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

## Championship standings

The 2019 Codasur South American Rally Championship points were as follows:
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 | COL | COL | COL | RTI | RTI | RTI | ERE | ERE | ERE | SCS | SCS | SCS | ATL | ATL | ATL | Total |
| Pos. | Driver | Vehicle | L1 | L2 | Ov. | L1 | L2 | Ov | L1 | L2 | Ov | L1 | L2 | Ov | L1 | L2 | Ov | Total |
| 1 | Alejandro Galanti | Toyota Etios R5 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 187 |
| 2 | Diego Domínguez | Hyundai i20 R5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 186 |
| 3 | Gustavo Saba | Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 | 1 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 1 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 156 |
| 4 | 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 | Roberto Saba | Škoda Fabia R5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | | | | 89 |
| 6 | Marco Bulacia Wilkinson | Škoda Fabia R5 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | 49 |
| 7 | Luis Maldonado Jr. | Škoda Fabia R5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | Ret | 2 | Ret | | | | | | | | | | 40 |
| 8 | Augusto D'Agostini | Volkswagen Gol Trend MR | 7 | 7 | 7 | ? | ? | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 30 |
| 9 | Mariano Aguilera | Škoda Fabia R5 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 4 | ? | 11 | | | | Ret | DNS | Ret | | | | 29 |
| 9 | Eduardo Peredo | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | | | | ? | ? | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | | | | 29 |
| 11 | Andre Alegretti | Fiat Palio Honda Civic EK4 | 19 | 15 | 17 | ? | ? | Ret | 26 | 26 | 20 | Ret | DNS | Ret | 20 | 16 | 13 | 24 |
| 12 | Juan Martin Masi | Ford Fiesta R5 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | ? | 5 | | | | | | | | | | 19 |
| 13 | Carlo Garcia D'Rric | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | 9 | Ret | Ret | ? | ? | Ret | 8 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 10 | | | | 15 |
| 14 | Miguel Zaldivar Jr | Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 | | | | 6 | ? | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 12 |
| 15 | Jorge Raul Garcia | Škoda Fabia R5 | | | | 8 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | 12 |
| 16 | Diego Dominguez Jr | Peugeot 208 R2 | 10 | 11 | 10 | ? | ? | 13 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 16 | 16 | | | | 8 |
| 17 | Fabrizio Galanti | Toyota Etios | | | | ? | ? | 28 | Ret | DNS | Ret | | | | Ret | 11 | Ret | 7.5 |
| 17 | Rodrigo Zeballos | Peugeot 208 MR | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Ret | Ret | 7.5 |
| 19 | Pedro Fadul | Škoda Fabia R5 | | | | ? | 8 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | 6 |
| 19 | Alberto Heller | Ford Fiesta R2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | Ret | Ret | 6 |
| 19 | Juliano Sartori | Volkswagen Polo MRT | | | | | | | 10 | 8 | 8 | | | | | | | 6 |
| 19 | Martin Tellagori | Ford Ka | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 15 | Ret | 6 |
| 23 | Rodrigo Gutierrez Fleig | Škoda Fabia R5 | | | | | | | | | | Ret | DNS | Ret | | | | 2 |
| 23 | Jacob Penner | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | 12 | 10 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| 25 | 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 |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Did not finish (Ret) |
| Black | Excluded (EX) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Withdrew entry from the event (WD) |