2019 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship

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The 2019 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship was an international rally championship sanctioned by the FIA. It was the 32nd championship and underwent a major format change. For the first time the two Cups, the Asian Cup and the Pacific Cup, acted as qualifying events for a "Grand Final" at the where the highest qualified winner becomes the Asia-Pacific champion.

The championship was contested by a combination of regulations with Group R competing directly against Super 2000 cars.

The Pacific Cup began in New Zealand on 12 April and finished in Australia on 25 August after four rallies. The Asia Cup began in Japan on 6 June and finished on 27 October in China.

New Zealanders won both Cups, Hyundai driver Hayden Paddon won the Pacific Cup while Toyota driver won the Asia Cup. Young raced for the Asia-Pacific title and Paddon did not. A mechanical problem delayed Young on the first day of the deciding rally. Taiwanese Subaru driver won the rally and the championship ahead of another New Zealander, Mazda driver and Japanese Citroën driver, .

Event calendar and results[]

Pacific Cup[]

The 2019 APRC Pacific Cup was as follows:

Round Rally name Podium finishers Statistics
Rank Driver Car Time Stages Length Starters Finishers
1 New Zealand
(12–14 April)[1] 		1 New Zealand Hayden Paddon Hyundai i20 AP4 2:25:54.3 15 272.53 km 127 75
2 New Zealand Subaru WRX STI 2:33:11.2
3 New Zealand Audi S1 AP4 2:34:19.3
2 New Zealand ENEOS International Rally of Whangarei
(3–5 May)[2] 		1 New Zealand Hayden Paddon Hyundai i20 AP4 2:39:48.5 18 264.30 km 68 29
2 New Zealand Subaru WRX STI 2:44:45.2
3 New Zealand Holden Barina AP4 2:45:09.3
3 Australia
(21–23 June)[3][4] 		1 Australia Toyota Yaris AP4 2:09:42.9 17 222.10 km 29 7
2 Australia Molly Taylor Subaru WRX STI 2:12:30.6
3 Australia Toyota Yaris AP4 2:13:15.3
4 Australia
(24–25 August)[5][6] 		1 Australia Toyota Yaris AP4 1:11:32.1 10 120.36 km 37 26
2 Australia Toyota Yaris AP4 1:14:23.7
3 Australia Subaru Impreza 1:15:12.6

Asia Cup[]

The 2019 APRC Asia Cup was as follows:

Round Rally name Podium finishers Statistics
Rank Driver Car Time Stages Length Starters Finishers
1 Japan
(6–9 June)[7] 		1 Japan Subaru Impreza WRX STi 1:21:15.8 18 102.02 km 9 7
2 Japan Citroën DS3 R3T 1:23:25.5
3 Japan Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 1:23:47.5
2 Indonesia Rally of Indonesia
(26–28 July)[8] 		1 Indonesia Mazda 2 AP4 2:06:39.0 10 169.53 km 61
2 Indonesia Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 2:19:38.2
3 Indonesia Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 4:19:45.2
3 Japan Rally Hokkaido
(14–16 September)[9] 		1 New Zealand Toyota C-HR 2:04:11.2 16 202.36 km 20 16
2 Japan Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 2:11:29.4
3 Japan Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 2:12:05.8
4 China
(26-27 October)[10] 		1 Taiwan Subaru XV 2:14:44.0 13 220.82 km
2 New Zealand Mazda 2 2:20:29.5
3 Japan Citroën DS3 R3T 2:21:02.5

Championship standings[]

Pacific Cup[]

The 2019 APRC Pacific Cup for Drivers points was as follows:[11]

Pos. Driver Vehicle New Zealand
OTA 		New Zealand
WHA 		Australia
TAS 		Australia
EUR 		Total
1 New Zealand Hayden Paddon Hyundai i20 R5 1 14 1 14 3 7 100
2 Australia Toyota Yaris AP4 1 14 1 13 77
3 Australia Toyota Yaris AP4 3 11 2 11 55
New Zealand Mazda 2 AP4 2 12 3 10 55
5 Australia Molly Taylor Subaru WRX STI 2 11 4 4 45
6 New Zealand Mazda 2 AP4 3 10 5 7 42
7 New Zealand Holden Barina AP4 Ret 2 12 30
8 Australia Hyundai i20 R5 4 8 9 20
9 New Zealand Toyota Yaris AP4 4 7 19
10 Japan Toyota Vitz 6 4 12
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

Asia Cup[]

The 2019 APRC Asia Cup for Drivers points was as follows:[11]

Pos. Driver Vehicle Japan
MON 		Indonesia
IND 		Japan
HOK 		China
LON 		Total
1 New Zealand Toyota Yaris AP4
Toyota C-HR 		4 11 1 14 3 7 87
2 Japan Citroën DS3 R3T 1 13 2 10 66
3 Japan Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 2 11 2 12 59
4 Taiwan Subaru XV 8 3 1 13 45
5 Indonesia Mazda 2 AP4 1 13 38
6 Japan Toyota GT86
Toyota Yaris AP4 		4 9 6 4 Ret 33
7 Indonesia Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 2 11 29
8 Japan Subaru Impreza WRX STi 3 10 25
9 Japan Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X Ret 4 8 30
10 Indonesia Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 3 4 19
Italy Peugeot 208 AP4 4 7 19
12 Japan Toyota Vitz III RS Ret 5 4 Ret 14
13 Japan Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 6 1 7
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

References[]

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  2. ^ "ENEOS International Rally of Whangarei 2019". EWRC-Results.com. EWRC-Results. 6 May 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
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  4. ^ "Subaru Rally Tasmania - Heat 2 2019". EWRC-Results.com. EWRC-Results. 25 June 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Pedders Eureka Rush - Heat 1 2019". EWRC-Results.com. EWRC-Results. 26 August 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  6. ^ "Pedders Eureka Rush - Heat 2 2019". EWRC-Results.com. EWRC-Results. 26 August 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  7. ^ "Montre - Asia Cup/JSR 2019". EWRC-Results.com. EWRC-Results. 9 August 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  8. ^ "Rally of Indonesia 2019". EWRC-Results.com. EWRC-Results. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  9. ^ "18. Rally Hokkaido - Asia Cup/JSR 2019". EWRC-Results.com. EWRC-Results. 26 September 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  10. ^ "From SS1 to SS10 Partial Classification" (PDF). CAMF. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  11. ^ a b "2019 FIA APRC Winners" (PDF). Asia-Pacific Rally Championship. FIA APRC. Retrieved 5 April 2020.

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