2019 Rally Estonia

2019 Rally Estonia 9. Shell Helix Rally Estonia 2019
Host country	Estonia
Rally base	Otepää, Valga County
Dates run	12 – 14 July 2019
Start location	Maaritsa, Põlva County
Finish location	Tartu, Tartu County
Stages	15 (151.98 km; 94.44 miles)
Stage surface	Gravel
Transport distance	634.17 km (394.05 miles)
Overall distance	795.15 km (494.08 miles)
Statistics
Crews	105 at start, 67 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Ott Tänak Martin Järveoja Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 1:15:38.4

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]

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

No.	Driver	Co-Driver	Team	Car	Tyre
World Rally Car entries
1	Ott Tänak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota Yaris WRC	M
2	Elfyn Evans	Scott Martin	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta WRC	M
3	Andreas Mikkelsen	Anders Jæger-Amland	Hyundai Motorsport N	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	M
4	Esapekka Lappi	Janne Ferm	Citroën Total WRT	Citroën C3 WRC	M
5	Craig Breen	Paul Nagle	Hyundai Motorsport N	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	M
6	Valeriy Gorban	Sergei Larens	Eurolamp World Rally Team	Mini John Cooper Works WRC	P
7	Georg Gross	Raigo Mõlder	OT Racing	Ford Fiesta WRC	M
8	Markko Märtin	Kristo Kraag	Markko Märtin	Ford Fiesta WRC	M
Group R entries
9	Teemu Suninen	Jarmo Lehtinen	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II	M
10	Eerik Pietarinen	Juhana Raitanen	TGS Worldwide	Škoda Fabia R5 Evo	P
11	Takamoto Katsuta	Daniel Barritt	Tommi Mäkinen Racing	Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II	P
12	Nikolay Gryazin	Yaroslav Fedorov	Sports Racing Technologies	Škoda Fabia R5	P
14	Oliver Solberg	Aaron Johnston	Sports Racing Technologies	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	P
15	Raul Jeets	Andrus Toom	Tehase Auto	Škoda Fabia R5	M
16	Rainer Aus	Simo Koskinen	TGS Worldwide	Škoda Fabia R5	P
17	Kenneth Johnsrød	Dyre Erling Fredriksen	Johnsrød Racing	Ford Fiesta R5	P
18	Priit Koik	Kristo Tamm	Kaur Motorsport	Ford Fiesta R5	M
20	Robert Blomberg	Ida Bood	Robert Blomberg	Škoda Fabia R5	P
21	Radik Shaymiev	Maxim Tsvetkov	TAIF Motorsport	Ford Fiesta R5	M
22	Karl Martin Volver	Margus Jõerand	TGS Worldwide	Škoda Fabia R5	P
23	Emilio Fernandez	Axel Coronado	Toksport WRT	Škoda Fabia R5	M
26	Sanjay Takale	Edgars Svencis	Baltic Motorsport Promotion	Ford Fiesta R2	P
27	Arnis Alksnis	Gints Pētersons	Rallyworkshop-ERST Finance	Peugeot 208 R2	P
28	Alexander Kudryavtsev	Yuri Kulikov	ALM Motorsport	Peugeot 208 R2	P
29	William Binbach	Ida Lidebjer Granberg	William Binbach	Peugeot 208 R2	P
30	Jose Tomas Fernandez	Carlos Garrafa	Baltic Motorsport Promotion	Ford Fiesta R2	P
31	Georg Linnamäe	Volodymyr Korsia	ALM Motorsport	Peugeot 208 R2	P
32	Adrien Fourmaux	Renaud Jamoul	Adrien Fourmaux	Ford Fiesta R2T	P
33	Adam Westlund	Joakim Sjöberg	Sports Racing Technologies	Peugeot 208 R2	P
34	Gregor Jeets	Kuldar Sikk	Tehase Auto	Ford Fiesta R2T	P
35	Kaspar Kasari	Gabriel Müürsepp	OT Racing	Ford Fiesta R2T	P
36	Roland Poom	Ken Järveoja	Roland Poom	Ford Fiesta R2T	P
37	Robert Virves	Sander Pruul	OT Racing	Ford Fiesta R2T	P
38	Ken Torn	Kauri Pannas	OT Racing	Ford Fiesta R2T	P
Group N entries
39	Emīls Blūms	Didzis Eglītis	Rallyworkshop-ERST Finance	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	P
40	Edijs Bergmanis	Edgars Grīns	Rallyworkshop-ERST Finance	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	P
41	Ralfs Sirmacis	Ralfs Igaveņš	Sporta Klubs Autostils Rally Team	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	P
42	Denis Rostilov	Georgy Troshkin	Neiksans Rallysport	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	P
43	Edgars Balodis	Lasma Tole	Rallyworkshop-ERST Finance	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	P
44	Stig Andervang	Robin Eriksson	Stig Andervang	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	P
45	Aiko Aigro	Kermo Kärtmann	Tikkri Motorsport	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	P
53	Aleksei Semenov	Igor Marov	Aleksei Semenov	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	M
54	Siim Liivamägi	Edvin Parisalu	Kupatama Motorsport	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	M
55	Rünno Ubinhain	Allan Ilves	Kupatama Motorsport	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	P
57	Mirko Usin	Janek Tamm	ALM Motorsport	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	P
58	Kristaps Sarma	Ervīns Zgirskis	Rallyworkshop-ERST Finance	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	P
59	Mikołaj Kempa	Marcin Szeja	Kaur Motorsport	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV	P
60	Krišjānis Zintis Putniņš	Mārtiņš Puriņš	Rallyworkshop-ERST Finance	Subaru Impreza	P
61	Henri Franke	Arvo Liimann	Cueks Racing	Subaru Impreza	P
62	Jurģis Meisters	Kalvis Blūms	Rallyworkshop-ERST Finance	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	P
63	Vadim Kuznetsov	Roman Kapustin	ALM Motorsport	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	M
Other notable entries
19	Egon Kaur	Silver Simm	Kaur Motorsport	Ford Fiesta Proto	P
24	Alexander Mikhaylov	Normunds Kokins	Neiksans Rallysport	Ford Fiesta NRC	M
56	Gleb Zavolokin	Mikhail Soskin	F-motors Rally Team	Ford Fiesta Proto	P
Source:[4]

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

References

External links

• The official website of Rally Estonia

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