2019 Monte Carlo Rally
The 2019 Monte Carlo Rally (also known as the 87e Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 25 and 28 January 2019. It marked the eighty-seventh running of the Monte Carlo Rally, and was the first round of the 2019 World Rally Championship. It was also the first round of the World Rally Championship-2 and the newly-created WRC-2 Pro class. The 2019 event was based in the town of Gap in the Hautes-Alpes department of France and consists of sixteen special stages. The rally covered a total competitive distance of 322.81 km (200.58 mi).
| 2019 Monte Carlo Rally 87e Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo | ||
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Round 1 of 14 in the 2019 World Rally Championship
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Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia won the rally for the sixth time. | ||
| Host country | Monaco | |
| Rally base | Gap, Hautes-Alpes | |
| Dates run | 24 – 27 January 2019 | |
| Start location | Place Desmichels, Gap | |
| Finish location | Casino Square, Monaco | |
| Stages | 16 (323.83 km; 201.22 miles) | |
| Stage surface | Tarmac / Snow | |
| Transport distance | 1,042.6 km (647.8 miles) | |
| Overall distance | 1,366.43 km (849.06 miles) | |
| Statistics | ||
| Crews registered | 84 | |
| Crews | 84 at start, 67 at finish | |
| Overall results | ||
| Overall winner | Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia Citroën Total WRT 3:21:15.9 | |
| Power Stage winner | Kris Meeke Sebastian Marshall Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | |
| Support category results | ||
| WRC-2 winner | Yoann Bonato Benjamin Boulloud Yoann Bonato 3:35:12.4 | |
Reigning World Drivers' and World Co-Drivers Champions Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia were the defending rally winners. M-Sport Ford WRT, the team they drove for in 2018, were the defending manufacturers' winners. The Škoda Motorsport crew of Jan Kopecký and Pavel Dresler were the defending winners in the World Rally Championship-2 category, but did not enter the rally. In the World Rally Championship-3 category, Italian privateers Enrico Brazzoli and Luca Beltrame were the reigning rally winners, but did not defend their title as the WRC-3 category was discontinued in 2019.
Ogier and Ingrassia successfully defended their titles. Their team, Citroën World Rally Team, were the manufacturers' winners. The victory also marked the 100th world rally success for the French manufacturer. The M-Sport Ford WRT crew of Gus Greensmith and Elliott Edmondson became the first crew to win an event in the WRC-2 Pro category, while Yoann Bonato and Benjamin Boulloud won the wider WRC-2 class, finishing second in the combined WRC-2 category.