# 2019 in motorsport

The following is an overview of the events of 2019 in motorsport, including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.

## Annual events

The calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles.
| Date | Event |
| 6–17 January | 41st Dakar Rally |
| 19–20 January | 30th Race of Champions |
| 26–27 January | 57th 24 Hours of Daytona |
| 17 February | 61st Daytona 500 |
| 16 March | 67th 12 Hours of Sebring |
| 16 March | 78th Daytona 200 |
| 29 April–4 May | 28th Tour Auto |
| 22–23 April | 42nd 24 Hours of Le Mans Moto |
| 6–11 May | 103th Scottish Six Days Trial |
| 26 May | 77th Monaco Grand Prix |
| 26 May | 103rd Indianapolis 500 |
| 25 May–7 June | 101st Isle of Man TT |
| 15–16 June | 87th 24 Hours of Le Mans |
| 20–23 June | 47th 24 Hours of Nürburgring |
| 30 June | 97th Pikes Peak International Hill Climb |
| 6–7 July | 27th Goodwood Festival of Speed |
| 12 July | 112th APBA Gold Cup |
| 28 July | 42nd Suzuka 8 Hours |
| 27–28 July | 71st 24 Hours of Spa |
| 10–11 August | 46th Rolex Motorsport Reunion |
| 26 August | 59th Cowes-Torquay-Cowes |
| 11–15 September | 53rd National Championship Air Races |
| 14–15 September | 22nd Goodwood Revival |
| 18, 21 September | 18th IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championship |
| 21–22 September | 83rd Bol d'Or |
| 28–29 September | 74th Motocross des Nations |
| 13 October | 62nd Bathurst 1000 |
| 1–2 November | 23rd IFMAR 1:8 IC Track World Championship |
| 1–3 November | 1st FIA Motorsport Games |
| 17 November | 66th Macau Grand Prix |
| 11-16 November | 94th International Six Days Enduro |
| 22–24 November | 52nd Baja 1000 |
| 22 December | 34th Boat Race Grand Prix [ja] |
| 31 December | 34th Super Star Championship [ja] |

## Established championships/events

| First race | Championship |
| 20 January | TCR Malaysia Touring Car Championship |
| 13 April | Formula Regional European Championship |
| 27 April | ADAC GT4 Germany |
| 11 May | FIA Formula 3 Championship |
| 18 May | TCR Australia Touring Car Series |

## Deaths

| Date | Month | Name | Age | Nationality | Occupation | Note |
| 24 | January | Karl "Charly" Lamm | 63 | German | Team manager | Owner of Schnitzer Motorsport |
| 5 | February | Robert Hubbard | 75 | American | Inventor | Co-inventor of HANS device |
| 14 | March | Charlie Whiting | 66 | British | F1 director | Race Director, Safety Delegate, and Permanent Starter |
| 3 | April | Brian "Dirtinator" Kinwald | 45 | American | R/C car racer | Double IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Champion (1993, 1997) |
| 24 | April | Hubert Hahne | 84 | German | F1 driver | |
| 20 | May | Niki Lauda | 70 | Austrian | F1 driver | Triple Formula One World Champion (1975, 1977, 1984) |
| 5 | June | Robin Herd | 80 | British | | Co-founder of March Engineering |
| 14 | June | Rod Hall | 81 | American | Off-road racer | |
| 30 | June | Carlin Dunne | 36 | American | Motorcyclist | 4 times Pikes Peak motorcycle winner |
| 31 | July | Jean-Luc Thérier | 73 | French | Rally driver | 5 time WRC winner |
| 4 | August | Jean-Paul Driot | 68 | French | Team owner | Owner of DAMS |
| 27 | August | Jessi Combs | 39 | American | | |
| 31 | August | Anthoine Hubert | 22 | French | Racing driver | 2018 GP3 Series Champion |
| 15 | October | Andrew Cowan | 82 | British | Rally driver | founder/senior director of Mitsubishi Ralliart Europe |
| 17 | November | Tuka Rocha | 36 | Brazilian | Racing driver | Stock Car Brasil driver |
| 20 | December | Robert "Junior" Johnson | 88 | American | Racing driver and team owner | 6 time NASCAR championship team owner |