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.

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 New Zealand Rally of Otago
(12–14 April)[1] 		1 New Zealand Hayden Paddon Hyundai i20 AP4 2:25:54.3 15 272.53 km 127 75
2 New Zealand Ben Hunt Subaru WRX STI 2:33:11.2
3 New Zealand Dylan Turner Audi S1 AP4 2:34:19.3
2 New Zealand ENEOS International Rally of Whangarei
(3–5 May)[2] 		1 New Zealand Hayden Paddon Hyundai i20 AP4 2:39:48.5 18 264.30 km 68 29
2 New Zealand Ben Hunt Subaru WRX STI 2:44:45.2
3 New Zealand David Holder Holden Barina AP4 2:45:09.3
3 Australia Subaru Rally Tasmania
(21–23 June)[3][4] 		1 Australia Harry Bates Toyota Yaris AP4 2:09:42.9 17 222.10 km 29 7
2 Australia Molly Taylor Subaru WRX STI 2:12:30.6
3 Australia Lewis Bates Toyota Yaris AP4 2:13:15.3
4 Australia Pedders Eureka Rush
(24–25 August)[5][6] 		1 Australia Harry Bates Toyota Yaris AP4 1:11:32.1 10 120.36 km 37 26
2 Australia Lewis Bates Toyota Yaris AP4 1:14:23.7
3 Australia 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 Japan Montre
(6–9 June)[7] 		1 Japan Shigeyuki Konishi Subaru Impreza WRX STi 1:21:15.8 18 102.02 km 9 7
2 Japan Suguru Kawana Citroën DS3 R3T 1:23:25.5
3 Japan Atsushi Masumura Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 1:23:47.5
2 Indonesia Rally of Indonesia
(26–28 July)[8] 		1 Indonesia H. Rihan Variza Mazda 2 AP4 2:06:39.0 10 169.53 km 61
2 Indonesia Priamanaya Djan Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 2:19:38.2
3 Indonesia Aldrian Suwardi Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 4:19:45.2
3 Japan Rally Hokkaido
(14–16 September)[9] 		1 New Zealand Mike Young Toyota C-HR 2:04:11.2 16 202.36 km 20 16
2 Japan Atsushi Masumura Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 2:11:29.4
3 Japan Eiichi Iwashita Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 2:12:05.8
4 China China Rally Longyou
(26-27 October)[10] 		1 Taiwan Dewei Lin Subaru XV 2:14:44.0 13 220.82 km
2 New Zealand Andrew Hawkeswood Mazda 2 2:20:29.5
3 Japan 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 New Zealand
OTA 		New Zealand
WHA 		Australia
TAS 		Australia
EUR 		Total
1 New Zealand Hayden Paddon Hyundai i20 R5 1 14 1 14 3 7 100
2 Australia Harry Bates Toyota Yaris AP4 1 14 1 13 77
3 Australia Lewis Bates Toyota Yaris AP4 3 11 2 11 55
New Zealand Andrew Hawkeswood Mazda 2 AP4 2 12 3 10 55
5 Australia Molly Taylor Subaru WRX STI 2 11 4 4 45
6 New Zealand Jack Hawkeswood Mazda 2 AP4 3 10 5 7 42
7 New Zealand David Holder Holden Barina AP4 Ret 2 12 30
8 Australia Marcus Walkem Hyundai i20 R5 4 8 9 20
9 New Zealand Michael Young Toyota Yaris AP4 4 7 19
10 Japan 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 Japan
MON 		Indonesia
IND 		Japan
HOK 		China
LON 		Total
1 New Zealand Michael Young Toyota Yaris AP4
Toyota C-HR 		4 11 1 14 3 7 87
2 Japan Suguru Kawana Citroën DS3 R3T 1 13 2 10 66
3 Japan Atsushi Masumura Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 2 11 2 12 59
4 Taiwan Dewei Lin Subaru XV 8 3 1 13 45
5 Indonesia H. Rihan Variza Mazda 2 AP4 1 13 38
6 Japan Yuki Kohama Toyota GT86
Toyota Yaris AP4 		4 9 6 4 Ret 33
7 Indonesia Priamanaya Djan Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 2 11 29
8 Japan Fuyuhiko Takahashi Subaru Impreza WRX STi 3 10 25
9 Japan Mitsuhiro Aoki Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X Ret 4 8 30
10 Indonesia Aldrian Suwardi Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 3 4 19
Italy Fabio Frisiero Peugeot 208 AP4 4 7 19
12 Japan Nao Otake Toyota Vitz III RS Ret 5 4 Ret 14
13 Japan 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)

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