2021 Rally Estonia Rally Estonia 2021 | |||
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Round 7 of 12 in the 2021 World Rally Championship
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Host country | Estonia | ||
Rally base | Tartu, Tartu County | ||
Dates run | 15 – 18 July 2021 | ||
Start location | Tartu, Tartu County | ||
Finish location | Tartu Parish, Tartu County | ||
Stages | 24 (319.38 km; 198.45 miles) [1] | ||
Stage surface | Gravel | ||
Transport distance | 933.77 km (580.22 miles) | ||
Overall distance | 1,253.15 km (778.67 miles) | ||
Statistics | |||
Crews registered | 49 | ||
Crews | 49 at start, 38 at finish | ||
Overall results | |||
Overall winner | Kalle Rovanperä Jonne Halttunen Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 2:51:29.1 | ||
Power Stage winner | Ott Tänak Martin Järveoja Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT 5:52.2 | ||
Support category results | |||
WRC-2 winner | Andreas Mikkelsen Ola Fløene Toksport WRT 3:01:59.0 | ||
WRC-3 winner | Aleksey Lukyanuk Yaroslav Fedorov 3:01:45.2 | ||
J-WRC winner | Sami Pajari Marko Salminen Porvoon Autopalvelu 3:19:03.2 |
The 2021 Rally Estonia (also known as the Rally Estonia 2021) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 15 and 18 July 2021. [2] 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. [3] 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. [1]
Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja were the defending rally winners. Their team, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, were the defending manufacturers' winners. [4] Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen were the defending winners in the WRC-2 category. [5] In the WRC-3 category, Oliver Solberg and Aaron Johnston were the reigning rally winners, [6] but they did not defend their titles as they were promoted to higher classes by Hyundai Motorsport. [7] In the junior category, Mārtiņš Sesks and Renārs Francis were the defending winners. [8]
Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen won the rally, the first of their careers. At the age of twenty, Rovanperä became the youngest driver to win a WRC event. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the manufacturer's winners. [9] Andreas Mikkelsen and Ola Fløene won the World Rally Championship-2 category, [10] while Aleksey Lukyanuk and Yaroslav Fedorov won the World Rally Championship-3 category. [11] The Finnish crew of Sami Pajari and Marko Salminen was the winner in the junior class. [12]
Reigning World Champions Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia entered the round with a thirty-four-point lead over Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin. Thierry Neuville and Martijn Wydaeghe were third, a further twenty-two points behind. In the World Rally Championship for Manufacturers, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT held a massive fifty-nine-point lead over defending manufacturers' champions Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, followed by M-Sport Ford WRT.
In the World Rally Championship-2 standings, Andreas Mikkelsen and Ola Fløene held a two-point lead ahead of Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen in the drivers' and co-drivers' standings respectively, with Marco Bulacia Wilkinson and Marcelo Der Ohannesian in third. In the teams' championship, Movisport and Toksport WRT co-leading the championship, with M-Sport Ford WRT in third.
In the World Rally Championship-3 standings, Yohan Rossel and Alexandre Coria led drivers' and co-drivers' championship respectively. Kajetan Kajetanowicz and Maciek Szczepaniak were second, trailed by Nicolas Ciamin and Yannick Roche.
In the junior championship, Mārtiņš Sesks and Renars Francis led Sami Pajari and Marko Salminen by nine points. Jon Armstrong and Phil Hall were third, four points further back. In the Nations' standings, Latvia held a ten-point lead over Finland, with United Kingdom in third.
The following crews were set to enter the rally. The event was open to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, its support categories, the World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3, Junior World Rally Championship and privateer entries that were not registered to score points in any championship. Ten entries for the World Rally Championship were received, as were ten in the World Rally Championship-2 and fourteen in the World Rally Championship-3. A further eight crews were set to enter the Junior World Rally Championship in Ford Fiesta Rally4s.
No. | Driver | Co-Driver | Entrant | Car | Tyre |
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56 | Molly Taylor | Sebastian Marshall | M-Sport Poland | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | P |
Source: [13] |
All dates and times are EEST (UTC+3).
Leg | Date | Time | No. | Stage name | Distance |
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— | 15 July | 09:01 | — | Abissaare [ Shakedown ] | 6.23 km |
1 | 15 July | 20:38 | SS1 | Tartu 1 | 1.64 km |
16 July | 09:40 | SS2 | Arula 1 | 12.68 km | |
10:28 | SS3 | Otepää 1 | 17.05 km | ||
11:16 | SS4 | Kanepi 1 | 16.54 km | ||
12:08 | SS5 | Kambja 1 | 17.85 km | ||
15:34 | SS6 | Arula 2 | 12.68 km | ||
16:22 | SS7 | Otepää 2 | 17.05 km | ||
17:10 | SS8 | Kanepi 2 | 16.54 km | ||
18:08 | SS9 | Kambja 2 | 17.85 km | ||
2 | 17 July | 08:06 | SS10 | Peipsiääre 1 | 23.53 km |
09.08 | SS11 | Mustvee 1 | 12.28 km | ||
10:36 | SS12 | Raanitsa 1 | 22.76 km | ||
11:39 | SS13 | Vastsemõisa 1 | 6.70 km | ||
15:06 | SS14 | Peipsiääre 2 | 23.53 km | ||
16:08 | SS15 | Mustvee 2 | 12.28 km | ||
17:34 | SS16 | Raanitsa 2 | 22.76 km | ||
18:37 | SS17 | Vastsemõisa 2 | 6.70 km | ||
20:08 | SS18 | Tartu 2 | 1.64 km | ||
3 | 18 July | 07:21 | SS19 | Neeruti 1 | 7.82 km |
08:09 | SS20 | Elva 1 | 11.72 km | ||
09:08 | SS21 | Tartu vald 1 | 6.51 km | ||
11:41 | SS22 | Neeruti 2 | 7.82 km | ||
12:29 | SS23 | Elva 2 | 11.72 km | ||
14:18 | SS24 | Tartu vald 2 [ Power Stage ] | 6.51 km | ||
Source: [1] | |||||
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 | 148 | Julien Ingrassia | 148 | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | 315 | ||||||
2 | Elfyn Evans | 111 | Scott Martin | 111 | Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT | 256 | ||||||
3 | Thierry Neuville | 96 | Martijn Wydaeghe | 96 | M-Sport Ford WRT | 125 | ||||||
4 | 2 | Kalle Rovanperä | 82 | 2 | Jonne Halttunen | 82 | Hyundai 2C Competition | 36 | ||||
5 | 1 | Ott Tänak | 74 | 1 | Martin Järveoja | 74 |
Pos. | Drivers' championships | Co-drivers' championships | Teams' championships | |||||||||
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Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | Move | Manufacturer | Points | ||||
1 | Andreas Mikkelsen | 98 | Ola Fløene | 98 | Toksport WRT | 168 | ||||||
2 | Mads Østberg | 87 | Torstein Eriksen | 87 | 1 | M-Sport Ford WRT | 131 | |||||
3 | Marco Bulacia Wilkinson | 82 | Marcelo Der Ohannesian | 82 | 1 | Movisport | 125 | |||||
4 | Esapekka Lappi | 59 | Janne Ferm | 59 | Hyundai Motorsport N | 12 | ||||||
5 | 1 | Adrien Fourmaux | 48 | 1 | Renaud Jamoul | 48 |
Day | Stage | Stage name | Length | Winners | Car | Time | Class leaders |
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15 July | — | Abissaare [ Shakedown ] | 6.23 km | Lukyanuk / Fedorov | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 3:05.9 | — |
SS1 | Tartu 1 | 1.64 km | Lukyanuk / Fedorov | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 1:43.4 | Lukyanuk / Fedorov | |
16 July | SS2 | Arula 1 | 12.68 km | Lukyanuk / Fedorov | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 6:57.3 | |
SS3 | Otepää 1 | 17.05 km | Lukyanuk / Fedorov | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 8:56.3 | ||
SS4 | Kanepi 1 | 16.54 km | Lukyanuk / Fedorov | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 8:35.7 | ||
SS5 | Kambja 1 | 17.85 km | Lukyanuk / Fedorov | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 10:13.5 | ||
SS6 | Arula 2 | 12.68 km | Lukyanuk / Fedorov | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 6:53.0 | ||
SS7 | Otepää 2 | 17.05 km | Lukyanuk / Fedorov | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 8:48.5 | ||
SS8 | Kanepi 2 | 16.54 km | Lukyanuk / Fedorov | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 8:26.1 | ||
SS9 | Kambja 2 | 17.85 km | Lukyanuk / Fedorov | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 10:05.6 | ||
17 July | SS10 | Peipsiääre 1 | 23.53 km | Lukyanuk / Fedorov | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 13:49.1 | |
SS11 | Mustvee 1 | 12.28 km | Lukyanuk / Fedorov | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 6:54.8 | ||
SS12 | Raanitsa 1 | 22.76 km | Lukyanuk / Fedorov | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 11:41.3 | ||
SS13 | Vastsemõisa 1 | 7.60 km | Lukyanuk / Fedorov | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 4:32.2 | ||
SS14 | Peipsiääre 2 | 23.53 km | Lukyanuk / Fedorov | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 13:39.5 | ||
SS15 | Mustvee 2 | 12.28 km | Lukyanuk / Fedorov | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 6:55.5 | ||
SS16 | Raanitsa 2 | 22.76 km | Lukyanuk / Fedorov | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 11:35.0 | ||
SS17 | Vastsemõisa 2 | 7.60 km | Lukyanuk / Fedorov | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 4:31.7 | ||
SS18 | Tartu 2 | 1.64 km | Lukyanuk / Fedorov | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 1:44.2 | ||
18 July | SS19 | Neeruti 1 | 7.82 km | Lukyanuk / Fedorov | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 5:00.0 | |
SS20 | Elva 1 | 11.72 km | Kaur / Simm | Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 | 6:18.9 | ||
SS21 | Tartu vald 1 | 6.51 km | Kajetanowicz / Szczepaniak | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 6:09.4 | ||
SS22 | Neeruti 2 | 7.82 km | Lukyanuk / Fedorov | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 4:58.5 | ||
SS23 | Elva 2 | 11.72 km | Kaur / Simm | Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 | 6:15.6 | ||
SS24 | Tartu vald 2 [ Power Stage ] | 6.51 km | Zaldívar / del Barrio | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 6:19.4 | ||
Pos. | Drivers' championships | Co-drivers' championships | ||||||
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Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | |||
1 | Yohan Rossel | 98 | 1 | Maciek Szczepaniak | 82 | |||
2 | Kajetan Kajetanowicz | 82 | 1 | Alexandre Coria | 70 | |||
3 | Nicolas Ciamin | 47 | Yannick Roche | 57 | ||||
4 | 4 | Fabrizio Zaldívar | 39 | 4 | Carlos del Barrio | 39 | ||
5 | 4 | Pepe López | 36 | 2 | Silver Simm | 32 |
Position | No. | Driver | Co-driver | Entrant | Car | Time | Difference | Points | ||
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Event | Class | Class | Stage | |||||||
21 | 1 | 48 | Sami Pajari | Marko Salminen | Porvoon Autopalvelu | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | 3:19:03.2 | 0.0 | 25 | 9 |
22 | 2 | 49 | Jon Armstrong | Phil Hall | Jon Armstrong | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | 3:19:27.3 | +24.1 | 18 | 5 |
23 | 3 | 47 | Mārtiņš Sesks | Renārs Francis | LMT Autosporta Akademija | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | 3:19:59.6 | +56.4 | 15 | 7 |
24 | 4 | 51 | Lauri Joona | Mikael Korhonen | Team Flying Finn | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | 3:22:46.9 | +3:43.7 | 12 | 0 |
25 | 5 | 54 | Raul Badiu | Rareș Fetean | Raul Badiu | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | 3:23:45.5 | +4:42.3 | 10 | 0 |
26 | 6 | 53 | William Creighton | Liam Regan | Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | 3:24:40.3 | +5:37.1 | 8 | 0 |
34 | 7 | 52 | Robert Virves | Sander Pruul | Autosport Team Estonia | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | 4:33:01.2 | +1:13:58.0 | 6 | 0 |
Retired SS24 | 50 | Martin Koči | Petr Těšínský | Styllex Motorsport | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | Driveshaft | 0 | 3 | ||
Day | Stage | Stage name | Length | Winners | Car | Time | Class leaders |
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15 July | — | Abissaare [ Shakedown ] | 6.23 km | Armstrong / Hall | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | 3:26.3 | — |
SS1 | Tartu 1 | 1.64 km | Pajari / Salminen | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | 1:52.5 | Pajari / Salminen | |
16 July | SS2 | Arula 1 | 12.68 km | Pajari / Salminen | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | 7:36.4 | |
SS3 | Otepää 1 | 17.05 km | Pajari / Salminen | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | 9:53.4 | ||
SS4 | Kanepi 1 | 16.54 km | Pajari / Salminen | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | 9:23.7 | ||
SS5 | Kambja 1 | 17.85 km | Pajari / Salminen | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | 11:11.4 | ||
SS6 | Arula 2 | 12.68 km | Pajari / Salminen | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | 7:32.0 | ||
SS7 | Otepää 2 | 17.05 km | Pajari / Salminen | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | 9:47.8 | ||
SS8 | Kanepi 2 | 16.54 km | Armstrong / Hall | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | 9:13.0 | ||
SS9 | Kambja 2 | 17.85 km | Armstrong / Hall | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | 11:02.7 | ||
17 July | SS10 | Peipsiääre 1 | 23.53 km | Koči / Těšínský | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | 7:40.6 | |
SS11 | Mustvee 1 | 12.28 km | Koči / Těšínský | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | 7:40.6 | ||
SS12 | Raanitsa 1 | 22.76 km | Koči / Těšínský | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | 12:42.8 | ||
SS13 | Vastsemõisa 1 | 7.60 km | Pajari / Salminen | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | 4:53.8 | ||
SS14 | Peipsiääre 2 | 23.53 km | Sesks / Francis | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | 15:15.4 | ||
SS15 | Mustvee 2 | 12.28 km | Armstrong / Hall | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | 7:31.7 | ||
SS16 | Raanitsa 2 | 22.76 km | Sesks / Francis | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | 12:28.1 | ||
SS17 | Vastsemõisa 2 | 7.60 km | Sesks / Francis | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | 4:51.9 | ||
SS18 | Tartu 2 | 1.64 km | Sesks / Francis | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | 1:51.9 | ||
18 July | SS19 | Neeruti 1 | 7.82 km | Armstrong / Hall | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | 5:26.3 | |
SS20 | Elva 1 | 11.72 km | Pajari / Salminen | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | 6:49.5 | ||
SS21 | Tartu vald 1 | 6.51 km | Sesks / Francis | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | 6:42.6 | ||
SS22 | Neeruti 2 | 7.82 km | Armstrong / Hall | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | 5:31.9 | ||
SS23 | Elva 2 | 11.72 km | Sesks / Francis | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | 6:43.6 | ||
SS24 | Tartu vald 2 | 6.51 km | Sesks / Francis | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | 6:52.2 | ||
Pos. | Drivers' championships | Co-drivers' championships | Trophy for nations | |||||||||
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Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | Move | Manufacturer | Points | ||||
1 | 1 | Sami Pajari | 71 | 1 | Marko Salminen | 71 | Latvia | 58 | ||||
2 | 1 | Mārtiņš Sesks | 67 | 1 | Renars Francis | 67 | Finland | 58 | ||||
3 | Jon Armstrong | 56 | Phil Hall | 56 | United Kingdom | 43 | ||||||
4 | 1 | Lauri Joona | 40 | Petr Těšínský | 34 | 1 | Estonia | 31 | ||||
5 | 1 | Martin Koči | 34 | Ari Koponen | 28 | 1 | Ireland | 30 | ||||
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