2021 WRC3 Championship


The 2021 FIA WRC3 Championship was the eighth season of WRC3, a rallying championship organised and governed 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 WRC3 driver and co-driver champions Jari Huttunen and Mikko Lukka did not defend their titles in 2021 due to progression to WRC2.[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 WRC3 season was the last to use Group Rally2 cars. From 2022 the championship would use only Group Rally3 cars.

Calendar

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

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]
  • 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]
  • 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

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

Technical regulations

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

Competitors in the WRC3 category will be awarded Power Stage bonus points for the first time.[59]

Results and standings

Season summary

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

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 WRC3 Championship for Drivers

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 WRC3 Championship for Co-Drivers

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

  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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