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2021 World Rally Championship-2

The 2021 FIA World Rally Championship-2 is the ninth season of the World Rally Championship-2, an auto racing championship for rally cars that is recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile as the second-highest tier of international rallying. The category is open to cars entered by teams and complying with Rally2 regulations.[1][2] The championship began in January 2021 with the Rallye Monte-Carlo and is due to conclude in November 2021 with Rally Monza, and will run in support of the 2021 World Rally Championship.

Andreas Mikkelsen is the 2021 WRC-2 drivers' champion.

Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen were the defending 2020 drivers' and co-drivers' champions. Toksport WRT are the defending teams' champions.[3]

Andreas Mikkelsen was crowned 2021 drivers' champion at the penultimate round despite not competing there. As he had used different co-drivers through the season a co-driver of a different crew would therefore become co-driver champion. Torstein Eriksen, consistent co-driver of Mads Østberg, was able to retain his championship title. Movisport became the teams' champion.[4]

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 [5]
2 26 February 28 February   Arctic Rally Finland Rovaniemi, Lapland Snow 10 251.08 km [6]
3 22 April 25 April   Croatia Rally Zagreb Tarmac 20 300.32 km [7]
4 20 May 23 May   Rally de Portugal Matosinhos, Porto Gravel 20 337.51 km [8]
5 3 June 6 June   Rally Italia Sardegna Olbia, Sardinia Gravel 20 303.10 km [9]
6 24 June 27 June   Safari Rally Kenya Nairobi Gravel 18 320.19 km [10]
7 15 July 18 July   Rally Estonia Tartu, Tartu County Gravel 24 314.16 km [11]
8 13 August 15 August   Ypres Rally Belgium Ypres, West Flanders Tarmac 20 295.78 km [12]
9 9 September 12 September   Acropolis Rally Greece Lamia, Central Greece Gravel 15 292.19 km [13]
10 1 October 3 October   Rally Finland Jyväskylä, Central Finland Gravel 19 287.11 km [14]
11 14 October 17 October   RACC Rally Catalunya de España Salou, Catalonia Tarmac 17 280.46 km [15]
12 18 November 21 November   ACI Rally Monza Monza, Lombardy Tarmac 16 253.18 km [16]
Sources:[17][18][19][20][21]

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

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.[28] 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.[17] The rally returned to running exclusively on tarmac roads for the first time since 2009.[30][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.[25] 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,[17] but it was ultimately called off due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[27] The rally was also originally included on the 2020 calendar, but was also cancelled because of the pandemic.[37] Rally Monza was confirmed to hold the season finale for the second year in a row.[21]
  • 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.[38] The event had been planned to make its return to the championship in 2020, but was cancelled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.[39]
 
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,[40] but was cancelled before the start of the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[41][23] The Arctic Rally in northern Finland was chosen as a replacement to ensure that a winter rally was included on the calendar.[42][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.[17][44] The Ypres Rally had also been included on this reserve list before it replaced Rally GB,[25] so as the Acropolis Rally and Rally Monza.[24][21]

Entries Edit

The following teams and crews are competing in, or are expected to enter, the 2021 World Rally Championship-2:

Entrant Car Driver name Co-driver name Rounds
  M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Fiesta Rally2   Adrien Fourmaux   Renaud Jamoul 1–2, 5, 7
  Martin Prokop   Michal Ernst 2, 9–10
  Viktor Chytka 4
  Zdeněk Jůrka 5–6
  Teemu Suninen   Mikko Markkula 3–4, 6, 8–9
  Tom Kristensson   David Arhusiander 3–4, 7–8, 10
  Jari Huttunen   Mikko Lukka 12
  Toksport WRT Škoda Fabia Rally2 Evo   Marco Bulacia   Marcelo Der Ohannesian 1, 3–7, 9, 12
  Andreas Mikkelsen   Ola Fløene 1–7
  Elliott Edmondson 9
  Phil Hall 12
  Eyvind Brynildsen   Veronica Engan 2
  Sports & You Citroën C3 Rally2   Eric Camilli   François-Xavier Buresi 1
  Benjamin Veillas 4
  Maxime Vilmot 11
  Movisport Škoda Fabia R5   Enrico Brazzoli   Maurizio Barone 1, 3
  Danilo Fappani 5
Škoda Fabia Rally2 Evo   Manuel Fenoli 12
  Nikolay Gryazin[f]   Konstantin Aleksandrov[g] 11–12
Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 2–5, 7–8, 10
  Esapekka Lappi   Janne Ferm 2, 4
  Teemu Suninen   Mikko Markkula 10
Ford Fiesta Rally2   Nikolay Gryazin[f]   Konstantin Aleksandrov[g] 9
  Erik Cais   Jindřiška Žáková 11
  Saintéloc Junior Team Citroën C3 Rally2   Sean Johnston   Alex Kihurani 1–2, 5, 7, 9, 11
  Leonid Urlichich   Tom Woodburn 9
  Hyundai Motorsport N Hyundai i20 R5   Jari Huttunen   Mikko Lukka 2, 5, 7
  Ole Christian Veiby   Jonas Andersson 2, 4–5
  Oliver Solberg   Aaron Johnston 4, 7
  Andrea Crugnola   Pietro Ometto 5
Hyundai i20 N Rally2   Jari Huttunen   Mikko Lukka 8, 10–11
  Oliver Solberg   Aaron Johnston 8–9
  Craig Drew 10
  Teemu Suninen   Mikko Markkula 11
  ALM Motorsport Volkswagen Polo GTI R5   Georg Linnamäe   Volodymyr Korsia 2, 4
  Tanel Kasesalu 5
  James Morgan 7, 10–12
Škoda Fabia Rally2 Evo 9
  TRT World Rally Team Citroën C3 Rally2   Mads Østberg   Torstein Eriksen 3–5, 7, 9–11
Sources:[45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56]

In detail Edit

M-Sport Ford WRT entered a Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II for Adrien Fourmaux and Renaud Jamoul, the crew combining their WRC-2 campaign with a drive for M-Sport's main team in the WRC.[57] Teemu Suninen and Mikko Markkula joined the WRC-2 effort in Croatia, alternating in the car with Fourmaux. Following Suninen leaving M-Sport before the Acropolis Rally, Fourmaux will leave WRC-2 as well to drive the rest of the season in the main category. A second Fiesta was entered for Martin Prokop and Michal Ernst in the Arctic Rally Finland. Ernst was replaced by Viktor Chytka in Portugal, having been originally meant to co-drive for Prokop in Lapland. Zdeněk Jůrka became Prokop's third co-driver of the season in Sardinia. Ernst is due to return to co-drive in Greece. The reigning JWRC champion Tom Kristensson joined the team in Croatia, co-driven by David Arhusiander.

Hyundai Motorsport N signed Oliver Solberg and Aaron Johnston signed for a two-year deal, the pair joining to compete alongside the crew of Ole Christian Veiby and Jonas Andersson.[58] Veiby was however suspended from competing in the WRC for the rest of the year for breaching COVID-19 protocols in Portugal.[59] Reigning WRC-3 champions Jari Huttunen and Mikko Lukka entered driving a third car for the team.[60] Italian driver Andrea Crugnola was meant to drive in Sardinia with co-driver Pietro Ometto, but had to withdraw due to most of the Hyundai WRC-2 team having to quarantine following Portugal.[61] Hyundai introduced a successor to the Hyundai i20 R5 known as the Hyundai i20 N Rally2 in Belgium.[62] Teemu Suninen and Mikko Markkula will join Hyundai WRC-2 ranks for the penultimate round in Spain.[63]

The reigning teams' champions Toksport WRT signed former WRC works driver Andreas Mikkelsen and 2020 WRC-3 runner-up Marco Bulacia Wilkinson, with Ola Fløene and Marcelo Der Ohannesian respectively as co-drivers.[64][65] Eyvind Brynildsen and Veronica Engan replaced Bulacia Wilkinson and Der Ohannesian for the round in Lapland following the latter crew being prevented from entering the event by visa issues.[66] Elliott Edmondson will replace Fløene as Mikkelsen's co-driver starting from the Acropolis Rally.

Italian team Movisport joined the championship, entering a Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 for Nikolay Gryazin and Konstantin Aleksandrov, who left Hyundai after 2020. The team also entered a Škoda Fabia R5 for Enrico Brazzoli and Maurizio Barone in selected events.[67] Barone was replaced by Danilo Fappani in Sardinia. Esapekka Lappi and Janne Ferm returned to the category, driving a second Volkswagen for Movisport in Lapland and Portugal.[68] Gryazin and Aleksandrov will switch to a Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II for the Acropolis Rally. After leaving M-Sport Teemu Suninen and Mikko Markkula will drive a Volkswagen for Movisport in Finland.

Portuguese team Sports & You entered a Citroën C3 Rally2 for the French crew of Eric Camilli and François-Xavier Buresi. Camilli was co-driven by Benjamin Veillas in Portugal.

Saintéloc Junior Team joined the championship, entering a Citroën C3 Rally2 for Sean Johnston and Alex Kihurani. The team will enter a second C3 in Greece for Canadian driver Leonid "Crazy Leo" Urlichich and British co-driver Tom Woodburn.

ALM Motorsport entered a Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 for Estonian Georg Linnamäe and Ukrainian Volodymyr Korsia. After being suspended due to breaching COVID-19 protocols, Korsia was replaced with Tanel Kasesalu for one round, before James Morgan became Linnamäe's permanent co-driver. Linnamäe will drive a Škoda Fabia Rally2 Evo in Greece.

Current WRC-2 champion Mads Østberg entered the new season in Croatia driving a Citroën C3 Rally2 for TRT World Rally Team. He is co-driven by Torstein Eriksen.

Changes Edit

Technical regulations Edit

Pirelli alone will supply tyres to all teams entering WRC-2 with the removal of Michelin and Yokohama as FIA approved tyre suppliers.[1][69]

Sporting regulations Edit

Competitors in the WRC-2 category will be awarded Power Stage bonus points for the first time.[1][70]

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   Andreas Mikkelsen   Ola Fløene   Toksport WRT 3:03:57.3 Report [71]
2   Arctic Rally Finland   Esapekka Lappi   Janne Ferm   Movisport 2:09:56.6 Report [72]
3   Croatia Rally   Mads Østberg   Torstein Eriksen   TRT World Rally Team 3:01:23.7 Report [73]
4   Rally de Portugal   Esapekka Lappi   Janne Ferm   Movisport 3:48:03.4 Report [74]
5   Rally Italia Sardegna   Jari Huttunen   Mikko Lukka   Hyundai Motorsport N 3:28:58.1 Report [75]
6   Safari Rally Kenya No classified finishers Report [76]
7   Rally Estonia   Andreas Mikkelsen   Ola Fløene   Toksport WRT 3:01:59.0 Report [77]
8   Ypres Rally Belgium   Jari Huttunen   Mikko Lukka   Hyundai Motorsport N 2:51:32.9 Report [78]
9   Acropolis Rally Greece   Andreas Mikkelsen   Elliott Edmondson   Toksport WRT 3:37:27.1 Report [79]
10   Rally Finland   Teemu Suninen   Mikko Markkula   Movisport 2:29:05.8 Report [80]
11   RACC Rally Catalunya de España   Eric Camilli   Maxime Vilmot   Sports & You 2:44:01.2 Report [81]
12   Rally Monza   Jari Huttunen   Mikko Lukka   M-Sport Ford WRT 2:49:28.6 Report [82]

Scoring system Edit

Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers in each event. Power Stage points are also awarded in the drivers' and co-drivers' championships.[70] A team has to enter two cars to score points in an event. Drivers and teams must nominate a scoring rally when they enter the event and the best six scores from seven nominated rallies will count towards the final classification. Registered drivers are able to enter additional rallies with Priority 2 status without scoring points.[83]

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-2 for Drivers Edit

Pos. Driver MON
 
ARC
 
CRO
 
POR
 
ITA
 
KEN
 
EST
 
BEL
 
GRC
 
FIN
 
ESP
 
MNZ
 
Drops Points
1   Andreas Mikkelsen 11 21 51 WD Ret WD 11 13 21 0 149
2   Mads Østberg 14 34 22 23 81 22 41 9 126
3   Jari Huttunen Ret 11 Ret 11 33 Ret 12 0 107
4   Marco Bulacia 43 33 62 33 WD 32 22 43 12 107
5   Teemu Suninen 22 25 WD Ret WD 11 22 0 93
6   Nikolay Gryazin 34 Ret 4 Ret 22 35 64 NC NC 0 77
7   Esapekka Lappi 12 11 0 59
8   Eric Camilli 34 83 14 0 51
9   Martin Prokop 6 7 44 Ret 5 45 0 51
10   Adrien Fourmaux 22 95 65 44 0 48
11   Enrico Brazzoli 6 45 5 34 0 48
12   Georg Linnamäe 8 WD Ret 6 44 5 65 NC 0 45
13   Sean Johnston 55 7 Ret Ret 6 5 0 35
14   Erik Cais 33 0 18
15   Tom Kristensson Ret 9 55 Ret Ret 0 13
16   Ole Christian Veiby 53 DNS WD 0 13
17   Eyvind Brynildsen 4 0 12
18   Oliver Solberg 5 Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 10
19   Leonid Urlichich 7 0 6
Pos. Driver MON
 
ARC
 
CRO
 
POR
 
ITA
 
KEN
 
EST
 
BEL
 
GRC
 
FIN
 
ESP
 
MNZ
 
Drops Points
Source:[84]
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-2 for Co-Drivers Edit

Pos. Co-Driver MON
 
ARC
 
CRO
 
POR
 
ITA
 
KEN
 
EST
 
BEL
 
GRC
 
FIN
 
ESP
 
MNZ
 
Drops Points
1   Torstein Eriksen 14 34 22 23 81 22 41 9 126
2   Mikko Lukka Ret 11 Ret 11 33 Ret 12 0 107
3   Marcelo Der Ohannesian 43 33 62 33 WD 32 22 53 10 105
4   Ola Fløene 11 21 51 WD Ret WD 11 0 98
5   Mikko Markkula 22 25 WD Ret WD 11 22 0 93
6   Konstantin Aleksandrov 34 Ret 4 Ret 22 35 64 NC NC 0 77
7   Janne Ferm 12 11 0 59
8   James Morgan 6 44 5 65 34 0 58
9   Renaud Jamoul 22 95 65 44 0 48
10   Alex Kihurani 55 7 Ret Ret 6 5 0 35
11   Michal Ernst 6 5 45 0 31
12   Elliott Edmondson 13 0 28
13   Maxime Vilmot 14 0 27
14   Phil Hall 21 0 23
15   Maurizio Barone 6 45 0 21
16   Jindřiška Žáková 33 0 18
17   François-Xavier Buresi 34 WD 0 17
18   Zdeněk Jůrka 44 Ret 0 14
19   Manuel Fenoli 45 0 13
20   David Arhusiander Ret 9 55 Ret Ret 0 13
21   Jonas Andersson 53 DNS WD 0 13
22   Veronica Engan 4 0 12
23   Aaron Johnston 5 Ret Ret Ret 0 10
24   Danilo Fappani 5 0 10
25   Benjamin Veillas 83 0 7
26   Viktor Chytka 7 0 6
27   Tom Woodburn 7 0 6
28   Volodymyr Korsia 8 WD 0 4
Pos. Co-Driver MON
 
ARC
 
CRO
 
POR
 
ITA
 
KEN
 
EST
 
BEL
 
GRC
 
FIN
 
ESP
 
MNZ
 
Drops Points
Source:[84]
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-2 for Teams Edit

Pos. Team MON
 
ARC
 
CRO
 
POR
 
ITA
 
KEN
 
EST
 
BEL
 
GRC
 
FIN
 
ESP
 
MNZ
 
Drops Points
1   Movisport 2 1 3 1 NC Ret NC NC 1 1 1 15 227
4 3 Ret 3 4 3 3
2   Toksport WRT 1 2 2 NC 1 WD 1 1 NC 2 25 216
3 4 4 WD Ret WD 2 2 4
3   M-Sport Ford WRT NC 5 1 2 2 Ret 3 Ret NC 3 NC 0 146
6 Ret 5 3 WD 4 Ret WD Ret
4   Hyundai Motorsport N NC 4 NC Ret 1 Ret 2 2 0 73
Ret DNS WD Ret Ret Ret Ret
5   Saintéloc Junior Team NC NC Ret Ret 3 NC 0 27
4
Pos. Team MON
 
ARC
 
CRO
 
POR
 
ITA
 
KEN
 
EST
 
BEL
 
GRC
 
FIN
 
ESP
 
MNZ
 
Drops Points
Source:[84]
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 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.[29] It was not included on the 2021 calendar, but a separate, later bid from Rally Croatia was also successful.[17]
  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.[31]
  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.[43]
  6. ^ a b Nikolay Gryazin 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.
  7. ^ a b Konstantin Aleksandrov 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.

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External links Edit

  • Official website (in English, French, and Spanish)
  • FIA World Rally Championship-2 2021 at eWRC-results.com

2021, world, rally, championship, 2021, world, rally, championship, drivers, champion, andreas, mikkelsenco, drivers, champion, torstein, eriksenteams, champion, movisport, previous, 2020, next, 2022parent, series, world, rally, championshipsupport, series, wo. 2021 FIA World Rally Championship 2 Drivers Champion Andreas MikkelsenCo drivers Champion Torstein EriksenTeams Champion Movisport Previous 2020 Next 2022Parent series FIA World Rally ChampionshipSupport series FIA World Rally Championship 3FIA Junior World Rally Championship The 2021 FIA World Rally Championship 2 is the ninth season of the World Rally Championship 2 an auto racing championship for rally cars that is recognised by the Federation Internationale de l Automobile as the second highest tier of international rallying The category is open to cars entered by teams and complying with Rally2 regulations 1 2 The championship began in January 2021 with the Rallye Monte Carlo and is due to conclude in November 2021 with Rally Monza and will run in support of the 2021 World Rally Championship Andreas Mikkelsen is the 2021 WRC 2 drivers champion Mads Ostberg and Torstein Eriksen were the defending 2020 drivers and co drivers champions Toksport WRT are the defending teams champions 3 Andreas Mikkelsen was crowned 2021 drivers champion at the penultimate round despite not competing there As he had used different co drivers through the season a co driver of a different crew would therefore become co driver champion Torstein Eriksen consistent co driver of Mads Ostberg was able to retain his championship title Movisport became the teams champion 4 Contents 1 Calendar 1 1 Calendar changes 2 Entries 2 1 In detail 3 Changes 3 1 Technical regulations 3 2 Sporting regulations 4 Results and standings 4 1 Season summary 4 2 Scoring system 4 3 FIA World Rally Championship 2 for Drivers 4 4 FIA World Rally Championship 2 for Co Drivers 4 5 FIA World Rally Championship 2 for Teams 5 Notes 6 References 7 External linksCalendar Edit nbsp 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 nbsp Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo Gap Provence Alpes Cote d Azur a Mixed b 14 257 64 km 5 2 26 February 28 February nbsp Arctic Rally Finland Rovaniemi Lapland Snow 10 251 08 km 6 3 22 April 25 April nbsp Croatia Rally Zagreb Tarmac 20 300 32 km 7 4 20 May 23 May nbsp Rally de Portugal Matosinhos Porto Gravel 20 337 51 km 8 5 3 June 6 June nbsp Rally Italia Sardegna Olbia Sardinia Gravel 20 303 10 km 9 6 24 June 27 June nbsp Safari Rally Kenya Nairobi Gravel 18 320 19 km 10 7 15 July 18 July nbsp Rally Estonia Tartu Tartu County Gravel 24 314 16 km 11 8 13 August 15 August nbsp Ypres Rally Belgium Ypres West Flanders Tarmac 20 295 78 km 12 9 9 September 12 September nbsp Acropolis Rally Greece Lamia Central Greece Gravel 15 292 19 km 13 10 1 October 3 October nbsp Rally Finland Jyvaskyla Central Finland Gravel 19 287 11 km 14 11 14 October 17 October nbsp RACC Rally Catalunya de Espana Salou Catalonia Tarmac 17 280 46 km 15 12 18 November 21 November nbsp ACI Rally Monza Monza Lombardy Tarmac 16 253 18 km 16 Sources 17 18 19 20 21 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 nbsp Rally Sweden Torsby Varmland Snow 19 313 81 km COVID 19 pandemic 22 23 9 September 12 September nbsp Rally Chile Concepcion Biobio Gravel COVID 19 pandemic 24 19 August 22 August nbsp Rally GB Financial issues 25 11 November 14 November nbsp Rally Japan Nagoya Chubu Tarmac 20 300 11 km COVID 19 pandemic 26 27 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 28 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 17 The rally returned to running exclusively on tarmac roads for the first time since 2009 30 d nbsp The Acropolis Rally of Greece returned to the championship for the first time since 2013 Rally Chile was due to return after a one year absence The rally had been included on the original draft of the 2020 calendar but was later cancelled in the face of ongoing civil unrest in the country 32 Organisers of the event negotiated a return to the calendar for the 2021 championship but it was again cancelled due to continued travel and other restrictions amid the COVID 19 pandemic Acropolis Rally replaced the rally after a seven year absence on the calendar 33 Rally Croatia made its championship debut replacing Rally Mexico 17 Croatia thus became the 34th country to host a World Rally Championship round It was based in Zagreb and ran on tarmac roads Rally Deutschland was removed from the calendar The event had planned to run in 2020 but was cancelled due to the COVID 19 pandemic 34 It was not included on the 2021 calendar The Rallies of Finland and Portugal also returned to the championship after a one year absence The 2020 events were cancelled in response to the COVID 19 pandemic 35 36 nbsp 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 25 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 17 but it was ultimately called off due to the COVID 19 pandemic 27 The rally was also originally included on the 2020 calendar but was also cancelled because of the pandemic 37 Rally Monza was confirmed to hold the season finale for the second year in a row 21 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 38 The event had been planned to make its return to the championship in 2020 but was cancelled in response to the COVID 19 pandemic 39 nbsp 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 40 but was cancelled before the start of the season due to the COVID 19 pandemic 41 23 The Arctic Rally in northern Finland was chosen as a replacement to ensure that a winter rally was included on the calendar 42 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 17 44 The Ypres Rally had also been included on this reserve list before it replaced Rally GB 25 so as the Acropolis Rally and Rally Monza 24 21 Entries EditThe following teams and crews are competing in or are expected to enter the 2021 World Rally Championship 2 Entrant Car Driver name Co driver name Rounds nbsp M Sport Ford WRT Ford Fiesta Rally2 nbsp Adrien Fourmaux nbsp Renaud Jamoul 1 2 5 7 nbsp Martin Prokop nbsp Michal Ernst 2 9 10 nbsp Viktor Chytka 4 nbsp Zdenek Jurka 5 6 nbsp Teemu Suninen nbsp Mikko Markkula 3 4 6 8 9 nbsp Tom Kristensson nbsp David Arhusiander 3 4 7 8 10 nbsp Jari Huttunen nbsp Mikko Lukka 12 nbsp Toksport WRT Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo nbsp Marco Bulacia nbsp Marcelo Der Ohannesian 1 3 7 9 12 nbsp Andreas Mikkelsen nbsp Ola Floene 1 7 nbsp Elliott Edmondson 9 nbsp Phil Hall 12 nbsp Eyvind Brynildsen nbsp Veronica Engan 2 nbsp Sports amp You Citroen C3 Rally2 nbsp Eric Camilli nbsp Francois Xavier Buresi 1 nbsp Benjamin Veillas 4 nbsp Maxime Vilmot 11 nbsp Movisport Skoda Fabia R5 nbsp Enrico Brazzoli nbsp Maurizio Barone 1 3 nbsp Danilo Fappani 5Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo nbsp Manuel Fenoli 12 nbsp Nikolay Gryazin f nbsp Konstantin Aleksandrov g 11 12Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 2 5 7 8 10 nbsp Esapekka Lappi nbsp Janne Ferm 2 4 nbsp Teemu Suninen nbsp Mikko Markkula 10Ford Fiesta Rally2 nbsp Nikolay Gryazin f nbsp Konstantin Aleksandrov g 9 nbsp Erik Cais nbsp Jindriska Zakova 11 nbsp Sainteloc Junior Team Citroen C3 Rally2 nbsp Sean Johnston nbsp Alex Kihurani 1 2 5 7 9 11 nbsp Leonid Urlichich nbsp Tom Woodburn 9 nbsp Hyundai Motorsport N Hyundai i20 R5 nbsp Jari Huttunen nbsp Mikko Lukka 2 5 7 nbsp Ole Christian Veiby nbsp Jonas Andersson 2 4 5 nbsp Oliver Solberg nbsp Aaron Johnston 4 7 nbsp Andrea Crugnola nbsp Pietro Ometto 5Hyundai i20 N Rally2 nbsp Jari Huttunen nbsp Mikko Lukka 8 10 11 nbsp Oliver Solberg nbsp Aaron Johnston 8 9 nbsp Craig Drew 10 nbsp Teemu Suninen nbsp Mikko Markkula 11 nbsp ALM Motorsport Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 nbsp Georg Linnamae nbsp Volodymyr Korsia 2 4 nbsp Tanel Kasesalu 5 nbsp James Morgan 7 10 12Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo 9 nbsp TRT World Rally Team Citroen C3 Rally2 nbsp Mads Ostberg nbsp Torstein Eriksen 3 5 7 9 11Sources 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 In detail Edit M Sport Ford WRT entered a Ford Fiesta R5 Mk II for Adrien Fourmaux and Renaud Jamoul the crew combining their WRC 2 campaign with a drive for M Sport s main team in the WRC 57 Teemu Suninen and Mikko Markkula joined the WRC 2 effort in Croatia alternating in the car with Fourmaux Following Suninen leaving M Sport before the Acropolis Rally Fourmaux will leave WRC 2 as well to drive the rest of the season in the main category A second Fiesta was entered for Martin Prokop and Michal Ernst in the Arctic Rally Finland Ernst was replaced by Viktor Chytka in Portugal having been originally meant to co drive for Prokop in Lapland Zdenek Jurka became Prokop s third co driver of the season in Sardinia Ernst is due to return to co drive in Greece The reigning JWRC champion Tom Kristensson joined the team in Croatia co driven by David Arhusiander Hyundai Motorsport N signed Oliver Solberg and Aaron Johnston signed for a two year deal the pair joining to compete alongside the crew of Ole Christian Veiby and Jonas Andersson 58 Veiby was however suspended from competing in the WRC for the rest of the year for breaching COVID 19 protocols in Portugal 59 Reigning WRC 3 champions Jari Huttunen and Mikko Lukka entered driving a third car for the team 60 Italian driver Andrea Crugnola was meant to drive in Sardinia with co driver Pietro Ometto but had to withdraw due to most of the Hyundai WRC 2 team having to quarantine following Portugal 61 Hyundai introduced a successor to the Hyundai i20 R5 known as the Hyundai i20 N Rally2 in Belgium 62 Teemu Suninen and Mikko Markkula will join Hyundai WRC 2 ranks for the penultimate round in Spain 63 The reigning teams champions Toksport WRT signed former WRC works driver Andreas Mikkelsen and 2020 WRC 3 runner up Marco Bulacia Wilkinson with Ola Floene and Marcelo Der Ohannesian respectively as co drivers 64 65 Eyvind Brynildsen and Veronica Engan replaced Bulacia Wilkinson and Der Ohannesian for the round in Lapland following the latter crew being prevented from entering the event by visa issues 66 Elliott Edmondson will replace Floene as Mikkelsen s co driver starting from the Acropolis Rally Italian team Movisport joined the championship entering a Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 for Nikolay Gryazin and Konstantin Aleksandrov who left Hyundai after 2020 The team also entered a Skoda Fabia R5 for Enrico Brazzoli and Maurizio Barone in selected events 67 Barone was replaced by Danilo Fappani in Sardinia Esapekka Lappi and Janne Ferm returned to the category driving a second Volkswagen for Movisport in Lapland and Portugal 68 Gryazin and Aleksandrov will switch to a Ford Fiesta R5 Mk II for the Acropolis Rally After leaving M Sport Teemu Suninen and Mikko Markkula will drive a Volkswagen for Movisport in Finland Portuguese team Sports amp You entered a Citroen C3 Rally2 for the French crew of Eric Camilli and Francois Xavier Buresi Camilli was co driven by Benjamin Veillas in Portugal Sainteloc Junior Team joined the championship entering a Citroen C3 Rally2 for Sean Johnston and Alex Kihurani The team will enter a second C3 in Greece for Canadian driver Leonid Crazy Leo Urlichich and British co driver Tom Woodburn ALM Motorsport entered a Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 for Estonian Georg Linnamae and Ukrainian Volodymyr Korsia After being suspended due to breaching COVID 19 protocols Korsia was replaced with Tanel Kasesalu for one round before James Morgan became Linnamae s permanent co driver Linnamae will drive a Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo in Greece Current WRC 2 champion Mads Ostberg entered the new season in Croatia driving a Citroen C3 Rally2 for TRT World Rally Team He is co driven by Torstein Eriksen Changes EditTechnical regulations Edit Pirelli alone will supply tyres to all teams entering WRC 2 with the removal of Michelin and Yokohama as FIA approved tyre suppliers 1 69 Sporting regulations Edit Competitors in the WRC 2 category will be awarded Power Stage bonus points for the first time 1 70 Results and standings EditSeason summary Edit Round Event Winning driver Winning co driver Winning entrant Winning time Report Ref 1 nbsp Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo nbsp Andreas Mikkelsen nbsp Ola Floene nbsp Toksport WRT 3 03 57 3 Report 71 2 nbsp Arctic Rally Finland nbsp Esapekka Lappi nbsp Janne Ferm nbsp Movisport 2 09 56 6 Report 72 3 nbsp Croatia Rally nbsp Mads Ostberg nbsp Torstein Eriksen nbsp TRT World Rally Team 3 01 23 7 Report 73 4 nbsp Rally de Portugal nbsp Esapekka Lappi nbsp Janne Ferm nbsp Movisport 3 48 03 4 Report 74 5 nbsp Rally Italia Sardegna nbsp Jari Huttunen nbsp Mikko Lukka nbsp Hyundai Motorsport N 3 28 58 1 Report 75 6 nbsp Safari Rally Kenya No classified finishers Report 76 7 nbsp Rally Estonia nbsp Andreas Mikkelsen nbsp Ola Floene nbsp Toksport WRT 3 01 59 0 Report 77 8 nbsp Ypres Rally Belgium nbsp Jari Huttunen nbsp Mikko Lukka nbsp Hyundai Motorsport N 2 51 32 9 Report 78 9 nbsp Acropolis Rally Greece nbsp Andreas Mikkelsen nbsp Elliott Edmondson nbsp Toksport WRT 3 37 27 1 Report 79 10 nbsp Rally Finland nbsp Teemu Suninen nbsp Mikko Markkula nbsp Movisport 2 29 05 8 Report 80 11 nbsp RACC Rally Catalunya de Espana nbsp Eric Camilli nbsp Maxime Vilmot nbsp Sports amp You 2 44 01 2 Report 81 12 nbsp Rally Monza nbsp Jari Huttunen nbsp Mikko Lukka nbsp M Sport Ford WRT 2 49 28 6 Report 82 Scoring system Edit Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers in each event Power Stage points are also awarded in the drivers and co drivers championships 70 A team has to enter two cars to score points in an event Drivers and teams must nominate a scoring rally when they enter the event and the best six scores from seven nominated rallies will count towards the final classification Registered drivers are able to enter additional rallies with Priority 2 status without scoring points 83 Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10thPoints 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1FIA World Rally Championship 2 for Drivers Edit Pos Driver MON nbsp ARC nbsp CRO nbsp POR nbsp ITA nbsp KEN nbsp EST nbsp BEL nbsp GRC nbsp FIN nbsp ESP nbsp MNZ nbsp Drops Points1 nbsp Andreas Mikkelsen 11 21 51 WD Ret WD 11 13 21 0 1492 nbsp Mads Ostberg 14 34 22 23 81 22 41 9 1263 nbsp Jari Huttunen Ret 11 Ret 11 33 Ret 12 0 1074 nbsp Marco Bulacia 43 33 62 33 WD 32 22 43 12 1075 nbsp Teemu Suninen 22 25 WD Ret WD 11 22 0 936 nbsp Nikolay Gryazin 34 Ret 4 Ret 22 35 64 NC NC 0 777 nbsp Esapekka Lappi 12 11 0 598 nbsp Eric Camilli 34 83 14 0 519 nbsp Martin Prokop 6 7 44 Ret 5 45 0 5110 nbsp Adrien Fourmaux 22 95 65 44 0 4811 nbsp Enrico Brazzoli 6 45 5 34 0 4812 nbsp Georg Linnamae 8 WD Ret 6 44 5 65 NC 0 4513 nbsp Sean Johnston 55 7 Ret Ret 6 5 0 3514 nbsp Erik Cais 33 0 1815 nbsp Tom Kristensson Ret 9 55 Ret Ret 0 1316 nbsp Ole Christian Veiby 53 DNS WD 0 1317 nbsp Eyvind Brynildsen 4 0 1218 nbsp Oliver Solberg 5 Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 1019 nbsp Leonid Urlichich 7 0 6Pos Driver MON nbsp ARC nbsp CRO nbsp POR nbsp ITA nbsp KEN nbsp EST nbsp BEL nbsp GRC nbsp FIN nbsp ESP nbsp MNZ nbsp Drops PointsSource 84 KeyColour ResultGold WinnerSilver 2nd placeBronze 3rd placeGreen Points finishBlue Non points finishNon classified finish NC Purple Did not finish Ret Black Excluded EX Disqualified DSQ White Did not start DNS Cancelled C Blank Withdrew entry fromthe event WD Notes 1 2 3 4 5 Power Stage positionFIA World Rally Championship 2 for Co Drivers Edit Pos Co Driver MON nbsp ARC nbsp CRO nbsp POR nbsp ITA nbsp KEN nbsp EST nbsp BEL nbsp GRC nbsp FIN nbsp ESP nbsp MNZ nbsp Drops Points1 nbsp Torstein Eriksen 14 34 22 23 81 22 41 9 1262 nbsp Mikko Lukka Ret 11 Ret 11 33 Ret 12 0 1073 nbsp Marcelo Der Ohannesian 43 33 62 33 WD 32 22 53 10 1054 nbsp Ola Floene 11 21 51 WD Ret WD 11 0 985 nbsp Mikko Markkula 22 25 WD Ret WD 11 22 0 936 nbsp Konstantin Aleksandrov 34 Ret 4 Ret 22 35 64 NC NC 0 777 nbsp Janne Ferm 12 11 0 598 nbsp James Morgan 6 44 5 65 34 0 589 nbsp Renaud Jamoul 22 95 65 44 0 4810 nbsp Alex Kihurani 55 7 Ret Ret 6 5 0 3511 nbsp Michal Ernst 6 5 45 0 3112 nbsp Elliott Edmondson 13 0 2813 nbsp Maxime Vilmot 14 0 2714 nbsp Phil Hall 21 0 2315 nbsp Maurizio Barone 6 45 0 2116 nbsp Jindriska Zakova 33 0 1817 nbsp Francois Xavier Buresi 34 WD 0 1718 nbsp Zdenek Jurka 44 Ret 0 1419 nbsp Manuel Fenoli 45 0 1320 nbsp David Arhusiander Ret 9 55 Ret Ret 0 1321 nbsp Jonas Andersson 53 DNS WD 0 1322 nbsp Veronica Engan 4 0 1223 nbsp Aaron Johnston 5 Ret Ret Ret 0 1024 nbsp Danilo Fappani 5 0 1025 nbsp Benjamin Veillas 83 0 726 nbsp Viktor Chytka 7 0 627 nbsp Tom Woodburn 7 0 628 nbsp Volodymyr Korsia 8 WD 0 4Pos Co Driver MON nbsp ARC nbsp CRO nbsp POR nbsp ITA nbsp KEN nbsp EST nbsp BEL nbsp GRC nbsp FIN nbsp ESP nbsp MNZ nbsp Drops PointsSource 84 KeyColour ResultGold WinnerSilver 2nd placeBronze 3rd placeGreen Points finishBlue Non points finishNon classified finish NC Purple Did not finish Ret Black Excluded EX Disqualified DSQ White Did not start DNS Cancelled C Blank Withdrew entry fromthe event WD Notes 1 2 3 4 5 Power Stage positionFIA World Rally Championship 2 for Teams Edit Pos Team MON nbsp ARC nbsp CRO nbsp POR nbsp ITA nbsp KEN nbsp EST nbsp BEL nbsp GRC nbsp FIN nbsp ESP nbsp MNZ nbsp Drops Points1 nbsp Movisport 2 1 3 1 NC Ret NC NC 1 1 1 15 2274 3 Ret 3 4 3 32 nbsp Toksport WRT 1 2 2 NC 1 WD 1 1 NC 2 25 2163 4 4 WD Ret WD 2 2 43 nbsp M Sport Ford WRT NC 5 1 2 2 Ret 3 Ret NC 3 NC 0 1466 Ret 5 3 WD 4 Ret WD Ret4 nbsp Hyundai Motorsport N NC 4 NC Ret 1 Ret 2 2 0 73Ret DNS WD Ret Ret Ret Ret5 nbsp Sainteloc Junior Team NC NC Ret Ret 3 NC 0 274Pos Team MON nbsp ARC nbsp CRO nbsp POR nbsp ITA nbsp KEN nbsp EST nbsp BEL nbsp GRC nbsp FIN nbsp ESP nbsp MNZ nbsp Drops PointsSource 84 KeyColour ResultGold WinnerSilver 2nd placeBronze 3rd placeGreen Points finishBlue Non points finishNon classified finish NC Purple Did not finish Ret Black Excluded EX Disqualified DSQ White Did not start DNS Cancelled C Blank Withdrew entry fromthe event WD Notes 1 2 3 4 5 Power Stage positionNotes Edit The rally base of the Monte Carlo Rally was located in France The Monte Carlo Rally was run on a tarmac and snow surface Rally New Zealand was successful in its bid to join the championship but was cancelled because of the pandemic 29 It was not included on the 2021 calendar but a separate later bid from Rally Croatia was also successful 17 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 31 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 43 a b Nikolay Gryazin 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 a b Konstantin Aleksandrov 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 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2021 Retrieved 21 November 2021 About wrc com WRC Promoter GmbH Retrieved 17 October 2021 a b c WRC 2 standings 2021 wrc com WRC Promoter GmbH Archived from the original on 2021 04 19 Retrieved 25 January 2021 External links EditOfficial website in English French and Spanish FIA World Rally Championship 2 2021 at eWRC results com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2021 World Rally Championship 2 amp oldid 1111830233, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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