2019 Global Rally Series (ShaneEyoho) season
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| 2019 Global Rally Series (ShaneEyoho) season | |
| Previous: 2018 | Next: 2020 |
| 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 Citroen | 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 |