| 2021 Rally Estonia Rally Estonia 2021 | |||
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Round 7 of 12 in the2021 World Rally Championship
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| Host country |  Estonia | ||
| Rally base | Tartu,Tartu County | ||
| Dates run | 15 – 18 July 2021 | ||
| Start location | Tartu, Tartu County | ||
| Finish location | Tartu Parish, Tartu County | ||
| Stages | 24 (319.38 km; 198.45 miles)[1] | ||
| Stage surface | Gravel | ||
| Transport distance | 933.77 km (580.22 miles) | ||
| Overall distance | 1,253.15 km (778.67 miles) | ||
| Statistics | |||
| Crews registered | 49 | ||
| Crews | 49 at start, 38 at finish | ||
| Overall results | |||
| Overall winner |  Kalle RovanperäJonne Halttunen Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT2:51:29.1 | ||
| Power Stage winner | Ott TänakMartin Järveoja Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT5:52.2 | ||
| Support category results | |||
| WRC-2 winner |  Andreas MikkelsenOla Fløene Toksport WRT3:01:59.0 | ||
| WRC-3 winner |  Aleksey LukyanukYaroslav Fedorov3:01:45.2 | ||
| J-WRC winner | Sami PajariMarko SalminenPorvoon Autopalvelu 3:19:03.2 | ||
The2021 Rally Estonia (also known as theRally Estonia 2021) was amotor racing event forrally cars that was held over four days between 15 and 18 July 2021.[2] It marked the eleventh running of theRally Estonia. The event was the seventh round of the2021 World Rally Championship,World Rally Championship-2 andWorld Rally Championship-3. It was also the third round of the2021 Junior World Rally Championship.[3] The 2021 event was based in the town ofTartu inTartu County and contested over twenty-fourspecial stages totalling 319.38 km (198.45 mi) in competitive distance.[1]
Ott Tänak andMartin Järveoja were the defending rally winners. Their team,Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, were the defending manufacturers' winners.[4]Mads Østberg andTorstein Eriksen were the defending winners in the WRC-2 category.[5] In the WRC-3 category,Oliver Solberg andAaron Johnston were the reigning rally winners,[6] but they did not defend their titles as they were promoted to higher classes byHyundai Motorsport.[7] In the junior category,Mārtiņš Sesks andRenārs Francis were the defending winners.[8]
Kalle Rovanperä andJonne Halttunen won the rally, the first of their careers. At the age of twenty, Rovanperä becamethe youngest driver to win a WRC event. Their team,Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the manufacturer's winners.[9]Andreas Mikkelsen andOla Fløene won the World Rally Championship-2 category,[10] whileAleksey Lukyanuk andYaroslav Fedorov won the World Rally Championship-3 category.[11] The Finnish crew ofSami Pajari andMarko Salminen was the winner in the junior class.[12]
Reigning World ChampionsSébastien Ogier andJulien Ingrassia entered the round with a thirty-four-point lead overElfyn Evans andScott Martin.Thierry Neuville andMartijn Wydaeghe were third, a further twenty-two points behind. In the World Rally Championship for Manufacturers,Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT held a massive fifty-nine-point lead over defending manufacturers' championsHyundai Shell Mobis WRT, followed byM-Sport Ford WRT.
In the World Rally Championship-2 standings,Andreas Mikkelsen andOla Fløene held a two-point lead ahead ofMads Østberg andTorstein Eriksen in the drivers' and co-drivers' standings respectively, withMarco Bulacia Wilkinson andMarcelo Der Ohannesian in third. In the teams' championship,Movisport andToksport WRT co-leading the championship, withM-Sport Ford WRT in third.
In the World Rally Championship-3 standings,Yohan Rossel andAlexandre Coria led drivers' and co-drivers' championship respectively.Kajetan Kajetanowicz andMaciek Szczepaniak were second, trailed byNicolas Ciamin andYannick Roche.
In the junior championship,Mārtiņš Sesks andRenars Francis ledSami Pajari andMarko Salminen by nine points.Jon Armstrong andPhil Hall were third, four points further back. In the Nations' standings,Latvia held a ten-point lead overFinland, withUnited Kingdom in third.
The following crews were set to enter the rally. The event was open to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, its support categories, the World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3, Junior World Rally Championship andprivateer entries that were not registered to score points in any championship. Ten entries for the World Rally Championship were received, as were ten in the World Rally Championship-2 and fourteen in the World Rally Championship-3. A further eight crews were set to enter the Junior World Rally Championship inFord Fiesta Rally4s.
| No. | Driver | Co-Driver | Entrant | Car | Tyre |
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| 56 |  Molly Taylor |  Sebastian Marshall |  M-Sport Poland | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | P |
| Source:[13] | |||||
All dates and times areEEST (UTC+3).
| Leg | Date | Time | No. | Stage name | Distance |
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| — | 15 July | 09:01 | — | Abissaare [Shakedown] | 6.23 km |
| 1 | 15 July | 20:38 | SS1 | Tartu 1 | 1.64 km |
| 16 July | 09:40 | SS2 | Arula 1 | 12.68 km | |
| 10:28 | SS3 | Otepää 1 | 17.05 km | ||
| 11:16 | SS4 | Kanepi 1 | 16.54 km | ||
| 12:08 | SS5 | Kambja 1 | 17.85 km | ||
| 15:34 | SS6 | Arula 2 | 12.68 km | ||
| 16:22 | SS7 | Otepää 2 | 17.05 km | ||
| 17:10 | SS8 | Kanepi 2 | 16.54 km | ||
| 18:08 | SS9 | Kambja 2 | 17.85 km | ||
| 2 | 17 July | 08:06 | SS10 | Peipsiääre 1 | 23.53 km |
| 09.08 | SS11 | Mustvee 1 | 12.28 km | ||
| 10:36 | SS12 | Raanitsa 1 | 22.76 km | ||
| 11:39 | SS13 | Vastsemõisa 1 | 6.70 km | ||
| 15:06 | SS14 | Peipsiääre 2 | 23.53 km | ||
| 16:08 | SS15 | Mustvee 2 | 12.28 km | ||
| 17:34 | SS16 | Raanitsa 2 | 22.76 km | ||
| 18:37 | SS17 | Vastsemõisa 2 | 6.70 km | ||
| 20:08 | SS18 | Tartu 2 | 1.64 km | ||
| 3 | 18 July | 07:21 | SS19 | Neeruti 1 | 7.82 km |
| 08:09 | SS20 | Elva 1 | 11.72 km | ||
| 09:08 | SS21 | Tartu vald 1 | 6.51 km | ||
| 11:41 | SS22 | Neeruti 2 | 7.82 km | ||
| 12:29 | SS23 | Elva 2 | 11.72 km | ||
| 14:18 | SS24 | Tartu vald 2 [Power Stage] | 6.51 km | ||
| Source:[1] | |||||
| Position | No. | Driver | Co-driver | Entrant | Car | Time | Difference | Points | ||
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| Event | Class | Event | Stage | |||||||
| 1 | 1 | 69 | Kalle Rovanperä | Jonne Halttunen | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | Toyota Yaris WRC | 2:51:29.1 | 0.0 | 25 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 42 | Craig Breen | Paul Nagle | Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | 2:52:29.0 | +59.9 | 18 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | 11 | Thierry Neuville | Martijn Wydaeghe | Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | 2:52:41.5 | +1:12.4 | 15 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | Sébastien Ogier | Julien Ingrassia | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | Toyota Yaris WRC | 2:52:53.1 | +1:24.0 | 12 | 3 |
| 5 | 5 | 33 | Elfyn Evans | Scott Martin | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | Toyota Yaris WRC | 2:53:36.2 | +2:07.1 | 10 | 2 |
| 6 | 6 | 3 | Teemu Suninen | Mikko Markkula | M-Sport Ford WRT | Ford Fiesta WRC | 2:58:36.4 | +7:07.3 | 8 | 0 |
| 7 | 7 | 7 | Pierre-Louis Loubet | Florian Haut-Labourdette | Hyundai 2C Competition | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | 3:00:17.4 | +8:48.3 | 6 | 0 |
| 31 | 8 | 8 | Ott Tänak | Martin Järveoja | Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | 3:54:16.0 | +1:02:46.9 | 0 | 5 |
| 32 | 9 | 44 | Gus Greensmith | Chris Patterson | M-Sport Ford WRT | Ford Fiesta WRC | 4:12:05.2 | +1:20:36.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Retired SS5 | 18 | Takamoto Katsuta | Daniel Barritt | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | Toyota Yaris WRC | Co-driver injury | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pos. | Drivers' championships | Co-drivers' championships | Manufacturers' championships | |||||||||
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| Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | Move | Manufacturer | Points | ||||
| 1 |  | Sébastien Ogier | 148 | | Julien Ingrassia | 148 | | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | 315 | |||
| 2 | | Elfyn Evans | 111 | | Scott Martin | 111 | | Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT | 256 | |||
| 3 | | Thierry Neuville | 96 | | Martijn Wydaeghe | 96 | | M-Sport Ford WRT | 125 | |||
| 4 |  2 | Kalle Rovanperä | 82 | 2 | Jonne Halttunen | 82 | | Hyundai 2C Competition | 36 | |||
| 5 |  1 | Ott Tänak | 74 | 1 | Martin Järveoja | 74 | ||||||
| Position | No. | Driver | Co-driver | Entrant | Car | Time | Difference | Points | |||
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| Event | Class | Class | Stage | Event | |||||||
| 9 | 1 | 20 | Andreas Mikkelsen | Ola Fløene | Toksport WRT | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 3:01:59.0 | 0.0 | 25 | 5 | 2 |
| 10 | 2 | 21 | Mads Østberg | Torstein Eriksen | TRT World Rally Team | Citroën C3 Rally2 | 3:02:15.7 | +16.7 | 18 | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | 3 | 22 | Marco Bulacia Wilkinson | Marcelo Der Ohannesian | Toksport WRT | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 3:02:27.6 | +28.6 | 15 | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | 4 | 23 | Adrien Fourmaux | Renaud Jamoul | M-Sport Ford WRT | Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II | 3:02:55.1 | +56.1 | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | 5 | 29 | Tom Kristensson | David Arhusiander | M-Sport Ford WRT | Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II | 3:06:59.4 | +5:00.4 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | 6 | 28 | Georg Linnamäe | James Morgan | ALM Motorsport | Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 | 3:09:07.4 | +7:08.4 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Retired SS13 | 25 | Nikolay Gryazin | Konstantin Aleksandrov | Movisport | Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 | Rolled | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Retired SS9 | 26 | Sean Johnston | Alex Kihurani | Saintéloc Junior Team | Citroën C3 Rally2 | Rolled | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Retired SS4 | 24 | Jari Huttunen | Mikko Lukka | Hyundai Motorsport N | Hyundai i20 R5 | Rolled | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Retired SS3 | 27 | Oliver Solberg | Aaron Johnston | Hyundai Motorsport N | Hyundai i20 R5 | Engine | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pos. | Drivers' championships | Co-drivers' championships | Teams' championships | |||||||||
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| Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | Move | Manufacturer | Points | ||||
| 1 | | Andreas Mikkelsen | 98 | | Ola Fløene | 98 | | Toksport WRT | 168 | |||
| 2 | | Mads Østberg | 87 | | Torstein Eriksen | 87 | 1 | M-Sport Ford WRT | 131 | |||
| 3 | | Marco Bulacia Wilkinson | 82 | | Marcelo Der Ohannesian | 82 | 1 | Movisport | 125 | |||
| 4 | | Esapekka Lappi | 59 | | Janne Ferm | 59 | | Hyundai Motorsport N | 12 | |||
| 5 | 1 | Adrien Fourmaux | 48 | 1 | Renaud Jamoul | 48 | ||||||
| Pos. | Drivers' championships | Co-drivers' championships | ||||||
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| Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | |||
| 1 | | Yohan Rossel | 98 | 1 | Maciek Szczepaniak | 82 | ||
| 2 | | Kajetan Kajetanowicz | 82 | 1 | Alexandre Coria | 70 | ||
| 3 | | Nicolas Ciamin | 47 | | Yannick Roche | 57 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Fabrizio Zaldívar | 39 | 4 | Carlos del Barrio | 39 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Pepe López | 36 | 2 | Silver Simm | 32 | ||
| Position | No. | Driver | Co-driver | Entrant | Car | Time | Difference | Points | ||
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| Event | Class | Class | Stage | |||||||
| 21 | 1 | 48 | Sami Pajari | Marko Salminen | Porvoon Autopalvelu | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | 3:19:03.2 | 0.0 | 25 | 9 |
| 22 | 2 | 49 | Jon Armstrong | Phil Hall | Jon Armstrong | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | 3:19:27.3 | +24.1 | 18 | 5 |
| 23 | 3 | 47 | Mārtiņš Sesks | Renārs Francis | LMT Autosporta Akademija | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | 3:19:59.6 | +56.4 | 15 | 7 |
| 24 | 4 | 51 | Lauri Joona | Mikael Korhonen | Team Flying Finn | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | 3:22:46.9 | +3:43.7 | 12 | 0 |
| 25 | 5 | 54 | Raul Badiu | Rareș Fetean | Raul Badiu | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | 3:23:45.5 | +4:42.3 | 10 | 0 |
| 26 | 6 | 53 | William Creighton | Liam Regan | Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | 3:24:40.3 | +5:37.1 | 8 | 0 |
| 34 | 7 | 52 | Robert Virves | Sander Pruul | Autosport Team Estonia | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | 4:33:01.2 | +1:13:58.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Retired SS24 | 50 | Martin Koči | Petr Těšínský | Styllex Motorsport | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | Driveshaft | 0 | 3 | ||
| Pos. | Drivers' championships | Co-drivers' championships | Trophy for nations | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | Move | Manufacturer | Points | ||||
| 1 | 1 | Sami Pajari | 71 | 1 | Marko Salminen | 71 | |  Latvia | 58 | |||
| 2 | 1 | Mārtiņš Sesks | 67 | 1 | Renars Francis | 67 | | Finland | 58 | |||
| 3 | | Jon Armstrong | 56 | | Phil Hall | 56 | | United Kingdom | 43 | |||
| 4 | 1 | Lauri Joona | 40 | | Petr Těšínský | 34 | 1 | Estonia | 31 | |||
| 5 | 1 | Martin Koči | 34 | | Ari Koponen | 28 | 1 |  Ireland | 30 | |||
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