2019 Rally Turkey
The 2019 Rally Turkey (also known as Marmaris Rally Turkey 2019) is a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 12 and 15 September 2019. It marked the twelfth running of Rally Turkey and was the eleventh 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 Marmaris in Muğla Province, and was contested over seventeen special stages with a total a competitive distance of 310.10 km (192.69 mi).
| 2019 Rally Turkey 12. Marmaris Rally Turkey | |||
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Round 11 of 14 in the 2019 World Rally Championship
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Rally Turkey is the slowest gravel round on the calendar. | |||
| Host country | Turkey | ||
| Rally base | Marmaris, Muğla | ||
| Dates run | 12 – 15 September 2019 | ||
| Start location | Marmaris Castle, Muğla | ||
| Finish location | Marmaris, Muğla | ||
| Stages | 17 (310.10 km; 192.69 miles) | ||
| Stage surface | Gravel | ||
| Transport distance | 678.40 km (421.54 miles) | ||
| Overall distance | 988.50 km (614.23 miles) | ||
| Statistics | |||
| Crews registered | 31 | ||
| Crews | 28 at start, 24 at finish | ||
| Overall results | |||
| Overall winner | Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia Citroën Total WRT 3:50:12.1 | ||
| Power Stage winner | Ott Tänak Martin Järveoja Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | ||
| Support category results | |||
| WRC-2 winner | Kajetan Kajetanowicz Maciej Szczepaniak Kajetan Kajetanowicz 4:06:00.4 | ||
Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja were the defending rally winners. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, 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 they did not defend their titles as they were promoted to the newly-created WRC-2 Pro class.
Reigning World Drivers' and World Co-Drivers Champions Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia won in Turkey for the first time in their careers. Their team, Citroën World Rally Team, were the manufacturers' winners. The M-Sport Ford WRT crew of Gus Greensmith and Elliott Edmondson won the WRC-2 Pro category, while the Polish crew of Kajetan Kajetanowicz and Maciej Szczepaniak won the wider WRC-2 class to take the championship lead, finishing third in the combined WRC-2 category.