2021 Monte Carlo Rally

The 2021 Monte Carlo Rally (also known as the 89e Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 21 and 24 January 2021.[2] It marked the eighty-ninth running of the Monte Carlo Rally, and was the first 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 Gap in the Hautes-Alpes department of France. The rally consisted of fourteen special stages, covering a total competitive distance of 257.64 km (160.09 mi).[1]

2021 Monte Carlo Rally
89e Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo
Round 1 of 12 in the 2021 World Rally Championship
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The Monte Carlo Rally is run on a mixture of tarmac and snow stages.
Host country Monaco[lower-alpha 1]
Rally baseGap, Hautes-Alpes
Dates run21 – 24 January 2021
Start locationQuai Albert, Monaco
Finish locationCasino Square, Monaco
Stages14 (257.64 km; 160.09 miles)[1]
Stage surfaceTarmac and snow
Transport distance1,135.24 km (705.41 miles)
Overall distance1,392.88 km (865.50 miles)
Results
Overall winner Sébastien Ogier
Julien Ingrassia
Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
2:56:33.7
WRC-2 winner Andreas Mikkelsen
Ola Fløene
Toksport WRT
3:03:57.3
WRC-3 winner Yohan Rossel
Benoît Fulcrand
3:08:20.8
Power Stage winner Sébastien Ogier
Julien Ingrassia
Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
10:56.2
Crews registered84
Crews76 at start, 62 at finish

Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul were the defending rally winners. Their team, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, were the reigning manufacturers' winners.[3] Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen were the defending winners in the WRC-2 category, while Eric Camilli and François-Xavier Buresi were the defending rally winners in the WRC-3 category.[4] Østberg and Eriksen did not defend their WRC-2 title as they did not enter the rally. Camilli and Buresi did not defend their WRC-3 win as they entered in the WRC-2 category.[5]

Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia won the rally, their eighth win in Monte Carlo. The result saw them set a new record for wins in Monte Carlo.[6] Andreas Mikkelsen and Ola Fløene won the World Rally Championship-2 category,[7] while Yohan Rossel and Benoît Fulcrand were the winners in the World Rally Championship-3.[8]

Background

Entry list

The following crews were entered into 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, and privateer entries that were not registered to score points in any championship. Ten crews were entered under Rally1 regulations, as were eighteen Rally2 crews; of these, seven were nominated to score points in the World Rally Championship-2 and eleven in the World Rally Championship-3.

No. Driver Co-Driver Entrant Car Tyre
Rally1 entries competing in the World Rally Championship
1 Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota Yaris WRC P
3 Teemu Suninen Mikko Markkula M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Fiesta WRC P
6 Dani Sordo Carlos del Barrio Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC P
7 Pierre-Louis Loubet Vincent Landais Hyundai 2C Competition Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC P
8 Ott Tänak Martin Järveoja Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC P
11 Thierry Neuville Martijn Wydaeghe Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC P
18 Takamoto Katsuta Daniel Barritt Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota Yaris WRC P
33 Elfyn Evans Scott Martin Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota Yaris WRC P
44 Gus Greensmith Elliott Edmondson M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Fiesta WRC P
69 Kalle Rovanperä Jonne Halttunen Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota Yaris WRC P
Rally2 entries competing in the World Rally Championship-2
20 Adrien Fourmaux Renaud Jamoul M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II P
22 Marco Bulacia Wilkinson Marcelo Der Ohannesian Toksport WRT Škoda Fabia R5 Evo P
24 Eric Camilli François-Xavier Buresi Sports & You Citroën C3 Rally2 P
25 Andreas Mikkelsen Ola Fløene Toksport WRT Škoda Fabia R5 Evo P
27 Enrico Brazzoli Maurizio Barone Movisport Škoda Fabia R5 P
28 Sean Johnston Alex Kihurani Saintéloc Junior Citroën C3 Rally2 P
Rally2 entries competing in the World Rally Championship-3[lower-alpha 2]
29 Nicolas Ciamin Yannick Roche Nicolas Ciamin Citroën C3 Rally2 P
30 Yohan Rossel Benoît Fulcrand Yohan Rossel Citroën C3 Rally2 P
31 Miguel Díaz-Aboitiz Diego Sanjuan Miguel Díaz-Aboitiz Škoda Fabia R5 Evo P
32 Cédric De Cecco Jérôme Humblet Cédric De Cecco Škoda Fabia R5 Evo P
34 Giacomo Ogliari Lorenzo Granai Giacomo Ogliari Citroën C3 Rally2 P
35 Fabrizio Arengi Bentivoglio Massimiliano Bosi Fabrizio Arengi Bentivoglio Škoda Fabia R5 P
36 Johannes Keferböck Ilka Minor Johannes Keferböck Škoda Fabia R5 Evo P
37 Cédric Cherain Stéphane Prévot Cédric Cherain Škoda Fabia R5 P
38 Tom Williams Giorgia Ascalone Tom Williams Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II P
39 Hermann Neubauer Bernhard Ettel Hermann Neubauer Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II P
40 Davy Vanneste Kris D'Alleine Davy Vanneste Citroën C3 Rally2 P
55 Yoann Bonato Benjamin Boulloud Yoann Bonato Citroën C3 Rally2 P
57 Mauro Miele Luca Beltrame Mauro Miele Škoda Fabia R5 P
Other major entries
21 Nikolay Gryazin Konstantin Aleksandrov Movisport Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 P
23 Oliver Solberg Aaron Johnston Hyundai Motorsport N Hyundai i20 R5 P
26 Kevin Abbring Pieter Tsjoen Pieter Tsjoen Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 P
Source:[5]

Route

The route for the 2021 rally covers 257.64 km (160.09 mi) in competitive stages and is the shortest in the event's history. The rally was originally planned to be run over sixteen stages, but was reduced to fifteen amid concerns over organisers' ability to run the event during the COVID-19 pandemic,[9] and ultimately to fourteen so as to respect the curfew established throughout France from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m.[1]

Itinerary

All dates and times are CET (UTC+1).

Date Time No. Stage name Distance
Leg 1 — 146.06 km
21 January 14:08 SS1 Saint-Disdier – Corps 20.58 km
15:06 SS2 Saint-Maurice – Saint-Bonnet 20.78 km
22 January 06:10 SS3 Aspremont – La Bâtie-des-Fonts 1 19.61 km
07:28 SS4 Chalancon – Gumiane 1 21.62 km
09:01 SS5 Montauban-sur-l’Ouvèze – Villebois-les-Pins 22.24 km
12:17 SS6 Aspremont – La Bâtie-des-Fonts 2 19.61 km
13:38 SS7 Chalancon – Gumiane 2 21.62 km
Leg 2 — 57.95 km
23 January 06:30 SS8 La Bréole – Selonnet 1 18.31 km
08:18 SS9 Saint-Clément – Freissinières 21.33 km
12:08 SS10 La Bréole – Selonnet 2 18.31 km
Leg 3 — 54.48 km
24 January 08:30 SS11 Puget-Théniers – La Penne 1 12.93 km
10:08 SS12 Briançonnet – Entrevaux 1 14.31 km
10:45 SS13 Puget-Théniers – La Penne 2 12.93 km
12:18 SS14 Briançonnet – Entrevaux 2 [Power Stage] 14.31 km
Source:[1]

Report

Classification
Position No. Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Difference Points
Event Class Event Stage
1 1 1 Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota Yaris WRC 2:56:33.7 0.0 25 5
2 2 33 Elfyn Evans Scott Martin Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota Yaris WRC 2:57:06.3 +32.6 18 3
3 3 11 Thierry Neuville Martijn Wydaeghe Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC 2:57:47.2 +1:13.5 15 2
4 4 69 Kalle Rovanperä Jonne Halttunen Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota Yaris WRC 2:59:07.3 +2:33.6 12 4
5 5 6 Dani Sordo Carlos del Barrio Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC 2:59:47.9 +3:14.2 10 1
6 6 18 Takamoto Katsuta Daniel Barritt Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota Yaris WRC 3:03:35.0 +7:01.3 8 0
8 7 44 Gus Greensmith Elliott Edmondson M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Fiesta WRC 3:04:54.8 +8:21.1 4 0
16 8 7 Pierre-Louis Loubet Vincent Landais Hyundai 2C Competition Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC 3:14:50.1 +18:16.4 0 0
Retired SS11 8 Ott Tänak Martin Järveoja Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC Roadworthiness[lower-alpha 3] 0 0
Retired SS1 3 Teemu Suninen Mikko Markkula M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Fiesta WRC Accident 0 0

Special stages
Day Stage Stage name Length Winners Car Time Class leaders
21 January SS1 Saint-Disdier – Corps 20.58 km Tänak / Järveoja Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC 12:05.7 Tänak / Järveoja
SS2 Saint-Maurice – Saint-Bonnet 20.78 km Tänak / Järveoja Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC 12:11.8
22 January SS3 Aspremont – La Bâtie-des-Fonts 1 19.61 km Ogier / Ingrassia Toyota Yaris WRC 14:00.9 Rovanperä / Halttunen
SS4 Chalancon – Gumiane 1 21.62 km Ogier / Ingrassia Toyota Yaris WRC 13:36.8 Ogier / Ingrassia
SS5 Montauban-sur-l’Ouvèze – Villebois-les-Pins 22.24 km Ogier / Ingrassia Toyota Yaris WRC 13:35.8
SS6 Aspremont – La Bâtie-des-Fonts 2 19.61 km Evans / Martin Toyota Yaris WRC 13:32.5 Evans / Martin
SS7 Chalancon – Gumiane 2 21.62 km Ogier / Ingrassia Toyota Yaris WRC 14:09.8
23 January SS8 La Bréole – Selonnet 1 18.31 km Ogier / Ingrassia Toyota Yaris WRC 13:16.2 Ogier / Ingrassia
SS9 Saint-Clément – Freissinières 21.33 km Neuville / Wydaeghe Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC 16:28.3
SS10 La Bréole – Selonnet 2 18.31 km Evans / Martin Toyota Yaris WRC 11:59.0
24 January SS11 Puget-Théniers – La Penne 1 12.93 km Ogier / Ingrassia Toyota Yaris WRC 8:47.6
SS12 Briançonnet – Entrevaux 1 14.31 km Neuville / Wydaeghe Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC 11:29.6
SS13 Puget-Théniers – La Penne 2 12.93 km Ogier / Ingrassia Toyota Yaris WRC 8:42.6
SS14 Briançonnet – Entrevaux 2 [Power Stage] 14.31 km Ogier / Ingrassia Toyota Yaris WRC 10:56.2

Championship standings
Pos. Drivers' championships Co-drivers' championships Manufacturers' championships
Move Driver Points Move Co-driver Points Move Manufacturer Points
1 Sébastien Ogier 30 Julien Ingrassia 30 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 52
2 Elfyn Evans 21 Scott Martin 21 Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT 30
3 Thierry Neuville 17 Martijn Wydaeghe 17 M-Sport Ford WRT 10
4 Kalle Rovanperä 16 Jonne Halttunen 16 Hyundai 2C Competition 8
5 Dani Sordo 11 Carlos del Barrio 11

Classification
Position No. Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Difference Points
Event Class Class Stage Event
7 1 25 Andreas Mikkelsen Ola Fløene Toksport WRT Škoda Fabia R5 Evo 3:03:57.3 0.0 25 5 6
9 2 20 Adrien Fourmaux Renaud Jamoul M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II 3:05:49.5 +1:52.2 18 4 2
10 3 24 Eric Camilli François-Xavier Buresi Sports & You Citroën C3 Rally2 3:07:09.7 +3:12.4 15 2 1
15 4 22 Marco Bulacia Wilkinson Marcelo Der Ohannesian Toksport WRT Škoda Fabia R5 Evo 3:12:49.1 +8:51.8 12 3 0
17 5 28 Sean Johnston Alex Kihurani Saintéloc Junior Citroën C3 Rally2 3:16:59.5 +13:02.2 10 1 0
43 6 27 Enrico Brazzoli Maurizio Barone Movisport Škoda Fabia R5 3:49:22.3 +45:25.0 8 0 0

Special stages
Day Stage Stage name Length Winners Car Time Class leaders
21 January SS1 Saint-Disdier – Corps 20.58 km Mikkelsen / Fløene Škoda Fabia R5 Evo 12:52.2 Mikkelsen / Fløene
SS2 Saint-Maurice – Saint-Bonnet 20.78 km Fourmaux / Jamoul Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II 12:37.7
22 January SS3 Aspremont – La Bâtie-des-Fonts 1 19.61 km Mikkelsen / Fløene Škoda Fabia R5 Evo 14:49.9
SS4 Chalancon – Gumiane 1 21.62 km Mikkelsen / Fløene Škoda Fabia R5 Evo 14:21.2
SS5 Montauban-sur-l’Ouvèze – Villebois-les-Pins 22.24 km Fourmaux / Jamoul Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II 14:31.6
SS6 Aspremont – La Bâtie-des-Fonts 2 19.61 km Mikkelsen / Fløene Škoda Fabia R5 Evo 13:47.7
SS7 Chalancon – Gumiane 2 21.62 km Mikkelsen / Fløene Škoda Fabia R5 Evo 14:40.6
23 January SS8 La Bréole – Selonnet 1 18.31 km Mikkelsen / Fløene Škoda Fabia R5 Evo 13:55.6
SS9 Saint-Clément – Freissinières 21.33 km Mikkelsen / Fløene Škoda Fabia R5 Evo 17:34.0
SS10 La Bréole – Selonnet 2 18.31 km Fourmaux / Jamoul Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II 12:22.2
24 January SS11 Puget-Théniers – La Penne 1 12.93 km Camilli / Buresi Citroën C3 Rally2 9:07.9
SS12 Briançonnet – Entrevaux 1 14.31 km Fourmaux / Jamoul Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II 11:52.6
SS13 Puget-Théniers – La Penne 2 12.93 km Camilli / Buresi Citroën C3 Rally2 8:57.2
SS14 Briançonnet – Entrevaux 2 [Power Stage] 14.31 km Mikkelsen / Fløene Škoda Fabia R5 Evo 11:21.9

Championship standings
Pos. Drivers' championships Co-drivers' championships Teams' championships
Move Driver Points Move Co-driver Points Move Manufacturer Points
1 Andreas Mikkelsen 30 Ola Fløene 30 Toksport WRT 40
2 Adrien Fourmaux 22 Renaud Jamoul 22 Movisport 30
3 Eric Camilli 17 François-Xavier Buresi 17
4 Marco Bulacia Wilkinson 15 Marcelo Der Ohannesian 15
5 Sean Johnston 11 Alex Kihurani 11

Classification
Position No. Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Difference Points
Event Class Class Stage Event
11 1 30 Yohan Rossel Benoît Fulcrand Yohan Rossel Citroën C3 Rally2 3:08:25.8 0.0 25 3 0
13 2 55 Yoann Bonato Benjamin Boulloud Yoann Bonato Citroën C3 Rally2 3:09:35.0 +1:09.2 18 4 0
14 3 29 Nicolas Ciamin Yannick Roche Nicolas Ciamin Citroën C3 Rally2 3:10:48.9 +2:23.1 15 5 0
19 4 39 Hermann Neubauer Bernhard Ettel Hermann Neubauer Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II 3:18:03.8 +9:38.0 12 2 0
21 5 32 Cédric De Cecco Jérôme Humblet Cédric De Cecco Škoda Fabia R5 Evo 3:20:55.8 +12:30.0 10 1 0
23 6 40 Davy Vanneste Kris D'Alleine Davy Vanneste Citroën C3 Rally2 3:27:22.6 +18:56.8 8 0 0
26 7 36 Johannes Keferböck Ilka Minor Johannes Keferböck Škoda Fabia R5 Evo 3:28:39.6 +20:13.8 6 0 0
28 8 34 Giacomo Ogliari Lorenzo Granai Giacomo Ogliari Citroën C3 Rally2 3:32:54.2 +24:28.4 4 0 0
29 9 37 Cédric Cherain Stéphane Prévot Cédric Cherain Škoda Fabia R5 3:33:14.4 +24:48.6 2 0 0
31 10 38 Tom Williams Giorgia Ascalone Tom Williams Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II 3:37:42.4 +29:16.6 1 0 0
35 11 31 Miguel Díaz-Aboitiz Diego Sanjuan Miguel Díaz-Aboitiz Škoda Fabia R5 Evo 3:46:56.9 +38:31.1 0 0 0
44 12 35 Fabrizio Arengi Bentivoglio Massimiliano Bosi Fabrizio Arengi Bentivoglio Škoda Fabia R5 3:50:32.5 +42:06.7 0 0 0
Retired SS11 57 Mauro Miele Luca Beltrame Mauro Miele Škoda Fabia R5 Personal 0 0 0

Special stages
Day Stage Stage name Length Winners Car Time Class leaders
21 January SS1 Saint-Disdier – Corps 20.58 km Rossel / Fulcrand Citroën C3 Rally2 13:04.9 Rossel / Fulcrand
SS2 Saint-Maurice – Saint-Bonnet 20.78 km Bonato / Boulloud Citroën C3 Rally2 12:50.3
22 January SS3 Aspremont – La Bâtie-des-Fonts 1 19.61 km Bonato / Boulloud Citroën C3 Rally2 15:21.5 Bonato / Boulloud
SS4 Chalancon – Gumiane 1 21.62 km Bonato / Boulloud Citroën C3 Rally2 14:50.3
SS5 Montauban-sur-l’Ouvèze – Villebois-les-Pins 22.24 km Ciamin / Roche Citroën C3 Rally2 14:47.7
SS6 Aspremont – La Bâtie-des-Fonts 2 19.61 km Rossel / Fulcrand Citroën C3 Rally2 14:06.1 Rossel / Fulcrand
SS7 Chalancon – Gumiane 2 21.62 km Rossel / Fulcrand Citroën C3 Rally2 15:10.3
23 January SS8 La Bréole – Selonnet 1 18.31 km Bonato / Boulloud Citroën C3 Rally2 14:05.6 Bonato / Boulloud
SS9 Saint-Clément – Freissinières 21.33 km Rossel / Fulcrand Citroën C3 Rally2 17:34.1 Rossel / Fulcrand
SS10 La Bréole – Selonnet 2 18.31 km Ciamin / Roche Citroën C3 Rally2 12:23.6
24 January SS11 Puget-Théniers – La Penne 1 12.93 km Ciamin / Roche Citroën C3 Rally2 9:07.4
SS12 Briançonnet – Entrevaux 1 14.31 km Ciamin / Roche Citroën C3 Rally2 12:12.8
SS13 Puget-Théniers – La Penne 2 12.93 km Rossel / Fulcrand Citroën C3 Rally2 8:53.5
SS14 Briançonnet – Entrevaux 2 [Power Stage] 14.31 km Ciamin / Roche Citroën C3 Rally2 11:31.5

Championship standings
Pos. Drivers' championships Co-drivers' championships
Move Driver Points Move Co-driver Points
1 Yohan Rossel 28 Benoît Fulcrand 28
2 Yoann Bonato 22 Benjamin Boulloud 22
3 Nicolas Ciamin 20 Yannick Roche 20
4 Hermann Neubauer 14 Bernhard Ettel 14
5 Cédric De Cecco 11 Jérôme Humblet 11

Notes
  1. Although the rally was run in France, the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile does not consider France to be the host nation.
  2. Under the Sporting Regulations, each car competing in the World Rally Championship-3 is entered under the driver's name.
  3. Tänak and Järveoja were forced to retire after getting a puncture. The puncture meant that they did not have enough rubber on one of their wheels for the car to be considered road legal. As a result, they could not complete the liasion between special stages.[10]

References
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  2. "Croatia and Estonia named in 2021 WRC calendar". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 9 October 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  3. "Neuville seals revenge win in Monte-Carlo". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 26 January 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  4. "WRC 2 in Monte: Østberg takes top spot". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 26 January 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  5. "89e Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo Entry List" (PDF). acm.mc. Automobile Club de Monaco. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  6. "Ogier claims record eighth Monte-Carlo victory". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 24 January 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  7. "WRC2: Mikkelsen's dream start in Monte-Carlo". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 24 January 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  8. "WRC3: Rossel clinches maiden victory in Monte". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 24 January 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  9. Craig, Jason (24 December 2020). "FIA "quite confident" 2021 WRC opener in Monte Carlo will go ahead". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  10. Craig, Jason (24 January 2021). "Hyundai "cannot be proud" of WRC Rally Monte Carlo efforts". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
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