2019 Codasur South American Rally Championship

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:[1]

Round Rally name Podium finishers Statistics
Rank Driver Car Time Stages Length Starters Finishers
1 Argentina Rally de la Tierra Colorada
(1–3 March)[2]		 1 Paraguay Diego Dominguez Hyundai i20 R5 1:31:41.3 11 172.11 km 25 18
2 Paraguay Luis Maldonado Škoda Fabia R5 1:32:19.4
3 Paraguay Augusto Bestard Ford Fiesta R5 1:32:44.1
2 Paraguay Petrobras Rally Trans Itapúa
(5–7 April)[3]		 1 Paraguay Diego Dominguez Hyundai i20 R5 1:41:27.6 13 176.94 km 66 30
2 Paraguay Alejandro Galanti Toyota Etios R5 1:41:36.0
3 Paraguay Augusto Bestard Ford Fiesta R5 1:43:20.3
3 Brazil Rally Internacional de Erechim
(30 May–2 June)[4]		 1 Paraguay Gustavo Saba Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 1:37:35.6 12 156.92 km 57 32
2 Paraguay Diego Dominguez Hyundai i20 R5 1:37:52.9
3 Paraguay Alejandro Galanti Toyota Etios R5 1:38:23.2
4 Bolivia Rally Santa Cruz de la Sierra
(23–25 August)[5]		 1 Bolivia Marco Bulacia Wilkinson Škoda Fabia R5 1:27:13.5 17 165.52 km 48 29
2 Paraguay Gustavo Saba Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 1:29:03.6
3 Paraguay Alejandro Galanti Toyota Etios R5 1:29:53.8
5 Uruguay Rally del Atlántico
(29 November–1 December)[6]		 1 Paraguay Alejandro Galanti Toyota Etios R5 1:47:28.5 10 193.50 km 46 19
2 Paraguay Diego Dominguez Hyundai i20 R5 1:49:55.6
3 Paraguay Gustavo Saba Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 1:50:10.1

Championship standings

The 2019 Codasur South American Rally Championship points were as follows:[7]

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 Argentina
COL		 Paraguay
RTI		 Brazil
ERE		 Bolivia
SCS		 Uruguay
ATL		 Total
L1 L2 Ov. L1 L2 Ov L1 L2 Ov L1 L2 Ov L1 L2 Ov
1 Paraguay Alejandro Galanti Toyota Etios R5 8 1 6 1 4 2 3 3 3 3 2 3 1 2 1 187
2 Paraguay Diego Domínguez Hyundai i20 R5 2 6 1 2 3 1 2 2 2 7 3 5 2 3 2 186
3 Paraguay Gustavo Saba Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 1 Ret Ret Ret 1 Ret 1 1 1 2 5 2 3 1 3 156
4 Argentina 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 Bolivia Roberto Saba Škoda Fabia R5 5 3 4 5 6 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 89
6 Bolivia Marco Bulacia Wilkinson Škoda Fabia R5 1 1 1 49
7 Paraguay Luis Maldonado Jr. Škoda Fabia R5 3 4 2 Ret 2 Ret 40
8 Argentina Augusto D'Agostini Volkswagen Gol Trend MR 7 7 7  ?  ? 9 6 6 6 30
9 Bolivia Mariano Aguilera Škoda Fabia R5 6 2 5 4  ? 11 Ret DNS Ret 29
Bolivia Eduardo Peredo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X  ?  ? 10 7 7 7 9 8 8 29
11 Brazil Andre Alegretti Fiat Palio
Honda Civic EK4		 19 15 17  ?  ? Ret 26 26 20 Ret DNS Ret 20 16 13 24
12 Paraguay Juan Martin Masi Ford Fiesta R5 10 8 8 7  ? 5 19
13 Bolivia Carlo Garcia D'Rric Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 9 Ret Ret  ?  ? Ret 8 11 9 11 12 10 15
14 Paraguay Miguel Zaldivar Jr Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 6  ? 6 12
15 Paraguay Jorge Raul Garcia Škoda Fabia R5 8 7 7 12
16 Paraguay Diego Dominguez Jr Peugeot 208 R2 10 11 10  ?  ? 13 12 9 10 19 16 16 8
17 Paraguay Fabrizio Galanti Toyota Etios  ?  ? 28 Ret DNS Ret Ret 11 Ret 7.5
Uruguay Rodrigo Zeballos Peugeot 208 MR 5 Ret Ret 7.5
19 Paraguay Pedro Fadul Škoda Fabia R5  ? 8 8 6
Chile Alberto Heller Ford Fiesta R2 9 Ret Ret 6
Brazil Juliano Sartori Volkswagen Polo MRT 10 8 8 6
Uruguay Martin Tellagori Ford Ka Ret 15 Ret 6
23 Bolivia Rodrigo Gutierrez Fleig Škoda Fabia R5 Ret DNS Ret 2
Bolivia Jacob Penner Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 12 10 9 2
25 Paraguay 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.
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