| 2021 Rally Finland Secto Rally Finland 2021 | |||
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Round 10 of 12 in the 2021 World Rally Championship
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| Host country |  Finland | ||
| Rally base | Jyväskylä, Central Finland | ||
| Dates run | 1 – 3 October 2021 | ||
| Start location | Jyväskylä, Central Finland | ||
| Finish location | Ruuhimäki, Toivakka | ||
| Stages | 19 (287.11 km; 178.40 miles)[1] | ||
| Stage surface | Gravel | ||
| Transport distance | 772.12 km (479.77 miles) | ||
| Overall distance | 1,059.23 km (658.18 miles) | ||
| Statistics | |||
| Crews registered | 43 | ||
| Crews | 43 at start, 37 at finish | ||
| Overall results | |||
| Overall winner |  Elfyn Evans Scott Martin Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT2:19:13.7 | ||
| Power Stage winner | Elfyn Evans Scott Martin Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 5:18.9 | ||
| Support category results | |||
| WRC-2 winner | Teemu Suninen Mikko Markkula Movisport2:29:05.8 | ||
| WRC-3 winner | Emil Lindholm Reeta Hämäläinen 2:30:06.5 | ||
The 2021 Rally Finland (also known as the Secto Rally Finland 2021) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over three days between 1 and 3 October 2021.[2] It marked the seventieth running of the Rally Finland. The event was the tenth round of the 2021 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The 2021 event was based in Jyväskylä in Central Finland and was contested over nineteen special stages totalling 287.11 km (178.40 mi) in competitive distance.[1]
Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja were the defending rally winners. The team they drove for in 2019, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the defending manufacturers' winners.[3] Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen were the defending winners in the WRC-2 category,[4][a] but they did not defend their titles, as they were promoted to the top class by Toyota.[5] In the WRC-3 category, Tom Kristensson and Henrik Appelskog were the reigning rally winners,[4][b] but they did not defend their titles neither, as Kristensson was promoted to the WRC-2 class by M-Sport Ford World Rally Team.[6]
Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin won the rally for the first time and their second of their season. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, successfully defended their titles.[7] In the World Rally Championship-2 category, Teemu Suninen and Mikko Markkula won the event.[8] The local crew of Emil Lindholm and Reeta Hämäläinen took their maiden victory in the World Rally Championship-3 category.[9]
- ^ a b "Itinerary Rally Finland 2021". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
- ^ "Autumn date change for Rally Finland". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 20 April 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ^ "Sunday in Finland: Double delight for Tänak". wrc.com. WRC. 4 August 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
- ^ a b "WRC 2 in Finland: Fourth win for dominant Kalle". wrc.com. WRC. 4 August 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
- ^ "Toyota reveals 2020 line-up". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 27 November 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ "Junior winner Kristensson joins M-Sport Ford's WRC2 Squad". wrc.com. WRC. 18 March 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- ^ "Evans powers to momentous Rally Finland win". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 3 October 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
- ^ "WRC2: Super Suninen wins in Finland". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 3 October 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
- ^ "WRC3: Lindholm nets maiden victory at home". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 3 October 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
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