2019 Rally Turkey

Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja led the both drivers' and co-drivers' championships with a thirty-three-point ahead of Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul. Defending world champions Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia were third, a further seven points behind. In the World Rally Championship for Manufacturers, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT held an eight-point lead over Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT.[7]

In the World Rally Championship-2 Pro standings, Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen were forty-one points ahead of Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen in the drivers' and co-drivers' standings respectively. Gus Greensmith and Elliott Edmondson were third, another twenty-five points further back. In the manufacturers' championship, Škoda Motorsport led M-Sport Ford WRT by twenty-nine points, with Citroën Total eighty-five points behind in third.[8]

In the World Rally Championship-2 standings, Nikolay Gryazin and Yaroslav Fedorov led the drivers' and co-drivers' standings by four points respectively. Benito Guerra and Jaime Zapata were second, while Pierre-Louis Loubet and Vincent Landais were third, six points separating them.[8]

The following crews entered into the rally. The event opened to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2, WRC-2 Pro and privateer entries not registered to score points in any championship. A total of thirty-one entries were received, with ten crews entered with World Rally Cars and sixteen entered the World Rally Championship-2. Three crews were nominated to score points in the Pro class.

No.	Driver	Co-Driver	Entrant	Car	Tyre
World Rally Car entries
1	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Citroën Total WRT	Citroën C3 WRC	M
3	Teemu Suninen	Jarmo Lehtinen	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta WRC	M
4	Esapekka Lappi	Janne Ferm	Citroën Total WRT	Citroën C3 WRC	M
5	Kris Meeke	Sebastian Marshall	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota Yaris WRC	M
6	Dani Sordo	Carlos del Barrio	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	M
7	Pontus Tidemand	Ola Fløene	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta WRC	M
8	Ott Tänak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota Yaris WRC	M
10	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota Yaris WRC	M
11	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	M
89	Andreas Mikkelsen	Anders Jæger-Amland	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	M
World Rally Championship-2 Pro entries
21	Kalle Rovanperä	Jonne Halttunen	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia R5 Evo	M
22	Gus Greensmith	Elliott Edmondson	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II	M
23	Jan Kopecký	Pavel Dresler	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia R5 Evo	M
World Rally Championship-2 entries
41	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Maciej Szczepaniak	Kajetan Kajetanowicz[lower-alpha 1]	Škoda Fabia R5	P
42	Fabio Andolfi	Simone Scattolin	Fabio Andolfi[lower-alpha 2]	Škoda Fabia R5	P
43	Henning Solberg	Ilka Minor	Henning Solberg[lower-alpha 3]	Škoda Fabia R5	M
44	Marco Bulacia Wilkinson	Fabian Cretu	Marco Bulacia Wilkinson[lower-alpha 4]	Škoda Fabia R5	M
45	Paulo Nobre	Gabriel Morales	Paulo Nobre[lower-alpha 5]	Škoda Fabia R5	P
46	"Pedro"[lower-alpha 6]	Emanuele Baldaccini	"Pedro"[lower-alpha 7]	Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II	P
47	Diogo Salvi	Hugo Magalhães	Diogo Salvi	Škoda Fabia R5	M
48	Burak Cukurova	Vedat Bostanci	Burak Cukurova	Škoda Fabia R5	P
49	Murat Bostanci	Onur Vatansever	Murat Bostanci	Ford Fiesta R5	P
50	Deniz Fahri	Bahadir Gücenmez	Deniz Fahri	Škoda Fabia R5	P
51	Gaurav Gill	Glenn Macneall	Gaurav Gill	Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II	M
52	Bugra Banaz	Burak Erdener	Bugra Banaz	Ford Fiesta R5	P
53	Bora Manyera	Cem Cerkez	Bora Manyera	Škoda Fabia R5	P
Source:[9]

Two brand new stages were introduced into the route, while the twisty Çiçekli stage has moved from Friday to Sunday and runs in opposite direction.[1]

All dates and times are TRT (UTC+3).

The M-Sport Ford WRT crew of Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin had been due to return, having missed the Rallies of Finland and Germany when Evans injured himself in a pre-event testing accident while preparing for Rally Finland. However, Evans' recovery necessitated further delays, with Wales Rally GB earmarked for their return.[11]

Several drivers suffered punctures, including three Toyota drivers and Dani Sordo. Esapekka Lappi led into the second leg, following by champion teammate Sébastien Ogier. Thierry Neuville was in the eighth spot after the morning loop, but a masterful drive in the afternoon loop promoted the Belgian to third.[12]

Saturday was full of dramas. At the opening stage of the leg, championship contender Neuville went off the road and lost approximately four minutes, which dropped him down to ninth.[13] Moments later, championship leader Ott Tänak was out as well. His Yaris broke down at the road section and was unable to move further, which means his day was over.[14] Following Ogier's major rivals in troubles, the defending world champion put himself on the top of the leaderboard as of Friday, just 0.2 second ahead of teammate Lappi.[15] Eventually, they both safely completed the rally to bring Citroën their first 1-2 finish since 2015 Rally Argentina.[5]

Jan Kopecký survived a day of "rockstorm" after two punctures, while his teammate Kalle Rovanperä retired form the day as he rolled his Fabia in the morning's opening test.[16] However, Kopecký suffered yet another puncture, which lost his lead to Gus Greensmith.[17] However, Greensmith rolled his Fiesta R5 after the flying finish at the second to last stage. He was able to complete the final test to take his second Pro victory.[6]

Results in bold denote first in the RC2 class, the class which both the WRC-2 Pro and WRC-2 championships run to.

Local driver Bugra Banaz's rally was over as his Fiesta R5 burnt out on the liaison section to the final stage.[16] Kajetan Kajetanowicz held a three-minute lead after Saturday after two drama-free days.[17] However, he broke a driveshaft on Sunday, but managed to bring his wounded Fabia home to take his first victory of season in the category.[6]

Results in bold denote first in the RC2 class, the class which both the WRC-2 Pro and WRC-2 championships run to.