| 2021 ACI Rally Monza 42. FORUM8 ACI Rally Monza 2021 | ||
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Round 12 of 12 in the 2021 World Rally Championship
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 Rally Monza replaced Rally Japan to hold the season finale for the second year in a row. | ||
| Host country |  Italy | |
| Rally base | Monza, Brianza | |
| Dates run | 18 – 21 November 2021 | |
| Start location | Gerosa, Bergamo | |
| Finish location | Monza, Brianza | |
| Stages | 16 (253.18 km; 157.32 miles)[1] | |
| Stage surface | Tarmac | |
| Transport distance | 425.76 km (264.55 miles) | |
| Overall distance | 677.62 km (421.05 miles) | |
| Statistics | ||
| Crews registered | 81 | |
| Crews | 80 at start, 67 at finish | |
| Overall results | ||
| Overall winner |  Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT2:39:08.6 | |
| Power Stage winner |  Thierry Neuville Martijn Wydaeghe Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT10:04.4 | |
| Support category results | ||
| WRC-2 winner |  Jari Huttunen Mikko Lukka M-Sport Ford WRT2:49:28.6 | |
| WRC-3 winner | Andrea Crugnola Pietro Ometto 2:48:15.5 | |
The 2021 Rally Monza (also known as FORUM8 ACI Rally Monza 2021) was a motor racing event for rally cars that held over four days between 18 and 21 November 2021.[2] It marked the forty-second running of Monza Rally Show and was the twelfth and final round of the 2021 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2, World Rally Championship-3. The event was based in the famous Autodromo Nazionale di Monza circuit near Milan, where the Italian Grand Prix was held. The rally covered a total competitive distance of 253.18 km (157.32 mi).[1]
Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia were the defending rally winners. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the defending manufacturers' winners.[3] Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen were the defending winners in the WRC-2 category.[4] Andreas Mikkelsen and Anders Jæger-Amland weer the defending winners in the WRC-3 category,[5] but they did not defend their title as Mikkelsen was competing in the WRC-2 category for Toksport WRT.[6]
Ogier and Ingrassia successfully defended their titles. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, successfully defended their titles. The result saw them confirm the world titles.[7] In the World Rally Championship-2 category, Jari Huttunen and Mikko Lukka won the event, while Torstein Eriksen confirmed to win the WRC-2 co-driver title.[8] In the World Rally Championship-3 category, Andrea Crugnola and Pietro Ometto won the rally. Meanwhile, Yohan Rossel and Maciej Szczepaniak took the driver's and co-driver's title in the class respectively.[9]
- ^ a b "Itinerary Rally Monza 2021". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
- ^ "Rally Monza to form 2021 FIA World Rally Championship finale". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 14 September 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- ^ "Ogier clinches seventh title with Monza victory". wrc.com. WRC. 6 December 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
- ^ "Østberg goes one better in 2020". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 6 December 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
- ^ "Huttunen crowned champion, Mikkelsen wins in Monza". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 6 December 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
- ^ "Mikkelsen sets double target for WRC2 campaign". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 7 January 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
- ^ "Breaking news: awesome eight for Ogier". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 21 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
- ^ "WRC2: Huttunen takes WRC2 spoils on M-Sport Ford debut". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 21 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
- ^ "Rossel snatches WRC3 title with final stage charge". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 21 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.