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 Ref
6–17 January 41st Dakar Rally [1]
19–20 January 30th Race of Champions [2]
26–27 January 57th 24 Hours of Daytona [3]
17 February 61st Daytona 500 [4]
16 March 67th 12 Hours of Sebring [5]
16 March 78th Daytona 200 [6]
29 April–4 May 28th Tour Auto [7]
22–23 April 42nd 24 Hours of Le Mans Moto [8]
6–11 May 103th Scottish Six Days Trial [9]
26 May 77th Monaco Grand Prix [10]
103rd Indianapolis 500 [11]
25 May–7 June 101st Isle of Man TT [12]
15–16 June 87th 24 Hours of Le Mans [13]
20–23 June 47th 24 Hours of Nürburgring [14]
30 June 97th Pikes Peak International Hill Climb [15]
6–7 July 27th Goodwood Festival of Speed [16]
12 July 112th APBA Gold Cup [17]
28 July 42nd Suzuka 8 Hours [18]
27–28 July 71st 24 Hours of Spa [19]
10–11 August 46th Rolex Motorsport Reunion [20]
26 August 59th Cowes-Torquay-Cowes [21]
11–15 September 53rd National Championship Air Races [22]
14–15 September 22nd Goodwood Revival [16]
18, 21 September 18th IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championship [23][24]
21–22 September 83rd Bol d'Or [25]
28–29 September 74th Motocross des Nations [26]
13 October 62nd Bathurst 1000 [27]
1–2 November 23rd IFMAR 1:8 IC Track World Championship [28]
1–3 November 1st FIA Motorsport Games [29]
17 November 66th Macau Grand Prix [30]
11-16 November 94th International Six Days Enduro [31]
22–24 November 52nd Baja 1000 [32]
22 December 34th Boat Race Grand Prix [33]
31 December 34th Super Star Championship [34]

Established championships/events

First race Championship Ref
20 January TCR Malaysia Touring Car Championship [35][36]
13 April Formula Regional European Championship [37]
27 April ADAC GT4 Germany [38]
11 May FIA Formula 3 Championship [39]
18 May TCR Australia Touring Car Series [40]

Deaths

Date Month Name Age Nationality Occupation Note Ref
24 January Karl "Charly" Lamm 63 German Team manager Owner of Schnitzer Motorsport [41]
5 February Robert Hubbard 75 American Inventor Co-inventor of HANS device [42][43]
14 March Charlie Whiting 66 British F1 director Race Director, Safety Delegate, and Permanent Starter [44][45][46]
3 April Brian "Dirtinator" Kinwald 45 American R/C car racer Double IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Champion (1993, 1997) [47]
24 Hubert Hahne 84 German F1 driver [48]
20 May Niki Lauda 70 Austrian F1 driver Triple Formula One World Champion (1975, 1977, 1984) [49][50]
5 June Robin Herd 80 British Co-founder of March Engineering [51]
14 Rod Hall 81 American Off-road racer [52]
30 Carlin Dunne 36 American Motorcyclist 4 times Pikes Peak motorcycle winner [53][54]
31 July Jean-Luc Thérier 73 French Rally driver 5 time WRC winner [55]
4 August Jean-Paul Driot 68 French Team owner Owner of DAMS [56]
27 Jessi Combs 39 American [57]
31 Anthoine Hubert 22 French Racing driver 2018 GP3 Series Champion [58]
15 October Andrew Cowan 82 British Rally driver founder/senior director of Mitsubishi Ralliart Europe [59]
17 November Tuka Rocha 36 Brazilian Racing driver Stock Car Brasil driver [60]
20 December Robert "Junior" Johnson 88 American Racing driver and team owner 6 time NASCAR championship team owner [61]

See also

References

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