2021 Croatia Rally
The 2021 Croatia Rally (also known as the Rally Croatia 2021) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 22 and 25 April 2021. It marked the forty-fifth running of the Croatia Rally, and the first time the event has been run as a round of the World Rally Championship. The event was the third round of the 2021 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. It was also the first round of the 2021 Junior World Rally Championship. The 2021 event was based in Zagreb in the City of Zagreb Region and was contested over twenty special stages totalling 300.32 km (186.61 mi) in competitive distance.
| 2021 Croatia Rally Rally Croatia 2021 | |||
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Round 3 of 12 in the 2021 World Rally Championship
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Croatia became the 34th country to host a World Rally Championship round. | |||
| Host country | Croatia | ||
| Rally base | Zagreb, City of Zagreb Region | ||
| Dates run | 22 – 25 April 2021 | ||
| Start location | Samobor, Zagreb County | ||
| Finish location | Kumrovec, Krapina-Zagorje | ||
| Stages | 20 (300.32 km; 186.61 miles) | ||
| Stage surface | Tarmac | ||
| Transport distance | 979.55 km (608.66 miles) | ||
| Overall distance | 1,279.87 km (795.27 miles) | ||
| Statistics | |||
| Crews registered | 68 | ||
| Crews | 65 at start, 55 at finish | ||
| Overall results | |||
| Overall winner | Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 2:51:22.9 | ||
| Power Stage winner | Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 8:14.0 | ||
| Support category results | |||
| WRC-2 winner | Mads Østberg Torstein Eriksen TRT World Rally Team 3:01:23.7 | ||
| WRC-3 winner | Kajetan Kajetanowicz Maciej Szczepaniak 3:03:23.8 | ||
| J-WRC winner | Jon Armstrong Phil Hall 3:15:07.6 | ||
Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia won the rally with a 0.6-second advantage over teammate Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin, which was the third closest winning margin overall after the 2011 Jordan Rally and the 2007 Rally New Zealand. Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen won the World Rally Championship-2 category, while Kajetan Kajetanowicz and Maciej Szczepaniak won the World Rally Championship-3 category. The British crew of Jon Armstrong and Phil Hall was the winner in the junior class.