2021 Ypres Rally

2021 Ypres Rally Renties Ypres Rally Belgium 2021
Round 8 of 12 in the 2021 World Rally Championship ← Previous event Next event →
Belgium became the thirty-fifth nation to host a WRC event.
Host country	Belgium
Rally base	Ypres, West Flanders
Dates run	13 – 15 August 2021
Start location	Lo-Reninge, West Flanders
Finish location	Stavelot, Liège
Stages	20 (295.78 km; 183.79 miles)[1]
Stage surface	Tarmac
Transport distance	653.71 km (406.20 miles)
Overall distance	949.49 km (589.99 miles)
Statistics
Crews registered	108
Crews	99 at start, 73 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Thierry Neuville Martijn Wydaeghe Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT 2:30:24.2
Power Stage winner	Ott Tänak Martin Järveoja Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT 6:48.3
Support category results
WRC-2 winner	Jari Huttunen Mikko Lukka Hyundai Motorsport N 2:51:32.9
WRC-3 winner	Yohan Rossel Alexandre Coria 2:42:39.1
J-WRC winner	Jon Armstrong Phil Hall 2:51:55.4

The 2021 Ypres Rally (also known as the Renties Ypres Rally Belgium 2021) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over three days between 13 and 15 August 2021.^[2] It marked the fifty-seventh running of the Ypres Rally. The event was the eighth round of the 2021 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. It was also the fourth round of the 2021 Junior World Rally Championship.^[3] The 2021 event was based in Ypres in West Flanders and was contested over twenty-four special stages totalling 295.78 km (183.79 mi) in competitive distance.^[1]

Local heroes Thierry Neuville and Martijn Wydaeghe won their home rally. Their team, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, were the manufacturer's winners.^[4] Jari Huttunen and Mikko Lukka won the World Rally Championship-2 category,^[5] while Yohan Rossel and Alexandre Coria won the World Rally Championship-3 category.^[6] The British crew of Jon Armstrong and Phil Hall was the winner in the junior class.^[7]