| 2021 Rally Catalunya RallyRACC Catalunya - Costa Daurada 2021 | |||
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Round 11 of 12 in the 2021 World Rally Championship
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 Rally Catalunya returned to the championship as a full tarmac event. | |||
| Host country |  Spain | ||
| Rally base | Salou, Tarragona | ||
| Dates run | 14 – 17 October 2021 | ||
| Start location | Vilaplana, Tarragona | ||
| Finish location | Riudecanyes, Tarragona | ||
| Stages | 17 (280.46 km; 174.27 miles)[1] | ||
| Stage surface | Tarmac | ||
| Transport distance | 1,129.83 km (702.04 miles) | ||
| Overall distance | 1,410.29 km (876.31 miles) | ||
| Statistics | |||
| Crews registered | 83 | ||
| Crews | 83 at start, 50 at finish | ||
| Overall results | |||
| Overall winner |  Thierry Neuville Martijn Wydaeghe Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT2:34:11.8 | ||
| Power Stage winner | Dani Sordo Cándido Carrera Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT 10:09.3 | ||
| Support category results | |||
| WRC-2 winner |  Eric Camilli Maxime Vilmot Sports & You2:44:01.2 | ||
| WRC-3 winner |  Reeta Hämäläinen Emil Lindholm2:44:31.9 | ||
| J-WRC winner | Sami Pajari Marko Salminen Porvoon Autopalvelu 2:58:02.5 | ||
The 2021 Rally Catalunya (also known as the RallyRACC Catalunya - Costa Daurada 2021) was a motor racing event for rally cars that held over four days between 14 and 17 October 2021.[2] 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.[3] 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.[1]
Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul were the defending rally winners. Their team, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, were the defending manufacturers' winners.[4] However, Gilsoul did not defend his title as Neuville changed his co-driver to Martijn Wydaeghe at the start of the season.[5] Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen were the defending winners in the WRC-2 category,[a] while Eric Camilli and Benjamin Veillas were the defending winners in the WRC-3 category.[b][6]
Neuville successfully defended his title with his new co-driver Martijn Wydaeghe. Their team, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, successfully defended their titles.[7] In the World Rally Championship-2 category, Eric Camilli and Maxime Vilmot won the event, while Andreas Mikkelsen confirmed to win the WRC-2 title.[8] In the World Rally Championship-3 category, Emil Lindholm and Reeta Hämäläinen took back-to-back victory.[9] In the junior championship, the Finnish crew of Sami Pajari and Marko Salminen won the rally and became the junior rally champions.[10]
- ^ a b "Itinerary RallyRACC Catalunya - Costa Daurada 2021". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
- ^ "Croatia and Estonia named in 2021 WRC calendar". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 9 October 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
- ^ "Five rounds named in junior WRC calendar". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 28 January 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
- ^ "Sunday in Spain: Tänak takes WRC title". wrc.com. WRC. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- ^ "Neuville parts ways with Gilsoul in shock move". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ^ "Sunday in WRC 2: Heartbreak for Loubet". wrc.com. WRC. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- ^ "Neuville wins in Spain as title fights go to final round". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 17 October 2021. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
- ^ "WRC2: Camilli clinches victory as Mikkelsen takes". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 17 October 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
- ^ "WRC3: Lindholm secures Spain win". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 17 October 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
- ^ "Pajari crowned FIA Junior WRC champion". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 17 October 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
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