2019 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship

The 2019 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship was an international rally championship sanctioned by the FIA. It was the 32nd championship and underwent a major format change. For the first time the two Cups, the Asian Cup and the Pacific Cup, acted as qualifying events for a "Grand Final" at the China Rally Longyou where the highest qualified winner becomes the Asia-Pacific champion.

2019 Asia-Pacific Rally

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The championship was contested by a combination of regulations with Group R competing directly against Super 2000 cars.

The Pacific Cup began in New Zealand on 12 April and finished in Australia on 25 August after four rallies. The Asia Cup began in Japan on 6 June and finished on 27 October in China.

New Zealanders won both Cups, Hyundai driver Hayden Paddon won the Pacific Cup while Toyota driver Mike Young won the Asia Cup. Young raced for the Asia-Pacific title and Paddon did not. A mechanical problem delayed Young on the first day of the deciding rally. Taiwanese Subaru driver Dewei Lin won the rally and the championship ahead of another New Zealander, Mazda driver Andrew Hawkeswood and Japanese Citroën driver, Suguru Kawana.

Event calendar and results

Pacific Cup

The 2019 APRC Pacific Cup was as follows:

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers				Statistics
		Rank	Driver	Car	Time	Stages	Length	Starters	Finishers
1	Rally of Otago (12–14 April)[1]	1	Hayden Paddon	Hyundai i20 AP4	2:25:54.3	15	272.53 km	127	75
		2	Ben Hunt	Subaru WRX STI	2:33:11.2
		3	Dylan Turner	Audi S1 AP4	2:34:19.3
2	ENEOS International Rally of Whangarei (3–5 May)[2]	1	Hayden Paddon	Hyundai i20 AP4	2:39:48.5	18	264.30 km	68	29
		2	Ben Hunt	Subaru WRX STI	2:44:45.2
		3	David Holder	Holden Barina AP4	2:45:09.3
3	Subaru Rally Tasmania (21–23 June)[3][4]	1	Harry Bates	Toyota Yaris AP4	2:09:42.9	17	222.10 km	29	7
		2	Molly Taylor	Subaru WRX STI	2:12:30.6
		3	Lewis Bates	Toyota Yaris AP4	2:13:15.3
4	Pedders Eureka Rush (24–25 August)[5][6]	1	Harry Bates	Toyota Yaris AP4	1:11:32.1	10	120.36 km	37	26
		2	Lewis Bates	Toyota Yaris AP4	1:14:23.7
		3	Arron Windus	Subaru Impreza	1:15:12.6

Asia Cup

The 2019 APRC Asia Cup was as follows:

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers				Statistics
		Rank	Driver	Car	Time	Stages	Length	Starters	Finishers
1	Montre (6–9 June)[7]	1	Shigeyuki Konishi	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	1:21:15.8	18	102.02 km	9	7
		2	Suguru Kawana	Citroën DS3 R3T	1:23:25.5
		3	Atsushi Masumura	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	1:23:47.5
2	Rally of Indonesia (26–28 July)[8]	1	H. Rihan Variza	Mazda 2 AP4	2:06:39.0	10	169.53 km	61
		2	Priamanaya Djan	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	2:19:38.2
		3	Aldrian Suwardi	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	4:19:45.2
3	Rally Hokkaido (14–16 September)[9]	1	Mike Young	Toyota C-HR	2:04:11.2	16	202.36 km	20	16
		2	Atsushi Masumura	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	2:11:29.4
		3	Eiichi Iwashita	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	2:12:05.8
4	China Rally Longyou (26-27 October)[10]	1	Dewei Lin	Subaru XV	2:14:44.0	13	220.82 km
		2	Andrew Hawkeswood	Mazda 2	2:20:29.5
		3	Suguru Kawana	Citroën DS3 R3T	2:21:02.5

Championship standings

Pacific Cup

The 2019 APRC Pacific Cup for Drivers points was as follows:^[11]

Pos. Driver Vehicle OTA WHA TAS EUR Total 1 Hayden Paddon Hyundai i20 R5 1 14 1 14 3 7 100 2 Harry Bates Toyota Yaris AP4 1 14 1 13 77 3 Lewis Bates Toyota Yaris AP4 3 11 2 11 55 Andrew Hawkeswood Mazda 2 AP4 2 12 3 10 55 5 Molly Taylor Subaru WRX STI 2 11 4 4 45 6 Jack Hawkeswood Mazda 2 AP4 3 10 5 7 42 7 David Holder Holden Barina AP4 Ret 2 12 30 8 Marcus Walkem Hyundai i20 R5 4 8 9 20 9 Michael Young Toyota Yaris AP4 4 7 19 10 Suguru Kawana Toyota Vitz 6 4 12

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)

Asia Cup

The 2019 APRC Asia Cup for Drivers points was as follows:^[11]

Pos. Driver Vehicle MON IND HOK LON Total 1 Michael Young Toyota Yaris AP4 Toyota C-HR 4 11 1 14 3 7 87 2 Suguru Kawana Citroën DS3 R3T 1 13 2 10 66 3 Atsushi Masumura Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 2 11 2 12 59 4 Dewei Lin Subaru XV 8 3 1 13 45 5 H. Rihan Variza Mazda 2 AP4 1 13 38 6 Yuki Kohama Toyota GT86 Toyota Yaris AP4 4 9 6 4 Ret 33 7 Priamanaya Djan Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 2 11 29 8 Fuyuhiko Takahashi Subaru Impreza WRX STi 3 10 25 9 Mitsuhiro Aoki Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X Ret 4 8 30 10 Aldrian Suwardi Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 3 4 19 Fabio Frisiero Peugeot 208 AP4 4 7 19 12 Nao Otake Toyota Vitz III RS Ret 5 4 Ret 14 13 Tomohide Hasegawa Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 6 1 7

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)