2019 Formula One World Championship, Entries, Driver changes
Charles Leclerc left Sauber after one year with the team, replacing Kimi Räikkönen at Ferrari. Räikkönen returned to Sauber, now renamed Alfa Romeo, with whom he had started his career in 2001. He was partnered with Antonio Giovinazzi, who made two starts for Sauber when he replaced the injured Pascal Wehrlein in 2017. Marcus Ericsson moved to race in the IndyCar Series in 2019 with Schmidt Peterson Motorsports but remained with Alfa Romeo as a third driver and brand ambassador.


2019 Formula One World Championship, Entries, Driver changes
Reigning Formula 2 champion George Russell joined Williams replacing Lance Stroll. Robert Kubica made his return to Formula 1, replacing Sergey Sirotkin at Williams. Sirotkin returned to Renault as a reserve driver. Kubica's return comes after an eight-year absence brought on by a near-fatal rally car crash in 2011 that left him with serious arm injuries.


2019 Formula One World Championship, Entries, Driver changes
Esteban Ocon left Racing Point Force India and joined Mercedes as a reserve driver. Ocon shared the role of simulator driver with Stoffel Vandoorne. Ocon was replaced at Racing Point by Lance Stroll, who left Williams.


2019 Formula One World Championship, Entries, Driver changes, Mid-season changes
In the build-up to the Belgian Grand Prix, Red Bull Racing announced that Pierre Gasly would be demoted to Toro Rosso and Alexander Albon would be promoted in his place so that his performance would be evaluated in view of the team's 2020 line-up. The decision to release Gasly was criticised as he had completed just twelve races with the team, while Albon and Toro Rosso team-mate Daniil Kvyat had both previously been released from contracts with the Red Bull Junior Team and Red Bull Racing respectively.


2019 Formula One World Championship, Calendar
The following twenty-one Grands Prix were run as part of the 2019 World Championship. Each race was run over a minimum number of laps that exceeds a total distance of 305 km (189.5 mi); the only exception to this is the Monaco Grand Prix, for which the distance is 260 km (161.6 mi).


2019 Formula One World Championship, Calendar, Calendar changes
The Mexican and United States Grands Prix swapped places on the calendar so that the United States round follows the Mexican Grand Prix.


2019 Formula One World Championship, Regulation changes
Race Director and Technical Delegate Charlie Whiting died unexpectedly days before the opening race of the season in Australia. Deputy Race Director Michael Masi was named as his successor for Race Director.


2019 Formula One World Championship, Regulation changes, Technical regulations
In a bid to improve overtaking, teams agreed to a series of aerodynamic changes that affect the profile of the front and rear wings. The front wing endplates were reshaped to alter the airflow across the car and reduce the effects of aerodynamic turbulence and winglets above the main plane of the front wing have been banned. The slot in the rear wing was widened, making the drag reduction system (DRS) more powerful.


2019 Formula One World Championship, Regulation changes, Technical regulations
The agreed-upon changes were drawn from the findings of a working group set up to investigate potential changes to the technical regulations in preparation for the 2021 championship. The front wing was made 200 mm (7.9 in) wider, 20 mm (0.79 in) higher, and moved 25 mm (0.98 in) further forward. The rear wing was made 100 mm (3.9 in) wider and 70 mm (2.8 in) higher, with a 20 mm (0.79 in) larger DRS opening.


2019 Formula One World Championship, Regulation changes, Technical regulations
Parts of the technical regulations governing bodywork were rewritten in a bid to promote sponsorship opportunities for teams. The agreed changes are to mandate smaller bargeboards and limit aerodynamic development of the rear wing endplates to create more space for sponsor logos. The changes were introduced as a response to falling revenues amid teams and the struggles of smaller teams to secure new sponsors.


2019 Formula One World Championship, Regulation changes, Technical regulations
The mandated maximum fuel levels were raised from 105 kg (231 lb) to 110 kg (240 lb) to minimise the need for drivers to conserve fuel during a race. Driver weights are no longer considered when measuring the minimum weight of the car. This change was agreed to following concerns that drivers were being forced to lose dangerous amounts of weight in order to offset the additional weight of the post-2014 turbo-hybrid engines.


2019 Formula One World Championship, Regulation changes, Technical regulations
Drivers who weigh less than 80 kg (180 lb) are required to make up this weight with a ballast, located around the seat to minimise possible performance gains. The changes were introduced to eliminate the advantage drivers with a naturally smaller body shape had over taller and heavier drivers and to discourage unhealthy diet and exercise regimes to improve performance.


2019 Formula One World Championship, Regulation changes, Sporting regulations
The regulations introduced a bonus point to the driver (and the constructor) that sets the fastest lap in a race. The point is only awarded if the driver is classified in the top ten at the end of the race. This makes 2019 the first time since 1959 that a bonus point gets awarded for setting the fastest lap.


2019 Formula One World Championship, Regulation changes, Driver safety
The FIA introduced a new standard for driver helmets with the intention of improving safety. Under the new standard, helmets will be subjected to a more thorough range of crash tests aimed at improving energy absorption and deflection as well as reducing the likelihood of objects penetrating the helmet's structure. All certified helmet manufacturers were required to pass the tests in advance of the 2019 championship to have their certification renewed. Once introduced to Formula One, the new standard will gradually be applied to all helmets used by competitors in every FIA-sanctioned event.


2019 Formula One World Championship, Regulation changes, Tyres
Tyre supplier Pirelli renamed its range of tyres following a request from the FIA and the sport's management. The governing body argued that the naming conventions used in 2018 were obtuse and difficult for casual spectators to understand. Under the new plan, names given to particular compounds, such as "hypersoft" and "ultrasoft", were replaced by referring during each race to the three compounds teams have available for that race as soft, medium and hard. This was intended to aid fans in understanding the tyre compounds used at each round.


2019 Formula One World Championship, Regulation changes, Tyres
The actual compounds for the season were referred to by number, from the firmest ("1") to the softest ("5"). Seven compounds were available in 2018, although only six of the seven were used, the "superhard" not being used at all. Pirelli continued to decide which three compounds are made available for each race. The practice of using colours to identify the specific compound (such as pink for the hypersoft) was discontinued, with white, yellow and red being used for the three compounds available for each race where white denoted the hardest available compound and red the softest. As all five compounds were available in testing there were slight variations in the details on the tyre sidewalls to distinguish between the different compounds during testing.


2019 Formula One World Championship, Season report, Opening rounds
The season started with the Australian Grand Prix, won by Valtteri Bottas from second on the grid in dominant fashion, finishing 20 seconds ahead of Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton who himself only narrowly beat Red Bull's Max Verstappen to second. Verstappen's third place marked the first podium for a Honda powered car in over 10 years, last achieved at the 2008 British Grand Prix.


2019 Formula One World Championship, Season report, Opening rounds
The second race of the season was the Bahrain Grand Prix. Ferrari topped every practice session and then went on to lock out the front row in qualifying. Charles Leclerc earned the first pole position of his career by setting a lap time 3 tenths of a second quicker than his teammate Sebastian Vettel. In the race, Leclerc fell down to 3rd in the 1st corner behind Vettel and the championship leader Valtteri Bottas. However, he then climbed back up the order to take the lead despite being told by his team, Ferrari, not to overtake his teammate.


2019 Formula One World Championship, Season report, Opening rounds
Late in the race, Leclerc was leading by around 10 seconds before his engine developed an issue, allowing Lewis Hamilton to take the race lead. A few laps later, Valtteri Bottas also overtook Leclerc pushing him down to 3rd and making it a Mercedes 1–2. Just as it was looking like Max Verstappen was going to overtake Leclerc as well, a safety car was called out due to both of the Renault cars of Nico Hülkenberg and Daniel Ricciardo having engine and power issues at turns 1 and 3.


2019 Formula One World Championship, Season report, Opening rounds
The race finished behind the safety car for the eighth time in F1 history. As a result, Lewis Hamilton won, Valtteri Bottas came second, and Charles Leclerc came home third for his first podium and Ferrari's first podium of the season. After the race Valtteri Bottas led the Drivers' Championship by 1 point over teammate Lewis Hamilton.


2019 Formula One World Championship, Season report, Opening rounds
At round three, the Chinese Grand Prix which was noted as F1's 1000th race, Hamilton led away at the start and won the Grand Prix, resulting in him taking the championship lead by 6 points over his teammate Bottas, whilst Mercedes extended their lead over Ferrari, becoming the first team since Williams in 1992 to start a season with 3 consecutive 1–2finishes. Pierre Gasly set the fastest lap and finished in sixth, after pitting with 3 laps remaining as Ferrari got their second podium of the season with Vettel.


2019 Formula One World Championship, Season report, Opening rounds
At the next round, the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, it was a different story. In the first practice session, George Russell's Williams made contact with a drain cover down the straight on the floor after Charles Leclerc, who was fastest in the session because it was suspended, also made contact with the drain cover but with his left front tyre. The next two practice sessions were all about Leclerc, being fastest in all three practice sessions.


2019 Formula One World Championship, Season report, Opening rounds
In qualifying, Pierre Gasly was fastest in the first session but did not set a time in the second because it was irrelevant since he would start in the pitlane for not stopping for the weighbridge in one practice session. Charles Leclerc, the favourite for pole, timed 2nd in the first session and was 5th in the second session, but crashed at turn 8 in the same session, locking up his tyres and missing the apex, going into the barrier.


2019 Formula One World Championship, Season report, Opening rounds
This meant that Leclerc's qualifying was over, at least physically; he did make it into the final session but did not set a time as a result of the crash. Valtteri Bottas took pole ahead of championship leader Hamilton. Kimi Räikkönen originally qualified ninth, but started from the pitlane after his car failed a front wing deflection test and joined Red Bull driver Gasly in starting in the pitlane as his teammate, Antonio Giovinazzi, received a ten-place grid penalty for using a third control electronic in his power unit and started 17th.


2019 Formula One World Championship, Season report, Opening rounds
In the race, Lewis Hamilton did get the better start, but Bottas had better pace and stayed in the lead. Charles Leclerc, who started 8th, was 4th after losing two spots in the opening lap and was getting steady pace with leader Bottas on the fresh set of medium tyres he got as a result of his crash during qualifying. After Bottas, Hamilton, and Sebastian Vettel pitted for tyres, Charles Leclerc took the lead and led the race for a long time. Eventually, Bottas retook the lead from Leclerc who had not pitted yet at that time.


2019 Formula One World Championship, Season report, Opening rounds
A virtual safety car was deployed after an incident with Daniel Ricciardo and Daniil Kvyat at a runoff area. Bottas won the race by 1.5 seconds over teammate Hamilton and took a 1-point lead in the Drivers' Championship. Charles Leclerc took his 2nd fastest lap after pitting with less than 5 laps remaining as his teammate, Sebastian Vettel, took 3rd place for the team.


2019 Formula One World Championship, Season report, European and Canadian rounds
At the Spanish Grand Prix, Valtteri Bottas dominated the entire qualifying session, finishing in first place each time, thus giving him his third consecutive pole of the 2019 season. Hamilton, however, got past him quickly at the first corner in the race. The safety car was deployed on lap 44 after a collision between Racing Point's Lance Stroll and McLaren's Lando Norris, which ultimately did not change the positions of the top 6 runners. Mercedes finished again for their fifth 1–2 finish as Hamilton took the chequered flag (along with the fastest lap point) and Bottas four seconds behind. Red Bull's Max Verstappen completed the podium.


2019 Formula One World Championship, Season report, European and Canadian rounds
At the Monaco Grand Prix, teams and drivers honoured the memory of F1 legend and Mercedes non-executive chairman Niki Lauda, who had died the week before the race. Mercedes painted their halos red and other teams and some drivers memorialised Lauda on their cars and helmets. Mercedes locked out the front row of the grid again, with Hamilton on pole and Bottas in second. During the race, Red Bull's Max Verstappen was released unsafely from his pit box and impeded Valtteri Bottas, resulting in a five-second time penalty for Verstappen.


2019 Formula One World Championship, Season report, European and Canadian rounds
In the second half of the race, Hamilton was on the radio complaining about his graining tyres, but his team kept him out. Second-placed Verstappen kept the pressure on Hamilton, with Verstappen coming close to Hamilton in the final laps of the race at the Nouvelle Chicane. Hamilton went on to win the race and although Verstappen was second, his penalty was applied and it demoted him to fourth place. This promoted Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel to second and Mercedes's Bottas to third, ending Mercedes's 1–2 winning streak.


2019 Formula One World Championship, Season report, European and Canadian rounds
At the Canadian Grand Prix, free practice was eventful. Championship leader Lewis Hamilton made contact with the wall at turn 8, damaging his car, and some other drivers made contact not just there, but also at the Wall of Champions. Qualifying 2 was red-flagged after Kevin Magnussen slammed into the Wall of Champions, which also affected some racers trying to improve their times. At the end of qualifying, Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel won pole position ahead of Hamilton.


2019 Formula One World Championship, Season report, European and Canadian rounds
Vettel led from the start until lap 48, when he lost control of his Ferrari and slid across the grass at turn 3, regaining control as he came back onto the circuit and nearly colliding with Hamilton. The stewards controversially gave Vettel a five-second time penalty for this incident as they deemed it an unsafe re-entry to the track and impeding Hamilton. Although Vettel crossed the finish line first, Hamilton was less than five seconds behind, so was promoted to first place after the penalty was applied.


2019 Formula One World Championship, Season report, European and Canadian rounds
Vettel's teammate, Charles Leclerc finished in third place, and Mercedes's Valtteri Bottas received the fastest lap bonus point. Although Ferrari had intended to appeal the ruling, they withdrew but reviewed the evidence further. During free practice at the next race, the stewards announced that they would not review Ferrari's new evidence, thus the final standings stood with Hamilton in first and Vettel in second.


2019 Formula One World Championship, Season report, European and Canadian rounds
At the French Grand Prix, Mercedes dominated the free practice sessions. Hamilton was summoned to the stewards' office for rejoining the track unsafely, forcing Red Bull's Max Verstappen off the track, but no penalty was issued. Mercedes locked out the front row again in qualifying with Hamilton on pole and Bottas in second. Mercedes secured their sixth 1–2 of the season with Hamilton finishing 18 seconds ahead of Bottas, and Leclerc completing the podium less than a second behind Bottas. At the end of the final lap, fifth-placed finisher Vettel set the fastest lap for a bonus point.


2019 Formula One World Championship, Season report, European and Canadian rounds
At the Austrian Grand Prix, some drivers spun off the track in free practice due to wind. In qualifying, Leclerc secured his second pole position. Verstappen was promoted to second and Bottas third after second-placed Hamilton was given a grid penalty for impeding Kimi Räikkönen in Q1. In the race, Leclerc led away as Verstappen lost a few positions at the start. However, Verstappen found power for his car and managed to come back, passing Leclerc with just a few laps left.


2019 Formula One World Championship, Season report, European and Canadian rounds
An investigation followed after contact was made between the two at turn 3 on lap 69, but the stewards deemed it a racing incident. All drivers finished the race, with Verstappen winning the race for a second consecutive year as well as setting the fastest lap. Leclerc finished second and Bottas finished third. It was the first win for a Honda-powered F1 car since Jenson Button in the 2006 Hungarian Grand Prix, and the first non-Mercedes win in 2019.


2019 Formula One World Championship, Season report, European and Canadian rounds
At the British Grand Prix, the newly resurfaced track surface caused plenty of eventful moments throughout the weekend, with Romain Grosjean crashing his car on the pit exit and Kimi Räikkönen's Alfa Romeo stopping on the Wellington straight, the latter of which brought out a red flag. The drivers all struggled with track grip levels throughout the session, and although there was some brief rain, it had little impact on the running in the session.


2019 Formula One World Championship, Season report, European and Canadian rounds
Championship leader Lewis Hamilton was chasing for a 6th consecutive pole position at Silverstone but Bottas pipped him to pole by 0.006 seconds, almost as close as the 0.002-second time gap by which Vettel beat Fernando Alonso in the 2010 German Grand Prix. The opening laps did provide for some battling between the two Mercedes drivers, but the safety car played a crucial role in the Mercedes battle when Giovinazzi became stuck in the gravel trap at the penultimate corner and Hamilton pitted under the safety car, whereas Bottas had already pitted a few laps earlier during open racing.


2019 Formula One World Championship, Season report, European and Canadian rounds
Thereafter, Vettel and Verstappen were battling for 3rd when Vettel misjudged his braking point at Vale corner and rammed into the back of Verstappen, resulting in a 10-second penalty, which led Vettel to finish behind the two Williamses. It also promoted Pierre Gasly to a joint career-best finish of 4th. Leclerc took 3rd, Bottas took 2nd, and Lewis Hamilton won his 6th British Grand Prix, equalling the record for the most home grand prix wins with Alain Prost. Hamilton also set the fastest lap on the final lap with the hardest tyre, which he ran for most of the race.


2019 Formula One World Championship, Season report, European and Canadian rounds
At the German Grand Prix, Mercedes ran a special one-off livery to commemorate their 125th anniversary in motorsport. Ferrari looked set to be the favourites for pole, having been fastest in every practice session, but both hit technical difficulties during qualifying, leaving Hamilton to take pole. Vettel started the race from last place. Everything changed in the race as it rained heavily before the start, leading the race to have a standing start for the first time.


2019 Formula One World Championship, Season report, European and Canadian rounds
As the race progressed, many drivers spun off or crashed, particularly at the final two turns of the track, where Nico Hülkenberg and Charles Leclerc ended their races. Hülkenberg was on course to take his first ever podium before he crashed out. Hamilton also fell victim at the same place, but managed to keep going with a broken front wing. He was later penalized for entering the pit lane outside the bollard, later having a spin, and ended up 11th.


2019 Formula One World Championship, Season report, European and Canadian rounds
Max Verstappen went on to claim victory in the race, with Vettel recovering from last to second, and the third podium place went to Toro Rosso's Daniil Kvyat, who made a stop for slick tyres late in the race to claim his third career podium and Toro Rosso's first since the 2008 Italian Grand Prix, after a close battle with Racing Point's Lance Stroll.


2019 Formula One World Championship, Season report, European and Canadian rounds
Post-race, both Alfa Romeos, which finished 7th and 8th, were penalized for technical infringements, promoting Hamilton and Williams's Robert Kubica into the points, the latter scoring Williams's first – and what turned out to be only – points of the season, as well as his first since the 2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.


2019 Formula One World Championship, Season report, European and Canadian rounds
Verstappen took his maiden pole at the Hungarian Grand Prix, equalling the record with Sir Jackie Stewart for taking the most victories before a maiden pole. An unexpected extra stop for Hamilton soon led him to winning the race and beating Verstappen in the closing laps, who was suffering from graining tyres late in the race, having been battling with Hamilton previously.


2019 Formula One World Championship, Season report, European and Canadian rounds
The two tracks immediately after the summer break were more suited to Ferrari's top speed advantage, with Leclerc winning both the Belgian and Italian Grands Prix from pole position. In both races, Leclerc was under strong pressure from Hamilton throughout, winning the Belgian race by less than a second, before Hamilton ultimately dropped back after missing the first chicane in Italy. This enabled Bottas to finish second and slightly close up in the title race. Leclerc won his first two career wins consecutively and within the timespan of one week, as Vettel and Verstappen endured two terrible weekends.


2019 Formula One World Championship, Season report, European and Canadian rounds
His victory at Belgium was an emotional one, as the race was overshadowed by the death of Formula 2 driver Anthoine Hubert the previous day. The Renault junior driver was involved in an accident on lap 2 of the Feature Race, succumbing to his injuries later that evening. This saw Leclerc close up in the battle for third in the Drivers' Championship. Leclerc also became the first Ferrari Monza winner since Fernando Alonso's victory in 2010.


2019 Formula One World Championship, Season report, European and Canadian rounds
Qualifying sessions for both races were unusual in that Leclerc won pole by a sizeable margin of more than 0.7 seconds on a dry track in Belgium, whereas almost the entire Q3 field missed crossing the line in time for their second timed lap at Monza, as no driver wanted to be at the front of the group as they would not have the advantage of a tow from the car in front – a significant benefit at Monza, the season's fastest track.


2019 Formula One World Championship, Season report, Closing rounds
Vettel ended a winless streak stretching over a year to win at the Singapore Grand Prix for Ferrari, the team's third consecutive victory. Leclerc had qualified on pole ahead of Hamilton and Vettel and led the first stint. However, a timely pitstop by Vettel saw him unintentionally undercutting Leclerc with an outlap three seconds faster than Leclerc's inlap. Hamilton then tried an overcut that did not work, limiting him to a fourth-place finish, as Mercedes were off the podium with both cars.


2019 Formula One World Championship, Season report, Closing rounds
Hamilton initially kept a reasonable pace, before his tyres fell off and the midfield cars behind him started to run faster laptimes than him. After his pitstop, he was unable to pass Verstappen, who finished third. There were three safety car spells in the second half of the race, although the complexion of the Singapore circuit made the restarts uneventful up front as the top cars ran in formation.


2019 Formula One World Championship, Season report, Closing rounds
This marked the first time in eleven years that Ferrari had won three races in a row and was Vettel's record fifth win at Singapore, and also the first time a team has finished 1–2 in Singapore. The race results saw Leclerc move ahead of Verstappen and climb to third in the standings for the first time of the season.


2019 Formula One World Championship, Season report, Closing rounds
Leclerc took his fourth consecutive pole at the Russian Grand Prix, but at the start of the race, it was Vettel who led, contradicting a pre-race agreement that had been discussed. Vettel led until he made his first stop on lap 26, but an engine component failed just after his stop, prompting his retirement (the four-time world champion even demanding the return of V12 engines as in the 1990s on the team radio as he ground to a halt). This prompted a Virtual Safety Car, during which both Mercedes as well as Leclerc pitted, therefore resulting in a 1–2 finish for Mercedes with Hamilton winning. Leclerc could only finish third behind the Mercedeses.


2019 Formula One World Championship, Season report, Closing rounds
At the Japanese Grand Prix, free practice sessions 1 and 2 went as scheduled on Friday, with Mercedes topping each of the sessions. Because of Typhoon Hagibis, all events for Saturday, with the exception of qualifying, were cancelled with qualifying instead being rescheduled to Sunday morning. Vettel and Leclerc both locked out the front row for a Ferrari 1–2, with Bottas and Mercedes not far behind. The Red Bull drivers of Verstappen and Albon finished with the exact same Q3 time, but Verstappen received the position ahead of his teammate as he was released first.


2019 Formula One World Championship, Season report, Closing rounds
At the race, Vettel had an issue when the lights went out to start the race, letting Bottas pass by easily. Leclerc and Verstappen had a tangle at turn 2 on the opening lap, which saw Leclerc being given a five-second penalty; he was later given a ten-second penalty for driving in an unsafe condition after the collision. Verstappen eventually retired from the race, his second DNF of the season.


2019 Formula One World Championship, Season report, Closing rounds
The chequered flag was waved a lap early, and though Sergio Pérez of Racing Point crashed out, his 9th place standing was left intact as the results of the race were taken from lap 52. Bottas of Mercedes finished first, Vettel of Ferrari finished second, and Hamilton finished third with Hamilton receiving the fastest lap point. With the 1–3 finish for Mercedes, the team had secured their sixth consecutive Constructors' Championship. Renault had both drivers disqualified for a technical infringement following a protest from Racing Point.


2019 Formula One World Championship, Season report, Closing rounds
At the Mexican Grand Prix, Hamilton won his tenth Grand Prix of the season, after a first-corner touch with Verstappen that saw them both crossing the grass at turn 2. Verstappen lost several positions, and in fighting his way back past Bottas sustained a puncture that effectively ended his challenge. Sebastian Vettel finished second and Valtteri Bottas third. Although Hamilton could have taken the World Championship, he was unable to outscore Bottas by a sufficient number of points.


2019 Formula One World Championship, Season report, Closing rounds
At the United States Grand Prix, Bottas won from pole followed by Hamilton and Verstappen. Second place in the race was enough for Hamilton to claim his sixth World Drivers' Championship making him the second most successful Formula One driver in terms of Championship wins behind Michael Schumacher.


2019 Formula One World Championship, Season report, Closing rounds
At the Brazilian Grand Prix, Verstappen won from pole. Pierre Gasly and Carlos Sainz Jr. took their first podiums, finishing 2nd and 3rd respectively. The race changed dramatically on lap 53 when Valtteri Bottas retired with an engine problem, bringing out the safety car to bunch up the field. Immediately after the end of the safety-car period, Ferrari teammates Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel collided on the back straight, causing both to retire. Debris from the incident brought out the safety car again, returning to the pits with two laps remaining.


2019 Formula One World Championship, Season report, Closing rounds
Following the restart, Lewis Hamilton misjudged an overtaking manoeuvre on Alexander Albon, putting the latter into a spin and dropping him from a podium position to being out of the points. Hamilton's car was damaged but he was able to continue, although he lost second place to Pierre Gasly. Gasly and Hamilton were involved in a dramatic flat-out race to the finish line, with DRS being unavailable as this was only the second lap following the safety car ending.


2019 Formula One World Championship, Season report, Closing rounds
Gasly held onto second place, with his ability to keep Hamilton's Mercedes at bay in a straight fight being a major show of strength for the Honda engine. Hamilton occupied the final step of the podium, but was later given a 5-second time penalty for causing the incident with Albon. This dropped him to 7th and promoted Carlos Sainz Jr. to his first podium in Formula One in his 101st race – the longest any podium winner has had to wait for his first podium in F1 history.


2019 Formula One World Championship, Season report, Closing rounds
Hamilton took pole position at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, ending his pole-less streak since Germany, and went on to dominate and win the race, taking the sixth Grand Slam of his career. Verstappen was initially overtaken by Leclerc at the start but despite having minor engine issues, managed to repass him later on. Leclerc had been summoned to the stewards regarding a fuel issue, and Ferrari were fined €50,000 while Leclerc got to keep his position. Bottas, who started from 20th and last due to multiple engine penalties, was able to recover to 4th place, despite a DRS issue affecting the entire grid for the first 17 laps of the race.


2019 Formula One World Championship, Results and standings, Scoring system
Points were awarded to the top ten classified drivers and the driver who set the fastest lap. The points were awarded for every race, using the following system:


2019 Formula One World Championship, Results and standings, Scoring system
The point for fastest lap was only awarded if the driver was classified in the top ten for the race. Two fastest lap points were not awarded this season as Kevin Magnussen and Valtteri Bottas set the fastest lap but did not classify within the top ten in Singapore and Brazil, respectively. As Daniil Kvyat and Nico Hülkenberg ended the season with an identical number of points, a count-back system was used as a tie-breaker, with the driver's best result used to decide the standings.


2019 Formula Regional European Championship
The 2019 Formula Regional European Championship was a multi-event, Formula 3 open-wheel single seater motor racing championship held across Europe. The championship features a mix of professional and amateur drivers, competing in Formula 3 cars that conform to the FIA Formula 3 regulations for the championship. It the inaugural season of the championship. Frederik Vesti is the drivers' champion.


2019 Formula Regional European Championship
The season commenced on 14 April at Circuit Paul Ricard and concluded on 20 October at Autodromo Nazionale Monza, after eight meetings.


2019 Formula Regional European Championship, Teams and drivers
All teams and drivers competed with the Tatuus–Alfa Romeo F3 T-318.


2019 Formula Regional European Championship, Race calendar
The provisional calendar was announced on 31 October 2018. The schedule was altered on 9 November 2018 with Hockenheimring replaced by Circuit Paul Ricard, and on 1 December 2018, with the round at Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari moved from its original 9 June date. The last two race weekends of the season at Monza and Mugello were swapped. The cancelled race from Vallelunga Circuit was rescheduled and run at Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Round 5 as a fourth race.


2019 Formula Regional European Championship, Championship standings
Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race. No points are awarded for pole position or fastest lap.


2019 Formula Regional European Championship, Championship standings, Drivers' standings
Bold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap† — Did not finish, but classified


2019 Formula Renault Eurocup
The 2019 Formula Renault Eurocup is a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across Europe. The championship features drivers competing in 1.8 litre Formula Renault single seat race cars that conform to the technical regulations for the championship. The 2019 season is the 29th Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season organized by the Renault Sport. The series will visit nine circuits around the Europe, with one overseas round at Abu Dhabi.


2019 Formula Renault Eurocup
The series utilizes Formula 3 chassis for the first time and new 1.8-litre turbocharged engine. Furthermore, the series also introduced Hankook Tires for the first time in its history after a previous long-term partnership with Michelin.


2019 Formula Renault Eurocup, Teams and drivers
On 14 November 2018, a provisional entry list of ten teams was released. Fortec Motorsports left the series, while BhaiTech Racing, FA Racing by Drivex and M2 Competition have joined the series for the first time. In December 2018, Josef Kaufmann Racing announced it would be withdrawing from the championship.


2019 Formula Renault Eurocup, Calendar
The provisional calendar for the 2019 season was announced on 18 October 2018. The calendar was finalised on 11 December 2018 with introduction of the Yas Marina Circuit as first non-European venue in the Eurocup history. Red Bull Ring round was dropped from the calendar.


2019 Formula Renault Eurocup, Championship standings, Teams' championship
Only two-best cars are eligible to score points in the teams' championship.


2019 Formula Renault seasons
This article describes all the 2019 seasons of Formula Renault series across the world.


2019 Formula Renault seasons, Unofficial Formula Renault championships, 2019 Ultimate Cup Series Monoplace season
The season was held between 23 March and 3 November, predominantly based in France but also racing across Europe in Tatuus FR 2.0 chassis. Gentleman Drivers are indicated in blue.


2019 Formula Renault seasons, Unofficial Formula Renault championships, 2019 Drexler-Automotive Formula Renault 2.0 Pokal season
The season was held between 5th April and 13 October, and raced across Austria, Italy, Czech Republic and Germany. The races occur with other categories cars as part of the 2019 Austria Formula 3 Cup, this section presents only the Austrian Formula Renault 2.0L classification.


2019 Formula Renault seasons, Unofficial Formula Renault championships, 2019 Formula Renault 2.0 Argentina season
All cars use Tito 02 chassis, all races were held in Argentina.


2019 Formula Renault seasons, Unofficial Formula Renault championships, 2019 Formula Renault 2.0 Argentina season
1 extra point in each race for regularly qualified drivers.


2019 Fort Worth mayoral election
The 2019 Fort Worth mayoral election took place on May 4, 2019, to elect the mayor of Fort Worth, Texas. The election was officially non-partisan.


2019 Fort Worth mayoral election
Betsy Price, who was serving her fourth term, ran for reelection. Deborah Peoples, the chair of the Tarrant County Democratic Party, ran as a challenger.


2019 Fort Worth mayoral election
Betsy Price handily won re-election with just under 56% of the vote. Price won a record fifth term as mayor of Fort Worth.


2019 Forward Madison FC season
The 2019 Forward Madison FC season was the inaugural season in the soccer team's history, where they competed in the third division of American soccer, USL League One, the first season of the competition. Forward Madison FC also participated in the 2019 U.S. Open Cup. Forward Madison FC played their home games at Breese Stevens Field, located in Madison, Wisconsin, United States.


2019 Forward Madison FC season, Overview
The USL League One schedule was announced on December 10, 2018.


2019 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships
The 2019 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships were held on February 7–10, 2019 in Anaheim, California, United States. Held annually since 1999, the competition featured skaters from the Americas, Asia, Africa, and Oceania. Medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.


2019 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, Qualification
This competition is open to skaters from all non-European member nations of the International Skating Union. The corresponding competition for European skaters is the 2019 European Figure Skating Championships.


2019 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, Qualification
Skaters are eligible for the event if they reached the age of 15 before July 1, 2018. Each national federation is permitted three entries for each discipline and may choose skaters based on their own criteria, as long as the selected skaters have attained the minimum technical elements scores (TES) in accordance with ISU regulations.


2019 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, Qualification, Minimum technical element scores (TES)
The ISU stipulates that the minimum scores must be achieved at an ISU-recognized senior international competition in the ongoing or preceding season, no later than 21 days before the first official practice day. Due to the difference in the rules for the  2017–18 and  2018–19 seasons, the required minimum scores to enter the 2019 Four Continents Championships have been adjusted separately for scores reached in the 2017–18 and the 2018–19 season.


2019 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, Entries
The International Skating Union announced the preliminary entries on January 17, 2019.


2019 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, Records
The following new ISU best scores were set during this competition:


2019 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, Medals summary, Medalists
Medals awarded to the skaters who achieve the highest overall placements in each discipline:


2019 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, Medals summary, Medalists
Small medals awarded to the skaters who achieve the highest short program or rhythm dance placements in each discipline:


2019 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, Medals summary, Medalists
Small medals awarded to the skaters who achieve the highest free skating or free dance placements in each discipline:


2019 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, Medals summary, Medals by country
Table of small medals for placement in the short segment:


2019 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, Medals summary, Medals by country
Table of small medals for placement in the free segment:


2019 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, Prize money
Prize money is awarded to skaters who achieve a Top 6 placement in each discipline as follows:


2019 Four Days of Dunkirk
The 2019 Four Days of Dunkirk (French: Quatre Jours de Dunkerque 2019) was the 65th edition of the Four Days of Dunkirk cycling stage race. It started on 14 May in Dunkirk and ended on 19 May again in Dunkirk.


2019 Four Days of Dunkirk, Teams
The start list includes 18 teams (4 UCI WorldTeams, 12 Professional Continental Teams, and 2 Continental Teams).


2019 Four Days of Dunkirk, Stages, Stage 2
Clement Venturini from AG2R La Mondiale crossed the line first, but was relegated by the jury due to an "irregular sprint" in the finale, therefore Dylan Groenewegen, who crossed the line second, is the winner of the stage.


2019 Four Days of Dunkirk, Stages, Stage 3
Clement Venturini from AG2R La Mondiale crossed the line fourth, but was again relegated by the jury due to an "irregular sprint" in the finale, therefore taking 16th place.


2019 Four National Figure Skating Championships
The 2019 Four Nationals Figure Skating Championships included the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, and Hungary. It took place on December 14–15, 2018 in Budapest, Hungary. The results were split by country; the three highest-placing skaters from each country formed their national podiums in men's singles, ladies' singles, and ice dancing. The results were among the criteria used to determine international assignments.


2019 Four National Figure Skating Championships, Medals summary, Slovakia
Nicole Rajičová defeated Silvia Hugec for the Slovak ladies' title while Marco Klepoch overtook Michael Neuman for the men's title.


2019 Four National Figure Skating Championships, Senior results, Men
Matyáš Bělohradský was first and won the Czech senior men's title for the first time.


2019 Four National Figure Skating Championships, Senior results, Ladies
Making her debut for Poland, 16-year-old Ekaterina Kurakova finished first, ahead of the Czech Republic's Eliška Březinová and Hungary's Ivett Tóth.


2019 Four National Figure Skating Championships, Senior results, Ice dance
Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev and Anna Yanovskaya / Ádám Lukács were the Polish and Hungarian champions respectively, with Kaliszek / Spodyriev receiving the top scores.


2019 Four Nations Tournament (women's football)
The 2019 Four Nations Tournament was the 18th edition of the Four Nations Tournament, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in China. The tournament used single-elimination instead of single round-robin system for the first time.


2019 Four Nations Tournament (women's football), Goalscorers
There have been 12 goals scored in 4 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match.


2019 Foxwoods Resort Casino 301
The 2019 Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 is a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on July 21, 2019 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire. Contested over 301 laps on the 1.058-mile (1.703 km) speedway, it was the 20th race of the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.


2019 Foxwoods Resort Casino 301, Report, Background
New Hampshire Motor Speedway is a 1.058-mile (1.703 km) oval speedway located in Loudon, New Hampshire, which has hosted NASCAR racing annually since the early 1990s, as well as the longest-running motorcycle race in North America, the Loudon Classic. Nicknamed "The Magic Mile", the speedway is often converted into a 1.6-mile (2.6 km) road course, which includes much of the oval.


2019 Foxwoods Resort Casino 301, Report, Background
The track was originally the site of Bryar Motorsports Park before being purchased and redeveloped by Bob Bahre. The track is currently one of eight major NASCAR tracks owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports.


2019 Foxwoods Resort Casino 301, First practice
Chase Elliott was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 27.784 seconds and a speed of 137.086 mph (220.619 km/h).


2019 Foxwoods Resort Casino 301, Qualifying
Brad Keselowski scored the pole for the race with a time of 27.927 and a speed of 136.384 mph (219.489 km/h).


2019 Foxwoods Resort Casino 301, Practice (post-qualifying), Second practice
Erik Jones was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 28.546 seconds and a speed of 133.427 mph (214.730 km/h).


2019 Foxwoods Resort Casino 301, Practice (post-qualifying), Final practice
Ryan Blaney was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 28.515 seconds and a speed of 133.572 mph (214.963 km/h).


2019 Foxwoods Resort Casino 301, Media, Television
NBC Sports covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, four-time and all-time Loudon winner Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte and Dale Earnhardt Jr. called the action in the booth for the race. Dave Burns, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast reported from pit lane during the race.


2019 Foxwoods Resort Casino 301, Media, Radio
PRN had the radio call for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Doug Rice, Mark Garrow, and Wendy Venturini called the race from the booth when the field raced down the frontstretch. Rob Albright called the race from turns 1 & 2 and Pat Patterson called the race from turns 3 & 4. Brad Gillie, Steve Richards, Jim Noble, and Brett McMillan handled the duties on pit lane.


2019 France Women's Sevens
The 2019 France Women's Sevens is the final tournament within the 2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series and the fourth edition of the France Women's Sevens. For the first time in the tournament's history, it is held over the weekend of 15–16 June 2019 at Parc des Sports Aguiléra in Biarritz. With New Zealand already qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics, and the United States only needing to field a team to become eligible, the remaining two slots shall be determined over the weekend based upon overall series ranking.


2019 France Women's Sevens, Format
The teams are drawn into three pools of four teams each. Each team plays every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup brackets while the top 2 third place teams also compete in the Cup/Plate. The other teams from each group play-off for the Challenge Trophy.


2019 France Women's Sevens, Teams
Eleven core teams are participating in the tournament along with one invited team, Scotland:


2019 France Women's T20I Quadrangular Series
The 2019 France Women's T20I Quadrangular Series was a women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) cricket tournament held in Nantes, France from 31 July to 3 August. The participants were the women's national sides of France, Austria, Jersey and Norway. Matches in the series were recognised as official WT20I games as per ICC's announcement that full WT20I status would apply to all the matches played between women's teams of associate members after 1 July 2018. Jersey Women were the only side of the four to have previously played a WT20I (against Guernsey Women on 31 May 2019). The matches were played at the Cricket Ground, Parc du Grand Blottereau in Nantes. France won the tournament after winning 5 of their 6 matches.


2019 Fred Page Cup
The 2019 Fred Page Cup was the 25th Canadian eastern junior A ice hockey championship for the Canadian Junior Hockey League. The Amherst Ramblers hosted for the first time in team history. The tournament was held May 1 to May 5 at Amherst Stadium in Amherst, Nova Scotia. The tournament champions qualified for the 2019 National Junior A Hockey Championship, held in Brooks, Alberta, and hosted by the Alberta Junior Hockey League's Brooks Bandits at the Centennial Regional Arena.


2019 Free State provincial election
The 2019 Free State provincial election was held on 8 May 2019, concurrently with the 2019 South African general election, to elect the 30 members of the Free State Provincial Legislature.


2019 Free State provincial election
The election was won by the African National Congress, the incumbent governing party in the province.


2019 Free State provincial election, Premier candidates
The African National Congress (ANC) did not announce a premier candidate before the election. Provincial chairperson Sam Mashinini was first on the ANC's list with incumbent premier Sisi Ntombela third on the list. After the election, Ntombela was announced as the party's premier candidate and she was elected for another term at the first sitting of the legislature after the election.


2019 Free State provincial election, Premier candidates
The Democratic Alliance (DA) chose Patricia Kopane, a two-term Member of Parliament and its leader in the Free State. She defeated Coreen Malherbe for the position.


2019 Free State provincial election, Premier candidates
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) did not field a premier candidate, since the party seeks to abolish provincial governments. Mandisa Makesini appeared first on the party's list.


2019 Free State provincial election, Premier candidates
The Freedom Front Plus (FF Plus) selected their incumbent provincial leader and former member of the provincial legislature, Jan van Niekerk.


2019 Free State provincial election, Aftermath
During the first sitting of the provincial legislature on 22 May 2019, Sisi Ntombela was re-elected as premier, while Zanele Sifuba was elected speaker, and Vusi Tshabalala was appointed chief whip.


2019 French Athletics Championships
The 2019 French Athletics Championships was the 131st edition of the national championship in outdoor track and field for France. It was held on 26–28 July at Stade Henri-Lux in Saint-Étienne. A total of 38 events (divided evenly between the sexes) were contested over the three-day competition.


2019 French F4 Championship
The 2019 French F4 Championship was the ninth season to run under the guise of the French F4 Championship and the second season under the FIA Formula 4 regulations. The championship used Mygale M14 chassis with an upgraded 2.0 litre engine. The series began on 20 April at Nogaro and ended on 13 October at Le Castellet. Hadrien David, who won seven races throughout the season, won the title, 57.5 points ahead of closest challenger Reshad de Gerus, who came out victorious on four occasions. Sixth-placed Enzo Valente won two races, and Nicky Hays, Victor Bernier, Gillian Henrion, Isack Hadjar, Ugo Gazil, Mikkel Grundtvig and Paul-Adrien Pallot all won one race respectively.


2019 French F4 Championship, Race calendar
A seven round calendar taking place in 3 countries is published on the FFSA Academy website.


2019 French F4 Championship, Championship standings
Each driver dropped their worst round result. Points were awarded as follows:


2019 French F4 Championship, Championship standings, Drivers' standings – FFSA Academy
Bold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap† — Did not finish, but classified


2019 French Grand Prix
The 2019 French Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Pirelli Grand Prix de France 2019) was a Formula One motor race on 23 June 2019 at the Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet, France. The race was the 8th round of the 2019 FIA Formula One World Championship. It was the 88th running of the French Grand Prix, and the 60th time the event had been included as a round of the Formula One World Championship since the inception of the series in 1950.


2019 French Grand Prix
The race was won by Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton ahead of teammate Valtteri Bottas and Ferrari's Charles Leclerc.


2019 French Grand Prix, Background, Entrants
The drivers and teams were the same as the season entry list with no additional stand-in drivers for the race. However, Nicholas Latifi drove in the first practice session for Williams.


2019 French Grand Prix, Background, Championship standings before the race
Before the race Lewis Hamilton had 162 points and held a 29-point lead over teammate Valtteri Bottas, with Sebastian Vettel third with 100 points, followed by Max Verstappen with 88 points, and then by Vettel's teammate Charles Leclerc in fifth place with 72 points.


2019 French Grand Prix, Background, Championship standings before the race
In the Constructors' Championship standings, Mercedes led Ferrari with 295 points and had a 123-point lead having won all the previous races in the season so far. Red Bull was third with 124 points and McLaren was fourth with 30 points, just 2 points ahead of Renault with 28 points.


2019 French Grand Prix, Background, Penalties
Daniil Kvyat was required to start from the back of the grid as he exceeded his quota of power unit components, using a 4th Internal Combustion Unit (ICE), 3rd Motor Generator Unit-Kinetic (MGU-K), 3rd Energy Store (ES), 3rd Control Electronics (CE), 4th Turbocharger (TC) and 4th Motor Generator Unit-Heat (MGU-H). George Russell was required to start from the back of the grid as he exceeded his quota of power unit components, using a 3rd Energy Store (ES) and 3rd Control Electronics (CE).


2019 French Grand Prix, Background, Circuit changes
Following the 2018 race, teams and drivers expressed concerns about the pit lane entry which saw cars enter the lane aimed directly at the Mercedes garage. In response the FIA announced that the pit lane entry would be moved to somewhere between turns 14 and 15 and also announced that the track would be resurfaced.


2019 French Grand Prix, Background, Circuit changes
The FIA also announced that they had moved to clamp down any potential corner cutting ahead of the French Grand Prix weekend at the Circuit Paul Ricard. The nature of the track, which had prominently been used as a test venue in preceding years, meant that there was a lot of runoff for the drivers if they made a mistake. However, there had been bollards and signs placed around the circuit in order to stop the drivers taking advantage of the runoff area, ensuring they would lose time and rejoin the circuit safely.


2019 French Grand Prix, Background, Circuit changes
At turn 2, two yellow bollards had appeared along with some red and white signage to indicate where a driver should rejoin the circuit. The event notes state: "Any driver who fails to negotiate Turn 2 by using the track, and who passes completely to the right of the first fluorescent yellow bollard on the apex of the corner, must keep completely to the right of the fluorescent yellow bollard and re-join the track by driving through the two arrays of blocks in the run-off by passing to the right of the first and to the left of the second." A similar system had been enforced further on in the first sector, at turns 3, 4, and 5.


2019 French Grand Prix, Background, Circuit changes
The rules would not strictly apply to free practice sessions, and each case was supposed to be handled and analysed differently depending on the circumstance.


2019 French Grand Prix, Free practice
Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time in FP1 followed by Valtteri Bottas. The Ferrari drivers were third and fourth, with Charles Leclerc ahead of Sebastian Vettel.


2019 French Grand Prix, Free practice
In FP2 it was another Mercedes 1–2 with Bottas leading Hamilton, and then Leclerc leading Vettel in 3–4. Early in the session Hamilton went off the track and joined unsafely, forcing Max Verstappen off the track when he rejoined. Hamilton was later summoned by the stewards but he received no penalty.


2019 French Grand Prix, Race, Race summary
The race began cleanly, with Carlos Sainz Jr. unsuccessfully attempting to overtake Max Verstappen and the two Mercedes cars maintaining their lead. On lap 6, George Russell attempted an overtake on teammate Robert Kubica around the outside of turn 10, but was pushed off-track, destroying a polystyrene distance marker. By the following lap, Sebastian Vettel had overtaken both McLarens to take fifth place.


2019 French Grand Prix, Race, Race summary
Antonio Giovinazzi was the first driver to pit, on lap 8, after struggling with degrading soft-compound tyres. On lap 10, Sergio Pérez was handed a 5-second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage on lap 1. The decision was controversial, since Pérez had correctly passed around the penalty bollard after cutting turn 4 as specified by the race director, but had still overtaken Alexander Albon and Kevin Magnussen to claim 13th place as a result.


2019 French Grand Prix, Race, Race summary
Verstappen was the first of the leading pack to pit, on lap 21. Charles Leclerc pitted on the following lap, as did Valtteri Bottas on lap 24, and Lewis Hamilton from the lead on lap 25. Vettel, who was yet to pit, had been far enough behind Hamilton that the Mercedes driver maintained the lead of the race. Vettel pitted on the following lap, emerging behind Verstappen and restoring the order of the top five. Lance Stroll was the final driver to make their first pit-stop; he did so on lap 40.


2019 French Grand Prix, Race, Race summary
Romain Grosjean became the first and only retirement of the Grand Prix on lap 45 with an unspecified problem. A virtual safety car was briefly implemented on lap 50 after a bollard had rolled onto the track. Vettel pitted for soft-compound tyres on the penultimate lap in an attempt to claim the fastest lap point, which he did on the final lap of the race.


2019 French Grand Prix, Race, Race summary
On the final lap, Lando Norris, who had been suffering from hydraulic problems, was passed by Daniel Ricciardo before turn 8. Ricciardo ran deep into the corner, and forced Norris off the track whilst rejoining it in turn 9. This allowed Kimi Räikkönen and Nico Hülkenberg through, with Räikkönen also getting past Ricciardo. Ricciardo then went off-track on the following straight to overtake the Alfa Romeo for seventh place. Ricciardo was later handed two 5-second penalties after the race, one for rejoining the track unsafely, and one for leaving the track and gaining an advantage. This demoted him to 11th place, outside of the points. The stewards also handed him two penalty points on his Super Licence for "Unsafe rejoining of track" and one point for "Gaining advantage off track".


2019 French Grand Prix, Race, Race summary
Lewis Hamilton won the race from pole position ahead of teammate Valtteri Bottas and Charles Leclerc.


2019 French Indoor Athletics Championships
The 2019 French Indoor Athletics Championships was the 48th edition of the national championship in indoor track and field for France. It was held on 16–17 February at the Stadium Miramas Métropole in Miramas, Bouches-du-Rhône. A total of 28 events (divided evenly between the sexes) were contested over the two-day competition.


2019 French Open
The 2019 French Open was a Grand Slam tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was held at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, from 26 May to 9 June, comprising singles, doubles and mixed doubles play. Junior and wheelchair tournaments are also scheduled. Rafael Nadal was the defending champion in men's singles and won a record 12th French Open singles title. Simona Halep was the defending champion in the women's singles, but lost in the quarterfinals.


2019 French Open
It was the 123rd edition of the French Open and the second Grand Slam event of 2019. The main singles draws included 16 qualifiers for men and 12 for women out of 128 players in each draw. This was in contrast to two other Grand Slam tournaments – the Australian Open and Wimbledon, which from 2019 increased the number of women qualifiers to 16, to match with the US Open.


2019 French Open
2019 was the final year in which there was no roof on any of the French tennis courts. On 5 June 2019, the entire day's tennis was washed out due to heavy rain. It is also the only Grand Slam to retain the advantage set in the final sets, whereas Australian Open and Wimbledon have now switched to tiebreaks.


2019 French Open, Tournament
The 2019 French Open is the 123rd edition of the French Open and is held at Stade Roland Garros in Paris. A new shot clock that gives 25 seconds for the player serving, between points are introduced. In the juniors tournament, service lets won't be featured.


2019 French Open, Tournament
The tournament is an event run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is part of the 2019 ATP Tour and the 2019 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consisted of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws as well as a mixed doubles event.


2019 French Open, Tournament
There is a singles and doubles events for both boys and girls (players under 18), which is part of the Grade A category of tournaments, and singles and doubles events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players under the Grand Slam category, also hosting singles and doubles events for wheelchair quad tennis for the first time. The tournament is played on clay courts and took place over a series of 23 courts, including the three main showcourts, Court Philippe Chatrier, Court Suzanne Lenglen and the newly-opened Court Simonne Mathieu.


2019 French Open, Points and prize money, Points distribution
Below is a serie of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points on offer for each event.


2019 French Open, Points and prize money, Prize money
The total prize money for the 2019 edition is €42,661,000, an increase of 8% over 2018. The winners of the men's and women's singles title receive €2,300,000, an increase of €100,000 compared to 2018.


2019 French Open, Singles seeds
The following are the seeded players and notable players who have withdrawn from the event. Seedings are based on ATP and WTA rankings as of 20 May 2019. Rank and points before are as of 27 May 2019.


2019 French Open, Singles seeds, Men's Singles
† The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2018. Accordingly, points for his 18th best result are deducted instead.


2019 French Open, Singles seeds, Men's Singles
The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.


2019 French Open, Main draw wildcard entries
The following players were given wildcards to the main draw based on internal selection and recent performances.


2019 French Open, Protected ranking
The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:


2019 French Open, Withdrawals
The following players were accepted directly into the main draw, but withdrew with injuries or other reasons.


2019 French Open (badminton)
The 2019 French Open (officially known as the Yonex French Open 2019 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton competition which took place at Stade Pierre de Coubertin in Paris, France, from 22 to 27 October 2019. It had a total purse of $750,000.


2019 French Open (badminton), Tournament
The 2019 French Open was the twenty-first tournament of the 2019 BWF World Tour and also part of the French Open championships, which has been held since 1935. This tournament was organized by French Badminton Federation with the sanction of the BWF.


2019 French Open (badminton), Tournament, Venue
This international tournament was held at Stade Pierre de Coubertin in Paris, France.


2019 French Open (badminton), Tournament, Point distribution
Below is the point distribution table for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF World Tour Super 750 event.


2019 French Open (badminton), Tournament, Prize money
The total prize money for this tournament was US$750,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.


2019 French Open – Boys' Doubles
Matheus Pucinelli de Almeida and Thiago Agustín Tirante won the Boys' Doubles tennis title at the 2019 French Open, defeating Flavio Cobolli and Dominic Stricker in the final, 7–6(7–3), 6–4.


2019 French Open – Boys' Doubles
Ondřej Štyler and Naoki Tajima were the defending champions, but both players were no longer eligible to participate in junior tournaments.


2019 French Open – Boys' Singles
Holger Rune won the Boys' Singles tennis title at the 2019 French Open, defeating Toby Kodat in the final, 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–0.


2019 French Open – Boys' Singles
Tseng Chun-hsin was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.


2019 French Open – Day-by-day summaries
The 2019 French Open described below in detail, in form of day-by-day summaries.


2019 French Open – Day-by-day summaries, Day 11 (5 June)
For the first time since 2016, all of the scheduled matches were disrupted by weather conditions and play was cancelled.


2019 French Open – Day-by-day summaries, Day 12 (6 June)
Play would normally start at 1500 CEST, but due to inclement weather on the previous day, matches started at 1200 CEST. The women's semifinal match that was scheduled to be played was moved to Friday, 7 June.


2019 French Open – Day-by-day summaries, Day 15 (9 June)
Rafael Nadal won his 12th French Open, an extended record breaking 12th title in a single Grand Slam tournament, surpassed Margaret Court's overall titles in a single Major. By capturing his 18th Grand Slam title, Nadal closed the gap on Roger Federer's record of 20 Grand Slam titles, and it is the first time that the gap of slams between the two has been down to just 2 since Federer overhauled Pete Sampras' then record of 14 Grand Slam titles in 2009.


2019 French Open – Girls' Doubles
Chloe Beck and Emma Navarro won the Girls' Doubles tennis title at the 2019 French Open, defeating Alina Charaeva and Anastasia Tikhonova in the final, 6–1, 6–2.


2019 French Open – Girls' Doubles
Caty McNally and Iga Świątek were the defending champions, but chose not to participate.


2019 French Open – Girls' Singles
Leylah Fernandez won the Girls' Singles tennis title at the 2019 French Open, defeating Emma Navarro in the final, 6–3, 6–2.


2019 French Open – Girls' Singles
Cori Gauff was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.


2019 French Open – Legends Over 45 Doubles
Mansour Bahrami and Fabrice Santoro were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the round robin competition.


2019 French Open – Legends Over 45 Doubles
Sergi Bruguera and Goran Ivanišević won the title, defeating Mikael Pernfors and Mats Wilander in the final, 6–2, 4–6, [10–4].


2019 French Open – Legends Over 45 Doubles, Draw, Group C
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 4) Steering Committee decision.


2019 French Open – Legends Over 45 Doubles, Draw, Group D
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 4) Steering Committee decision.


2019 French Open – Legends Under 45 Doubles
Àlex Corretja and Juan Carlos Ferrero were the defending champions, but Corretja chose not to participate this year. Ferrero played alongside Andriy Medvedev, but lost to Sébastien Grosjean and Michaël Llodra in the final, 6−7(4−7), 5−7.


2019 French Open – Legends Under 45 Doubles, Draw, Group A
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 4) Steering Committee decision.


2019 French Open – Legends Under 45 Doubles, Draw, Group B
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 4) Steering Committee decision.


2019 French Open – Men's Doubles
Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies won the Men's Doubles tennis title at the 2019 French Open defeating Jeremy Chardy and Fabrice Martin in the final 6–2, 7–6(7–3). Chardy and Martin were the fourth all-French team to reach the French Open men's doubles final in seven years, and for the second time in three years none of the four players had previously played in a Grand Slam men's doubles final.


2019 French Open – Men's Doubles
Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut were the defending champions, but Herbert chose not to participate this year. Mahut played alongside Jürgen Melzer, but lost in the second round to Krawietz and Mies.


2019 French Open – Men's Doubles
All four of the French Open men's doubles semifinal teams consisted of pairings of players representing the same country.


2019 French Open – Men's Doubles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2019 French Open – Men's Singles
Two-time defending champion Rafael Nadal defeated Dominic Thiem in a rematch of the previous year's final, 6–3, 5–7, 6–1, 6–1 to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 2019 French Open. It was Nadal's record-extending twelfth French Open title and 18th major title overall. By winning the title, Nadal broke the all-time record for the most singles titles won by a player at the same major (which he previously co-held with Margaret Court, who won the Australian Open eleven times).


2019 French Open – Men's Singles
Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer were both attempting to achieve the first double career Grand Slam in men's singles in the Open Era, with Djokovic also in contention to achieve a second non-calendar year Grand Slam, but both lost in the semifinals (Djokovic to Thiem and Federer to Nadal). This was Federer's first time playing the French Open in four years. Federer's third round match marked his 400th major match, an all-time record. Federer also became the oldest male singles player to reach the fourth round at Roland Garros since Nicola Pietrangeli in 1972, as well as the oldest semifinalist since the 40 year-old Pancho Gonzales in 1968.


2019 French Open – Men's Singles
The first round match between Ivo Karlović (40 years and three months) and Feliciano López (37 years and 8 months) was the oldest French Open men's singles match in terms of combined ages in the Open Era. Karlović became the oldest male singles player to compete in the tournament since István Gulyás in 1973. Stefanos Tsitsipas became the first Greek player to reach the round of 16 at Roland Garros since Lazaros Stalios in 1936.


2019 French Open – Men's Singles
For only the third time in the Open Era and the first time since the 1970 Australian Open, all of the top 10 seeds reached the round of 16 at a major men's singles tournament. It is also the first time since the 2013 Australian Open that all top four seeds reached the semifinals (Djokovic, Nadal, Federer, and Thiem). It was the first time since the 2012 French Open that the Big Three all reached the semifinals of a major tournament.


2019 French Open – Men's Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2019 French Open – Men's Singles Qualifying
The 2019 French Open – Men's Singles Qualifying was a series of tennis matches which took place from 20–24 May 2019 to determine the sixteen qualifiers into the main draw of the 2019 French Open – Men's Singles. Five players also qualified as lucky losers.


2019 French Open – Mixed Doubles
Latisha Chan and Ivan Dodig were the defending champions and successfully defended their title, defeating Gabriela Dabrowski and Mate Pavić in a rematch of the 2018 final, 6–1, 7–6(7–5). becoming the first team in the Open era to win back-to-back French Open mixed doubles title.


2019 French Open – Wheelchair Men's Doubles
Stéphane Houdet and Nicolas Peifer were the defending champions, but lost in the final to Gustavo Fernández and Shingo Kunieda, 6–2, 2–6, [8–10].


2019 French Open – Wheelchair Men's Singles
Shingo Kunieda was the defending champion, but lost to Gordon Reid in the semifinals.


2019 French Open – Wheelchair Men's Singles
Gustavo Fernández won the title, defeating Reid in the final, 6–1, 6–3.


2019 French Open – Wheelchair Quad Doubles
This was the first edition of the Quad Wheelchair event at the French Open. Dylan Alcott and David Wagner won the title, defeating Ymanitu Silva and Koji Sugeno in the final, 6–3, 6–3.


2019 French Open – Wheelchair Quad Singles
This was the first edition of the Quad Wheelchair event at the French Open.


2019 French Open – Wheelchair Quad Singles
Dylan Alcott won the title, defeating David Wagner in the final, 6–2, 4–6, 6–2.


2019 French Open – Wheelchair Women's Doubles
Diede de Groot and Aniek van Koot were the defending champions and successfully defended their title, defeating Marjolein Buis and Sabine Ellerbrock in the final, 6–1, 6–1.


2019 French Open – Wheelchair Women's Singles
Diede de Groot defeated defending champion Yui Kamiji in the final, 6–1, 6–0 to win the Wheelchair Women's Singles tennis title at the 2019 French Open. de Groot completed the career Grand Slam with the win, becoming the first wheelchair tennis player to do so.


2019 French Open – Women's Doubles
Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková were the defending champions, but lost in the first round to Nadiia Kichenok and Abigail Spears.


2019 French Open – Women's Doubles
Tímea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic won the Women's Doubles tennis title at the 2019 French Open, defeating Duan Yingying and Zheng Saisai 6–2, 6–3 in the final.


2019 French Open – Women's Doubles
Mladenovic replaced Siniaková in the WTA no. 1 doubles ranking at the end of the tournament. Barbora Strýcová, Elise Mertens, Demi Schuurs, Ashleigh Barty and Zhang Shuai were also in contention for the top ranking at the start of the tournament.


2019 French Open – Women's Doubles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2019 French Open – Women's Legends Doubles
Nathalie Dechy and Amélie Mauresmo were the defending champions and successfully defended their title, defeating Martina Navratilova and Dinara Safina in the final, 6–3, 6–4.


2019 French Open – Women's Legends Doubles, Draw, Group A
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 4) Steering Committee decision.


2019 French Open – Women's Legends Doubles, Draw, Group B
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 4) Steering Committee decision.


2019 French Open – Women's Singles
Ashleigh Barty defeated Markéta Vondroušová in the final, 6–1, 6–3 to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 2019 French Open. It was Barty's first Grand Slam singles title, making her the first Australian player to win a French Open singles title since Margaret Court in 1973 and the first Australian player to win a major singles title since Samantha Stosur at the 2011 US Open. Vondroušová was the first teenager to reach a French Open women's singles final since Ana Ivanovic in 2007, as well as the first teenager to reach a major women's singles final since Caroline Wozniacki at the 2009 US Open.


2019 French Open – Women's Singles
Simona Halep was the defending champion, but lost to Amanda Anisimova in the quarterfinals. Anisimova was the first player, male or female, born in the 21st century to reach the quarterfinals and semifinals of a major tournament.


2019 French Open – Women's Singles
Naomi Osaka retained the WTA no. 1 singles ranking after Karolína Plíšková lost in the third round. Angelique Kerber, Kiki Bertens and Petra Kvitová were also in contention for the top ranking. Osaka's streak of 16 consecutive wins at the Grand Slam level was broken when she lost to Kateřina Siniaková in the third round.


2019 French Open – Women's Singles
For the first time since the 1978 Australian Open, none of the four semifinalists had previously reached a Grand Slam singles final. Of the four, Johanna Konta was the only one who had previously reached a Grand Slam singles semifinal.


2019 French Open – Women's Singles
This was the final major main draw appearance of former World No. 4, 2014 Australian Open runner-up, and 2016 WTA Finals champion Dominika Cibulková, as she retired from professional tennis after the 2019 season. She lost to Aryna Sabalenka in the first round. It was also the first French Open main draw appearance of future French Open champion Iga Świątek. She reached the fourth round, losing to Halep in straight sets.


2019 French Open – Women's Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2019 French Open – Women's Singles Qualifying
The 2019 French Open – Women's Singles Qualifying is a series of tennis matches that takes place from 21 May 2018 to 24 May 2019 to determine the twelve qualifiers into the main draw of the 2019 French Open – Women's Singles, and, if necessary, the lucky losers.


2019 French Road Cycling Cup
The 2019 French Road Cycling Cup is the 28th edition of the French Road Cycling Cup. Compared to the previous season, the same 15 events were held.


2019 French Road Cycling Cup
The defending champion from the previous season is Hugo Hofstetter.


2019 French Road Cycling Cup, Final Cup standings, Young rider classification
All riders younger than 25 are eligible for this classification.


2019 French Road Cycling Cup, Final Cup standings, Teams
Only French teams are eligible to be classified in the teams classification.


2019 French motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2019 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 2019 MotoGP season. It was held at the Bugatti Circuit in Le Mans on 19 May 2019.


2019 Fresno FC season
The 2019 Fresno FC season is the club's second season in the United Soccer League Championship, the second tier of the American soccer pyramid.


2019 Fresno FC season, Competitions, U.S. Open Cup
As a member of the USL Championship, the Fresno FC will enter the tournament in the Second Round, to be played May 14–15, 2019


2019 Fresno State Bulldogs football team
The 2019 Fresno State Bulldogs football team represented California State University, Fresno in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bulldogs were led by third year head coach Jeff Tedford and played their games at Bulldog Stadium as a member of the Mountain West Conference in the West Division. They finished the season 4–8, 2–6 in Mountain West play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place in the West Division.


2019 Fresno State Bulldogs football team
On December 6, head coach Jeff Tedford resigned citing health reasons. He finished at Fresno State with a three-year record of 26–14.


2019 Fresno State Bulldogs football team, Previous season
The Bulldogs finished the season 12–2 overall 7–1 in Mountain West Play to win the West division for a 2nd straight year. They defeated the Boise State in the Mountain West Conference Championship Game. They were invited to the Las Vegas Bowl where they defeated Arizona State.


2019 Fresno State Bulldogs football team, Preseason, Mountain West media days
The Mountain West media days will be held on July 23–24 at the Cosmopolitan on the Las Vegas Strip.


2019 Fresno State Bulldogs football team, Preseason, Mountain West media days, Media poll
The preseason poll was released at the Mountain West media days on July 23, 2019. The Bulldogs were predicted to finish in first place in the MW West Division.


2019 Fresno shooting
On November 17, 2019, a mass shooting occurred at a Fresno, California football watch party with 35 to 40 people present, including several children. Four people were killed and six were injured. It was the third mass shooting in California in less than a week, the others being the Saugus High School shooting that killed three and injured another three in Santa Clarita, and a family murder–suicide in San Diego that killed five and injured one.


2019 Fresno shooting, Incident
The shooting happened in a backyard of a home when a group of friends and families were holding a football watch party, to watch the game between the Los Angeles Rams and the Chicago Bears. The party was composed of about 35 to 40 friends and family members of the home owner in attendance. At some point during the party the women and children attending the party had moved inside to watch TV, while 16 men stayed outside to continue watching the football game. At least two suspects snuck through an unlocked gate of the home around 6:00 pm PST and opened fire indiscriminately before they fled on foot.


2019 Fresno shooting, Victims
The deceased victims were all men between the ages of 23 and 40 years old. Three men were pronounced dead at the scene while another was transported to Community Regional Medical Center where he died of his injuries. Two of the deceased were well-known Southeast Asian singers.


2019 Fresno shooting, Victims
Five others were treated with non-life threatening wounds at the same hospital while another was treated at a different hospital. The surviving victims are men between the ages of 28 and 36. All of the victims are members of the Hmong community in Fresno.


2019 Fresno shooting, Investigation
The Fresno Police Department is investigating the incident, with assistance from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and Clovis Police Department. Fresno Police Deputy Chief Michael Reed said the victims were "likely targeted". The department mobilized an "Asian Gang Task Force" to look into concerns about the attack being connected to a recent spike in violent crime by Asian gangs.


2019 Fresno shooting, Investigation
On December 31, six suspects were arrested in connection with the shooting, all of whom were believed to have been members of the Mongolian Boys Society gang. One of the victims was a former member of the rival gang Asian Crips. The shooting was allegedly retaliation for the murder of a Mongolian Boys Society member by a member of the Asian Crips. The suspects were detained at the Fresno County Jail and faced four counts of homicide, 12 counts of attempted homicide, and conspiracy to commit murder with gang and firearms enhancements. In February 2020, a seventh suspect was arrested and charged with the same offenses.


2019 Fresno shooting, Response
The Fresno area is home to the largest Hmong population in California and the second-largest in the United States. Their community expressed sadness and bewilderment.


2019 Fresno shooting, Response
Politicians such as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Fresno City Councilman Luis Chavez responded to the incident with statements.


2019 Frisco Bowl
The 2019 Frisco Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 20, 2019, with kickoff at 7:30 p.m. EST (6:30 p.m. local CST) on ESPN2. It was the 3rd edition of the Frisco Bowl, and one of the 2019–20 bowl games concluding the 2019 FBS football season. Sponsored by restaurant franchise Tropical Smoothie Cafe, the game was officially known as the Tropical Smoothie Cafe Frisco Bowl.


2019 Frisco Bowl, Teams
The bowl matched the Utah State Aggies of the Mountain West Conference and Kent State Golden Flashes of the Mid-American Conference (MAC). This was the teams' third meeting; the all-time series had been tied at 1–1. Their most recent meeting had seen Utah State defeat Kent State by a score of 27–24 on October 19, 1974, at Kent State.


2019 Frisco Bowl, Teams, Utah State Aggies
Utah State completed their regular season with a 7–5 record (6–2 in conference), finishing in third place in the Mountain Division of Mountain West. This was the Aggies' 13th bowl game in program history, and eighth bowl appearance in nine seasons.


2019 Frisco Bowl, Teams, Kent State Golden Flashes
Kent State finished their regular season at 6–6 (5–3 in conference), in a three-way tie for second place in the East Division of the MAC. This was the fourth bowl game in school history, as the Golden Flashes were seeking their first-ever bowl win after losing the previous three. It was also Kent State's first bowl game since the 2013 GoDaddy.com Bowl, where their 2012 team lost to Arkansas State, 17–13.


2019 Fukui gubernatorial election
A gubernatorial election was held on 7 April 2019 to elect the next Governor of Fukui.


2019 Fukuoka International Women's Cup
The 2019 Fukuoka International Women's Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor carpet courts. It was the nineteenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. It took place in Fukuoka, Japan between 6 and 12 May 2019.


2019 Fukuoka International Women's Cup, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2019 Fukuoka International Women's Cup – Doubles
Naomi Broady and Asia Muhammad were the defending champions, but Muhammad chose to participate at the 2019 FineMark Women's Pro Tennis Championship instead.


2019 Fukuoka International Women's Cup – Doubles
Broady partnered alongside compatriot Heather Watson, and successfully defended their title, after Kristie Ahn and Alison Bai gave a walkover in the final.


2019 Fukuoka International Women's Cup – Singles
Katie Boulter was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.


2019 Fukuoka International Women's Cup – Singles
Heather Watson won the title, defeating Zarina Diyas in the final, 7–6(7–1), 7–6(7–4).


2019 Fukuoka gubernatorial election
A gubernatorial election was held on 7 April 2019 to elect the next Governor of Fukuoka.


2019 Furman Paladins football team
The 2019 Furman Paladins football team represents Furman University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by third-year head coach Clay Hendrix and play their home games at Paladin Stadium. They are a member of the Southern Conference.


2019 Furman Paladins football team, Previous season
The Paladins finished the 2018 season 6–4, 6–2 in SoCon play finish in a three way tie for the SoCon championship with Wofford and East Tennessee State. After tiebreakers, they did not receive the SoCon's automatic bid to the FCS playoffs and they did not receive an at-large bid.


2019 Furman Paladins football team, Preseason, Preseason polls
The SoCon released their preseason media poll and coaches poll on July 22, 2019. The Paladins were picked to finish in second place in both polls.


2019 Furman Paladins football team, Preseason, Preseason All-SoCon Teams
The Paladins placed seven players on the preseason all-SoCon teams.


2019 Furman Paladins football team, FCS Playoffs
The Paladins were selected for the postseason tournament, with a first-round pairing against Austin Peay.


2019 Furman Paladins men's soccer team
The 2019 Furman Paladins men's soccer team represented Furman University during the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season and the 2019 Southern Conference men's soccer season. The regular season began on August 30 and concluded on November 2. It was the program's 53rd season fielding a men's varsity soccer team, and their 49th season in the SoCon. The 2019 season was Doug Allison's twenty-fifth year as head coach for the program.


2019 Furman Paladins men's soccer team, Roster
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019 Fusagasugá City Council election
The 2019 Fusagasugá City Council election was held on Sunday, 27 October 2019, to elect the fifth City Council since the 2002 reform (Legislative Act 2002). At stake were all 17 seats in the City Council. There are twenty polling stations authorized by the Registradury.


2019 Fuzhou China Open
The 2019 Fuzhou China Open was a badminton tournament which took place at Haixia Olympics Sports Center in Fuzhou, Fujian, China, from 5 to 10 November 2019 and had a total prize of $700,000.


2019 Fuzhou China Open, Tournament
The 2019 Fuzhou China Open was the twenty-third tournament of the 2019 BWF World Tour and also part of the Fuzhou China Open championships, which has been held since 2005. This tournament was organized by Chinese Badminton Association and sanctioned by the BWF.


2019 Fuzhou China Open, Tournament, Venue
This international tournament was held at Haixia Olympic Sports Center in Fuzhou, Fujian, China.


2019 Fuzhou China Open, Tournament, Point distribution
Below is the point distribution table for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF World Tour Super 750 event.


2019 Fuzhou China Open, Tournament, Prize money
The total prize money for this tournament was US$700,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.


2019 Fylde Borough Council election
Elections to Borough of Fylde were held on 2 May 2019 as part of the wider 2019 United Kingdom local elections.


2019 G20 Osaka summit
The 2019 G20 Osaka summit was the  fourteenth meeting of the G20, a forum of 19 countries and the EU that together represent most of the world economy. It was held on 28–29 June 2019 at the International Exhibition Center in Osaka. It was the first G20 summit to be hosted by Japan.


2019 G20 Osaka summit, Issues
The 2019 G20 Summit discussed eight themes to Ensure Global Sustainable Development. The eight themes were "Global Economy", "Trade and Investment", "Innovation", "Environment and Energy", "Employment", "Women's Empowerment", "Development" and "Health".


2019 G20 Osaka summit, Issues
Regards to "Trade and Investment", support for the necessary reform of the World Trade Organization (WTO) was agreed. WHO Director-General Roberto Azevêdo had been participating in the summit, welcomed the communique.


2019 G20 Osaka summit, Issues
Regards to "Innovation", necessity of respected and interoperable frameworks on Data Free Flow with Trust, both domestic and international, was discussed.


2019 G20 Osaka summit, Issues
Regards to "Environment and Energy", a common global vision, the "Osaka Blue Ocean Vision" which is aiming to reduce additional pollution by marine plastic litter to zero by 2050 through a comprehensive life-cycle approach was shared.


2019 G20 Osaka summit, Issues
Leaders' Special Event was also held, and "Digital Economy" and "Women’s Empowerment" were discussed. During the former event, "Osaka Declaration on Digital Economy" was issued, in which those leaders declared the launch of the "Osaka Track", a process which demonstrates their commitment to promote efforts on international rule-making on digital economy, especially on data flow and electronic commerce. Regards to the latter event, a press release compiling the messages from the leaders on their national measures and commitment regarding women's empowerment was issued after the event.


2019 G20 Osaka summit, Related topics
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China has issued a statement considering the Hong Kong Protests as China's internal affairs on June 24. The Chinese government wanted to delist the Hong Kong issue from the summit's agenda for the year, to avoid possible political and security confrontations between all G20 leaders (from outside China) and China. China has threatened to attack G20 nations suspected for “wrongfully” accusing China. However, Japanese Prime Minister Abe had raised the issue to President Xi just before the official summit, while some Hong Kong citizens protested in places around the summit venue. Pro -independence leader Chan Ho-tin demonstrated with people from Chinese ethnic minorities like Rebiya Kadeer for Hong Kong, as well as Xinjiang issues.


2019 G20 Osaka summit, Related topics
On June 29, President of the United States Donald Trump offered North Korea's Kim Jong-un a weekend meeting in the demilitarized zone, and the 2019 Koreas–United States DMZ Summit was realized.


2019 GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury
The 2019 GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the twelfth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. It took place in Shrewsbury, United Kingdom between 11 and 17 February 2019.


2019 GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2019 GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury – Doubles
Sarah Beth Grey and Olivia Nicholls were the defending champions, but chose not to participate.


2019 GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury – Doubles
Arina Rodionova and Yanina Wickmayer won the title, defeating Freya Christie and Valeria Savinykh in the final, 6–2, 7–5.


2019 GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury – Singles
Maia Lumsden was the defending champion, but lost to Yanina Wickmayer in the quarterfinals.


2019 GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury – Singles
Vitalia Diatchenko won the title, defeating Wickmayer in the final, 5–7, 6–1, 6–4.


2019 GC32 Racing Tour
2019 was the sixth series of the GC32 Racing Tour. It was the first to include well-known GC32 teams Alinghi, Oman Air and Red Bull Sailing Team, following the collapse of the Extreme Sailing Series. The 2019 season consisted of five acts, returning to Villasimius, Riva del Garda, Lagos, and Palma de Mallorca, as well as its debut in Muscat, Oman.


2019 GC32 Racing Tour, Events
31 July- 4 August: 38 Copa del Rey MAPFRE / Palma de Mallorca, Spain


2019 GC32 Racing Tour, Events
11-15 September: GC32 Riva Cup / Riva del Garda, Italy


2019 GC6
2019 GC6 is a very small near-Earth asteroid and potentially hazardous object of the Apollo group, approximately 20 meters (70 ft) in diameter. It was detected by the Catalina Sky Survey at Catalina Station on 9 April 2019, a few days before it made its first-observed pass through the cislunar region at a distance of 136,000 miles (219,000 km), comparable to roughly half the average distance from the Earth to the Moon (0.58 LD).


2019 GC6, Orbit and classification
2019 GC6 is a member of the Apollo group of asteroids, which are Earth-crossing asteroids. They are the largest group of near-Earth objects with approximately 10,000 known members. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 0.91–1.29 AU once every 14 months (424 days; semi-major axis of 1.1 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.18 and an inclination of 1° with respect to the ecliptic.


2019 GC6, Orbit and classification
The body's observation arc begins with its first observation by the Mount Lemmon Survey on 31 March 2019, just a few days prior to its potential discovery observation by the Catalina Sky Survey.


2019 GC6, Physical characteristics, Diameter and albedo
The dimensions of the asteroid are estimated to range between 7.5–30 metres (25–98 ft) and has been compared to size of a house. Based on an magnitude-to-diameter conversion and a measured absolute magnitude of 26.5, 2019 GC6 measures between 15 and 28 meters in diameter for an assumed geometric albedo of 0.20 (siliceous) and 0.057 (carbonaceous), respectively.


2019 GCPL season
The 2019 Gulf Coast Premier League season was the 4th season of the GCPL. FC New Orleans won the playoffs after beating Northshore United in the final.


2019 GCPL season, Playoffs
Note: FC New Orleans and Northshore United entered at the semi-finals stage.


2019 GEICO 500
The 2019 GEICO 500 was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on April 28, 2019, at Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln, Alabama. Contested over 188 laps on the 2.66 mile (4.28 km) superspeedway, it was the 10th race of the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.


2019 GEICO 500, Report, Background
Talladega Superspeedway, formerly known as Alabama International Motor Speedway, is a motorsports complex located north of Talladega, Alabama. It is located on the former Anniston Air Force Base in the small city of Lincoln. A tri-oval, the track was constructed in 1969 by the International Speedway Corporation, a business controlled by the France family. Talladega is most known for its steep banking. The track currently hosts NASCAR's Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Xfinity Series and Gander Outdoors Truck Series. Talladega is the longest NASCAR oval with a length of 2.66-mile-long (4.28 km) tri-oval like the Daytona International Speedway, which is a 2.5-mile-long (4.0 km).


2019 GEICO 500, Practice, First practice
Kurt Busch was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 47.249 seconds and a speed of 202.671 mph (326.167 km/h).


2019 GEICO 500, Practice, Final practice
Ryan Newman was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 46.905 seconds and a speed of 204.157 mph (328.559 km/h).


2019 GEICO 500, Qualifying
Austin Dillon scored the pole for the race with a time of 49.734 and a speed of 192.544 mph (309.870 km/h).


2019 GEICO 500, Media, Television
Fox Sports covered their 19th race at the Talladega Superspeedway. Mike Joy, six-time Talladega winner – and all-time restrictor plate race wins record holder – Jeff Gordon and four-time Talladega winner Darrell Waltrip called the race in the booth for the race. Jamie Little, Vince Welch and Matt Yocum handled the action on pit road for the television side.


2019 GEICO 500, Media, Radio
MRN had the radio call for the race which was also simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle and two-time Talladega winner Dale Jarrett called the race in the booth when the field raced through the tri-oval. Dave Moody called the race from the Sunoco spotters stand outside turn 2 when the field raced through turns 1 and 2. Mike Bagley called the race from a platform inside the backstretch when the field raced down the backstretch. Kurt Becker called the race from the Sunoco spotters stand outside turn 4 when the field raced through turns 3 and 4. Winston Kelley, Kim Coon, Steve Post, and Dillon Welch worked pit road for the radio side.


2019 GFF Elite League
The 2019 GFF Elite League is the 18th season of the GFF Elite League, the top-tier football in Guyana. The season started on 15 March 2019.


2019 GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
The 2019 GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano (transl. GP Industry & Handicraft of Larciano) was the 51st edition of the GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano road cycling one day race, which was held on 10 March 2019. The 1.HC-category race was a part of the 2019 UCI Europe Tour.


2019 GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano, Teams
Seven UCI WorldTeams, eleven UCI Professional Continental teams, six UCI Continental teams, and one national team make up the twenty-five teams that participated in the race. Only two of the twenty-five teams did not enter the maximum squad of seven riders; these two teams (Delko–Marseille Provence and Riwal Readynez) each entered six riders. Of the 173 riders, there was one non-starter, while 90 riders finished.


2019 GP Miguel Induráin
The 2019 GP Miguel Induráin was the 66th edition of the GP Miguel Induráin cycle race and was held on 6 April 2019 as part of the 2019 UCI Europe Tour. The race started and finished in Estella. The race was won by Jonathan Hivert.


2019 GP Miguel Induráin, Teams
Eighteen teams were invited to take part in the race. These included four UCI WorldTeams, nine UCI Professional Continental teams, and five UCI Continental teams.


2019 GP de Plouay – Bretagne
The 2019 GP de Plouay featured as the twentieth round of the 2019 UCI Women's World Tour and was held on 31 August 2019, in Plouay, France. The race was held one day before the men's Bretagne Classic.


2019 GP de Plouay – Bretagne, Teams
128 riders from 22 teams started the race. Each team has a maximum of six riders:


2019 GT & Prototype Challenge
The 2019 GT & Prototype Challenge was the third series of the GT & Prototype Challenge. The GT and Superlights classes of the Supercar Challenge were split from the original series to form the new championship.