| 2021 Rally de Portugal Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2021 | |||
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Round 4 of 12 in the2021 World Rally Championship
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.jpg) Rally de Portugal is the first gravel event on the 2021 calendar. | |||
| Host country |  Portugal | ||
| Rally base | Matosinhos,Porto | ||
| Dates run | 20 – 23 May 2021 | ||
| Start location | Lousã,Coimbra | ||
| Finish location | Fafe,Braga | ||
| Stages | 20 (337.51 km; 209.72 miles)[1] | ||
| Stage surface | Gravel | ||
| Transport distance | 1,175.56 km (730.46 miles) | ||
| Overall distance | 1,514.07 km (940.80 miles) | ||
| Statistics | |||
| Crews registered | 81 | ||
| Crews | 76 at start, 44 at finish | ||
| Overall results | |||
| Overall winner |  Elfyn EvansScott Martin Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT3:38:26.2 | ||
| Power Stage winner |  Ott TänakMartin Järveoja Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT6:27.2 | ||
| Support category results | |||
| WRC-2 winner |  Esapekka LappiJanne Ferm Movisport3:48:03.4 | ||
| WRC-3 winner |  Kajetan KajetanowiczMaciej Szczepaniak3:52:49.7 | ||
| J-WRC winner |  Mārtiņš SesksFrancis RenarsLMT Autosporta Akademija4:15:52.7 | ||
The2021 Rally de Portugal (also known as theVodafone Rally de Portugal 2021) was amotor racing event forrally cars that was held over four days between 20 and 23 May 2021.[2] It marked the fifty-fourth running of theRally de Portugal. The event was the fourth round of the2021 World Rally Championship,World Rally Championship-2 andWorld Rally Championship-3, as well as the second round of the2021 Junior World Rally Championship.[3] The 2021 event was based inMatosinhos in thePorto District and was contested over twentyspecial stages totalling 337.51 km (209.72 mi) in competitive distance.[1]
Ott Tänak andMartin Järveoja were the defending rally winners.Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, the team they drove for in2019, were the defending manufacturers' winners.[4]Kalle Rovanperä andJonne Halttunen were the defending winners in the WRC-2 category,[5][a] but they did not defend their titles as they were promoted to the top class by Toyota.[6] In the WRC-3 category,Pierre-Louis Loubet andVincent Landais were the reigning rally winners,[5][b] but they did not defend their titles neither as they were promoted to the top class byHyundai 2C Competition.[7]
Elfyn Evans andScott Martin won the rally, the first of their season. Their team,Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, successfully defended their titles.[8]Esapekka Lappi andJanne Ferm won the World Rally Championship-2 category,[9] whileKajetan Kajetanowicz andMaciej Szczepaniak won the World Rally Championship-3 category.[10] The Latvian crew ofMārtiņš Sesks andFrancis Renars was the winner in the junior class.[11]
Reigning World ChampionsSébastien Ogier andJulien Ingrassia entered the round with an eight-point lead overThierry Neuville andMartijn Wydaeghe.Elfyn Evans andScott Martin were third, a further two points behind. In the World Rally Championship for Manufacturers,Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT held a twenty-seven-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 thirty-five-point lead ahead ofMarco Bulacia Wilkinson andMarcelo Der Ohannesian in the drivers' and co-drivers' standings respectively, withEsapekka Lappi andJanne Ferm in third. In the teams' championship,Toksport WRT ledMovisport by fifteen points, withM-Sport Ford WRT in third.
In the World Rally Championship-3 standings,Yohan Rossel led the drivers' championship, whileYannick Roche led the co-drivers' championship. DriverNicolas Ciamin and co-driverBenoît Fulcrand set in second, followed by the crew ofTeemu Asunmaa andMarko Salminen.
In the junior championship,Jon Armstrong andPhil Hall ledMārtiņš Sesks andRenars Francis by nine points.Sami Pajari andMarko Salminen were third, one point further back. In the Nations' standings,United Kingdom held aseven-point lead overLatvia, withFinland in third.
The following crews entered the rally. The event was opened 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. Eleven entries for the World Rally Championship were received, as were twelve in the World Rally Championship-2 and twenty-five in the World Rally Championship-3. A further eight crews entered the Junior World Rally Championship inFord Fiesta Rally4s.
All dates and times areWEST (UTC+1).
| Leg | Date | Time | No. | Stage name | Distance |
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| — | 20 May | 09:01 | — | Paredes [Shakedown] | 4.60 km |
| 1 | 21 May | 08:08 | SS1 | Lousã 1 | 12.35 km |
| 09:08 | SS2 | Góis 1 | 19.51 km | ||
| 10:08 | SS3 | Arganil 1 | 18.82 km | ||
| 12:31 | SS4 | Lousã 2 | 12.35 km | ||
| 13:31 | SS5 | Góis 2 | 19.51 km | ||
| 14:38 | SS6 | Arganil 2 | 18.82 km | ||
| 16:05 | SS7 | Mortágua | 18.16 km | ||
| 19:03 | SS8 | SSS Lousada | 3.36 km | ||
| 2 | 22 May | 08:08 | SS9 | Vieira do Minho 1 | 20.64 km |
| 09:08 | SS10 | Cabeceiras de Basto 1 | 22.37 km | ||
| 10:24 | SS11 | Amarante 1 | 37.92 km | ||
| 14:38 | SS12 | Vieira do Minho 2 | 20.64 km | ||
| 15:38 | SS13 | Cabeceiras de Basto 2 | 22.37 km | ||
| 16:54 | SS14 | Amarante 2 | 37.92 km | ||
| 19:03 | SS15 | SSS Porto — Foz | 3.30 km | ||
| 3 | 23 May | 07:08 | SS16 | Felgueiras 1 | 9.18 km |
| 07:53 | SS17 | Montim | 8.75 km | ||
| 08:38 | SS18 | Fafe 1 | 11.18 km | ||
| 10:04 | SS19 | Felgueiras 2 | 9.18 km | ||
| 12:18 | SS20 | Fafe 2 [Power Stage] | 11.18 km | ||
| Source:[1] | |||||
| Position | No. | Driver | Co-driver | Entrant | Car | Time | Difference | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | Class | Event | Stage | |||||||
| 1 | 1 | 33 | Elfyn Evans | Scott Martin | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | Toyota Yaris WRC | 3:38:26.2 | 0.0 | 25 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 6 | Dani Sordo | Borja Rozada | Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | 3:38:54.5 | +28.3 | 18 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Sébastien Ogier | Julien Ingrassia | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | Toyota Yaris WRC | 3:39:49.8 | +1:23.6 | 15 | 3 |
| 4 | 4 | 18 | Takamoto Katsuta | Daniel Barritt | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | Toyota Yaris WRC | 3:40:54.6 | +2:28.4 | 12 | 0 |
| 5 | 5 | 44 | Gus Greensmith | Chris Patterson | M-Sport Ford WRT | Ford Fiesta WRC | 3:43:18.9 | +4:52.7 | 10 | 0 |
| 6 | 6 | 16 | Adrien Fourmaux | Renaud Jamoul | M-Sport Ford WRT | Ford Fiesta WRC | 3:43:29.6 | +5:03.4 | 8 | 0 |
| 21 | 7 | 8 | Ott Tänak | Martin Järveoja | Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | 3:59:04.0 | +20:37.8 | 0 | 5 |
| 22 | 8 | 69 | Kalle Rovanperä | Jonne Halttunen | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | Toyota Yaris WRC | 4:00:36.4 | +22:10.2 | 0 | 2 |
| 36 | 9 | 11 | Thierry Neuville | Martijn Wydaeghe | Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | 4:37:50.3 | +59:24.1 | 0 | 4 |
| Retired SS2 | 7 | Pierre-Louis Loubet | Florian Haut-Labourdette | Hyundai 2C Competition | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | Off road | 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 | 79 | | Julien Ingrassia | 79 | | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | 183 | |||
| 2 |  1 | Elfyn Evans | 77 | 1 | Scott Martin | 77 | | Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT | 146 | |||
| 3 |  1 | Thierry Neuville | 57 | 1 | Martijn Wydaeghe | 57 | | M-Sport Ford WRT | 64 | |||
| 4 | | Ott Tänak | 45 | | Martin Järveoja | 45 | | Hyundai 2C Competition | 28 | |||
| 5 | | Kalle Rovanperä | 41 | | Jonne Halttunen | 41 | ||||||
| Pos. | Drivers' championships | Co-drivers' championships | Teams' championships | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | Move | Manufacturer | Points | ||||
| 1 | | Andreas Mikkelsen | 68 | | Ola Fløene | 68 | 1 | Movisport | 125 | |||
| 2 | 1 | Esapekka Lappi | 59 | 1 | Janne Ferm | 59 | 1 | Toksport WRT | 100 | |||
| 3 | 1 | Marco Bulacia Wilkinson | 45 | 1 | Marcelo Der Ohannesian | 45 | | M-Sport Ford WRT | 71 | |||
| 4 | | Mads Østberg | 44 | | Torstein Eriksen | 44 |  | Hyundai Motorsport N | 12 | |||
| 5 | 1 | Teemu Suninen | 41 | 1 | Mikko Markkula | 41 | ||||||
| Pos. | Drivers' championships | Co-drivers' championships | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | |||
| 1 | | Yohan Rossel | 70 | 3 | Maciek Szczepaniak | 56 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Kajetan Kajetanowicz | 56 | 1 | Yannick Roche | 49 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Nicolas Ciamin | 49 | 5 | Alexandre Coria | 42 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Teemu Asunmaa | 28 | 2 | Benoît Fulcrand | 28 | ||
| 5 | 9 | Chris Ingram | 28 | 2 | Marko Salminen | 28 | ||
| Position | No. | Driver | Co-driver | Entrant | Car | Time | Difference | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | Class | Class | Stage | |||||||
| 25 | 1 | 60 | Mārtiņš Sesks | Francis Renars | LMT Autosporta Akademija | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | 4:15:52.7 | 0.0 | 25 | 3 |
| 28 | 2 | 61 | Sami Pajari | Marko Salminen | Porvoon Autopalvelu | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | 4:19:04.5 | +3:11.8 | 18 | 2 |
| 33 | 3 | 66 | Robert Virves | Sander Pruul | Autosport Team Estonia | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | 4:28:00.8 | +12:08.1 | 15 | 2 |
| 41 | 4 | 63 | Martin Koči | Petr Těšínský | Styllex Motorsport | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | 4:54:37.5 | +38:44.8 | 12 | 2 |
| 43 | 5 | 64 | William Creighton | Liam Regan | Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | 4:56:37.6 | +40:44.9 | 10 | 2 |
| 44 | 6 | 62 | Lauri Joona | Ari Koponen | Team Flying Finn | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | 5:27:01.8 | +1:11:09.1 | 8 | 2 |
| Retired SS14 | 59 | Jon Armstrong | Phil Hall | Jon Armstrong | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | Engine | 0 | 6 | ||
| Retired SS4 | 65 | Raul Badiu | Rareș Fetean | Raul Badiu | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | Steering | 0 | 0 | ||
| Day | Stage | Stage name | Length | Winners | Car | Time | Class leaders |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 May | — | Paredes [Shakedown] | 4.60 km | Sesks /Renars | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | 3:37.3 | — |
| 21 May | SS1 | Lousã 1 | 12.35 km | Pajari /Salminen | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | 10:32.6 | Pajari /Salminen |
| SS2 | Góis 1 | 19.51 km | Armstrong /Hall | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | 15:04.2 | Armstrong /Hall | |
| SS3 | Arganil 1 | 18.82 km | Armstrong /Hall | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | 13:53.3 | ||
| SS4 | Lousã 2 | 12.35 km | Armstrong /Hall | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | 10:30.0 | ||
| SS5 | Góis 2 | 19.51 km | Armstrong /Hall | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | 15:07.3 | ||
| SS6 | Arganil 2 | 18.82 km | Koči /Těšínský | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | 14:00.8 | Pajari /Salminen | |
| SS7 | Mortágua | 18.16 km | Armstrong /Hall | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | 13:28.1 | ||
| SS8 | SSS Lousada | 3.36 km | Pajari /Salminen | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | 2:55.0 | ||
| 22 May | SS9 | Vieira do Minho 1 | 20.64 km | Pajari /Salminen | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | 14:46.1 | |
| SS10 | Cabeceiras de Basto 1 | 22.37 km | Sesks /Renars | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | 16:10.9 | ||
| SS11 | Amarante 1 | 37.92 km | Armstrong /Hall | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | 28:17.4 | Sesks /Renars | |
| SS12 | Vieira do Minho 2 | 20.64 km | Joona /Koponen | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | 14:35.7 | ||
| SS13 | Cabeceiras de Basto 2 | 22.37 km | Joona /Koponen | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | 15:48.8 | ||
| SS14 | Amarante 2 | 37.92 km | Sesks /Renars | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | 28:25.8 | ||
| SS15 | SSS Porto — Foz | 3.30 km | Sesks /Renars | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | 3:38.4 | ||
| 23 May | SS16 | Felgueiras 1 | 9.18 km | Koči /Těšínský | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | 6:53.6 | |
| SS17 | Montim | 8.75 km | Joona /Koponen | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | 6:31.2 | ||
| SS18 | Fafe 1 | 11.18 km | Koči /Těšínský | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | 7:45.4 | ||
| SS19 | Felgueiras 2 | 9.18 km | Koči /Těšínský | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | 6:46.9 | ||
| SS20 | Fafe 2 | 11.18 km | Stage cancelled | ||||
| Pos. | Drivers' championships | Co-drivers' championships | Trophy for nations | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | Move | Manufacturer | Points | ||||
| 1 | 1 | Mārtiņš Sesks | 46 | 1 | Renars Francis | 46 | 1 | Latvia | 43 | |||
| 2 | 1 | Sami Pajari | 37 | 1 | Marko Salminen | 37 | 1 | Finland | 33 | |||
| 3 | 2 | Jon Armstrong | 33 | 2 | Phil Hall | 33 | 2 | United Kingdom | 25 | |||
| 4 | 1 | Martin Koči | 31 | 1 | Petr Těšínský | 31 | |  Slovakia | 24 | |||
| 5 | 1 | Lauri Joona | 28 | 1 | Ari Koponen | 28 | 1 | Estonia | 23 | |||
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