2019 Global Rally Series (ShaneEyoho) season

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2019 Global Rally Series (ShaneEyoho) season
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Drivers Champion	Manufacturers Champion
Template:GBR Shane Wray	Mitsubishi

The 2019 Global Rally Series was the forty-sixth season of the Global Rally Series, an auto racing championship recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA).

At the conclusion of the championship: Shane Wray won the Drivers Championship, driving with Ford whilst Mitsubishi won the Manufacturers Championship, both titles were decided at the final round at the Rally of Finland.

The season featured all custom drivers.

Calendar

The championship was contested over twelve rounds.

Round	Dates		Rally	Rally headquarters	Rally details
	Start	Finish			Surface	Stages	Distance
1	January	January	Monte Carlo Rally	Gap, Hautes-Alpes	Mixed (Snow/Tarmac)	12	51.46km
2	February	February	Rally of Sweden	Torsby, Värmland County	Snow	12	60.56km
3	March	March	Template:AUS Rally of Australia	Monaro, New South Wales	Gravel	12	62.96km
4	Early April	Early April	Template:USA Rally of the Americas	Crescent City, California	Gravel	12	63.38km
5	May	May	Rally of the Caucuses	Tbilisi, Georgia	Mixed (Tarmac/Snow)	8	34.94km
6	June	June	Rally d'Italia	Alghero, Sardinia	Gravel	8	44.54km
7	July	July	Rally of Mexico	León, Guanajuato	Gravel	8	32.97km
8	August	August	Template:GBR Rally of Great Britain	Deeside, Flintshire	Gravel	12	52.79km
9	September	September	Mitsubishi Rally of Japan	Nagoya, Chūbu	Tarmac	8	49.89km
10	October	October	Safari Rally Kenya	Nairobi, Nairobi County	Mixed (Dirt/Gravel)	10	51.57km
11	November	November	Rally Catalunya de España	Tarragona	Mixed (Tarmac/Gravel)	12	61.96km
12	Early December	Early December	Rally of Finland	Jamsa	Tarmac	12	77.39km

Changes

A new rally in the Caucuses mountain range debuted on the calendar for the first time, the original plan was to have the headquarters for the race be in Volgograd in Russia but that was deemed too far, then Baku in Azerbaijan was thought of but the idea was scrapped in the end Georgia was chosen as the country to have the headquarters for the Caucuses round, it would have shared being the headquarters with Volgograd or Baku if those ideas had gone through.

A new endurance format was introduced at the Rally of the Americas, Endurance Rally was instantly a hit and was tested throughout the rest of the season as the stages/racing was closer, the endurance rule was dropped for the first 3 rounds of the 2019 due to safety concerns, however the format was cancelled after this season and returned to normal FIA Rally rules meaning the rallies (if applicable) would follow the real life stages/timings of the WRC.

Rule changes

Drivers were permitted to choose a permanent number, similar to the numbering systems used in Formula 1, MotoGP and DTM. Prior to the 2019 championship, the numbering system was based on the manufacturers' championship standings from the previous year. The reigning world champions still competed with the number 1 and their permanent teammates were assigned the number 2.

Season summary

Round	Event	Winning driver	Winning manufacturer	Winning time
1	Rally of Monte Carlo	Template:GBR Shane Wray	Template:USA Ford	01:09:58.122
2	Rally of Sweden	Template:GBR Shane Wray	Template:USA Ford	0:59:13.332
3	Template:AUS Rally of Australia	Hugo Kivi	Template:FRA Peugeot	01:09:23.664
Endurance Rule re-introduced
4	Template:USA Rally of the Americas	Template:FRA Antoine Martin	Volkswagen	06:07:52.862
5	Rally of the Caucuses	Hugo Kivi	Template:FRA Peugeot	09:12:26.652
6	Rally d'Italia	Ethan Meijer	Skoda	11:55:46.263
7	Rally of Mexico	Template:GBR Nathan Ramsay	Mitsubishi	14:23:18.564
8	Template:GBR Rally of Great Britain	Hugo Kivi	Template:FRA Peugeot	09:46:39.433
9	Rally of Japan	Template:GBR Shane Wray	Template:USA Ford	13:40:56.626
10	Safari Rally Kenya	Paulo Morreti	Template:FRA Peugeot	06:48:17.105
Endurance Rule Scrapped
11	Rally Catalunya de España	Simon Stemnes	Mitsubishi	03:31:39.900
12	Rally of Finland	Template:GBR Shane Wray	Template:USA Ford	04:49:22.672

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers in each event. In the manufacturers' championship points were only awarded to the top two classified finishers representing a manufacturer.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

Drivers Championship

For the sake of simplicity in the GRS the first letter and the surname of a driver are used in the standings. (eg: C.Alonso)

Pos.	Driver	MCO	SWE	Template:AUS AUS	Template:USA AME	CAU	ITA	MEX	Template:GBR GBR	JPN	SRK	ESP	FIN	Points
1	Template:GBR S. Wray	1	1	Ret	10	6	5	3	4	1	11	3	1	161
2	H. Kivi	Ret	2	1	8	1	14	8	1	20	4	4	6	133
3	Template:GBR N. Ramsay	2	6	3	9	13	16	1	2	16	12	13	8	90
4	S. Stemnes	8	13	Ret	14	10	11	9	7	2	2	1	13	74
5	D. Popa	Ret	17	14	3	4	19	6	10	6	3	5	15	69
6	T. Serrano	13	19	15	13	18	4	2	18	3	8	18	2	67
7	P. Moretti	Ret	7	DSQ	2	16	8	4	Ret	19	1	10	10	67
8	W. Jacobmeyer	9	12	DSQ	17	2	17	19	3	7	9	2	19	61
9	O. Campbell	3	3	Ret	16	19	12	7	6	5	16	11	9	56
10	C. Alonso	11	11	9	4	5	3	12	9	14	18	9	5	53
11	Template:FRA A. Martin	4	Ret	4	1	15	15	11	8	11	17	19	11	53
12	D. Leone	10	15	7	18	9	18	13	5	17	6	6	3	51
13	K. Lehtonen	6	5	5	12	3	20	14	17	13	15	7	17	50
14	Template:AUT T. Muller	DSQ	4	6	5	11	13	5	14	9	7	20	18	46
15	E. Meijer	7	8	12	15	14	1	15	15	18	20	15	7	41
16	E. Romano	Ret	16	13	6	Ret	2	18	16	15	5	17	16	38
17	Template:FRA J. Thomas	5	10	2	20	17	9	20	13	10	14	14	20	32
18	Template:MAS M. Amzah	Ret	18	11	7	8	7	17	12	4	19	16	12	28
19	K. Wojcik	Ret	14	8	11	12	6	16	19	8	13	8	14	21
20	Template:AUS L. Johnson	12	9	10	19	7	10	10	11	12	10	12	4	24

Manufacturers Championship

Pos.	Driver	MCO	SWE	Template:AUS AUS	Template:USA AME	CAU	ITA	MEX	Template:GBR GBR	JPN	SRK	ESP	FIN	Points
1	Mitsubishi	2	3	3	9	2	4	1	2	2	2	1	2	322
		3	6	7	13	9	11	2	3	3	6	2	3
2	Template:FRA Peugeot	6	2	1	2	1	6	4	1	8	1	4	6	270
		Ret	4	5	5	3	8	5	14	9	4	7	10
3	Template:USA Ford	1	1	14	3	4	5	3	4	1	3	3	1	230
		Ret	17	Ret	10	6	19	6	10	6	11	5	15
4	Skoda	5	8	2	15	7	1	10	11	10	10	14	4	95
		7	9	10	19	14	9	15	13	12	14	15	7
5	Volkswagen	4	16	4	1	15	2	11	8	11	5	17	11	89
		Ret	Ret	13	6	Ret	15	18	16	15	17	19	16
6	Template:FRA Citreon	11	11	9	4	5	3	12	9	4	18	9	5	81
		Ret	18	11	7	8	7	17	12	14	19	16	12