| 2021 Monte Carlo Rally 89e Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo | ||
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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.
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| Host country |
 Monaco
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| Rally base | Gap, Hautes-Alpes | |
| Dates run | 21 – 24 January 2021 | |
| Start location | Quai Albert, Monaco | |
| Finish location | Casino Square, Monaco | |
| Stages | 14 (257.64 km; 160.09 miles) | |
| Stage surface | Tarmac and snow | |
| Transport distance | 1,135.24 km (705.41 miles) | |
| Overall distance | 1,392.88 km (865.50 miles) | |
| Results | ||
| Overall winner |
 Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT2:56:33.7 |
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| WRC-2 winner |
 Andreas Mikkelsen Ola Fløene Toksport WRT3:03:57.3 |
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| WRC-3 winner |
Yohan Rossel Benoît Fulcrand 3:08:20.8 |
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| Power Stage winner |
Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 10:56.2 |
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| Crews registered | 84 | |
| Crews | 76 at start, 62 at finish | |
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. 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).
Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul were the defending rally winners. Their team, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, were the reigning manufacturers' winners.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. 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.
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.Andreas Mikkelsen and Ola Fløene won the World Rally Championship-2 category, while Yohan Rossel and Benoît Fulcrand were the winners in the World Rally Championship-3.
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 |
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| 20 |
Adrien Fourmaux
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 Renaud Jamoul
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 M-Sport Ford WRT
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Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II | P |
| 22 |
 Marco Bulacia Wilkinson
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 Marcelo Der Ohannesian
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Toksport WRT
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Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | P |
| 24 |
Eric Camilli
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François-Xavier Buresi
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 Sports & You
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Citroën C3 Rally2 | P |
| 25 |
Andreas Mikkelsen
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Ola Fløene
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Toksport WRT
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Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | P |
| 27 |
 Enrico Brazzoli
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Maurizio Barone
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Movisport
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Škoda Fabia R5 | P |
| 28 |
 Sean Johnston
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Alex Kihurani
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Saintéloc Junior
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Citroën C3 Rally2 | P |
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| No. | Driver | Co-Driver | Entrant | Car | Tyre |
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| 21 |
 Nikolay Gryazin
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Konstantin Aleksandrov
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Movisport
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Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 | P |
| 23 |
 Oliver Solberg
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 Aaron Johnston
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 Hyundai Motorsport N
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Hyundai i20 R5 | P |
| 26 |
 Kevin Abbring
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Pieter Tsjoen
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Pieter Tsjoen
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Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 | P |
| 59 |
Carlo Covi
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Michela Lorigiola
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Carlo Covi
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Škoda Fabia R5 | P |
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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, and ultimately to fourteen so as to respect the curfew established throughout France from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m.
Itinerary
All dates and times are CET (UTC+1).
| Leg | Date | Time | No. | Stage name | Distance |
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| 1 | 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 | ||
| 2 | 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 | ||
| 3 | 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 | ||
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Report
World Rally Cars
Classification
Special stages
| Day | Stage | Stage name | Length | Winners | Car | Time | Class leaders |
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| 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 | |||||||||
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| 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 | |||
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Thierry Neuville | 17 | |
Martijn Wydaeghe | 17 | |
M-Sport Ford WRT | 10 | |||
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Kalle Rovanperä | 16 | |
Jonne Halttunen | 16 | |
Hyundai 2C Competition | 8 | |||
| 5 | |
Dani Sordo | 11 | |
Carlos del Barrio | 11 | ||||||
World Rally Championship-2
Classification
| Position | No. | Driver | Co-driver | Entrant | Car | Time | Difference | Points | |||
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| 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 |
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| 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 | |||||||||
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| Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | Move | Manufacturer | Points | ||||
| 1 | |
Andreas Mikkelsen | 30 | |
Ola Fløene | 30 | |
Toksport WRT | 40 | |||
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Adrien Fourmaux | 22 | |
Renaud Jamoul | 22 | |
Movisport | 30 | |||
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Eric Camilli | 17 | |
François-Xavier Buresi | 17 | ||||||
| 4 | |
Marco Bulacia Wilkinson | 15 | |
Marcelo Der Ohannesian | 15 | ||||||
| 5 | |
Sean Johnston | 11 | |
Alex Kihurani | 11 | ||||||
World Rally Championship-3
Classification
Special stages
| Day | Stage | Stage name | Length | Winners | Car | Time | Class leaders |
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| 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 | ||||||
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| 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 | ||
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Cédric De Cecco | 11 | |
Jérôme Humblet | 11 | ||
External links
- Official website (in French and English)
- 2021 Monte Carlo Rally at eWRC-results.com
- The official website of the World Rally Championship
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