The 2019 World ✤Rally Championship calendar has been officially revealed with the all-new Rally Chile event joining the 14-round campaign following the FIA World Motor Sport Council meeting in ༺Paris.

All 13 rounds from the 2018 cale🍒ndar have been retained, includi🅰ng the questioned Corsica event, while a third South American round in Chile has been added.

The gravel Chilean eve🐼nt will act as the second part of a double-header following Rally Argentina and marks the longest WRC calendar since 2008.

The 2019 WRC calendar starts ꧑at its traditional season-opener Rally Monte Carlo on theဣ last weekend of January before heading to Sweden three weeks later.

Rallies in Germany, Great Britain, Spain and Aus🐠tralia remain subject to date confirmation.

Full 2019 World Rally Championship calendar:

27 January Rally Monte Carlo

17 February Rally Sweden

10 March Rally Mexico

31 March Rally France

28 April Rally Argentina

12 May Rally Chile

2 June Rally Portugal

16 June Rally Italy

4 August Rally Finland

25 August Rally Germany*

15 September Rally Turkey

6 October Rally Great Britain*

27 October Rally Spain*

17 November Rally Australia*

*Date subject to confirmation

2019 change♑s see premier class drivers allowed to pick permanent numbers apart from the exception of #1 which is reserved for the reigning WRC champion.

The number of permit🗹ted test days has also been cut from 55 to 42 for WRC manufacturer teams with the total distance of special stages reduced from a maximum of 500km to a maximum of 350km as a cost-saving method.