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Sébastien Ogier is the current drivers' championship leader.
Julien Ingrassia is the current co-drivers' championship leader.
Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT (Yaris WRC pictured) are the current manufacturers' championship leader.

The 2021 FIA World Rally Championship is the forty-ninth season of the World Rally Championship, an auto racing competition recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) as the highest class of international rallying. Teams and crews are competing in twelve rallies for the World Rally Championships for Drivers, Co-drivers, Teams and Manufacturers.[1] Crews are free to compete in cars complying with Rally1 and Rally2 regulations;[a] however, only manufacturers competing with Rally1 cars homologated under regulations introduced in 2017 are eligible to score points in the Manufacturers' championship. The championship is due to begin in January 2021 with the Rallye Monte-Carlo and conclude in November 2021 with Rally Japan. The series are be supported by the World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3 categories at every round of the championship and by the Junior World Rally Championship at selected events.[2]

Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia are the reigning drivers' and co-drivers' champions, having secured their seventh championship titles at the 2020 Rally Monza. Hyundai are the reigning manufacturers' champions and are defending their manufacturers' title for the second consecutive year. After the first round, reigning drivers' and co-drivers' champions Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia lead drivers' and co-drivers' championships by nine points ahead of Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin. Thierry Neuville and Martijn Wydaeghe are third, a further four points behind. In the manufacturers' championship, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT holds a twenty-two-point lead over reigning manufacturer champion Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, with M-Sport Ford WRT in third.

Calendar

A map showing the locations of the rallies in the 2021 championship. Scheduled events are in green, while cancelled events are in blue. Event headquarters are marked with a black dot.

The 2021 championship is due to be contested over twelve rounds in Europe, Africa, Asia and South America:

Round Start date Finish date Rally Rally headquarters Surface Stages Distance Ref.
1 21 January 24 January Monaco Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo Gap, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Mixed[b] 14 257.64 km [3]
2 26 February 28 February Finland Arctic Rally Finland Rovaniemi, Lapland Snow 10 251.08 km [4]
3 22 April 25 April Croatia Croatia Rally Zagreb, City of Zagreb Region Tarmac TBA TBA
4 20 May 23 May Portugal Rally de Portugal Matosinhos, Porto Gravel TBA TBA
5 3 June 6 June Italy Rally Italia Sardegna Alghero, Sardinia Gravel 20 305.32 km [5]
6 24 June 27 June Kenya Safari Rally Kenya Nairobi, Nairobi County Gravel TBA TBA
7 15 July 18 July Estonia Rally Estonia Tartu, Tartu County Gravel TBA TBA
8 29 July 1 August Finland Rally Finland Jyväskylä, Central Finland Gravel TBA TBA
9 13 August 15 August Belgium Ypres Rally Belgium Ypres, West Flanders Tarmac TBA TBA
10 9 September 12 September Chile Rally Chile Concepción, Biobío Gravel TBA TBA
11 14 October 17 October Spain RACC Rally Catalunya de España Salou, Catalonia Tarmac TBA TBA
12 11 November 14 November Japan Rally Japan Nagoya, Chūbu Tarmac TBA TBA
Source:[6][7]

The following rounds were included on the original calendar published by WRC Promoter GmbH, but were later cancelled:

Start date Finish date Rally Rally headquarters Surface Stages Distance Cancellation reason Ref.
11 February 14 February Sweden Rally Sweden Torsby, Värmland Snow 19 313.81 km COVID-19 pandemic [8][9]
19 August 22 August United Kingdom Rally GB — — — — Financial issues [10]

Calendar changes

With the addition of Rally Chile to the calendar in 2019, the FIA opened the tender process for new events to join the championship in 2020.[11] Three events were successful,[c] but the championship was affected by a series of cancellations in 2019 and 2020 that necessitated changes to the 2021 calendar:

The Ypres Rally's début will make Belgium the 35th nation to hold a World Rally Championship event.
  • Rally GB was replaced by the Ypres Rally in Belgium.[10] Rally GB had originally planned to move from Wales to Northern Ireland, but the event was replaced when organisers were unable to come to an agreement with the government of Northern Ireland to support the rally.
  • Rally Japan is scheduled to return to the calendar for the first time since 2010.[6] It was originally included on the 2020 calendar, but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[18]
  • The Safari Rally is scheduled to be run as a World Championship event for the first time since 2002. The event is to be based in the Kenyan capital Nairobi and feature stages around Lake Naivasha.[19] The event had been planned to make its return to the championship in 2020, but was cancelled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.[20]
The Arctic Rally is set to become the first World Rally Championship round held inside the Arctic Circle.
  • Rally Sweden was included on the first draft of the calendar with its traditional February date,[8] but was cancelled before the start of the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[21][9] The Arctic Rally in northern Finland was chosen as a replacement to ensure that a winter rally was included on the calendar.[22][e]

In light of the disruption caused by the pandemic in 2020 and in anticipation of further delays, the calendar included an additional six reserve rounds that could be included in the event of rallies being cancelled. These events include rallies in Greece, Turkey, Argentina, Monza and Latvia.[6][24] The Ypres Rally had also been included on this reserve list before it replaced Rally GB.[10]

Entries

The following teams and drivers are under contract to contest the 2021 World Championship. All crews use tyres provided by Pirelli.[25]

Manufacturer Entrant Car No. Driver name Co-driver name Rounds
Crews entered under Rally1 regulations
Ford United Kingdom M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Fiesta WRC 3 Finland Teemu Suninen Finland Mikko Markkula 1
44 United Kingdom Gus Greensmith United Kingdom Elliott Edmondson 1
TBA France Adrien Fourmaux Belgium Renaud Jamoul TBA
TBA Croatia Niko Pulic TBA 3
Hyundai South Korea Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC 6 Spain Dani Sordo Spain Carlos del Barrio 1
Spain Borja Rozada TBA
8 Estonia Ott Tänak Estonia Martin Järveoja 1
11 Belgium Thierry Neuville Belgium Martijn Wydaeghe 1
TBA Republic of Ireland Craig Breen Republic of Ireland Paul Nagle 2
France Hyundai 2C Competition Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC 7 France Pierre-Louis Loubet France Vincent Landais 1
TBA Sweden Oliver Solberg Republic of Ireland Aaron Johnston 2
Toyota Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota Yaris WRC 1 France Sébastien Ogier France Julien Ingrassia 1
33 United Kingdom Elfyn Evans United Kingdom Scott Martin 1
18 Japan Takamoto Katsuta United Kingdom Daniel Barritt 1
69 Finland Kalle Rovanperä Finland Jonne Halttunen 1
Crews entered under Rally2 regulations
Citroën Portugal Sports & You Citroën C3 Rally2 24 France Eric Camilli France François-Xavier Buresi 1
France Saintéloc Junior Citroën C3 Rally2 28 United States Sean Johnston United States Alex Kihurani 1
Ford United Kingdom M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II 20 France Adrien Fourmaux Belgium Renaud Jamoul 1
Hyundai South Korea Hyundai Motorsport N Hyundai i20 R5 23 Sweden Oliver Solberg Republic of Ireland Aaron Johnston 1
TBA Norway Ole Christian Veiby Sweden Jonas Andersson TBA
Škoda Italy Movisport Škoda Fabia R5 27 Italy Enrico Brazzoli Italy Maurizio Barone 1
Germany Toksport WRT Škoda Fabia R5 Evo 22 Bolivia Marco Bulacia Wilkinson Argentina Marcelo Der Ohannesian 1
25 Norway Andreas Mikkelsen Norway Ola Fløene 1
Volkswagen Italy Movisport Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 21 Russia Nikolay Gryazin Russia Konstantin Aleksandrov 1
TBA Finland Esapekka Lappi Finland Janne Ferm 2
Source:[26][27][28][29]

In detail

Esapekka Lappi (left) left the championship, allowing Adrien Fourmaux (right) to make his début with M-Sport Ford WRT.

M-Sport Ford WRT will only enter two full-time entries in 2021.[30] The first will be crewed by Gus Greensmith and Elliott Edmondson, who contested selected rallies for the team in 2019 and 2020. The second car will be shared by two crews; one made up of World Rally Championship-2 graduates Adrien Fourmaux and Renaud Jamoul, while the other will be led by Teemu Suninen, who will be partnered by Mikko Markkula. Esapekka Lappi and Janne Ferm, who drove for M-Sport in 2020, left the team.[30]

Thierry Neuville (left) parted ways with co-driver with Nicolas Gilsoul (right) before the season started.

Hyundai retained the line-up of Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja.[31] Thierry Neuville also retained with the team, but he ended his ten-year partnership with Nicolas Gilsoul.[32] Martijn Wydaeghe is set to co-drive with Neuville.[33] The team's third entry will be shared between crews led by Dani Sordo and Craig Breen.[34] Sordo will be partnered with new co-driver Borja Rozada after the Monte Carlo Rally as Carlos del Barrio is due to partner Fabrizio Zaldívar in the WRC-3 category.[35][36] Nine-time World Champion Sébastien Loeb left Hyundai to join Bahrain Raid Xtreme team in the 2021 Dakar Rally and Team X44 in the Extreme E electric rally raid series.[37][38] Hyundai's second team, Hyundai 2C Competition, will enter an i20 Coupe WRC for Pierre-Louis Loubet and Vincent Landais at every round of the championship. Loubet and Landais had previously contested three events with the team in 2020.[39] Oliver Solberg and Aaron Johnston are set to make their World Rally Car debut at the Arctic Rally.[40]

Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT had planned to introduce a new car based on the Toyota GR Yaris,[41] an "homologation special", or road-going version of a car specifically designed for competition and with production limited to the minimum number required to meet homologation requirements.[42] However, the team later announced that it had abandoned development the GR Yaris, citing the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the automotive industry and the costs of developing the car when new regulations were due to be introduced in 2022.[43] Tommi Mäkinen stepped down from Toyota's team principal to become the company's motorsport advisor.[44] Former driver Jari-Matti Latvala was named to succeed Mäkinen's role.[45]

Reigning World Drivers' Champion Sébastien Ogier announced that he would retire from full-time competition at the end of the 2020 championship,[46] but his retirement would be delayed as he renewed a one-year deal with Toyota.[47] Ogier explained that his decision to stay in the sport was because the shortened 2020 championship was not how he wanted his career to end.[48] The team retained the pairings of Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin and of Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen.[49] Takamoto Katsuta and Daniel Barritt remained with the team to contest a full-time campaign.[50]

Changes

Technical regulations

Pirelli will replace Michelin as the sport's sole tyre supplier.[25] Under the terms of the agreement, Pirelli will supply tyres to all teams entering Rally1 and Rally2 cars.

Sporting regulations

2021 will see the creation of the World Rally Championship for Teams, a new championship title that will exist alongside the World Rally Championships for Drivers, Co-drivers and Manufacturers.[1] A team taking part in the Teams' championship will only be able to score points in a rally if a manufacturer competing with the same make of car has been entered into the event. Teams competing in the Teams' championship must contend a minimum of seven rallies, one of which must be outside Europe to be eligible for the championship.

As the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic meant that only seven of the thirteen events planned for the 2020 championship took place, the World Motorsport Council passed a resolution declaring that for the drivers', co-drivers' and manufacturers' championship titles to be awarded a minimum of six rallies must be held.[24]

Manufacturers will be awarded Power Stage bonus points for the first time. The scoring system will be the same as that used by drivers and co-drivers, with five points awarded for the fastest manufacturer car down to one point for the fifth quickest. Only the two fastest drivers from a single manufacturer will eligible to score.[51]

Season report

Opening rounds

The 2021 FIA World Rally Championship went underway in Monaco. The Hyundai crew of Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja took an early lead,[52] but their lead was wiped out when they were comprised by lost of power in hairpins.[53] The Estoinan pair's rally was further hampered by two punctures, which meant that they did not have enough rubber on one of their wheels for the car to be considered road legal. Unable to complete the liasion between special stages, Tänak and Järveoja were ruled out for the second consecutive year in Monte-Carlo.[54] The M-Sport crew of Teemu Suninen and Mikko Markkula also retired from the rally when they crashed out at the very first stage of the event.[55] Local heroes Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia were the favourites for the weekend. Despite a flat tyre that lost the lead to their teammates Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin,[56] the reigning world champions set fastest stage time after fastest stage time to regain the top spot and eventually won their eighth Monte Carlo victory, a new record for wins in Monte Carlo.[57] They also became the first crew to win the rally with five different manufacturers. Evans and Martin finished second to complete a Toyota one-two. The Japanese manufacturer's party was further flourished by the dominance at the Power Stage, which saw them build a twenty-two-point lead over the reigning manufacturers' champions Hyundai.[57] Last year victor Thierry Neuville joined them on the podium with his new co-driver Martijn Wydaeghe, whose first ever podium in the championship.[57]

Results and standings

Season summary

Round Event Winning driver Winning co-driver Winning entrant Winning time Report Ref.
1 Monaco Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo France Sébastien Ogier France Julien Ingrassia Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 2:56:33.7 Report [58][59]
2 Finland Arctic Rally Finland Report
3 Croatia Croatia Rally Report
4 Portugal Rallye de Portugal Report
5 Italy Rally Italia Sardegna Report
6 Kenya Safari Rally Kenya Report
7 Estonia Rally Estonia Report
8 Finland Rally Finland Report
9 Belgium Ypres Rally Belgium Report
10 Chile Rally Chile Report
11 Spain RACC Rally Catalunya de España Report
12 Japan Rally Japan Report

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers in each event. In the manufacturers' championship, teams were eligible to nominate three crews to score points, but these points were only awarded to the top two classified finishers representing a manufacturer and driving a 2017-specification World Rally Car. There were also five bonus points awarded to the winners of the Power Stage, four points for second place, three for third, two for fourth and one for fifth. Power Stage points were awarded in the drivers', co-drivers' championships and manufacturers'.[51][60]

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1

FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers

Pos. Driver MON
Monaco 		ARC
Finland 		CRO
Croatia 		PRT
Portugal 		ITA
Italy 		SAF
Kenya 		EST
Estonia 		FIN
Finland 		BEL
Belgium 		CHI
Chile 		ESP
Spain 		JPN
Japan 		Points
1 France Sébastien Ogier 11 30
2 United Kingdom Elfyn Evans 23 21
3 Belgium Thierry Neuville 34 17
4 Finland Kalle Rovanperä 42 16
5 Spain Dani Sordo 55 11
6 Japan Takamoto Katsuta 6 8
7 Norway Andreas Mikkelsen 7 6
8 United Kingdom Gus Greensmith 8 4
9 France Adrien Fourmaux 9 2
10 France Eric Camilli 10 1
— France Pierre-Louis Loubet 16 —
— Estonia Ott Tänak Ret —
— Finland Teemu Suninen Ret —
Pos. Driver MON
Monaco 		ARC
Finland 		CRO
Croatia 		PRT
Portugal 		ITA
Italy 		SAF
Kenya 		EST
Estonia 		FIN
Finland 		BEL
Belgium 		CHI
Chile 		ESP
Spain 		JPN
Japan 		Points
Source:[61][62]
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

Notes:
1 2 3 4 5 – Power Stage position

FIA World Rally Championship for Co-Drivers

Pos. Co-Driver MON
Monaco 		ARC
Finland 		CRO
Croatia 		PRT
Portugal 		ITA
Italy 		SAF
Kenya 		EST
Estonia 		FIN
Finland 		BEL
Belgium 		CHI
Chile 		ESP
Spain 		JPN
Japan 		Points
1 France Julien Ingrassia 11 30
2 United Kingdom Scott Martin 23 21
3 Belgium Martijn Wydaeghe 34 17
4 Finland Jonne Halttunen 42 16
5 Spain Carlos del Barrio 55 11
6 United Kingdom Daniel Barritt 6 8
7 Norway Ola Fløene 7 6
8 United Kingdom Elliott Edmondson 8 4
9 Belgium Renaud Jamoul 9 2
10 France François-Xavier Buresi 10 1
— France Vincent Landais 16 —
— Estonia Martin Järveoja Ret —
— Finland Mikko Markkula Ret —
Pos. Co-Driver MON
Monaco 		ARC
Finland 		CRO
Croatia 		PRT
Portugal 		ITA
Italy 		SAF
Kenya 		EST
Estonia 		FIN
Finland 		BEL
Belgium 		CHI
Chile 		ESP
Spain 		JPN
Japan 		Points
Source:[61][62]
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

Notes:
1 2 3 4 5 – Power Stage position

FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers

Pos. Manufacturer MON
Monaco 		ARC
Finland 		CRO
Croatia 		PRT
Portugal 		ITA
Italy 		SAF
Kenya 		EST
Estonia 		FIN
Finland 		BEL
Belgium 		CHI
Chile 		ESP
Spain 		JPN
Japan 		Points
1 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 11 52
2
NC2
2 South Korea Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT 34 30
45
Ret
3 United Kingdom M-Sport Ford WRT 5 10
Ret
4 France Hyundai 2C Competition 6 8
Pos. Manufacturer MON
Monaco 		ARC
Finland 		CRO
Croatia 		PRT
Portugal 		ITA
Italy 		SAF
Kenya 		EST
Estonia 		FIN
Finland 		BEL
Belgium 		CHI
Chile 		ESP
Spain 		JPN
Japan 		Points
Source:[61][62]
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

Notes:
1 2 3 4 5 – Power Stage position

Notes

  1. ^ Rally1 cars were previously known as World Rally Cars and Rally2 cars were known as R5 before changes to the sporting regulations were introduced in 2020.[2]
  2. ^ The Monte Carlo Rally is run on a tarmac and snow surface.
  3. ^ Rally New Zealand was successful in its bid to join the championship, but was cancelled because of the pandemic.[12] It was not included on the 2021 calendar, but a separate, later bid from Rally Croatia was also successful.[6]
  4. ^ Rally Catalunya had previously been run as a mixed-surface rally, with the first leg of the event held on tarmac roads and the final two legs on tarmac.
  5. ^ The Arctic Rally will be held twice during the 2021 calendar year. The first running in January will be as part of the Finnish Rally Championship and the second running in February will be the World Championship round.[23]

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