| 2019 Tour de Corse | |
| Native Name: | 62e Corsica Linea - Tour de Corse |
| Round: | 4 |
| Season No: | 14 |
| Championship: | 2019 World Rally Championship |
| Previous Round: | 2019 Rally Mexico |
| Next Round: | 2019 Rally Argentina |
| Start: | Alta-Rocca, Corse-du-Sud |
| Finish: | Calvi, Haute-Corse |
| Rallybase: | Bastia, Corsica |
| Startdate: | 28 |
| Enddate: | 31 March 2019 |
| Stages: | 14 |
| Stagekm: | 347.51 |
| Stagekm Note: | [1] |
| Transportkm: | 846.55 |
| Overallkm: | 1,194.06 |
| Surface: | Tarmac |
| Driver1: |  Thierry Neuville |
| Codriver1: | Nicolas Gilsoul |
| Team1: |  Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT |
| Time1: | 3:22:59.0 |
| Driver2pro: |  Łukasz Pieniążek |
| Codriver2pro: | Kamil Heller |
| Team2pro: |  M-Sport Ford WRT |
| Time2pro: | 3:52:19.7 |
| Driver2: |  Fabio Andolfi |
| Codriver2: | Simone Scattolin |
| Team2: | Fabio Andolfi |
| Time2: | 3:34:28.6 |
| Driverj: |  Julius Tannert |
| Codriverj: |  Jürgen Heigl |
| Teamj: | ADAC Sachsen |
| Timej: | 3:52:10.0 |
| Powerstage Driver: | Kris Meeke |
| Powerstage Codriver: | Sebastian Marshall |
| Powerstage Team: |  Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT |
| Crewsreg: | 96 |
| Teamsstart: | 92 |
| Teamsfinish: | 68 |
The 2019 Tour de Corse (also known as the Corsica Linea - Tour de Corse 2019) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 28 and 31 March 2019.[2] It marked the sixty-second running of Tour de Corse and was the fourth round of the 2019 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and the newly created WRC-2 Pro class. It was also the second round of the Junior World Rally Championship. The 2019 event was based in the town of Bastia in Corsica, and was contested over fourteen special stages with a total a competitive distance of 347.512NaN2.
Reigning World Drivers' and World Co-Drivers' Champions Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia were the defending rally winners. M-Sport Ford WRT, the team they drove for in 2018, were the defending manufacturers' winners.[3] Jan Kopecký and Pavel Dresler were the defending winners in the World Rally Championship-2 category, but they did not participate in the event.[4] Jean-Baptiste Franceschi and Romain Courbon were the reigning World Rally Championship-3 and defending Junior World Rally Championship winners, but did not defend their titles as they did not take part in the rally.[5]
Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul won the Rally Corsica for the second time in their career. Their team, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, were the manufacturers' winners.[6] The M-Sport Ford WRT crew of Łukasz Pieniążek and Kamil Heller won the WRC-2 Pro category, while the Italian crew of Fabio Andolfi and Simone Scattolin won the wider WRC-2 class, finishing first in the combined WRC-2 category.[7] The second round of the J-WRC championship was taken by the ADAC Sachsen crew of Julius Tannert and Jürgen Heigl.[8]
Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja led both the drivers' and co-drivers' championships with a four-point ahead of six-time world champions Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia. Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul were third, a further six points behind. In the World Rally Championship for Manufacturers, defending manufacturers' champions Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT held an eight-point lead over Citroën Total WRT.[9]
In the World Rally Championship-2 Pro standings, Gus Greensmith and Elliott Edmondson held a three-point lead ahead of Łukasz Pieniążek and Kamil Heller in the drivers' and co-drivers' standings respectively. Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen were third, one point further back. In the manufacturers' championship, M-Sport Ford WRT led Škoda Motorsport by forty-one points, with eleven-point-behind Citroën Total in third.[10]
In the World Rally Championship-2 standings, Ole Christian Veiby and Jonas Andersson led the drivers' and co-drivers' standings by fifteen points respectively. Yoann Bonato and Benjamin Boulloud crew and Benito Guerra and Jaime Zapata crew shared second.[10]
In the Junior-World Rally Championship standings, Tom Kristensson and Henrik Appelskog led Roland Poom and Ken Järveoja by eight points in the drivers' and co-drivers' standings respectively, with Jan Solans and Mauro Barreiro two points further behind in third in their own standings. In the Nations' standings, Sweden were first, eight points cleared of Estonia, with Spain three points further behind in third.[11]
The following crews were entered into the rally. The event was open to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and WRC-2 Pro, the FIA R-GT Cup, the Junior World Rally Championship, and privateer entries not registered to score points in any championship. Ninety-six crews were registered to compete, including ten competing with World Rally Cars and eighteen in World Rally Championship-2. Two of these crews are nominate to score points in the WRC-2 Pro class. A further thirteen entries were received for the Junior World Rally Championship. The total of ninety-six crews made for the largest entry list for a World Rally Championship event since the 2015 edition of the Tour de Corse, when a total of 123 crews were registered to the event.[12]
The 2019 edition of Tour de Corse features a new route, with up to three-quarters of the route being revised from the 2018 edition.[14]
All dates and times are CET (UTC+1) from 28 to 30 March 2019 and CEST (UTC+2) on 31 March 2019.
Fernando Mussano