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Rally Chile 2019 counts for:
2019 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2019 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2019 FIA World Rally Championship 2 Pro (for Teams and Drivers)
2019 FIA World Rally Championship 2 (for Teams and Drivers)
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| 589th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 6 of 14 |
| Official name: | Copec Rally Chile |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Date: | from Friday 10-May-2019 to Sunday 12-May-2019 |
| Rally HQ: | Conception, Bio Bio Region; Chile |
| Clerk of the Course: | Kurt Horta |
| Surface: | Gravel |
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| Entries: | 63 | |
| Starters: | 55 | |
| Finishers: | 35 | (63.6% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 16 | |
| Shortest: | 2.20 | km | (SS6 Concepcion - Bicentenario) |
| Longest: | 30.72 | km | (SS4 El Puma 2) |
| Slowest: | 62.41 | km/h | (SS6 Concepcion - Bicentenario) |
| Fastest: | 112.58 | km/h | (SS15 San Nicolas) |
| Planned stage distance: | 304.81 | km | (24.5% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 304.81 | km | (24.5% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 940.87 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,245.68 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 8th win and 21st podium for Ott Tanak. |
| Second place was 76th podium for Sebastien Ogier. |
| Third place was 118th podium for Sebastien Loeb. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 52nd win and 167th podium for Toyota. |
| | Second place was 252nd podium for Citroen. |
| | Third place was 49th podium for Hyundai. |
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Tanak took lead in second stage, then cemented it with two great stage times and after that relaxed, just maintaining his lead until the finish. Team mates Meeke rolled and Latvala retired with broken driveshaft, bringing in only remnant points.
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Similar story with Citroen where team leader Ogier held second place for whole rally barring first stage while Lappi struggled to cope with the conditions and finished just sixth overall.
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Hyundai had a little more eventful rally. Neuville was allowed to start SS2 before it was cleared by FIA inspector and thus received nominal time later on. He rolled violently on second day and left Loeb (pictured) to chase down Ogier and third place.
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M-Sport performed well, not spectacular but well and both drivers steadily held their positions until the end, benefiting from mistakes of Neuville, Meeke and Latvala and lack of pace by Lappi and Mikkelsen.
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Related links
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Rally Argentina 2019
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Portugal 2019
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