Gryazin | 38 | ![]() |
Yaroslav Fedorov | 38 | ||
5 | ![]() |
Alberto Heller | 33 | ![]() |
José Díaz | 33 |
Notes
- ^ Entry run in conjunction with DG Sport.
- ^ Entry operated by Race Seven.
- ^ Entry operated by Tommi Mäkinen Racing.
- Volkswagen Dealerteam Bauhaus.
- ^ Entry operated by Sports Racing Technologies.
- ^ Entry operated by DG Sport.
- ^ Entry operated by Toksport World Rally Team.
- ^ Pseudonym of Massimo Pedretti.
- ^ Entry operated by Qatar 2C World Rally Team.
- ^ a b Entry operated by Friulmotor Rally Team.
- ^ Entry operated by BP Ultimate Vodafone Škoda Team.
- ^ a b Entry operated by Team Hyundai Portugal.
- ^ Entry operated by TGS Worldwide.
- ^ Entry operated by Citroën Vodafone Team.
- ^ Entry operated by Racing 4 You.
- ^ a b c d e f SS14 and SS15 were cancelled before the rally started.[18]
References
- ^ a b c "Itinerary Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2019". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 2019-11-18.
- ^ "FIA announces World Motor Sport Council decisions". fia.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 12 October 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
- ^ "Breaking News: Neuville Wins In Portugal". wrc.com. WRC. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
- ^ "WRC 2 in Portugal: Tidemand takes comfortable win". wrc.com. WRC. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
- ^ Herrero, Daniel (13 October 2018). "Australia remains finale on 2019 WRC calendar". speedcafe.com. Speedcafe. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
- ^ a b "Sunday in Portugal: Tänak secures back-to-back wins". wrc.com. WRC. June 2, 2019. Retrieved June 3, 2019.
- ^ a b c "Sunday in Portugal: Rovanperä claims Pro lead". wrc.com. WRC. June 2, 2019. Retrieved June 3, 2019.
- ^ "Sunday in Chile: victory for masterful Tänak". wrc.com. WRC. May 12, 2019. Retrieved May 13, 2019.
- ^ a b "Sunday in Chile: Rovanperä seals Pro win". wrc.com. WRC. May 12, 2019. Retrieved May 13, 2019.
- ^ "Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2019" (PDF). rallydeportugal.pt. Rally de Portugal. 23 May 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 May 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
- ^ "52. Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2018". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
- ^ "FIA announces World Motor Sport Council decisions". fia.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 12 October 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
- ^ Evans, David (21 May 2019). "Hyundai drops Mikkelsen from WRC line-up in favour of Loeb again". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
- ^ "SS2/3: Tänak tops Toyota 1-2-3". wrc.com. WRC. May 31, 2019. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
- ^ "Friday in Portugal:Tänak tops Toyota trio". wrc.com. WRC. May 31, 2019. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
- ^ "Saturday in Portugal:Tänak's lead shredded". wrc.com. WRC. June 1, 2019. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
- ^ "SS16-18: Tänak stretches lead". wrc.com. WRC. June 2, 2019. Retrieved June 3, 2019.
- ^ "Portugal countdown: Rally route". wrc.com. WRC. May 30, 2019. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
- ^ a b "WRC 2 in Portugal: new dad Jan Leads Pro". wrc.com. WRC. May 31, 2019. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
- ^ a b "WRC 2 in Portugal: Kalle builds Pro lead". wrc.com. WRC. June 1, 2019. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
External links
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
- Official website (in Portuguese and English)
- 2019 Rally de Portugal in e-wrc website
- The official website of the World Rally Championship