The 2019 Rallye Deutschland (also known as ADAC Rallye Deutschland 2019) was a

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event for rally cars that was held over four days between 22 and 25 August 2019. It marked the thirty-seventh running of Rallye Deutschland and was the tenth round of the

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and the newly-created WRC-2 Pro class. The 2019 event was based at the Bostalsee in

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, and was contested over nineteen special stages with a total a competitive distance of . Ott Tänak and

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were the defending rally winners. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the defending manufacturers' winners. The

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crew of

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and

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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. Tänak and Järveoja successfully defended their titles to get German hat-trick. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, won the rally and covered all three podium places for the first time since

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. The

crew of

and

took their first victory of the season in the WRC-2 Pro category, finishing first in the combined WRC-2 category, while the local crew of Fabian Kreim and Tobias Braun won the wider WRC-2 class.

Background

Championship standings prior to the event

Ott Tänak and

led both the drivers' and co-drivers' championships with a twenty-two-point ahead of defending world champions

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and Julien Ingrassia. Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul were third, a further three points behind. In the World Rally Championship for Manufacturers, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT held a twenty-four-point lead over Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT. In the World Rally Championship-2 Pro standings, Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen held a thirty-eight-point lead ahead of

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and Torstein Eriksen in the drivers' and co-drivers' standings respectively. Gus Greensmith and

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were third, another thirteen points further back. In the manufacturers' championship,

led

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by three points, with

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sixty-one points behind in third. In the World Rally Championship-2 standings,

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and

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led the drivers' and co-drivers' standings by eighteen points respectively.

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and Vincent Landais crew and

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and Yaroslav Fedorov crew tied in second.

Entry list

The following crews entered into the rally. The event opened to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2, WRC-2 Pro and

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entries not registered to score points in any championship. A total of fifty-five entries were received, with eleven crews entered with World Rally Cars and nineteen entered the World Rally Championship-2. Four crews were nominated to score points in the Pro class.

Route

The competitive distance was increased from the 2018 event, while the liaison sections were shortened. The second leg features with a new format, with a pair of stages run twice in the morning and another pair run twice in the afternoon. This differs from the traditional format where all stages are run once before the second pass in the afternoon.

Itinerary

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Report

World Rally Cars

The

crew of Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin were expected to return, having been forced to miss Rally Finland when Evans was injured in a pre-event testing crash. However, Evans' recovery time was subsequently extended, forcing him to miss Rallye Deutschland as well. Ott Tänak held a narrow lead ahead of title rival Thierry Neuville going to the second leg.

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retired from Friday with mechanical problems. In Saturday afternoon, Tänak's two title rivals Neuville and

both suffered a

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, which gave

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a dramatic 1-2-3. Eventually, three

s came back safely to complete the first 1-2-3 finish in WRC since

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Classification

Special stages

Championship standings

World Rally Championship-2 Pro

Kalle Rovanperä led the category with a 20-second margin going into Saturday, but the young Finn had a nightmare morning on Saturday, when he slid into the ditch twice. Kalle's mistakes handed his lead to his teammate

. Eventually, he won his first Pro victory.

Classification

Special stages

Results in bold denote first in the RC2 class, the class which both the WRC-2 Pro and WRC-2 championships run to.

Championship standings

World Rally Championship-2

Stéphane Lefebvre held off fellow Frenchman

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until he crashed out his

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during SS9. Unfortunately, Ciamin also crashed out in the following stage, which inherited the lead to local driver Fabian Kreim and handed him a fantastic home win.

Classification

Special stages

Results in bold denote first in the RC2 class, the class which both the WRC-2 Pro and WRC-2 championships run to.

Championship standings

Notes

References

External links

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