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
Previous: 2018 Next: 2020

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)

References
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