| 2019 Rally Argentina | |
| Native Name: | 39. XION Rally Argentina |
| Round: | 5 |
| Season No: | 14 |
| Championship: | 2019 World Rally Championship |
| Previous Round: | 2019 Tour de Corse |
| Next Round: | 2019 Rally Chile |
| Rallybase: | Villa Carlos Paz, Córdoba |
| Start: | Villa Carlos Paz, Córdoba |
| Finish: | El Cóndor, Córdoba |
| Startdate: | 25 |
| Enddate: | 28 April 2019 |
| Stages: | 18 |
| Stagekm: | 347.50 |
| Stagekm Note: | [1] |
| Transportkm: | 952.88 |
| Overallkm: | 1,300.38 |
| Surface: | Gravel |
| Driver1: |  Thierry Neuville |
| Codriver1: | Nicolas Gilsoul |
| Team1: |  Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT |
| Time1: | 3:20:54.6 |
| Driver2pro: |  Mads Østberg |
| Codriver2pro: | Torstein Eriksen |
| Team2pro: |  Citroën Total |
| Time2pro: | 3:35:23.1 |
| Driver2: | Pedro Heller |
| Codriver2: |  Marc Martí |
| Team2: | Pedro Heller |
| Time2: | 3:41:09.1 |
| Powerstage Driver: | Sébastien Ogier |
| Powerstage Codriver: | Julien Ingrassia |
| Powerstage Team: | Citroën Total WRT |
| Crewsreg: | 27 |
| Teamsstart: | 25 |
| Teamsfinish: | 21 |
The 2019 Rally Argentina (also known as the XION Rally Argentina 2019) was a motor racing event for rally cars that held over four days between 25 and 28 April 2019.[2] It marked the thirty-ninth running of Rally Argentina, and was the fifth 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 Villa Carlos Paz in Córdoba Province and consisted of eighteen special stages totalling 347.52NaN2 competitive kilometres.
Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja were the defending rally winners. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the manufacturers' winners.[3] Pontus Tidemand and Jonas Andersson were the defending winners in the World Rally Championship-2 category, but they did not participate in the event.[4]
Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul won the rally for the second time in their career. Their team, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, were the manufacturers' winners.[5] The Citroën Total crew of Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen won the WRC-2 Pro category, finishing first in the combined WRC-2 category, while the crew of Pedro Heller and Marc Martí won the wider WRC-2 class.[6] Østberg's win marked the first World Championship victory for the R5-spec Citroën C3.
Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul led both the drivers' and co-drivers' championships by two-points ahead of six-time world champions Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia. Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja were third, a further three points behind. In the World Rally Championship for Manufacturers, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT held a twelve-point lead over Citroën Total WRT.[7]
In the World Rally Championship-2 Pro standings, Łukasz Pieniążek and Kamil Heller held a twenty-two-point lead ahead of Gus Greensmith and Elliott Edmondson in the drivers' and co-drivers' standings respectively. Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen were third, four points further back. In the manufacturers' championship, M-Sport Ford WRT lead Škoda Motorsport by sixty-six points, with Citroën Total eleven points further behind in third.[8]
In the World Rally Championship-2 standings, Ole Christian Veiby and Jonas Andersson led the drivers' and co-drivers' standings by twelve points respectively. Nikolay Gryazin and Yaroslav Fedorov were second, following by Yoann Bonato and Benjamin Boulloud in third.[8]
The following crews entered into the rally. The event was open to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2, WRC-2 Pro and privateer entries not registered to score points in any championship. A total of twenty-seven entries were received, with ten crews entered with World Rally Cars and nine entered the World Rally Championship-2. Three crews were nominated to score points in the Pro class.
No major changes are made to the route this year apart from some slight length-reductions to selected stages.[10]
All dates and times are ART (UTC-3).
Fabian Cretu
