2019 Monte Carlo Rally

The following crews are entered into the rally. The event is open to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and WRC-2 Pro, the FIA R-GT Cup, and privateer entries not registered to score points in any championship. Eighty-four crews registered to compete, including eleven competing with World Rally Cars and eleven in World Rally Championship-2. Three of these crews were nominated to score points in the WRC-2 Pro class, but one withdrew before the rally and the crew became a regular WRC-2 entrant.

No.	Driver	Co-Driver	Entrant	Car	Tyre
World Rally Car entries
1	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Citroën Total WRT	Citroën C3 WRC	M
3	Teemu Suninen	Marko Salminen	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta WRC	M
4	Esapekka Lappi	Janne Ferm	Citroën Total WRT	Citroën C3 WRC	M
5	Kris Meeke	Sebastian Marshall	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota Yaris WRC	M
7	Pontus Tidemand	Ola Fløene	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta WRC	M
8	Ott Tänak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota Yaris WRC	M
10	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota Yaris WRC	M
11	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	M
19	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	M
33	Elfyn Evans	Scott Martin	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta WRC	M
89	Andreas Mikkelsen	Anders Jæger-Synnevaag	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	M
World Rally Championship-2 Pro entries
21	Gus Greensmith	Elliott Edmondson	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta R5	M
30	Kalle Rovanperä	Jonne Halttunen	Škoda Motorsport[c]	Škoda Fabia R5	M
World Rally Championship-2 entries
22	Yoann Bonato	Benjamin Boulloud	Yoann Bonato[d][e]	Citroën C3 R5	M
23	Ole Christian Veiby	Jonas Andersson	Ole Christian Veiby[f]	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	M
24	Nicolas Ciamin	Yannick Roche	Nicolas Ciamin[g]	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	M
25	Guillaume De Mevius	Martijn Wydaeghe	Guillaume De Mevius[h]	Citroën C3 R5	M
26	Adrien Fourmaux	Renaud Jamoul	Adrien Fourmaux[i]	Ford Fiesta R5	M
27	Grégoire Munster	Louis Louka	Grégoire Munster	Škoda Fabia R5	P
28	"Pedro"[j]	Emanuele Baldaccini	"Pedro"	Hyundai i20 R5	P
29	Rhys Yates	Denis Giraudet	Rhys Yates	Škoda Fabia R5	P
35	Manuel Villa	Luca Beltrame	Manuel Villa	Škoda Fabia R5	P
Other major entries
20	Mauro Miele	Luca Beltrame	Mauro Miele[k]	Citroën DS3 WRC	M
31	Takamoto Katsuta	Daniel Barritt	Tommi Mäkinen Racing	Ford Fiesta R5	P
34	Stéphane Sarrazin	Jacques-Julien Renucci	Stéphane Sarrazin	Hyundai i20 R5	P
50	"Hervé Knapick"[l]	Marie-Laure Lemonnier-Peu	"Hervé Knapick"	Citroën DS3 R5	P
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The rally route is made up of 323.83 km (201.22 mi) in competitive stages, making the 2019 route the shortest since the 2004 event. The route will be 71.93 km (44.7 mi) shorter than the one used in 2018.^[1] The Thoard — Sisteron and Bayons — Bréziers were removed from the itinerary and replaced by a new stage from La Bréole to Selonnet and the revival of the Avançon — Notre-Dame-du-Laus stage, which had not been contested for a decade. The opening day's stages were also revised to be better-centred around the rally base in Gap.^[1] The second and third leg of the rally were unchanged from the 2018 event. The route was revised after the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile introduced rule changes for the 2019 championship that limited the maximum distance of a route to 350 km (217.5 mi).^[2]

All dates and times are CET (UTC+1).

Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja took the early lead during the first two night stages. However, their lead was short-lived as Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul moved to the front after the cancellation of the third stage.^[9] Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia then took over the rally as the Belgian crew missed a junction. Eventually, the six-time world champions won the rally for the sixth time in a row. Neuville and Gilsoul were second, 2.2 seconds behind Ogier and Ingrassia, thus making 2019 the closest finish to the Monte Carlo Rally in history. The previous closest finish was the 1979 edition, with Bernard Darniche winning by just 6.6 seconds over Björn Waldegård.^[10]

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

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

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2019 Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo.

• Official website (in French and English)
• 2019 Monte Carlo Rally in e-wrc website
• The official website of the World Rally Championship