2019 Codasur South American Rally Championship

The 2019 Codasur South American Rally Championship is an international rally championship sanctioned by the FIA and run by the Confederacion Deportiva Automovilismo Sudamericana (Codasur). The championship was contested over five events held in five South American countries from March to November.

Paraguayan Toyota driver Alejandro Galanti won the championship for the first time. Galanti won by a single point in a dramatic finish to the championship. Galanti won the season ending Rally del Atlántico ahead of second placed Hyundai driver Diego Domínguez who had been leading the championship going into the final rally. Domínguez won the first two events, the Rally de la Tierra Colorada and the Rally Trans Itapúa, and was second at the Rally de Erechim. Defending champion, Škoda driver Gustavo Saba, who had also still been in contention to win the championship, was third in the final event and the championship. Saba had won the Rally de Erechim. The Rally Santa Cruz de la Sierra was won by Bolivian Škoda driver Marco Bulacia Wilkinson.

Galanti was the first new Codasur champion since Domínguez won his first championship in 2014.

Event calendar and results[]

The 2019 Codasur South American Rally Championship was as follows:^[1]

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers				Statistics
		Rank	Driver	Car	Time	Stages	Length	Starters	Finishers
1	(1–3 March)[2]	1	Diego Dominguez	Hyundai i20 R5	1:31:41.3	11	172.11 km	25	18
		2		Škoda Fabia R5	1:32:19.4
		3		Ford Fiesta R5	1:32:44.1
2	Petrobras Rally Trans Itapúa (5–7 April)[3]	1	Diego Dominguez	Hyundai i20 R5	1:41:27.6	13	176.94 km	66	30
		2		Toyota Etios R5	1:41:36.0
		3		Ford Fiesta R5	1:43:20.3
3	Rally Internacional de Erechim (30 May–2 June)[4]	1	Gustavo Saba	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	1:37:35.6	12	156.92 km	57	32
		2	Diego Dominguez	Hyundai i20 R5	1:37:52.9
		3		Toyota Etios R5	1:38:23.2
4	(23–25 August)[5]	1	Marco Bulacia Wilkinson	Škoda Fabia R5	1:27:13.5	17	165.52 km	48	29
		2	Gustavo Saba	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	1:29:03.6
		3		Toyota Etios R5	1:29:53.8
5	Rally del Atlántico (29 November–1 December)[6]	1		Toyota Etios R5	1:47:28.5	10	193.50 km	46	19
		2	Diego Dominguez	Hyundai i20 R5	1:49:55.6
		3	Gustavo Saba	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	1:50:10.1

Championship standings[]

The 2019 Codasur South American Rally Championship points were as follows:^[7]

Points were awarded to the top ten finishers of each rally and for the top eight positions of each leg of each rally.

Pos. Driver Vehicle COL RTI ERE SCS ATL Total L1 L2 Ov. L1 L2 Ov L1 L2 Ov L1 L2 Ov L1 L2 Ov 1 Toyota Etios R5 8 1 6 1 4 2 3 3 3 3 2 3 1 2 1 187 2 Diego Domínguez Hyundai i20 R5 2 6 1 2 3 1 2 2 2 7 3 5 2 3 2 186 3 Gustavo Saba Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 1 Ret Ret Ret 1 Ret 1 1 1 2 5 2 3 1 3 156 4 Ford Fiesta R5 Ford Fiesta R2 4 5 3 3 5 3 4 4 4 5 Ret Ret 4 8 4 118 5 Škoda Fabia R5 5 3 4 5 6 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 89 6 Marco Bulacia Wilkinson Škoda Fabia R5 1 1 1 49 7 Škoda Fabia R5 3 4 2 Ret 2 Ret 40 8 Volkswagen Gol Trend MR 7 7 7 ? ? 9 6 6 6 30 9 Škoda Fabia R5 6 2 5 4 ? 11 Ret DNS Ret 29 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X ? ? 10 7 7 7 9 8 8 29 11 Fiat Palio Honda Civic EK4 19 15 17 ? ? Ret 26 26 20 Ret DNS Ret 20 16 13 24 12 Ford Fiesta R5 10 8 8 7 ? 5 19 13 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 9 Ret Ret ? ? Ret 8 11 9 11 12 10 15 14 Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 6 ? 6 12 15 Škoda Fabia R5 8 7 7 12 16 Peugeot 208 R2 10 11 10 ? ? 13 12 9 10 19 16 16 8 17 Toyota Etios ? ? 28 Ret DNS Ret Ret 11 Ret 7.5 Peugeot 208 MR 5 Ret Ret 7.5 19 Škoda Fabia R5 ? 8 8 6 Ford Fiesta R2 9 Ret Ret 6 Volkswagen Polo MRT 10 8 8 6 Ford Ka Ret 15 Ret 6 23 Škoda Fabia R5 Ret DNS Ret 2 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 12 10 9 2 25 Honda Civic Type R 14 13 11 ? ? 18 24 27 22 1

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[]

External links[]

• Official website