2020 Rally Estonia

2020 Rally Estonia
10. Rally Estonia
Round 4 of 7 in the 2020 World Rally Championship
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Estonia became the thirty-third nation to hold a World Rally Championship event.
Host country Estonia
Rally baseTartu, Tartu County
Dates run4 – 6 September 2020
Start locationTartu, Tartu County
Finish locationKambja, Tartu County
Stages17 (232.64 km; 144.56 miles)[1]
Stage surfaceGravel
Transport distance639.25 km (397.21 miles)
Overall distance871.89 km (541.77 miles)
Statistics
Crews registered60
Crews59 at start, 44 at finish
Overall results
Overall winnerEstonia Ott Tänak
Estonia Martin Järveoja
South Korea Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT
1:59:53.6
Power Stage winnerFinland Kalle Rovanperä
Finland Jonne Halttunen
Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
10:12.4
Support category results
WRC-2 winnerNorway Mads Østberg
Norway Torstein Eriksen
France PH-Sport
2:08:10.9
WRC-3 winnerSweden Oliver Solberg
Republic of Ireland Aaron Johnston
2:07:32.2
J-WRC winnerLatvia Mārtiņš Sesks
Latvia Renārs Francis
Latvia LMT Autosporta Akadēmija
2:21:20.5

The 2020 Rally Estonia (also known as the Rally Estonia 2020) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over three days between 4 and 6 September 2020.[2] It marked the tenth running of Rally Estonia and was the fourth 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 Tartu in Tartu County and consisted of seventeen special stages. The rally covered a total competitive distance of 232.64 km (144.56 mi).[1]

The rally marked the return of the FIA World Rally Championship after a half-year hiatus by the COVID-19 pandemic and was the 600th event since the championship was founded back to 1973.[3][4]

Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja were the overall winners of the rally, winning their home event for the third straight year. Their team, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, were the manufacturers' winners.[5] Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen were the winners in the WRC-2 category, while Oliver Solberg and Aaron Johnston won the WRC-3 class.[6][7] In the junior championship, the Latvian crew of Mārtiņš Sesks and Renārs Francis won the event.[8]

  1. ^ a b "Appendix 1 Timetable" (PDF). rallyestonia.com. Rally Estonia. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  2. ^ "WRC sets return date". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 2 July 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  3. ^ Garton, Nick (4 September 2020). "Rally Estonia WRC: Tanak leads home event after shakedown as WRC returns". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Preview – Rally Estonia". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 3 September 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Tänak files to Estonia win despite late fright". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 6 September 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Østberg takes the spoils in WRC 2". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 6 September 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Solberg storms to WRC 3 glory in Estonia". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 6 September 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  8. ^ "Sunday in Estonia: Junior success for Sesks after Virves heartbreak". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 6 September 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2020.