2021 Monte Carlo Rally
The 2021 Monte Carlo Rally (also known as the 89e Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 21 and 24 January 2021. It marked the eighty-ninth running of the Monte Carlo Rally, and was the first round of the 2021 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The 2021 event was based in the town of Gap in the Hautes-Alpes department of France. The rally consisted of fourteen special stages, covering a total competitive distance of 257.64 km (160.09 mi).
| 2021 Monte Carlo Rally 89e Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo | ||
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Round 1 of 12 in the 2021 World Rally Championship
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The Monte Carlo Rally is run on a mixture of tarmac and snow stages. | ||
| Host country | Monaco | |
| Rally base | Gap, Hautes-Alpes | |
| Dates run | 21 – 24 January 2021 | |
| Start location | Quai Albert, Monaco | |
| Finish location | Casino Square, Monaco | |
| Stages | 14 (257.64 km; 160.09 miles) | |
| Stage surface | Tarmac and snow | |
| Transport distance | 1,135.24 km (705.41 miles) | |
| Overall distance | 1,392.88 km (865.50 miles) | |
| Statistics | ||
| Crews registered | 84 | |
| Crews | 76 at start, 62 at finish | |
| Overall results | ||
| Overall winner | Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 2:56:33.7 | |
| Power Stage winner | Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 10:56.2 | |
| Support category results | ||
| WRC-2 winner | Andreas Mikkelsen Ola Fløene Toksport WRT 3:03:57.3 | |
| WRC-3 winner | Yohan Rossel Benoît Fulcrand 3:08:20.8 | |
Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul were the defending rally winners. Their team, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, were the reigning manufacturers' winners. Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen were the defending winners in the WRC-2 category, while Eric Camilli and François-Xavier Buresi were the defending rally winners in the WRC-3 category. Østberg and Eriksen did not defend their WRC-2 title as they did not enter the rally. Camilli and Buresi did not defend their WRC-3 win as they entered in the WRC-2 category.
Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia won the rally, their eighth win in Monte Carlo. The result saw them set a new record for wins in Monte Carlo. Andreas Mikkelsen and Ola Fløene won the World Rally Championship-2 category, while Yohan Rossel and Benoît Fulcrand were the winners in the World Rally Championship-3.