2021 Monte Carlo Rally

2021 Monte Carlo Rally
89e Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo
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.
Host country Monaco[a]
Rally baseGap, Hautes-Alpes
Dates run21 – 24 January 2021
Start locationQuai Albert, Monaco
Finish locationCasino Square, Monaco
Stages14 (257.64 km; 160.09 miles)[1]
Stage surfaceTarmac and snow
Transport distance1,135.24 km (705.41 miles)
Overall distance1,392.88 km (865.50 miles)
Statistics
Crews registered84
Crews76 at start, 62 at finish
Overall results
Overall winnerFrance Sébastien Ogier
France Julien Ingrassia
Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
2:56:33.7
Power Stage winnerFrance Sébastien Ogier
France Julien Ingrassia
Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
10:56.2
Support category results
WRC-2 winnerNorway Andreas Mikkelsen
Norway Ola Fløene
Germany Toksport WRT
3:03:57.3
WRC-3 winnerFrance Yohan Rossel
France Benoît Fulcrand
3:08:20.8

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.[2] 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).[1]

Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul were the defending rally winners. Their team, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, were the reigning manufacturers' winners.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5]

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.[6] Andreas Mikkelsen and Ola Fløene won the World Rally Championship-2 category,[7] while Yohan Rossel and Benoît Fulcrand were the winners in the World Rally Championship-3.[8]


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  1. ^ a b "Itinerary" (PDF). acm.mc. Automobile Club de Monaco. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Croatia and Estonia named in 2021 WRC calendar". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 9 October 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Neuville seals revenge win in Monte-Carlo". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 26 January 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  4. ^ "WRC 2 in Monte: Østberg takes top spot". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 26 January 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Monte-Carlo entry list was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "Ogier claims record eighth Monte-Carlo victory". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 24 January 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  7. ^ "WRC2: Mikkelsen's dream start in Monte-Carlo". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 24 January 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  8. ^ "WRC3: Rossel clinches maiden victory in Monte". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 24 January 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2021.