2019 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship
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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.
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 | ||||||||
