2019 Rally Argentina
The 2019 Rally Argentina (also known as the XION Rally Argentina 2019) was a motor racing event for rally cars that held over four days between 25 and 28 April 2019. It marked the thirty-ninth running of Rally Argentina, and was the fifth 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 Villa Carlos Paz in Córdoba Province and consisted of eighteen special stages totalling 347.50 km (215.93 mi) competitive kilometres.
| 2019 Rally Argentina 39. XION Rally Argentina | |||
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Round 5 of 14 in the 2019 World Rally Championship
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Rally Argentina features with vast pampas plains, rugged mountains and softer lakeland landscapes. | |||
| Host country | Argentina | ||
| Rally base | Villa Carlos Paz, Córdoba | ||
| Dates run | 25 – 28 April 2019 | ||
| Start location | Villa Carlos Paz, Córdoba | ||
| Finish location | El Cóndor, Córdoba | ||
| Stages | 18 (347.50 km; 215.93 miles) | ||
| Stage surface | Gravel | ||
| Transport distance | 952.88 km (592.09 miles) | ||
| Overall distance | 1,300.38 km (808.02 miles) | ||
| Statistics | |||
| Crews registered | 27 | ||
| Crews | 25 at start, 21 at finish | ||
| Overall results | |||
| Overall winner | Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT 3:20:54.6 | ||
| Power Stage winner | Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia Citroën Total WRT | ||
| Support category results | |||
| WRC-2 winner | Pedro Heller Marc Martí Pedro Heller 3:41:09.1 | ||
Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja were the defending rally winners. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the manufacturers' winners. Pontus Tidemand and Jonas Andersson were the defending winners in the World Rally Championship-2 category, but they did not participate in the event.
Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul won the rally for the second time in their career. Their team, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, were the manufacturers' winners. The Citroën Total crew of Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen won the WRC-2 Pro category, finishing first in the combined WRC-2 category, while the crew of Pedro Heller and Marc Martí won the wider WRC-2 class. Østberg's win marked the first World Championship victory for the R5-spec Citroën C3.