2019 Rally Australia 28. Kennards Hire Rally Australia | ||
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Round 14 of 14 in the 2019 World Rally Championship
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![]() Rally Australia marks the end of the 2019 season. | ||
Host country | ![]() | |
Rally base | Coffs Harbour, New South Wales | |
Dates run | 14 – 17 November 2019 | |
Start location | Coffs Harbour, New South Wales | |
Finish location | Coramba, New South Wales | |
Stages | 25 (324.53 km; 201.65 miles)[1] | |
Stage surface | Gravel | |
Transport distance | 759.47 km (471.91 miles) | |
Overall distance | 1,084.00 km (673.57 miles) | |
Statistics | ||
Crews registered | 26 | |
Cancellation | Rally cancelled due to bushfires. |
The 2019 Rally Australia (also known as Kennards Hire Rally Australia 2019) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was scheduled to be held over four days between 14 and 17 November 2019.[2] The event was cancelled because of an ongoing bushfire emergency in the area.[3] The event was to mark the twenty-eighth running of Rally Australia and was the final round of the 2019 World Rally Championship, WRC-2 Pro class and World Rally Championship-2. The 2019 event would have been based in Coffs Harbour in New South Wales, and contested over twenty-five special stages with a total a competitive distance of 324.53 km (201.65 mi). Rally Australia will not be featured in the 2020 championship.[4]
Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila were the defending rally winners. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the defending manufacturers' winners.[5] Alberto Heller and José Diaz were the defending rally winners in the World Rally Championship-2 category, but did not participate in the event.[6]
As a result of the rally's cancellation, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT became the manufacturers' champions, while Pierre-Louis Loubet and Vincent Landais won the divers' and co-drivers' titles respectively in the WRC-2 class.[7][8]