2019 Rally Estonia

The 2019 Rally Estonia (formally known as the Shell Helix Rally Estonia 2019) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over three days between 12 and 14 July 2019. It marked the ninth running of Rally Estonia. The event consisted of fifteen special stages totalling 151.98 km (94.44 mi) in competitive kilometres. The stages were run on smooth gravel roads of Southern Estonia. Two street stages were also held during the rally, in Tartu and in Elva. Rally headquarters and service park were based in Otepää, at the Tehvandi Sports Center, while city of Tartu hosted the ceremonial start and finish.[1]

2019 Rally Estonia
9. Shell Helix Rally Estonia 2019
Host country Estonia
Rally baseOtepää, Valga County
Dates run12 – 14 July 2019
Start locationMaaritsa, Põlva County
Finish locationTartu, Tartu County
Stages15 (151.98 km; 94.44 miles)
Stage surfaceGravel
Transport distance634.17 km (394.05 miles)
Overall distance795.15 km (494.08 miles)
Results
Overall winner Ott Tänak
Martin Järveoja
Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
1:15:38.4
Crews105 at start, 67 at finish

The 2019 edition was the first ever Official WRC Promotional Event with all the current WRC works teams (Toyota, M-Sport, Hyundai and Citroën) featured in the line-up.[2] Ott Tänak & Martin Järveoja repeated last year's win, this time ahead of Andreas Mikkelsen & Anders Jæger-Amland. Esapekka Lappi & Janne Ferm completed the podium.[3]

Background

Entry list

Report

Classification
Pos. No. Driver Co-driver Team Car Time Difference
Overall classification
1 1 Ott Tänak Martin Järveoja Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota Yaris WRC 1:15:38.4 0.0
2 3 Andreas Mikkelsen Anders Jæger-Amland Hyundai Motorsport N Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC 1:16:41.9 +1:03.5
3 4 Esapekka Lappi Janne Ferm Citroën Total WRT Citroën C3 WRC 1:17:05.5 +1:27.1
4 2 Elfyn Evans Scott Martin M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Fiesta WRC 1:17:26.1 +1:47.7
5 5 Craig Breen Paul Nagle Hyundai Motorsport N Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC 1:17:34.8 +1:56.4
6 8 Markko Märtin Kristo Kraag Markko Märtin Ford Fiesta WRC 1:19:33.5 +3:55.1
7 14 Oliver Solberg Aaron Johnston Sports Racing Technologies Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 1:19:57.8 +4:19.4
8 16 Rainer Aus Simo Koskinen TGS Worldwide Škoda Fabia R5 1:21:26.3 +5:47.9
9 10 Eerik Pietarinen Juhana Raitanen TGS Worldwide Škoda Fabia R5 Evo 1:21:27.4 +5:49.0
10 6 Valeriy Gorban Sergei Larens Eurolamp World Rally Team Mini John Cooper Works WRC 1:21:57.4 +6:19.0
Source:[5]

Special stages
Date No. Stage name Distance Winners Car Time Rally leaders
12 July — Raiga [Shakedown] 6.40 km Tänak / Järveoja Toyota Yaris WRC 2:52.3 N/A
13 July SS1 Maaritsa 1 14.56 km Tänak / Järveoja Toyota Yaris WRC 8:00.1 Tänak / Järveoja
SS2 Arula 1 10.95 km Tänak / Järveoja Toyota Yaris WRC 5:27.2
SS3 Maaritsa 2 14.56 km Tänak / Järveoja Toyota Yaris WRC 7:55.1
SS4 Arula 2 10.95 km Mikkelsen / Jæger-Amland Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC 5:28.5
SS5 Rüa 1 9.30 km Tänak / Järveoja Toyota Yaris WRC 5:07.9
SS6 Puugi 1 10.21 km Tänak / Järveoja Toyota Yaris WRC 4:31.8
SS7 Rüa 2 9.30 km Tänak / Järveoja Toyota Yaris WRC 5:08.6
SS8 Puugi 2 10.21 km Tänak / Järveoja Toyota Yaris WRC 4:24.8
SS9 Elva City 1.78 km Evans / Martin Ford Fiesta WRC 1:30.4
14 July SS10 Aiaste 1 7.70 km Tänak / Järveoja Toyota Yaris WRC 3:29.9
SS11 Prangli 1 17.01 km Tänak / Järveoja Toyota Yaris WRC 8:00.7
SS12 Aiaste 2 7.70 km Tänak / Järveoja Toyota Yaris WRC 3:30.0
SS13 Prangli 2 17.01 km Tänak / Järveoja Toyota Yaris WRC 7:56.4
SS14 Saverna 9.05 km Tänak / Järveoja Toyota Yaris WRC 3:50.4
SS15 Tartu City 1.43 km Tänak / Järveoja Toyota Yaris WRC 1:05.2
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References
  1. "General information of Shell Helix Rally Estonia 2019". rallyestonia.com. Rally Estonia. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  2. "Estonia to host Promotional Rally". wrc.com. World Rally Championship. 1 March 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  3. "Tänak the master in Estonia". wrc.com. World Rally Championship. 14 July 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  4. "Shell Helix Rally Estonia 2019 Entries" (PDF). rallyestonia.com. Rally Estonia. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  5. "Shell Helix Rally Estonia 2019 Final Results". ewrc-results.com. ewrc-results. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
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