2020 Rally Mexico 17. Rally Guanajuato Mexico | |||
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Round 3 of 7 in the 2020 World Rally Championship
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![]() Crews had to face the challenge of Mexico's high-altitude terrain. | |||
Host country | ![]() | ||
Rally base | León, Guanajuato | ||
Dates run | 12 – 15 March 2020 | ||
Start location | Guanajuato City, Guanajuato | ||
Finish location | León, Guanajuato | ||
Stages | 24 (324.85 km; 201.85 miles) [1] | ||
Stage surface | Gravel | ||
Transport distance | 634.40 km (394.20 miles) | ||
Overall distance | 959.25 km (596.05 miles) | ||
Results | |||
Overall winner | ![]() ![]() ![]() 2:47:47.6 | ||
WRC-2 winner | ![]() ![]() ![]() 2:58:16.9 | ||
WRC-3 winner | ![]() ![]() 3:01:25.1 | ||
Power Stage winner | cancelled | ||
Cancellation | Final leg cancelled due to travel restrictions to Europe. | ||
Crews registered | 40 | ||
Crews | 34 at start, 21 at finish |
The 2020 Rally Mexico (also known as the Rally Guanajuato Mexico 2020) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 12 and 15 March 2020. [2] It marked the seventeenth running of Rally Mexico and was the third round of the 2020 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The 2020 event was based in the town of León in Guanajuato and consists of eleven special stages. The rally covered a total competitive distance of 324.85 km (201.85 mi). [1]
Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia were the defending rally winners. [3] Citroën World Rally Team, the team they drove for in 2019, were the reigning manufacturers' winners, but were not defending their title after parent company Citroën withdrew from the sport. [4] Łukasz Pieniążek and Kamil Heller were the defending winners in the World Rally Championship-2 category, but they did not compete the rally. [5] [lower-alpha 1] In the World Rally Championship-3 category, Local privateers Benito Guerra and Jaime Zapata were the reigning rally winners. [5] [lower-alpha 2]
Ogier and Ingrassia successfully defended their titles, clinching their sixth Mexico win. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the manufacturers' winners. [6] Pontus Tidemand and Patrick Barth were the winners in the WRC-2 category. [7] Marco Bulacia Wilkinson and Giovanni Bernacchini were the winners in the WRC-3 category, winning their first victory in the class. [8]
Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin entered the round as championships leaders. Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul were second, albeit they were level on points. Six-time world champions Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia were third, a slender five points behind. In the World Rally Championship for Manufacturers, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT held a ten-point lead over defending manufacturers' champions Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, following by M-Sport Ford WRT.
In the World Rally Championship-2 standings, Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen held a twenty-point lead ahead of Adrien Fourmaux and Renaud Jamoul in the drivers' and co-drivers' standings respectively, with Nikolay Gryazin and Yaroslav Fedorov in third. In the manufacturer' championship, M-Sport Ford WRT led PH-Sport by two points.
In the World Rally Championship-3 standings, the crew of Eric Camilli and François-Xavier Buresi, and Jari Huttunen and Mikko Lukka tied in the standings. They led drivers' and co-drivers' standings by seven points respectively, ahead of Nicolas Ciamin and Yannick Roche.
The following crews entered into the rally. The event was open to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, its support categories, the World Rally Championship-2, World Rally Championship-3, and Junior World Rally Championship and privateer entries that were not registered to score points in any championship. Forty entries were received, with ten crews entered in World Rally Cars, three Group R5 cars entered in the World Rally Championship-2 and eleven in the World Rally Championship-3.
All the stages are located in the state of Guanajuato. [1] The final day of the rally was cancelled in response to increased travel restrictions stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. As such, the rally concluded following stage 21, with full points awarded at the end of Saturday. [10]
All dates and times are CST (UTC-6).
Date | Time | No. | Stage name | Distance |
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12 March | 10:01 | — | Llano Grande [ Shakedown ] | 5.51 km |
Leg 1 — 135.10 km | ||||
12 March | 20:08 | SS1 | Monster Energy Street Stage GTO 1 | 1.12 km |
20:31 | SS2 | Monster Energy Street Stage GTO 2 | 1.12 km | |
13 March | 09:08 | SS3 | El Chocolate 1 | 31.45 km |
10:16 | SS4 | Ortega 1 | 17.24 km | |
11:14 | SS5 | Las Minas 1 | 13.69 km | |
12:12 | SS6 | Parque Bicentenario | 2.71 km | |
15:35 | SS7 | El Chocolate 2 | 31.45 km | |
16:43 | SS8 | Ortega 2 | 17.24 km | |
17:41 | SS9 | Las Minas 2 | 13.69 km | |
19:21 | SS10 | SSS Autodromo Shell V-Power 1 | 2.33 km | |
19:26 | SS11 | SSS Autodromo Shell V-Power 2 | 2.33 km | |
19:26 | SS12 | Street Stage León | 0.73 km | |
Leg 2 — 133.74 km | ||||
14 March | 08:58 | SS13 | Guanajuatito 1 | 24.96 km |
10:01 | SS14 | Alfaro 1 | 16.99 km | |
11:08 | SS15 | Derramadero 1 | 21.78 km | |
14:56 | SS16 | Guanajuatito 2 | 24.96 km | |
15:59 | SS17 | Alfaro 2 | 16.99 km | |
17:08 | SS18 | Derramadero 2 | 21.78 km | |
18:38 | SS19 | SSS Autodromo Shell V-Power 3 | 2.33 km | |
18:43 | SS20 | SSS Autodromo Shell V-Power 4 | 2.33 km | |
19:26 | SS21 | Rock & Rally León | 1.62 km | |
Leg 3 — 56.01 km | ||||
15 March | 08:38 | SS22 | Otates | 33.61 km |
09:56 | SS23 | San Diego | 12.76 km | |
11:18 | SS24 | El Brinco [ Power Stage ] | 9.64 km | |
Source: [1] |
The rally was run during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, and came at a time when a series of motorsport events—including Rally Argentina, rounds of the 2020 Formula One World Championship, 2019-20 World Endurance Championship, 2020 World Rallycross Championship and 2020 World Touring Car Cup —were either postponed or cancelled. Organisers of the rally decided to shorten the itinerary by cancelling the final leg of the event. This was done to allow teams time to pack up their equipment and return to their headquarters before a series of travel bans were imposed by European countries trying to manage the virus. [11]
It was a nightmare Friday for the Hyundai squad. An early radiator pipe issue Dani Sordo and Carlos del Barrio cost them over five minutes, and a late terminal engine issue sent the Spanish crew out of the rally; Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja dropped over forty seconds when they picked up damage to the rear-right corner after leading the rally shortly; Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul was running third overall, but they had to retire from the day with electrical gremlins. [12] [13] One more major retirement came from Esapekka Lappi and Janne Ferm when their Fiesta caught fire. [14] Six-time world champions Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia managed to stay out of dramas, and won his first rally of the season after the rally ended prematurely. [6]
Date | No. | Stage name | Distance | Winners | Car | Time | Class leaders |
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12 March | — | Llano Grande [ Shakedown ] | 5.51 km | Evans / Martin | Toyota Yaris WRC | 3:41.8 | — |
SS1 | Monster Energy Street Stage GTO 1 | 1.12 km | Neuville / Gilsoul | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | 59.1 | Neuville / Gilsoul | |
SS2 | Monster Energy Street Stage GTO 2 | 1.12 km | Neuville / Gilsoul | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | 57.5 | ||
13 March | SS3 | El Chocolate 1 | 31.45 km | Tänak / Järveoja | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | 23:34.6 | Tänak / Järveoja |
SS4 | Ortega 1 | 17.24 km | Ogier / Ingrassia | Toyota Yaris WRC | 9:29.1 | Ogier / Ingrassia | |
SS5 | Las Minas 1 | 13.69 km | Sordo / del Barrio | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | 9:01.2 | ||
SS6 | Parque Bicentenario | 2.71 km | Neuville / Gilsoul | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | 2:30.3 | ||
SS7 | El Chocolate 2 | 31.45 km | Tänak / Järveoja | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | 23:16.2 | ||
SS8 | Ortega 2 | 17.24 km | Stage cancelled | ||||
SS9 | Las Minas 2 | 13.69 km | Tänak / Järveoja | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | 8:53.5 | Ogier / Ingrassia | |
SS10 | SSS Autodromo Shell V-Power 1 | 2.33 km | Ogier / Ingrassia | Toyota Yaris WRC | 1:39.0 | ||
SS11 | SSS Autodromo Shell V-Power 2 | 2.33 km | Ogier / Ingrassia | Toyota Yaris WRC | 1:37.4 | ||
SS12 | Street Stage León | 0.73 km | Rovanperä / Halttunen | Toyota Yaris WRC | 45.7 | ||
14 March | SS13 | Guanajuatito 1 | 24.96 km | Ogier / Ingrassia | Toyota Yaris WRC | 16:44.8 | |
SS14 | Alfaro 1 | 16.99 km | Neuville / Gilsoul | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | 10:39.5 | ||
SS15 | Derramadero 1 | 21.78 km | Tänak / Järveoja | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | 12:25.7 | ||
SS16 | Guanajuatito 2 | 24.96 km | Neuville / Gilsoul | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | 16:36.0 | ||
SS17 | Alfaro 2 | 16.99 km | Tänak / Järveoja | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | 10:37.1 | ||
SS18 | Derramadero 2 | 21.78 km | Tänak / Järveoja | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | 12:19.0 | ||
SS19 | SSS Autodromo Shell V-Power 3 | 2.33 km | Neuville / Gilsoul | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | 1:38.4 | ||
SS20 | SSS Autodromo Shell V-Power 4 | 2.33 km | Neuville / Gilsoul | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | 1:37.1 | ||
SS21 | Rock & Rally León | 1.62 km | Neuville / Gilsoul | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | 1:38.6 | ||
15 March | SS22 | Otates | 33.61 km | Leg cancelled | |||
SS23 | San Diego | 12.76 km | |||||
SS24 | El Brinco [ Power Stage ] | 9.64 km | |||||
Pos. | Drivers' championships | Co-drivers' championships | Manufacturers' championships | |||||||||
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Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | Move | Manufacturer | Points | ||||
1 | ![]() | Sébastien Ogier | 62 | ![]() | Julien Ingrassia | 62 | ![]() | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | 110 | |||
2 | ![]() | Elfyn Evans | 54 | ![]() | Scott Martin | 54 | ![]() | Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT | 89 | |||
3 | ![]() | Thierry Neuville | 42 | ![]() | Nicolas Gilsoul | 42 | ![]() | M-Sport Ford WRT | 65 | |||
4 | ![]() | Kalle Rovanperä | 40 | ![]() | Jonne Halttunen | 40 | ||||||
5 | ![]() | Ott Tänak | 38 | ![]() | Martin Järveoja | 38 |
Pontus Tidemand and Patrick Barth dominated the rally, winning their first rally in the season. [15] [7]
Position | No. | Driver | Co-driver | Entrant | Car | Time | Difference | Points | ||
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Event | Class | Class | Event | |||||||
6 | 1 | 22 | Pontus Tidemand | Patrick Barth | Toksport WRT | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 2:58:16.9 | 0.0 | 25 | 8 |
7 | 2 | 20 | Nikolay Gryazin | Yaroslav Fedorov | Hyundai Motorsport N | Hyundai i20 R5 | 3:00:14.6 | +1:57.7 | 18 | 6 |
10 | 3 | 21 | Ole Christian Veiby | Jonas Andersson | Hyundai Motorsport N | Hyundai i20 R5 | 3:03:19.8 | +5:02.9 | 15 | 1 |
Date | No. | Stage name | Distance | Winners | Car | Time | Class leaders |
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12 March | — | Llano Grande [ Shakedown ] | 5.51 km | Tidemand / Barth | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 3:55.8 | — |
SS1 | Monster Energy Street Stage GTO 1 | 1.12 km | Tidemand / Barth | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 1:02.5 | Tidemand / Barth | |
SS2 | Monster Energy Street Stage GTO 2 | 1.12 km | Tidemand / Barth | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 1:01.3 | ||
13 March | SS3 | El Chocolate 1 | 31.45 km | Tidemand / Barth | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 25:07.2 | |
SS4 | Ortega 1 | 17.24 km | Tidemand / Barth | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 10:08.6 | ||
SS5 | Las Minas 1 | 13.69 km | Tidemand / Barth | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 9:31.0 | ||
SS6 | Parque Bicentenario | 2.71 km | Tidemand / Barth | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 2:39.5 | ||
SS7 | El Chocolate 2 | 31.45 km | Tidemand / Barth | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 24:15.7 | ||
SS8 | Ortega 2 | 17.24 km | Stage cancelled | ||||
SS9 | Las Minas 2 | 13.69 km | Tidemand / Barth | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 9:26.1 | Tidemand / Barth | |
SS10 | SSS Autodromo Shell V-Power 1 | 2.33 km | Tidemand / Barth | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 1:43.4 | ||
SS11 | SSS Autodromo Shell V-Power 2 | 2.33 km | Tidemand / Barth | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 1:42.0 | ||
SS12 | Street Stage León | 0.73 km | Tidemand / Barth | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 48.6 | ||
14 March | SS13 | Guanajuatito 1 | 24.96 km | Veiby / Andersson | Hyundai i20 R5 | 17:46.1 | |
SS14 | Alfaro 1 | 16.99 km | Veiby / Andersson | Hyundai i20 R5 | 11:19.2 | ||
SS15 | Derramadero 1 | 21.78 km | Veiby / Andersson | Hyundai i20 R5 | 13:20.5 | ||
SS16 | Guanajuatito 2 | 24.96 km | Tidemand / Barth | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 17:49.5 | ||
SS17 | Alfaro 2 | 16.99 km | Veiby / Andersson | Hyundai i20 R5 | 11:23.8 | ||
SS18 | Derramadero 2 | 21.78 km | Tidemand / Barth | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 13:13.2 | ||
SS19 | SSS Autodromo Shell V-Power 3 | 2.33 km | Tidemand / Barth | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 1:43.2 | ||
SS20 | SSS Autodromo Shell V-Power 4 | 2.33 km | Tidemand / Barth | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 1:41.5 | ||
SS21 | Rock & Rally León | 1.62 km | Tidemand / Barth | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 1:41.4 | ||
15 March | SS22 | Otates | 33.61 km | Leg cancelled | |||
SS23 | San Diego | 12.76 km | |||||
SS24 | El Brinco | 9.64 km | |||||
Pos. | Drivers' championships | Co-drivers' championships | Manufacturers' championships | |||||||||
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Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | Move | Manufacturer | Points | ||||
1 | ![]() | Mads Østberg | 50 | ![]() | Torstein Eriksen | 50 | ![]() | Hyundai Motorsport N | 74 | |||
2 | ![]() | Nikolay Gryazin | 41 | ![]() | Yaroslav Fedorov | 41 | ![]() | M-Sport Ford WRT | 52 | |||
3 | ![]() | Pontus Tidemand | 40 | ![]() | Patrick Barth | 40 | ![]() | PH-Sport | 50 | |||
4 | ![]() | Ole Christian Veiby | 33 | ![]() | Jonas Andersson | 33 | ![]() | Toksport WRT | 40 | |||
5 | ![]() | Adrien Fourmaux | 30 | ![]() | Renaud Jamoul | 30 | ||||||
Marco Bulacia Wilkinson and Giovanni Bernacchini led the category, and eventually won their maiden victory in the class. [8] Early leaders Oliver Solberg and Aaron Johnston retired from the rally when they hit a rock and smashed his Polo's sump. [16]
Date | No. | Stage name | Distance | Winners | Car | Time | Class leaders |
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12 March | — | Llano Grande [ Shakedown ] | 5.51 km | Solberg / Johnston | Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 | 3:55.5 | — |
SS1 | Monster Energy Street Stage GTO 1 | 1.12 km | Solberg / Johnston | Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 | 1:02.3 | Solberg / Johnston | |
SS2 | Monster Energy Street Stage GTO 2 | 1.12 km | Solberg / Johnston | Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 | 1:00.7 | ||
13 March | SS3 | El Chocolate 1 | 31.45 km | Heller / Díaz | Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II | 24:56.5 | Heller / Díaz |
SS4 | Ortega 1 | 17.24 km | Bulacia Wilkinson / Bernacchini | Citroën C3 R5 | 10:17.8 | Bulacia Wilkinson / Bernacchini | |
SS5 | Las Minas 1 | 13.69 km | Bulacia Wilkinson / Bernacchini | Citroën C3 R5 | 9:55.9 | ||
SS6 | Parque Bicentenario | 2.71 km | Kajetanowicz / Szczepaniak | Škoda Fabia R5 | 2:44.2 | ||
SS7 | El Chocolate 2 | 31.45 km | Bulacia Wilkinson / Bernacchini | Citroën C3 R5 | 24:49.8 | ||
SS8 | Ortega 2 | 17.24 km | Stage cancelled | ||||
SS9 | Las Minas 2 | 13.69 km | Kajetanowicz / Szczepaniak | Škoda Fabia R5 | 9:54.1 | Bulacia Wilkinson / Bernacchini | |
SS10 | SSS Autodromo Shell V-Power 1 | 2.33 km | Bulacia Wilkinson / Bernacchini | Citroën C3 R5 | 1:45.0 | ||
SS11 | SSS Autodromo Shell V-Power 2 | 2.33 km | Bulacia Wilkinson / Bernacchini | Citroën C3 R5 | 1:43.6 | ||
SS12 | Street Stage León | 0.73 km | Bulacia Wilkinson / Bernacchini | Citroën C3 R5 | 49.2 | ||
14 March | SS13 | Guanajuatito 1 | 24.96 km | Guerra / Cué | Škoda Fabia R5 | 18:09.3 | |
SS14 | Alfaro 1 | 16.99 km | Guerra / Cué | Škoda Fabia R5 | 11:30.5 | ||
SS15 | Derramadero 1 | 21.78 km | Bulacia Wilkinson / Bernacchini | Citroën C3 R5 | 13:46.3 | ||
SS16 | Guanajuatito 2 | 24.96 km | Bulacia Wilkinson / Bernacchini | Citroën C3 R5 | 18:07.2 | ||
SS17 | Alfaro 2 | 16.99 km | Bulacia Wilkinson / Bernacchini | Citroën C3 R5 | 11:31.8 | ||
SS18 | Derramadero 2 | 21.78 km | Bulacia Wilkinson / Bernacchini | Citroën C3 R5 | 13:27.9 | ||
SS19 | SSS Autodromo Shell V-Power 3 | 2.33 km | Fernández / Garcia | Škoda Fabia R5 | 1:44.7 | ||
SS20 | SSS Autodromo Shell V-Power 4 | 2.33 km | Fernández / Garcia | Škoda Fabia R5 | 1:43.3 | ||
SS21 | Rock & Rally León | 1.62 km | Fernández / Garcia | Škoda Fabia R5 | 1:44.2 | ||
15 March | SS22 | Otates | 33.61 km | Leg cancelled | |||
SS23 | San Diego | 12.76 km | |||||
SS24 | El Brinco | 9.64 km | |||||
Pos. | Drivers' championships | Co-drivers' championships | ||||||
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Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | |||
1 | ![]() | Eric Camilli | 25 | ![]() | François-Xavier Buresi | 25 | ||
2 | ![]() | Jari Huttunen | 25 | ![]() | Mikko Lukka | 25 | ||
3 | Marco Bulacia Wilkinson | 25 | Giovanni Bernacchini | 25 | ||||
4 | ![]() | Nicolas Ciamin | 18 | ![]() | Yannick Roche | 18 | ||
5 | ![]() | Emil Lindholm | 18 | ![]() | Mikael Korhonen | 18 | ||
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The 2020 Rally Sweden was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 13 and 16 February 2020. It marked the sixty-eighth running of Rally Sweden and was the second round of the 2020 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. It was also the first round of the Junior World Rally Championship. The 2020 event was based in the town of Torsby in Värmland County and consists of eleven special stages. The rally was scheduled to cover a total competitive distance of 301.26 km (187.19 mi), but was shortened to 171.64 km (106.65 mi) due to a lack of snow.
The 2020 Rally Italia Sardegna was a motor racing event for rally cars that was scheduled to be held over four days between 4 and 7 June 2020, but had to be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The event was reset to hold between 8 and 11 October 2020 following the cancellation of 2020 Rallye Deutschland. It marked the seventeenth running of Rally Italia Sardegna and was the seventh round of the 2020 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. It was also set to be the third round of the Junior World Rally Championship. The 2020 event was based in Alghero in Sardinia and consisted of sixteen special stages. The rally covered a total competitive distance of 238.84 km (148.41 mi).
The 2020 Rally Turkey was a motor racing event for rally cars that held between 18 and 20 September 2020. It marked the thirteenth running of Rally Turkey and was the fifth round of the 2020 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The 2020 event was based in Marmaris in Muğla Province, and was contested over twelve special stages with a total competitive distance of 223.00 km (138.57 mi).
The 2020 FIA World Rally Championship-2 was the eighth season of the World Rally Championship-2, an auto racing championship for rally cars that was recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile as the second-highest tier of international rallying. The category was open to cars entered by manufacturers and complying with R5 regulations.
The 2020 Rally Monza was a motor racing event for rally cars that was scheduled to hold between 3 to 6 December 2020. It marked the forty-first running of Monza Rally Show and was the final round of the 2020 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2, World Rally Championship-3. It was also the final round of the Junior World Rally Championship. The event was based in the famous Autodromo Nazionale di Monza circuit near Milan, where the Italian Grand Prix is held. The rally covered a total competitive distance of 239.20 km (148.63 mi).
The 2021 Rally Italia Sardegna was a motor racing event for rally cars that held over four days between 3 and 6 June 2021. It marked the eighteenth running of the Rally Italia Sardegna. The event was the fifth round of the 2021 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The 2021 event was based in Olbia in Sardinia and contested over twenty special stages totalling 303.10 km (188.34 mi) in competitive distance.