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2021 World Rally Championship-3

The 2021 FIA World Rally Championship-3 was the eighth season of the World Rally Championship-3, an auto racing championship for rally cars that is recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile as the third-highest tier of international rallying. It was open to privately entered cars complying with Group Rally2 regulations.[1][2] The championship began in January 2021 with the Rallye Monte-Carlo and concluded in November 2021 with Rally Monza, running in support of the 2021 World Rally Championship.

Yohan Rossel won the driver's championship, while Maciek Szczepaniak took the co-driver's title.[3]

The 2020 WRC-3 driver and co-driver champions Jari Huttunen and Mikko Lukka did not defend their titles in 2021 due to progression to WRC-2.[4] Frenchman Yohan Rossel took the driver's title at the final round but due to his employing multiple co-drivers through the season, the co-driver title went to Maciek Szczepaniak, regular co-driver to Kajetan Kajetanowicz.[5]

The 2021 WRC-3 season was the last to use Group Rally2 cars. From 2022 the championship would use only Group Rally3 cars.

Calendar edit

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

The 2021 championship was contested over twelve rounds in Europe and Africa:

Round Start date Finish date Rally Rally headquarters Surface Stages Distance Ref.
1 21 January 24 January   Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo Gap, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur[a] Mixed[b] 14 257.64 km [6]
2 26 February 28 February   Arctic Rally Finland Rovaniemi, Lapland Snow 10 251.08 km [7]
3 22 April 25 April   Croatia Rally Zagreb Tarmac 20 300.32 km [8]
4 20 May 23 May   Rally de Portugal Matosinhos, Porto Gravel 20 337.51 km [9]
5 3 June 6 June   Rally Italia Sardegna Olbia, Sardinia Gravel 20 303.10 km [10]
6 24 June 27 June   Safari Rally Kenya Nairobi Gravel 18 320.19 km [11]
7 15 July 18 July   Rally Estonia Tartu, Tartu County Gravel 24 314.16 km [12]
8 13 August 15 August   Ypres Rally Belgium Ypres, West Flanders Tarmac 20 295.78 km [13]
9 9 September 12 September   Acropolis Rally Greece Lamia, Central Greece Gravel 15 292.19 km [14]
10 1 October 3 October   Rally Finland Jyväskylä, Central Finland Gravel 19 287.11 km [15]
11 14 October 17 October   RACC Rally Catalunya de España Salou, Catalonia Tarmac 17 280.46 km [16]
12 18 November 21 November   ACI Rally Monza Monza, Lombardy Tarmac 16 253.18 km [17]
Sources:[18][19][20][21][22]

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   Rally Sweden Torsby, Värmland Snow 19 313.81 km COVID-19 pandemic [23][24]
9 September 12 September   Rally Chile Concepción, Biobío Gravel — — COVID-19 pandemic [25]
19 August 22 August   Rally GB — — — — Financial issues [26]
11 November 14 November   Rally Japan Nagoya, Chūbu Tarmac 20 300.11 km COVID-19 pandemic [27][28]

Calendar changes edit

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.[29] 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:

  • Rally Catalunya returned to the championship. The rally was removed from the 2020 schedule as part of an event-sharing agreement that would see it removed from the calendar for one year, but was guaranteed a spot on the calendar for the next two.[18] The rally returned to running exclusively on tarmac roads for the first time since 2009.[31][d]
 
The Acropolis Rally of Greece returned to the championship for the first time since 2013.
 
The Ypres Rally's debut made Belgium the 35th nation to hold a World Rally Championship event.
  • Rally GB was replaced by the Ypres Rally in Belgium.[26] 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 was scheduled to return to the calendar for the first time since 2010,[18] but it was ultimately called off due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[28] The rally was also originally included on the 2020 calendar, but was also cancelled because of the pandemic.[38] Rally Monza was confirmed to hold the season finale for the second year in a row.[22]
  • The Safari Rally was run as a World Championship event for the first time since 2002. The event was based in the Kenyan capital Nairobi and featured stages around Lake Naivasha.[39] The event had been planned to make its return to the championship in 2020, but was cancelled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.[40]
 
The Arctic Rally became the first World Rally Championship round to be held inside the Arctic Circle.
  • Rally Sweden was included on the first draft of the calendar with its traditional February date,[41] but was cancelled before the start of the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[42][24] The Arctic Rally in northern Finland was chosen as a replacement to ensure that a winter rally was included on the calendar.[43][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 Turkey, Argentina and Latvia.[18][45] The Ypres Rally had also been included on this reserve list before it replaced Rally GB,[26] so as the Acropolis Rally and Rally Monza.[25][22]

Entries edit

The following crews have entered, or will enter, the 2021 World Championship-3:

Entrant Car Driver name[f] Co-driver name Rounds
  DG Sport Compétition Citroën C3 Rally2   Nicolas Ciamin   Yannick Roche 1, 3–5
  Davy Vanneste   Kris D'Alleine 1, 8
  Kris Princen   Peter Kaspers 8
  Saintéloc Junior Team   Yohan Rossel   Benoît Fulcrand 1
  Alexandre Coria 3–5, 8–9
  Jacques-Julien Renucci 12
  Armin Kremer   Ella Kremer 11
  G. Car Sport Racing   Giacomo Ogliari   Lorenzo Granai 1
  Giacomo Ciucci 12
  CHL Sport Auto   Yoann Bonato   Benjamin Boulloud 1
  TRT World Rally Team   Michał Sołowow   Maciek Baran 2
  Alberto Heller   Marc Martí 4–5, 9
  Ioannis Plagos   Alkiviadis Rentis 9
  Citroën Vodafone Team   José Pedro Fontes   Inês Ponte 4
  Jan Solans   Rodrigo Sanjuan 4–5, 11
  André Villas-Boas   Gonçalo Magalhães 4
  F.P.F. Sport   Rachele Somaschini   Nicola Arena 12
  Roustemis Motorsport Citroën DS3 R5   Panagiotis Roustemis   Konstantios Nikolopoulos 9
  Calm Competició Škoda Fabia Rally2 Evo   Miguel Díaz-Aboitiz   Diego Sanjuan 1–2, 7, 9–11
  Metior Sport   Cédric De Cecco   Jérôme Humblet 1, 3, 8
  Keane Motorsport   Johannes Keferböck   Ilka Minor 1, 3
  TGS Worldwide   Teemu Asunmaa   Marko Salminen 2, 10
  Emil Lindholm   Mikael Korhonen 2
  Reeta Hämäläinen 10
  Mikko Heikkilä   Topi Luhtinen 2, 7, 10–11
  EKS JC   Mattias Ekström   Emil Bergkvist 2
  Albert von Thurn und Taxis   Bernhard Ettel 2
  Tehase Auto   Gregor Jeets   Andrus Toom 2, 4
  Raul Jeets 7, 10
  Printsport   Ville Ruokanen   Timo Pallari 2
  Toksport World Rally Team   Fabrizio Zaldivar   Carlos del Barrio 2–5, 7, 9, 11
  Emil Lindholm   Mikael Korhonen 3
  Reeta Hämäläinen 4–5, 7, 9
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  Emilio Fernández   Rubén Garcia 4–5, 7, 9
  Chris Ingram   Ross Whittock 9, 11–12
  Neil Simpson   Michael Gibson 11
  Dominik Stříteský   Jiří Hovorka 11
  Sports Racing Technologies   Vladas Jurkevičius   Aisvydas Paliukėnas 2, 7
  Alexey Lukyanuk[h]   Yaroslav Fedorov[i] 7
  SXM Compétition   Chris Ingram   Ross Whittock 3–5
  Sébastien Bedoret   François Gilbert 8
  Lotos Rally Team   Kajetan Kajetanowicz   Maciek Szczepaniak 3–5, 7, 9, 11–12
  Dream One Racing   Mauro Miele   Luca Beltrame 3, 11–12
  The Racing Factory   Armindo Araújo   Luís Ramalho 4
  ARC Sport   Ricardo Teodósio   José Teixeira 4
  Miguel Correia   António Costa 4
  Race Seven   Pepe López   Diego Vallejo 4–5
  Borja Odriozola 7–8, 10
  Borja Rozada 11
  Delta Rally   Alberto Battistolli   Simone Scattolin 5
  Maurizio Morato   Enrico Gallinaro 5
  Damiano De Tommaso   Giorgia Ascalone 12
  Icepol Racing Team   Ghislain de Mevius   Johan Jalet 8
  Racing Technology   Adrian Fernémont   Samuel Maillen 8
  BMA Autosport   Pieter Jan Michiel Cracco   Jasper Vermeulen 8
  On Sale Rally Team   Georgios Kechagias   Marios Tsaousoglou 9
  Topp-Cars Rally Team   Vasileios Velanis   Ioannis Velanis 9
  MS Munaretto   Pablo Biolghini   Marco Menchini 12
  PA Racing   Alessandro Perico   Mauro Turati 12
  Lorenzo Bontempelli   Gianluca Marchioni 12
  H-Sport   Marco Paccagnella   Mattia Orio 12
  Delta Rally Škoda Fabia R5   Fabrizio Arengi   Massimiliano Bosi 1, 9
  Metior Sport   Cédric Cherain   Stéphane Prévot 1
  Harry Bouillon   Gregory Antoine 8
  Dream One Racing   Mauro Miele   Luca Beltrame 1–2, 5
  TGS Worldwide   Eerik Pietarinen   Antti Linnaketo 2
  Marko Viitanen   Tapio Suominen 2
  Printsport   Pekka Keski-Korsu   Markus Silfvast 2
  Tuomas Skantz   Kari Kallio 2
  Jussi Keskiniva   Mikko Kaikkonen 2
  Lars Stugemo   Kalle Lexe 2
  Juuso Metsälä   Matti Kangas 10
  Lauri Joona   Mikael Korhonen 10
  Koivisto Racing   Ari-Pekka Koivisto   Jussi Kärpijoki 2
  Hołowczyc Racing   Adrian Chwietczuk   Jarosław Baran 2
  SXM Compétition   Sébastien Bedoret   Thomas Walbrecq 3
  Filip Pyck   Peter Dehouck 8
  Spyridon Galerakis   Konstantinos Souloukis 9
  BS Motorsport   Bernardo Sousa   Victor Calado 4
  ARC Sport   Paulo Neto   Vítor Hugo 4
  Sports & You   Diogo Salvi   Jorge Carvalho 4
  The Racing Factory   João Fernando Ramos   José Janela 4
  MS Munaretto   Pablo Biolghini   Stefano Pudda 5
  Arrow Rally Team   Aakif Virani   Azhar Bhatti 6
  BMA Autosport   Kevin Hommes   Marco Hommes 8
  Kurt Dujardyn   Jeannick Breyne 8
  Motorsport Italia   Paulo Nobre   Gabriel Morales 9–10
  Esko Reiner Motorsport   Jari Huuhka   Jarno Metso 10
  Balbosca Rally Team   Marco Roncoroni   Paolo Brusadelli 12
  Pavel Group Corse   Jacopo Civelli   Massimo Moriconi 12
  PA Racing   Patrizia Perosino   Veronica Verzoletto 12
  Roger Tuning   Giancarlo Terzi   Samuele Perino 12
  Dom Buckley Motorsport Ford Fiesta Rally2   Tom Williams   Giorgia Ascalone 1
  Frank Bird   Jack Morton 12
  ZM Racing Team   Hermann Neubauer   Bernhard Ettel 1, 3
  Kevin Raith   Gerald Winter 3
  STARD   Hiroki Arai   Jürgen Heigl 3
  Drift Company Rally Team   Niki Mayr-Melnhof   Poldi Welsersheimb 3–4
  M-Sport Ford World Rally Team   Daniel Chwist   Kamil Heller 6
  Sebastian Perez   Gary McElhinney 11
  OT Racing   Priit Koik   Kristo Tamm 7
  Fast Time Engineering   Bernd Casier   Pieter Vyncke 8
  TM Compétition   Maxime Potty   Loïc Dumont 8
  Hadik Rallye Team   Panagiotis Chatzitsopanis   Nikos Petropoulos 9
  AK Plamtex Sport Ford Fiesta R5   Aleš Zrinski   Rok Vidmar 3
  Karan Patel Racing   Karan Patel   Tauseef Khan 6
  Kristoffersson Motorsport Volkswagen Polo GTI R5   Johan Kristoffersson   Patrik Barth 2
  Kaur Motorsport   Egon Kaur   Silver Simm 2, 4–5, 7, 10
  Printsport   Rakan Al-Rashed   Hugo Magalhães 2, 7
  Eerik Pietarinen   Antti Linnaketo 10
  Racing 4 You   Pedro Meireles   Mário Castro 4
  BRR Baumschlager Rallye & Racing Team   Armin Kremer   Ella Kremer 5
  Kabras Sugar Racing   Onkar Rai   Drew Sturrock 6
  Tejveer Rai   Gareth Dawe 6
  Minti Motorsport   Carl Tundo   Tim Jessop 6
  Pieter Tsjoen Racing   Pieter Tsjoen   Eddy Chevaillier 8
  Godrive Racing   Vincent Verschueren   Filip Cuvelier 8
  Petrolina Racing Team   Alex Tsouloftas   Stelios Elia 9
  PA Racing   Alberto Dall'era   Edoardo Brovelli 12
  Team Hyundai Portugal Hyundai i20 R5   Bruno Magalhães   Carlos Magalhães 4
  Motorsport Ireland Rallly Academy   Josh McErlean   Keaton Williams 4
  James Fulton 8, 11
  TAIF Motorsport   Radik Shaymiev[j]   Maxim Tsvetkov[k] 7
  Hyundai Motorsport N   Grégoire Munster   Louis Louka 8
  Riku Tahko   Markus Soininen 10
  Martin Vlček   Karolína Jugasová 10
  Rally Technology   Daniel Chwist   Kamil Heller 9
  Hyundai Motorsport N Hyundai i20 N Rally2   Lambros Athanassoulas   Nikolaos Zakchaios 9
  Grégoire Munster   Louis Louka 12
  Andrea Crugnola   Pietro Ometto 12
  Stefano Albertini   Danilo Fappani 12
  Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy   Josh McErlean   James Fulton 12
Sources:[46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57]

Changes edit

Technical regulations edit

Pirelli will become the WRC's sole tyre supplier following the removal of Michelin and Yokohama from the approved tyre supplier list. Under the terms of the agreement, Pirelli will supply tyres to all crews entering in four-wheel drive cars.[58]

Sporting regulations edit

Competitors in the WRC-3 category will be awarded Power Stage bonus points for the first time.[59]

Results and standings edit

Season summary edit

Round Event Winning driver Winning co-driver Winning entrant Winning time Report Ref.
1   Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo   Yohan Rossel   Benoît Fulcrand   Saintéloc Junior Team 3:08:25.8 Report [60]
2   Arctic Rally Finland   Teemu Asunmaa   Marko Salminen   TGS Worldwide 2:11:55.3 Report [61]
3   Croatia Rally   Kajetan Kajetanowicz   Maciek Szczepaniak   Lotos Rally Team 3:03:23.8 Report [62]
4   Rally de Portugal   Kajetan Kajetanowicz   Maciek Szczepaniak   Lotos Rally Team 3:52:49.7 Report [63]
5   Rally Italia Sardegna   Yohan Rossel   Alexandre Coria   Saintéloc Junior Team 3:30:04.1 Report [64]
6   Safari Rally Kenya   Onkar Rai   Drew Sturrock   Kabras Sugar Racing 3:47:37.7 Report [65]
7   Rally Estonia   Alexey Lukyanuk[h]   Yaroslav Fedorov[i]   Sports Racing Technologies 3:01:45.2 Report [66]
8   Ypres Rally Belgium   Yohan Rossel   Alexandre Coria   Saintéloc Junior Team 2:42:39.1 Report [67]
9   Acropolis Rally Greece   Kajetan Kajetanowicz[l]   Maciek Szczepaniak[m]   Lotos Rally Team 3:39:48.2 Report [68]
10   Rally Finland   Emil Lindholm   Reeta Hämäläinen   TGS Worldwide 2:30:06.5 Report [69]
11   RACC Rally Catalunya de España   Reeta Hämäläinen   Emil Lindholm   Toksport WRT 2:44:31.9 Report [70]
12   Rally Monza   Andrea Crugnola   Pietro Ometto   Hyundai Motorsport N 2:48:15.5 Report [5]

Scoring system edit

Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers in each event. 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.[59][71] Crews were only allowed to enter a maximum of 7 events with the 5 best results scoring points in the championship.

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-3 for Drivers edit

Pos. Driver MON
  		ARC
  		CRO
  		POR
  		ITA
  		KEN
  		EST
  		BEL
  		GRC
  		FIN
  		ESP
  		MNZ
  		Drops Points
1   Yohan Rossel 13 31 22 13 12 DSQ 21 20 130
2   Kajetan Kajetanowicz 13 13 82 2 11 21 33 26 127
3   Emil Lindholm Ret 24 101 Ret Ret 32 13 0 73
4   Chris Ingram 55 34 Ret 23 43 84 0 70
5   Nicolas Ciamin 31 42 45 6 0 57
6   Pepe López Ret 24 42 WD 42 Ret 0 52
7   Mikko Heikkilä 3 35 25 10 0 51
8   Fabrizio Zaldívar 13 6 6 4 71 94 6 4 47
9   Josh McErlean 5 5 34 65 0 46
10   Egon Kaur 21 Ret 121 103 61 0 45
11   Onkar Rai 11 0 30
12   Reeta Hämäläinen 12 0 29
13   Andrea Crugnola 12 0 29
14   Teemu Asunmaa 13 Ret 0 28
15   Alexey Lukyanuk[h] 1 0 25
16   Yoann Bonato 22 0 22
17   Karan Patel 24 0 20
18   Grégoire Munster 91 4 0 19
19   Pieter Jan Michiel Cracco 2 0 18
20   Carl Tundo 33 0 18
21   Vincent Verschueren 34 0 17
22   Lauri Joona 34 0 17
23   Armin Kremer 7 55 0 17
24   Jan Solans Ret 35 Ret 0 16
25   Daniel Chwist 42 0 16
26   Raul Jeets 5 7 0 16
27   Emilio Fernández 13 5 84 0 16
28   Cédric De Cecco 55 Ret 85 0 16
29   Hermann Neubauer 44 Ret 0 14
30   Sébastien Bedoret 10 4 0 13
31   Eerik Pietarinen 45 Ret 0 13
32   Giorgos Kehagias 4 0 12
33   Mattias Ekström 54 0 12
34   Johannes Keferböck 7 7 0 12
35   Mauro Miele Ret 21 8 9 7 11 0 12
36   Aakif Virani 55 0 11
37   Roustemis Panagiotis 5 0 10
38   Riku Tahko 5 0 10
39   Damiano De Tommaso 5 0 10
40   Ghislain de Mevius 73 0 9
41   Gregor Jeets 6 11 0 8
42   Davy Vanneste 6 14 0 8
43   Vladas Jurkevičius 18 6 0 8
44   Bernd Casier 6 0 8
45   Vasileios Velanis 6 0 8
46   Paulo Nobre 7 10 0 7
47   Pekka Keski-Korsu 7 0 6
48   Armindo Araújo 7 0 6
49   Alessandro Perico 7 0 6
50   Johan Kristoffersson 102 0 5
51   Alberto Heller 8 Ret 0 4
52   Giacomo Ogliari 8 14 0 4
53   Tuomas Skantz 8 0 4
54   Ioannis Plagos 8 0 4
55   Martin Vlček 8 0 4
56   Neil Simpson 8 0 4
57   Miguel Díaz-Aboitiz 11 20 9 11 12 Ret 0 2
58   Cédric Cherain 9 0 2
59   Michał Sołowow 9 0 2
60   Kevin Raith 9 0 2
61   Paulo Neto 9 0 2
62   Jari Huuhka 9 0 2
63   Sebastian Perez 9 0 2
64   Alberto Dall'Era 9 0 2
65   Tom Williams 10 0 1
66   Pablo Biolghini 10 15 0 1
67   Kris Princen 10 0 1
68   Panagiotis Hatzitsopanis 10 0 1
69   Marco Roncoroni 10 0 1
70   Lambros Athanassoulas 125 0 1
Pos. Driver MON
  		ARC
  		CRO
  		POR
  		ITA
  		KEN
  		EST
  		BEL
  		GRC
  		FIN
  		ESP
  		MNZ
  		Drops Points
Source:[72]
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
italics – Non-scoring result

FIA World Rally Championship-3 for Co-Drivers edit

Pos. Co-Driver MON
  		ARC
  		CRO
  		POR
  		ITA
  		KEN
  		EST
  		BEL
  		GRC
  		FIN
  		ESP
  		MNZ
  		Points
1   Maciek Szczepaniak 13 13 (82) 2 11 21 (33) 127
2   Alexandre Coria 31 22 13 12 DSQ 99
3   Ross Whittock 55 34 Ret 23 43 84 70
4   Yannick Roche 31 42 45 6 57
5   Reeta Hämäläinen 101 Ret Ret 32 13 53
6   Topi Luhtinen 3 35 25 10 51
7   Carlos del Barrio (13) 6 6 4 61 (94) 6 47
8   Silver Simm 21 Ret 121 103 61 45
9   Mikael Korhonen Ret 24 34 37
10   James Fulton 5 34 65 36
11   Borja Odriozola 42 WD 42 32
12   Drew Sturrock 11 30
13   Emil Lindholm 12 29
14   Pietro Ometto 12 29
15   Marko Salminen 13 Ret 28
16   Benoît Fulcrand 13 28
17   Yaroslav Fedorov[i] 1 25
18   Andrus Toom 6 11 5 7 24
19   Jacques-Julien Renucci 21 23
20   Banjamin Boulloud 22 22
21   Diego Vallejo 24 20
22   Tauseef Khan 24 20
23   Louis Louka 91 4 19
24   Jasper Vermeulen 2 18
25   Tim Jessop 33 18
26   Filip Cuvelier 34 17
27   Ella Kremer 7 55 17
28   Rodrigo Sanjuan de Eusebio 20 Ret 35 Ret 16
29   Kamil Heller 42 16
30   Ruben Garcia 13 5 84 16
31   Jérôme Humblet 55 Ret 85 16
32   Bernhard Ettel 44 Ret Ret 14
33   Antti Linnaketo 45 Ret 13
34   François Gilbert 4 12
35   Marios Tsaousoglou 4 12
36   Emil Bergkvist 54 12
37   Ilka Minor 7 7 12
38   Luca Beltrame Ret 21 8 9 7 11 12
39   Giorgia Ascalone 10 5 11
40   Azhar Bhatti 55 11
41   Keaton Williams 5 10
42   Konstantinos Nikolopoulos 5 10
43   Markus Soininen 5 10
44   Johan Jalet 73 9
45   Kris D'Alleine 6 14 8
46   Aisvydas Paliukėnas 18 6 8
47   Pieter Vyncke 6 8
48   Ioannis Velanis 6 8
49   Gabriel Morales 7 10 7
50   Markus Silfvast 7 6
51   Luís Ramalho 7 6
52   Mauro Turati 7 6
53   Patrik Barth 102 5
54   Marc Martí 8 Ret 4
55   Lorenzo Granai 8 4
56   Kari Kallio 8 4
57   Alkiviadis Rentis 8 4
58   Karolína Jugasová 8 4
59   Michael Gibson 8 4
60   Diego Sanjuan de Eusebio 11 9 11 12 Ret 2
61   Stéphane Prévot 9 2
62   Maciek Baran 9 2
63   Gerald Winter 9 2
64   Vítor Hugo 9 2
65   Jarno Metso 9 2
66   Gary McElhinney 9 2
67   Edoardo Brovelli 9 2
68   Thomas Walbrecq 10 1
69   Stefano Pudda 10 1
70   Peter Kaspers 10 1
71   Nikolaos Petropoulos 10 1
72   Paolo Brusadelli 10 1
73   Nikolaos Zakheos 125 1
Pos. Co-Driver MON
  		ARC
  		CRO
  		POR
  		ITA
  		KEN
  		EST
  		BEL
  		GRC
  		FIN
  		ESP
  		MNZ
  		Points
Source:[72]
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
(res) – Result is non scoring

Notes edit

  1. ^ The rally base of the Monte Carlo Rally was located in France.
  2. ^ The Monte Carlo Rally was 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.[30] It was not included on the 2021 calendar, but a separate, later bid from Rally Croatia was also successful.[18]
  4. ^ Rally Catalunya had previously been run as a mixed surface rally, with the first leg of the event held on gravel roads and the final two legs on tarmac.[32]
  5. ^ The Arctic Rally was held twice during the 2021 calendar year. The first running in January was part of the Finnish Rally Championship and the second running in February was the World Championship round.[44]
  6. ^ Under the Sporting Regulations, each car is entered under the driver's name.
  7. ^ On official documents Reeta Hämäläinen is entered as the driver while Emil Lindholm is entered as the co-driver.
  8. ^ a b c Aleksey Lukyanuk is Russian, but he competes as a neutral competitor using the designation RAF (Russian Automobile Federation), as the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld a ban on Russia competing at World Championships. The ban was implemented by the World Anti-Doping Agency in response to state-sponsored doping program of Russian athletes.
  9. ^ a b c Yaroslav Fedorov is Russian, but he competes as a neutral competitor using the designation RAF (Russian Automobile Federation), as the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld a ban on Russia competing at World Championships. The ban was implemented by the World Anti-Doping Agency in response to state-sponsored doping program of Russian athletes.
  10. ^ Radik Shaymiev is Russian, but he competes as a neutral competitor using the designation RAF (Russian Automobile Federation), as the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld a ban on Russia competing at World Championships. The ban was implemented by the World Anti-Doping Agency in response to state-sponsored doping program of Russian athletes.
  11. ^ Maxim Tsvetkov is Russian, but he competes as a neutral competitor using the designation RAF (Russian Automobile Federation), as the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld a ban on Russia competing at World Championships. The ban was implemented by the World Anti-Doping Agency in response to state-sponsored doping program of Russian athletes.
  12. ^ Yohan Rossel finished the rally in first, but was disqualified in post-event scrutineering after the front subframe was found to be overweight.[68]
  13. ^ Alexandre Coria finished the rally in first, but was disqualified in post-event scrutineering after the front subframe was found to be overweight.[68]

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