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2018 Rallye Deutschland

2018 Rallye Deutschland (ADAC Rallye Deutschland), WRC round 9, 16–19 August 2018. Won by Ott Tänak/Martin Järveoja, Toyota Yaris WRC, by 39.2s over Neuville; 18 stages, ~330 km.

2018 Tour de France

2018 Tour de France, 105th edition (7-29 July, Noirmoutier to Paris), won by Geraint Thomas of Team Sky, the first Welsh champion, ahead of Tom Dumoulin and Chris Froome, on a route featuring Roubaix cobbles and Alpe d'Huez.

2018 World Rally Championship

2018 FIA World Rally Championship, 13-round rally series. Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia won a sixth consecutive drivers' title for M-Sport Ford; Toyota took the manufacturers' crown, with Rally Turkey returning after 2010.

2018–19 FIA World Endurance Championship

2018–19 FIA World Endurance Championship, the WEC "Super Season": 14-month, 8-round calendar with two Le Mans 24 Hours, 36 entries, Toyota TS050 Hybrid dominance, LMP1 title moved to teams.

2019 24 Hours of Le Mans

The 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans, the 87th running held 15–16 June, was won by the #8 Toyota TS050 Hybrid of Buemi, Alonso, and Nakajima.

2019 Australian Grand Prix

2019 Australian Grand Prix, Formula 1 season opener at Albert Park, Melbourne, 17 March 2019. Valtteri Bottas won from second on the grid ahead of Hamilton and Verstappen, giving Honda its first podium since 2008.

2019 Brazilian Grand Prix

2019 Brazilian Grand Prix (Grande Prêmio do Brasil), round 20 of the 2019 F1 season at Interlagos, São Paulo. Max Verstappen won; Gasly and Sainz took first podiums after Hamilton's penalty and a Ferrari collision.

2019 Dakar Rally

2019 Dakar Rally, 41st edition, held January 6–17, 2019 entirely in Peru, start and finish in Lima, first single-country Dakar. Winners: Al-Attiyah (cars), Price (bikes), Cavigliasso (quads), López (SxS), Nikolaev (trucks).

2019 FIA Formula 3 Championship

2019 FIA Formula 3 Championship: inaugural season of FIA F3, formed by merging GP3 and European F3. Ten teams, 30 cars, eight F1-support rounds; Robert Shwartzman (PREMA) won the drivers' title with 212 points.

2019 Formula 2 Championship

2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship, third edition of F1's feeder series. Nyck de Vries won the drivers' title (266 points), DAMS the teams' title; Anthoine Hubert died in the Spa crash on 31 August 2019.

2019 Formula One World Championship

2019 Formula One World Championship, 70th F1 season over 21 races; Lewis Hamilton won his sixth drivers' title with 413 points and Mercedes a record sixth consecutive double (739 points), amid the Ferrari engine settlement controversy.

2019 Indianapolis 500

103rd Indianapolis 500, May 26, 2019; also the 2019 Indy 500. Simon Pagenaud (Team Penske) won from pole at 229.992 mph, leading 116 laps and beating Alexander Rossi by 0.2086 seconds; Penske's 18th 500 win.

2019 IndyCar Series

2019 NTT IndyCar Series, 17-race American open-wheel season with new venues COTA and Laguna Seca; Josef Newgarden (641 points) won his second title over Pagenaud and Rossi, and the Aeroscreen was announced.

2019 Monaco Grand Prix

2019 Monaco Grand Prix, Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco, Round 6 of the 2019 F1 season, 26 May 2019. Lewis Hamilton led all 78 laps for Mercedes; Verstappen fell from second to fourth on a five-second unsafe-release penalty.

2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series

2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR's premier season under Monster Energy sponsorship; new 550 hp aero package, DQ inspection rule, Ford Mustang debut; Kyle Busch won his second title with five wins.

2019 Rally Mexico

2019 Rally Mexico (Rally Guanajuato México 2019), WRC round 3, March 7-10, León, Guanajuato. Won by Sébastien Ogier (Citroën C3 WRC), his fifth Mexico win, ahead of Tänak and Evans.

2019 Rallye Deutschland

2019 Rallye Deutschland (ADAC Rallye Deutschland), round 10 of the 2019 WRC, 22–25 August, tarmac; won by Ott Tänak, Toyota, his fifth 2019 win and third straight here.

2019 Tour de France

2019 Tour de France, 106th edition, 6–28 July 2019, Brussels to Paris. Egan Bernal (Team Ineos) became the first Colombian winner, beating teammate Geraint Thomas by 1:11 after a storm-shortened stage 19.

2019 World Rally Championship

2019 World Rally Championship season: Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja won their first drivers' title in the Toyota Yaris WRC with 263 points and six wins, while Hyundai took its first manufacturers' crown, 380 to Toyota's 362, over a 14-event calendar cut to 13 by Rally Australia's bushfire cancellation.

2020 Bahrain Grand Prix

2020 Bahrain Grand Prix (Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix 2020), F1 round at Sakhir, 29 November 2020. Lewis Hamilton won from pole; Romain Grosjean survived a fiery 53G first-lap crash with minor burns.

2020 British Grand Prix

The 2020 British Grand Prix, a Formula One race at Silverstone on 2 August 2020, was won by Lewis Hamilton despite a final-lap front-left tyre failure; Bottas and Sainz also punctured, and Pirelli blamed long hard-tyre stints.

2020 Dakar Rally

The 2020 Dakar Rally, the 42nd edition and first held in Saudi Arabia, ran January 5-17, 2020 from Jeddah to Qiddiya over 12 stages; Ricky Brabec (bikes) and Carlos Sainz (cars) won, with two rider fatalities and a record 69.3% finish rate.

2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship

2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship: second season of the F3 feeder series. COVID-19 moved the start from Bahrain (March) to the Red Bull Ring (July 3-5); Oscar Piastri won the title, Pourchaire was runner-up, PREMA took the teams' crown.

2020 Formula 2 Championship

2020 FIA Formula 2 Championship, fourth F2 season, COVID-delayed July start, 12 rounds alongside F1. Mick Schumacher (PREMA) won with 215 points, beating Callum Ilott by 14 at the Bahrain finale; PREMA took the teams' title.

2020 Formula One World Championship

The 2020 Formula One World Championship was the 74th F1 season, contested over 17 Grands Prix after COVID-19 delayed the calendar, with Lewis Hamilton winning his record-equaling seventh title.

2020 IndyCar Series

The 2020 IndyCar Series (NTT INDYCAR SERIES) ran 14 races from June 6 to October 25 after COVID-19 cut the original 17-race calendar; the Aeroscreen debuted and the Indianapolis 500 ran without fans.

2020 Italian Grand Prix

2020 Italian Grand Prix (Gran Premio d'Italia 2020), Formula One race at Monza, 6 September 2020. Pierre Gasly won from 10th for AlphaTauri, 0.415s over Sainz, Stroll third; Hamilton penalized.

2020 MotoGP World Championship

2020 MotoGP World Championship: COVID-shortened 14-race season from 19 July at Jerez, won by Joan Mir (Suzuki, 171 points), Suzuki's first title since 2000; Ducati took the constructors' crown.

2020 NASCAR Cup Series

2020 NASCAR Cup Series season: 36 races, suspended March 13 for COVID-19, restarted May 17 at Darlington as the first major US sport to return; Chase Elliott won the title at Phoenix, Harvick took nine wins.

2020 Rally Italia Sardegna

2020 Rally Italia Sardegna, sixth round of the 2020 World Rally Championship, held 8-11 October in Sardinia; Dani Sordo won for Hyundai by 5.1 seconds over Thierry Neuville, with Sébastien Ogier third.