2019 in motorsport

The following is an overview of the events of 2019 in motorsport, including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.

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Annual events

The calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles.

Date	Event	Ref
6–17 January	41st Dakar Rally	[1]
19–20 January	30th Race of Champions	[2]
26–27 January	57th 24 Hours of Daytona	[3]
17 February	61st Daytona 500	[4]
16 March	67th 12 Hours of Sebring	[5]
16 March	78th Daytona 200	[6]
29 April–4 May	28th Tour Auto	[7]
22–23 April	42nd 24 Hours of Le Mans Moto	[8]
6–11 May	103th Scottish Six Days Trial	[9]
26 May	77th Monaco Grand Prix	[10]
	103rd Indianapolis 500	[11]
25 May–7 June	101st Isle of Man TT	[12]
15–16 June	87th 24 Hours of Le Mans	[13]
20–23 June	47th 24 Hours of Nürburgring	[14]
30 June	97th Pikes Peak International Hill Climb	[15]
6–7 July	27th Goodwood Festival of Speed	[16]
12 July	112th APBA Gold Cup	[17]
28 July	42nd Suzuka 8 Hours	[18]
27–28 July	71st 24 Hours of Spa	[19]
10–11 August	46th Rolex Motorsport Reunion	[20]
26 August	59th Cowes-Torquay-Cowes	[21]
11–15 September	53rd National Championship Air Races	[22]
14–15 September	22nd Goodwood Revival	[16]
18, 21 September	18th IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championship	[23][24]
21–22 September	83rd Bol d'Or	[25]
28–29 September	74th Motocross des Nations	[26]
13 October	62nd Bathurst 1000	[27]
1–2 November	23rd IFMAR 1:8 IC Track World Championship	[28]
1–3 November	1st FIA Motorsport Games	[29]
17 November	66th Macau Grand Prix	[30]
11-16 November	94th International Six Days Enduro	[31]
22–24 November	52nd Baja 1000	[32]
22 December	34th Boat Race Grand Prix [ja]	[33]
31 December	34th Super Star Championship [ja]	[34]

Established championships/events

First race	Championship	Ref
20 January	TCR Malaysia Touring Car Championship	[35][36]
13 April	Formula Regional European Championship	[37]
27 April	ADAC GT4 Germany	[38]
11 May	FIA Formula 3 Championship	[39]
18 May	TCR Australia Touring Car Series	[40]

Deaths

Date	Month	Name	Age	Nationality	Occupation	Note	Ref
24	January	Karl "Charly" Lamm	63	German	Team manager	Owner of Schnitzer Motorsport	[41]
5	February	Robert Hubbard	75	American	Inventor	Co-inventor of HANS device	[42][43]
14	March	Charlie Whiting	66	British	F1 director	Race Director, Safety Delegate, and Permanent Starter	[44][45][46]
3	April	Brian "Dirtinator" Kinwald	45	American	R/C car racer	Double IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Champion (1993, 1997)	[47]
24		Hubert Hahne	84	German	F1 driver		[48]
20	May	Niki Lauda	70	Austrian	F1 driver	Triple Formula One World Champion (1975, 1977, 1984)	[49][50]
5	June	Robin Herd	80	British		Co-founder of March Engineering	[51]
14		Rod Hall	81	American	Off-road racer		[52]
30		Carlin Dunne	36	American	Motorcyclist	4 times Pikes Peak motorcycle winner	[53][54]
31	July	Jean-Luc Thérier	73	French	Rally driver	5 time WRC winner	[55]
4	August	Jean-Paul Driot	68	French	Team owner	Owner of DAMS	[56]
27		Jessi Combs	39	American			[57]
31		Anthoine Hubert	22	French	Racing driver	2018 GP3 Series Champion	[58]
15	October	Andrew Cowan	82	British	Rally driver	founder/senior director of Mitsubishi Ralliart Europe	[59]
17	November	Tuka Rocha	36	Brazilian	Racing driver	Stock Car Brasil driver	[60]
20	December	Robert "Junior" Johnson	88	American	Racing driver and team owner	6 time NASCAR championship team owner	[61]

See also

• List of 2019 motorsport champions