2020 ACI Rally Monza 41. ACI Rally Monza 2020 | ||
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Round 7 of 7 in the 2020 World Rally Championship
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Host country | Italy | |
Rally base | Monza, Brianza | |
Dates run | 3 – 6 December 2020 | |
Start location | Monza, Brianza | |
Finish location | Monza, Brianza | |
Stages | 16 (239.20 km; 148.63 miles) [1] | |
Stage surface | Tarmac | |
Transport distance | 272.84 km (169.53 miles) | |
Overall distance | 512.04 km (318.17 miles) | |
Results | ||
Overall winner | Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 2:15:51.0 | |
WRC-2 winner | Mads Østberg Torstein Eriksen PH-Sport 2:21:18.4 | |
WRC-3 winner | Andreas Mikkelsen Anders Jæger-Amland 2:19:47.2 | |
J-WRC winner | Tom Kristensson Joakim Sjöberg Tom Kristensson Motorsport 2:35:21.4 | |
Power Stage winner | Takamoto Katsuta Daniel Barritt Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 11:05.5 | |
Cancellation | SS10 cancelled due to a road-blocked crash. SS12 cancelled due to heavy snow. | |
Crews registered | 95 | |
Crews | 91 at start, 71 at finish |
The 2020 Rally Monza (also known as ACI Rally Monza 2020) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was scheduled to hold between 3 and 6 December 2020. [2] 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. [3] 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). [1]
Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia won the rally. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the manufacturers' rally winners. [4] Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen were the winners in the WRC-2 category. [5] Andreas Mikkelsen and Anders Jæger-Amland winners in the WRC-3 category. [6] Tom Kristensson and Henrik Appelskog won the junior class. [7]
Ogier and Ingrassia won their seventh world titles, while Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT secured their second consecutive manufacturers' titles. [4] Østberg and Eriksen won the WRC-2 championship, while Toksport WRT claimed the teams' titles. [5] Jari Huttunen and Mikko Lukka became WRC-3 crowned champions. [6] Kristensson and Appelskog sealed junior world titles. [7]
Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin entered the round with a fourteen-point lead over six-time world champions Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia. Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul are third, a further ten points behind. In the World Rally Championship for Manufacturers, defending manufacturers' champions Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT held a seven-point lead over Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, following by M-Sport Ford WRT.
In the World Rally Championship-2 standings, Pontus Tidemand and Patrick Barth held an eighteen-point lead ahead of Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen in the drivers' and co-drivers' standings respectively, with Adrien Fourmaux and Renaud Jamoul in third. In the manufacturer' championship, Toksport WRT led Hyundai Motorsport N by forty-five points. M-Sport Ford WRT sit in third, a further fourteen points behind.
In the World Rally Championship-3 standings, Marco Bulacia Wilkinson led Jari Huttunen by two points in the drivers' standing, with Kajetan Kajetanowicz in third. The co-drivers' standing was led by Mikko Lukka. Maciek Szczepaniak and Marcelo Der Ohannesian hold second and third respectively.
In the Junior championship, Mārtiņš Sesks and Renars Francis led Tom Kristensson and Joakim Sjöberg by eight points. Sami Pajari and Marko Salminen were third, four points further back. In the Nations' championships, Latvia held an eight-point lead over Sweden, with Finland in third.
The event was included in the 2020 World Rally Championship as the final round of the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [8]
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. Ninety-five entries were received, with eleven crews entered World Rally Cars, four Group R5 cars entered in the World Rally Championship-2 and thirteen in the World Rally Championship-3. A further six crews entered in the Junior World Rally Championship in Ford Fiesta R2s.
The first and last day of action, including the Power Stage, followed Monza Rally Show to take place in stages inside the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, while the second leg was focused on public stages north of Bergamo in the foothills of the Alps. [2]
All dates and times were CEST (UTC+2).
Date | Time | No. | Stage name | Distance |
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3 December | 10:01 | — | Monza Circuit [ Shakedown ] | 4.00 km |
Leg 1 — 73.94 km | ||||
3 December | 14:08 | SS1 | Sottozero The Monza Legacy | 4.33 km |
4 December | 07:58 | SS2 | Scorpion 1 | 13.43 km |
10:08 | SS3 | Scorpion 2 | 13.43 km | |
12:38 | SS4 | Cinturato 1 | 16.22 km | |
15:08 | SS5 | Cinturato 2 | 16.22 km | |
17:38 | SS6 | PZero Grand Prix 1 | 10.31 km | |
Leg 2 — 126.95 km | ||||
5 December | 07:52 | SS7 | Selvino 1 | 25.06 km |
09:08 | SS8 | Gerosa 1 | 11.09 km | |
10:02 | SS9 | Costa Valle Imagna 1 | 22.17 km | |
13:22 | SS10 | Selvino 2 | 25.06 km | |
14:38 | SS11 | Gerosa 2 | 11.09 km | |
15:32 | SS12 | Costa Valle Imagna 2 | 22.17 km | |
17:38 | SS13 | PZero Grand Prix 2 | 10.31 km | |
Leg 3 — 38.31 km | ||||
6 December | 07:48 | SS14 | PZero Grand Prix 3 | 10.31 km |
10:08 | SS15 | Serraglio 1 | 14.00 km | |
12:18 | SS16 | Serraglio 2 [ Power Stage ] | 14.00 km | |
Source: [1] |
Dani Sordo and Carlos del Barrio held a narrow lead going onto Saturday, despite a ten-second time penalty for cutting a chicane. [10] Teammate Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul's title hope was washed away as their i20 was drawn out when the engine expired in heavy standing water after damaging their right-front suspension. [11] Teemu Suninen and Jarmo Lehtinen retired from the rally because of an unfixable misfiring engine. [12] Championship situation was shifted on Saturday as Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin went off-road in the afternoon loop. [13] Other major retirements of the day included Gus Greensmith and Elliott Edmondson, and Ole Christian Veiby and Jonas Andersson. [14] Eventually, Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia won the event, which was enough to overhaul their teammate Evans and Martin to snatch their seventh world titles. [4]
Date | No. | Stage name | Distance | Winners | Car | Time | Class leaders |
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3 December | — | Monza Circuit [ Shakedown ] | 4.00 km | Neuville / Gilsoul | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | 3:08.7 | — |
SS1 | Sottozero The Monza Legacy | 4.33 km | Ogier / Ingrassia | Toyota Yaris WRC | 3:31.5 | Ogier / Ingrassia | |
4 December | SS2 | Scorpion 1 | 13.43 km | Sordo / del Barrio | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | 9:54.5 | Sordo / del Barrio |
SS3 | Scorpion 2 | 13.43 km | Lappi / Ferm | Ford Fiesta WRC | 9:56.8 | Lappi / Ferm | |
SS4 | Cinturato 1 | 16.22 km | Evans / Martin | Toyota Yaris WRC | 11:56.5 | ||
SS5 | Cinturato 2 | 16.22 km | Ogier / Ingrassia | Toyota Yaris WRC | 11:53.5 | ||
SS6 | PZero Grand Prix 1 | 10.31 km | Sordo / del Barrio | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | 5:52.5 | Sordo / del Barrio | |
5 December | SS7 | Selvino 1 | 25.06 km | Ogier / Ingrassia | Toyota Yaris WRC | 3:31.5 | Ogier / Ingrassia |
SS8 | Gerosa 1 | 11.09 km | Sordo / del Barrio | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | 7:05.0 | Sordo / del Barrio | |
SS9 | Costa Valle Imagna 1 | 22.17 km | Evans / Martin | Toyota Yaris WRC | 14:35.5 | Ogier / Ingrassia | |
SS10 | Selvino 2 | 25.06 km | Stage cancelled | ||||
SS11 | Gerosa 2 | 11.09 km | Ogier / Ingrassia [lower-alpha 1] | Toyota Yaris WRC | 8:25.6 | Ogier / Ingrassia | |
SS12 | Costa Valle Imagna 2 | 22.17 km | Stage cancelled | ||||
SS13 | PZero Grand Prix 2 | 10.31 km | Sordo / del Barrio | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | 5:47.8 | Ogier / Ingrassia | |
6 December | SS14 | PZero Grand Prix 3 | 10.31 km | Ogier / Ingrassia | Toyota Yaris WRC | 5:32.2 | |
SS15 | Serraglio 1 | 14.00 km | Sordo / del Barrio | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | 11:10.2 | ||
SS16 | Serraglio 2 [ Power Stage ] | 14.00 km | Katsuta / Barritt | Toyota Yaris WRC | 11:05.5 | ||
Pos. | Drivers' championships | Co-drivers' championships | Manufacturers' championships | |||||||||
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Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | Move | Manufacturer | Points | ||||
1 | 1 | Sébastien Ogier | 122 | 1 | Julien Ingrassia | 122 | Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT | 241 | ||||
2 | 1 | Elfyn Evans | 114 | 1 | Scott Martin | 114 | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | 236 | ||||
3 | 1 | Ott Tänak | 105 | 1 | Martin Järveoja | 105 | M-Sport Ford WRT | 129 | ||||
4 | 1 | Thierry Neuville | 87 | 1 | Nicolas Gilsoul | 87 | Hyundai 2C Competition | 8 | ||||
5 | Kalle Rovanperä | 80 | Jonne Halttunen | 80 |
Adrien Fourmaux and Renaud Jamoul led the category, but a right-rear puncture lost their lead to Pontus Tidemand and Patrik Barth. [15] Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen turned the tables to their favour on Saturday. [16] The Norwegian crew eventually won the class to seal the WRC-2 titles. [5]
Position | No. | Driver | Co-driver | Entrant | Car | Time | Difference | Points | ||
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Event | Class | Class | Event | |||||||
9 | 1 | 21 | Mads Østberg | Torstein Eriksen | PH-Sport | Citroën C3 R5 | 2:21:18.4 | 0.0 | 25 | 2 |
10 | 2 | 20 | Pontus Tidemand | Patrik Barth | Toksport WRT | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 2:21:44.0 | +25.6 | 18 | 1 |
13 | 3 | 23 | Jan Kopecký | Jan Hloušek | Toksport WRT | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 2:22:41.8 | +1:23.4 | 15 | 0 |
49 | 4 | 22 | Adrien Fourmaux | Renaud Jamoul | M-Sport Ford WRT | Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II | 2:50:38.8 | +29:20.4 | 12 | 0 |
Date | No. | Stage name | Distance | Winners | Car | Time | Class leaders |
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3 December | — | Monza Circuit [ Shakedown ] | 4.00 km | Østberg / Eriksen | Citroën C3 R5 | 3:19.0 | — |
SS1 | Sottozero The Monza Legacy | 4.33 km | Fourmaux / Jamoul | Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II | 3:39.9 | Fourmaux / Jamoul | |
4 December | SS2 | Scorpion 1 | 13.43 km | Fourmaux / Jamoul | Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II | 10:13.8 | |
SS3 | Scorpion 2 | 13.43 km | Fourmaux / Jamoul | Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II | 10:10.3 | ||
SS4 | Cinturato 1 | 16.22 km | Tidemand / Barth | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 12:29.9 | ||
SS5 | Cinturato 2 | 16.22 km | Tidemand / Barth | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 12:26.6 | Tidemand / Barth | |
SS6 | PZero Grand Prix 1 | 10.31 km | Fourmaux / Jamoul | Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II | 6:03.4 | ||
5 December | SS7 | Selvino 1 | 25.06 km | Østberg / Eriksen | Citroën C3 R5 | 18:32.3 | Fourmaux / Jamoul |
SS8 | Gerosa 1 | 11.09 km | Fourmaux / Jamoul | Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II | 7:15.2 | ||
SS9 | Costa Valle Imagna 1 | 22.17 km | Østberg / Eriksen | Citroën C3 R5 | 14:55.8 | Østberg / Eriksen | |
SS10 | Selvino 2 | 25.06 km | Stage cancelled | ||||
SS11 | Gerosa 2 | 11.09 km | Tidemand / Barth | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 9:09.1 | Østberg / Eriksen | |
SS12 | Costa Valle Imagna 2 | 22.17 km | Stage cancelled | ||||
SS13 | PZero Grand Prix 2 | 10.31 km | Fourmaux / Jamoul | Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II | 5:54.6 | Østberg / Eriksen | |
6 December | SS14 | PZero Grand Prix 3 | 10.31 km | Fourmaux / Jamoul | Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II | 5:43.5 | |
SS15 | Serraglio 1 | 14.00 km | Tidemand / Barth | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 11:24.0 | ||
SS16 | Serraglio 2 | 14.00 km | Østberg / Eriksen | Citroën C3 R5 | 11:27.2 | ||
Pos. | Drivers' championships | Co-drivers' championships | Manufacturers' championships | |||||||||
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Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | Move | Manufacturer | Points | ||||
1 | 1 | Mads Østberg | 112 | 1 | Torstein Eriksen | 112 | Toksport WRT | 147 | ||||
2 | 1 | Pontus Tidemand | 108 | 1 | Patrick Barth | 108 | 2 | PH-Sport | 112 | |||
3 | Adrien Fourmaux | 78 | Renaud Jamoul | 78 | 1 | Hyundai Motorsport N | 102 | |||||
4 | Ole Christian Veiby | 51 | Jonas Andersson | 51 | 1 | M-Sport Ford WRT | 88 | |||||
5 | Nikolay Gryazin | 51 | Yaroslav Fedorov | 41 | ||||||||
Andreas Mikkelsen and Anders Jæger-Amland avoided any drama to lead the class. The Norwegian crew ran as high as third in the overall standings. [17] However, their lead was narrowed by Oliver Solberg and Aaron Johnston by the end of the second leg. [18] Mikkelsen and Jæger-Amland refused to give their lead away and eventually won the category. Jari Huttunen and Mikko Lukka became WRC-3 crowned champions. [6]
Date | No. | Stage name | Distance | Winners | Car | Time | Class leaders |
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3 December | — | Monza Circuit [ Shakedown ] | 4.00 km | Scandola / D'Amore | Hyundai NG i20 R5 | 3:18.4 | — |
SS1 | Sottozero The Monza Legacy | 4.33 km | Huttunen / Lukka | Hyundai NG i20 R5 | 3:37.3 | Huttunen / Lukka | |
4 December | SS2 | Scorpion 1 | 13.43 km | Mikkelsen / Jæger-Amland | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 10:08.5 | Mikkelsen / Jæger-Amland |
SS3 | Scorpion 2 | 13.43 km | Mikkelsen / Jæger-Amland | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 10:06.8 | ||
SS4 | Cinturato 1 | 16.22 km | Mikkelsen / Jæger-Amland | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 12:12.3 | ||
SS5 | Cinturato 2 | 16.22 km | Mikkelsen / Jæger-Amland | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 12:21.6 | ||
SS6 | PZero Grand Prix 1 | 10.31 km | Mikkelsen / Jæger-Amland | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 6:06.3 | ||
5 December | SS7 | Selvino 1 | 25.06 km | Lindholm / Korhonen | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 18:40.1 | |
SS8 | Gerosa 1 | 11.09 km | Scandola / D'Amore | Hyundai NG i20 R5 | 7:18.7 | ||
SS9 | Costa Valle Imagna 1 | 22.17 km | Solberg / Johnston | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 15:00.1 | ||
SS10 | Selvino 2 | 25.06 km | Stage cancelled | ||||
SS11 | Gerosa 2 | 11.09 km | Scandola / D'Amore | Hyundai NG i20 R5 | 8:13.4 | Mikkelsen / Jæger-Amland | |
SS12 | Costa Valle Imagna 2 | 22.17 km | Stage cancelled | ||||
SS13 | PZero Grand Prix 2 | 10.31 km | Huttunen / Lukka | Hyundai NG i20 R5 | 5:53.3 | Mikkelsen / Jæger-Amland | |
6 December | SS14 | PZero Grand Prix 3 | 10.31 km | Mikkelsen / Jæger-Amland | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 5:44.3 | |
SS15 | Serraglio 1 | 14.00 km | Mikkelsen / Jæger-Amland | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 11:25.5 | ||
SS16 | Serraglio 2 | 14.00 km | Solberg / Johnston | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 11:22.0 | ||
Pos. | Drivers' championships | Co-drivers' championships | ||||||
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Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | |||
1 | Jari Huttunen | 83 | Mikko Lukka | 83 | ||||
2 | Marco Bulacia Wilkinson | 78 | Maciek Szczepaniak | 65 | ||||
3 | Kajetan Kajetanowicz | 65 | 1 | Aaron Johnston | 61 | |||
4 | Oliver Solberg | 61 | 1 | Marcelo Der Ohannesian | 53 | |||
5 | Nicolas Ciamin | 28 | Marc Martí | 37 | ||||
Tom Kristensson and Joakim Sjöberg comfortably led the class, while their title rivals Mārtiņš Sesks and Renars Francis, and Sami Pajari and Marko Salminen both in trouble. [19] Championship leader Sesks and Francis' rally went even worse when they crashed out on Saturday. [20] Kristensson and Sjöberg comfortably brought the car home to put the victory in their pockets, and with that, junior world titles in hands. [7]
Position | No. | Driver | Co-driver | Entrant | Car | Time | Difference | Points | ||
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Event | Class | Class | Stage | |||||||
27 | 1 | 39 | Tom Kristensson | Joakim Sjöberg | Tom Kristensson Motorsport | Ford Fiesta R2 | 2:35:21.4 | 0.0 | 37.5 | 7 |
33 | 2 | 41 | Fabrizio Zaldívar | Rogelio Peñate | Fabrizio Zaldívar | Ford Fiesta R2 | 2:38:22.9 | +3:01.5 | 27 | 0 |
34 | 3 | 42 | Ruairi Bell | Darren Garrod | Ruairi Bell | Ford Fiesta R2 | 2:39:42.4 | +4:21.0 | 22.5 | 2 |
71 | 4 | 40 | Sami Pajari | Marko Salminen | Team Flying Finn | Ford Fiesta R2 | 3:13:26.3 | +38:04.9 | 18 | 4 |
Retired SS7 | 38 | Mārtiņš Sesks | Renars Francis | LMT Autosporta Akadēmija | Ford Fiesta R2 | Accident | 0 | 1 | ||
Retired SS6 | 43 | Fabio Andolfi | Stefano Savoia | Fabio Andolfi | Ford Fiesta R2 | Mechanical | 0 | 0 | ||
Date | No. | Stage name | Distance | Winners | Car | Time | Class leaders |
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3 December | — | Monza Circuit [ Shakedown ] | 4.00 km | Pajari / Salminen | Ford Fiesta R2 | 3:37.6 | — |
SS1 | Sottozero The Monza Legacy | 4.33 km | Pajari / Salminen | Ford Fiesta R2 | 4:01.3 | Pajari / Salminen | |
4 December | SS2 | Scorpion 1 | 13.43 km | Pajari / Salminen | Ford Fiesta R2 | 11:03.7 | |
SS3 | Scorpion 2 | 13.43 km | Sesks / Francis | Ford Fiesta R2 | 11:03.9 | Kristensson / Sjöberg | |
SS4 | Cinturato 1 | 16.22 km | Kristensson / Sjöberg | Ford Fiesta R2 | 13:22.9 | ||
SS5 | Cinturato 2 | 16.22 km | Kristensson / Sjöberg | Ford Fiesta R2 | 13:36.7 | ||
SS6 | PZero Grand Prix 1 | 10.31 km | Kristensson / Sjöberg | Ford Fiesta R2 | 6:37.7 | ||
5 December | SS7 | Selvino 1 | 25.06 km | Kristensson / Sjöberg | Ford Fiesta R2 | 21:23.7 | |
SS8 | Gerosa 1 | 11.09 km | Bell / Garrod | Ford Fiesta R2 | 8:10.3 | ||
SS9 | Costa Valle Imagna 1 | 22.17 km | Pajari / Salminen | Ford Fiesta R2 | 16:22.7 | ||
SS10 | Selvino 2 | 25.06 km | Stage cancelled | ||||
SS11 | Gerosa 2 | 11.09 km | Bell / Garrod | Ford Fiesta R2 | 8:52.4 | Kristensson / Sjöberg | |
SS12 | Costa Valle Imagna 2 | 22.17 km | Stage cancelled | ||||
SS13 | PZero Grand Prix 2 | 10.31 km | Kristensson / Sjöberg | Ford Fiesta R2 | 6:34.9 | Kristensson / Sjöberg | |
6 December | SS14 | PZero Grand Prix 3 | 10.31 km | Pajari / Salminen | Ford Fiesta R2 | 6:15.6 | |
SS15 | Serraglio 1 | 14.00 km | Kristensson / Sjöberg | Ford Fiesta R2 | 12:53.6 | ||
SS16 | Serraglio 2 | 14.00 km | Kristensson / Sjöberg | Ford Fiesta R2 | 12:49.2 | ||
Pos. | Drivers' championships | Co-drivers' championships | Nations' championships | |||||||||
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Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | Move | Country | Points | ||||
1 | 1 | Tom Kristensson | 100.5 | 1 | Joakim Sjöberg | 100.5 | 1 | Sweden | 75 | |||
2 | 1 | Sami Pajari | 76 | 1 | Marko Salminen | 76 | 1 | Latvia | 58 | |||
3 | 2 | Mārtiņš Sesks | 69 | 2 | Renars Francis | 69 | 1 | Paraguay | 52 | |||
4 | Fabrizio Zaldívar | 61 | Fernando Mussano | 34 | 1 | Finland | 52 | |||||
5 | 2 | Marco Pollara | 42.5 | 6 | Maurizio Messina | 30.5 | 2 | United Kingdom | 33 |
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The 2021 Croatia Rally was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 22 and 25 April 2021. It marked the forty-fifth running of the Croatia Rally, and the first time the event has been run as a round of the World Rally Championship. The event was the third round of the 2021 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. It was also the first round of the 2021 Junior World Rally Championship. The 2021 event was based in Zagreb in the City of Zagreb Region and was contested over twenty special stages totalling 300.32 km (186.61 mi) in competitive distance.
The 2021 Rally de Portugal was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 20 and 23 May 2021. It marked the fifty-fourth running of the Rally de Portugal. The event was the fourth round of the 2021 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3, as well as the second round of the 2021 Junior World Rally Championship. The 2021 event was based in Matosinhos in the Porto District and was contested over twenty special stages totalling 337.51 km (209.72 mi) in competitive distance.
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.
The 2021 Safari Rally was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 24 and 27 June 2021. It marked the sixty-eighth running of the Safari Rally. The event was the sixth round of the 2021 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The 2021 event was based in Nairobi in the Nairobi County and was contested over eighteen special stages totalling 320.19 km (198.96 mi) in competitive distance.
The 2021 Rally Estonia was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 15 and 18 July 2021. It marked the eleventh running of the Rally Estonia. The event was the seventh round of the 2021 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. It was also the third round of the 2021 Junior World Rally Championship. The 2021 event was based in the town of Tartu in Tartu County and contested over twenty-four special stages totalling 319.38 km (198.45 mi) in competitive distance.
The 2021 Ypres Rally was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over three days between 13 and 15 August 2021. It marked the fifty-seventh running of the Ypres Rally. The event was the eighth round of the 2021 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. It was also the fourth round of the 2021 Junior World Rally Championship. The 2021 event was based in Ypres in West Flanders and was contested over twenty-four special stages totalling 295.78 km (183.79 mi) in competitive distance.
The 2021 Acropolis Rally was a motor racing event for rally cars that held over four days between 9 and 12 September 2021. It marked the sixty-fifth running of the Acropolis Rally. The event was the ninth round of the 2021 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The 2021 event was based in the town of Lamia in Central Greece and contested over fifteen special stages totalling 292.19 km (181.56 mi) in competitive distance.
The 2021 Rally Finland was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over three days between 1 and 3 October 2021. It marked the seventieth running of the Rally Finland. The event was the tenth round of the 2021 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The 2021 event was based in Jyväskylä in Central Finland and was contested over nineteen special stages totalling 287.11 km (178.40 mi) in competitive distance.
The 2021 Rally Catalunya was a motor racing event for rally cars that held over four days between 14 and 17 October 2021. It marked the fifty-sixth running of the Rally de Catalunya. The event was the tenth round of the 2021 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. It also hosted as the final round of the 2021 Junior World Rally Championship. The 2021 event was based in Salou in the province of Tarragona in Catalonia and was contested over seventeen special stages totalling 280.46 km (174.27 mi) in competitive distance.
The 2021 Rally Monza was a motor racing event for rally cars that held over four days between 18 and 21 November 2021. It marked the forty-second running of Monza Rally Show and was the twelfth and final round of the 2021 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2, World Rally Championship-3. The event was based in the famous Autodromo Nazionale di Monza circuit near Milan, where the Italian Grand Prix was held. The rally covered a total competitive distance of 253.18 km (157.32 mi).