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2019 Rally Turkey
12th edition of Rally Turkey / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 2019 Rally Turkey (also known as Marmaris Rally Turkey 2019) is a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 12 and 15 September 2019.[2] It marked the twelfth running of Rally Turkey and was the eleventh round of the 2019 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and the newly-created WRC-2 Pro class. The 2019 event was based in Marmaris in Muğla Province, and was contested over seventeen special stages with a total a competitive distance of 310.10 km (192.69 mi).
2019 Rally Turkey 12. Marmaris Rally Turkey | |||
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Round 11 of 14 in the 2019 World Rally Championship
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![]() Rally Turkey is the slowest gravel round on the calendar. | |||
Host country | ![]() | ||
Rally base | Marmaris, Muğla | ||
Dates run | 12 – 15 September 2019 | ||
Start location | Marmaris Castle, Muğla | ||
Finish location | Marmaris, Muğla | ||
Stages | 17 (310.10 km; 192.69 miles)[1] | ||
Stage surface | Gravel | ||
Transport distance | 678.40 km (421.54 miles) | ||
Overall distance | 988.50 km (614.23 miles) | ||
Statistics | |||
Crews registered | 31 | ||
Crews | 28 at start, 24 at finish | ||
Overall results | |||
Overall winner | ![]() ![]() ![]() 3:50:12.1 | ||
Power Stage winner | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||
Support category results | |||
WRC-2 winner | ![]() ![]() ![]() 4:06:00.4 |
Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja were the defending rally winners. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the defending manufacturers' winners.[3] The Škoda Motorsport crew of Jan Kopecký and Pavel Dresler 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.[4]
Reigning World Drivers' and World Co-Drivers Champions Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia won in Turkey for the first time in their careers. Their team, Citroën World Rally Team, were the manufacturers' winners.[5] The M-Sport Ford WRT crew of Gus Greensmith and Elliott Edmondson won the WRC-2 Pro category, while the Polish crew of Kajetan Kajetanowicz and Maciej Szczepaniak won the wider WRC-2 class to take the championship lead, finishing third in the combined WRC-2 category.[6]