2020 Rally Italia Sardegna

2020 Rally Italia Sardegna
17. Rally Italia Sardegna 2020
Round 6 of 7 in the 2020 World Rally Championship
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Fast but narrow roads leave no room for error in Sardegna.
Host country Italy
Rally baseAlghero, Sardinia
Dates run8 – 11 October 2020
Start locationOlbia, Sassari
Finish locationSassari, Sassari
Stages16 (238.84 km; 148.41 miles)[1]
Stage surfaceGravel
Transport distance960.31 km (596.71 miles)
Overall distance1,199.15 km (745.12 miles)
Statistics
Crews registered64
Crews62 at start, 50 at finish
Overall results
Overall winnerSpain Dani Sordo
Spain Carlos del Barrio
South Korea Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT
2:41:37.5
Power Stage winnerEstonia Ott Tänak
Estonia Martin Järveoja
South Korea Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT
4:45.7
Support category results
WRC-2 winnerSweden Pontus Tidemand
Sweden Patrik Barth
Germany Toksport WRT
2:51:58.4
WRC-3 winnerFinland Jari Huttunen
Finland Mikko Lukka
2:50:19.2
J-WRC winnerSweden Tom Kristensson
Sweden Joakim Sjöberg
Sweden Tom Kristensson Motorsport
3:07:49.1

The 2020 Rally Italia Sardegna (also known as the Rally Italia Sardegna 2020) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was scheduled to be held over four days between 4 and 7 June 2020,[2] but had to be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] The event was reset to hold between 8 and 11 October 2020 following the cancellation of 2020 Rallye Deutschland.[4] It marked the seventeenth running of Rally Italia Sardegna and was the seventh round of the 2020 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. It was also set to be the third round of the Junior World Rally Championship.[5] The 2020 event was based in Alghero in Sardinia and consisted of sixteen special stages. The rally covered a total competitive distance of 238.84 km (148.41 mi).[1]

Dani Sordo and Carlos del Barrio were the defending rally winners. Their team, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, were the manufacturers' winners.[6] Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen were the defending winners in the World Rally Championship-2 category,[7][a] but they would not defend their titles as they were promoted to the higher class.[8] In the World Rally Championship-3 category, Pierre-Louis Loubet and Vincent Landais were the reigning rally winners,[7][b] but they would not defend their titles neither as they were promoted to the sport's top category. Jan Solans and Mauro Barreiro were the defending winners in the Junior World Rally Championship.[9]

Sordo and del Barrio successfully defended their titles, winning their third career victory. Their team, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, were the manufacturers' winners.[10] Pontus Tidemand and Patrick Barth were the winners in the WRC-2 category.[11] Jari Huttunen and Mikko Lukka were the winners in the WRC-3 category.[12] Tom Kristensson and Henrik Appelskog won the junior class.[13]

  1. ^ a b "Itinerary". rallyitaliasardegna.com. Rally Italia Sardegna. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  2. ^ Herrero, Daniel (27 September 2019). "Australia drops off WRC calendar in 2020". speedcafe.com. Speedcafe. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  3. ^ Elizalde, Pablo (25 March 2020). "WRC 2020 season hit by more rally postponements due to coronavirus". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  4. ^ Craig, Jason (26 August 2020). "Rally Germany cancelled as Italian WRC round moves to avoid Imola F1 clash". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Ypres added to Junior WRC Calendar". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 30 September 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  6. ^ "Sunday in Italy: Sordo snatches late win". wrc.com. WRC. June 16, 2019. Retrieved June 17, 2019.
  7. ^ a b "Sunday in Portugal: Kalle claims Pro treble". wrc.com. WRC. June 16, 2019. Retrieved June 17, 2019.
  8. ^ "Toyota reveals 2020 line-up". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 27 November 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  9. ^ "Junior WRC in Italy: Solans' Sardinia success". wrc.com. WRC. June 16, 2019. Retrieved June 17, 2019.
  10. ^ "Sordo holds on for Sardinia double dramatic finale". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 11 October 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  11. ^ "Tidemand extends championship lead with WRC 2 triumph". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 11 October 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  12. ^ "Huttunen holds on for WRC 3 victory". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 11 October 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  13. ^ "Kristensson cruises to emphatic victory". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 11 October 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.


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