2019 Rally Australia
The 2019 Rally Australia (also known as Kennards Hire Rally Australia 2019) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was scheduled to be held over four days between 14 and 17 November 2019. The event was cancelled because of an ongoing bushfire emergency in the area. The event was to mark the twenty-eighth running of Rally Australia and was the final round of the 2019 World Rally Championship, WRC-2 Pro class and World Rally Championship-2. The 2019 event would have been based in Coffs Harbour in New South Wales, and contested over twenty-five special stages with a total a competitive distance of 324.53 km (201.65 mi). Rally Australia will not be featured in the 2020 championship.
| 2019 Rally Australia 28. Kennards Hire Rally Australia | ||
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Round 14 of 14 in the 2019 World Rally Championship
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Rally Australia marks the end of the 2019 season. | ||
| Host country | Australia | |
| Rally base | Coffs Harbour, New South Wales | |
| Dates run | 14 – 17 November 2019 | |
| Start location | Coffs Harbour, New South Wales | |
| Finish location | Coramba, New South Wales | |
| Stages | 25 (324.53 km; 201.65 miles) | |
| Stage surface | Gravel | |
| Transport distance | 759.47 km (471.91 miles) | |
| Overall distance | 1,084.00 km (673.57 miles) | |
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| Crews registered | 26 | |
| Cancellation | Rally cancelled due to bushfires. | |
Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila were the defending rally winners. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the defending manufacturers' winners. Alberto Heller and José Diaz were the defending rally winners in the World Rally Championship-2 category, but did not participate in the event.
As a result of the rally's cancellation, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT became the manufacturers' champions, while Pierre-Louis Loubet and Vincent Landais won the divers' and co-drivers' titles respectively in the WRC-2 class.