The championship was open to drivers under the age of thirty with no such restriction for co-drivers. Crews competed in identical one-litre Ford Fiesta R2s built and maintained by M-Sport. The championship was contested over five selected WRC rounds with the winning crew awarded a new Ford Fiesta R5 car, tyre package, free fuel and a registration to compete in the 2020 WRC3 Championship.[a]
Jan Solans and Mauro Barreiro won the drivers' and co-drivers' championships, beating Tom Kristensson and Henrik Appelskog by eighteen points. In the Trophy of Nations, Sweden beat Spain by six point to become the inaugural winners.
The 2019 calendar was heavily revised from the 2018 schedule. The championship dropped from six rounds to five.[2] The Rallies of Portugal and Turkey were removed from the calendar, while events in Italy and Wales were added in their place.
All teams competed with an identical car built by M-Sport. The team announced that a new model of Ford Fiesta was introduced for 2019, one that was still built to R2 specifications, but featured a new engine and drivetrain. The new engine package was capable of producing 149 kW (199.8 bhp) of power, up from the 127 kW (170.3 bhp) produced by the engine used in 2018.[10]
Crews were no longer eligible to score points in WRC3 as the series was discontinued in 2019.[11]
Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers. An additional point is given for every stage win. The best 4 classification results count towards the drivers’ and co-drivers’ totals, but stage points from all 5 rounds can be retained. Classification points for the last event are doubled for the drivers’ and co-drivers’ championship, but only if they have started at least 3 of the previous Junior WRC rounds. [12] For the FIA Junior WRC Trophy of Nations, only the highest-placed driver from each event received points for their nation. [13]
^The prize was originally presented as registration to compete in the 2020 WRC2 Championship; however, the FIA restructured the support categories in October 2019 and the WRC2 for privateers became known as WRC3 for 2020.[1]