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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:

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers				Statistics
		Rank	Driver	Car	Time	Stages	Length	Starters	Finishers
1	Rally de la Tierra Colorada (1–3 March)	1	Diego Dominguez	Hyundai i20 R5	1:31:41.3	11	172.11 km	25	18
		2	Luis Maldonado	Škoda Fabia R5	1:32:19.4
		3	Augusto Bestard	Ford Fiesta R5	1:32:44.1
2	Petrobras Rally Trans Itapúa (5–7 April)	1	Diego Dominguez	Hyundai i20 R5	1:41:27.6	13	176.94 km	66	30
		2	Alejandro Galanti	Toyota Etios R5	1:41:36.0
		3	Augusto Bestard	Ford Fiesta R5	1:43:20.3
3	Rally Internacional de Erechim (30 May–2 June)	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	Alejandro Galanti	Toyota Etios R5	1:38:23.2
4	Rally Santa Cruz de la Sierra (23–25 August)	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	Alejandro Galanti	Toyota Etios R5	1:29:53.8
5	Rally del Atlántico (29 November–1 December)	1	Alejandro Galanti	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:

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 Alejandro Galanti 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 Augusto Bestard Ford Fiesta R5 Ford Fiesta R2 4 5 3 3 5 3 4 4 4 5 Ret Ret 4 8 4 118 5 Roberto Saba 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 Luis Maldonado Jr. Škoda Fabia R5 3 4 2 Ret 2 Ret 40 8 Augusto D'Agostini Volkswagen Gol Trend MR 7 7 7 ? ? 9 6 6 6 30 9 Mariano Aguilera Škoda Fabia R5 6 2 5 4 ? 11 Ret DNS Ret 29 Eduardo Peredo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X ? ? 10 7 7 7 9 8 8 29 11 Andre Alegretti Fiat Palio Honda Civic EK4 19 15 17 ? ? Ret 26 26 20 Ret DNS Ret 20 16 13 24 12 Juan Martin Masi Ford Fiesta R5 10 8 8 7 ? 5 19 13 Carlo Garcia D'Rric Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 9 Ret Ret ? ? Ret 8 11 9 11 12 10 15 14 Miguel Zaldivar Jr Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 6 ? 6 12 15 Jorge Raul Garcia Škoda Fabia R5 8 7 7 12 16 Diego Dominguez Jr Peugeot 208 R2 10 11 10 ? ? 13 12 9 10 19 16 16 8 17 Fabrizio Galanti Toyota Etios ? ? 28 Ret DNS Ret Ret 11 Ret 7.5 Rodrigo Zeballos Peugeot 208 MR 5 Ret Ret 7.5 19 Pedro Fadul Škoda Fabia R5 ? 8 8 6 Alberto Heller Ford Fiesta R2 9 Ret Ret 6 Juliano Sartori Volkswagen Polo MRT 10 8 8 6 Martin Tellagori Ford Ka Ret 15 Ret 6 23 Rodrigo Gutierrez Fleig Škoda Fabia R5 Ret DNS Ret 2 Jacob Penner Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 12 10 9 2 25 Miguel Cabral 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

1. "Events calendar". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 28 January 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
2. "Rally de la Tierra Colorada 2019". EWRC-Results.com. EWRC-Results. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
3. "32. Petrobras Rally Trans Itapúa 2019". EWRC-Results.com. EWRC-Results. 11 April 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
4. "22. Rally Internacional de Erechim 2019". EWRC-Results.com. EWRC-Results. 17 July 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
5. "Rally Santa Cruz de la Sierra 2019". EWRC-Results.com. EWRC-Results. 27 August 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
6. "26. Rally del Atlántico 2019". EWRC-Results.com. EWRC-Results. 3 December 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
7. "Classifications: FIA CODASUR South American Rally Championship". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 28 January 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2020.

External links

• Official website

• Codasur South American Rally Championship
• 2019 in rallying
• 2019 in South American sport