2021 Rally Estonia
The 2021 Rally Estonia (also known as the Rally Estonia 2021) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 15 and 18 July 2021. It marked the eleventh running of the Rally Estonia. The event was the seventh round of the 2021 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. It was also the third round of the 2021 Junior World Rally Championship. The 2021 event was based in the town of Tartu in Tartu County and contested over twenty-four special stages totalling 319.38 km (198.45 mi) in competitive distance.
| 2021 Rally Estonia Rally Estonia 2021 | |||
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Round 7 of 12 in the 2021 World Rally Championship
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Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja driving a Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC during the rally. | |||
| 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) | ||
| 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 Rovanperä Jonne Halttunen Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 2:51:29.1 | ||
| Power Stage winner | Ott Tänak Martin Järveoja Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT 5:52.2 | ||
| Support category results | |||
| WRC-2 winner | Andreas Mikkelsen Ola Fløene Toksport WRT 3:01:59.0 | ||
| WRC-3 winner | Aleksey Lukyanuk Yaroslav Fedorov 3:01:45.2 | ||
| J-WRC winner | Sami Pajari Marko Salminen Porvoon Autopalvelu 3:19:03.2 | ||
Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja were the defending rally winners. Their team, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, were the defending manufacturers' winners. Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen were the defending winners in the WRC-2 category. In the WRC-3 category, Oliver Solberg and Aaron Johnston were the reigning rally winners, but they did not defend their titles as they were promoted to higher classes by Hyundai Motorsport. In the junior category, Mārtiņš Sesks and Renārs Francis were the defending winners.
Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen won the rally, the first of their careers. At the age of twenty, Rovanperä became the youngest driver to win a WRC event. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the manufacturer's winners. Andreas Mikkelsen and Ola Fløene won the World Rally Championship-2 category, while Aleksey Lukyanuk and Yaroslav Fedorov won the World Rally Championship-3 category. The Finnish crew of Sami Pajari and Marko Salminen was the winner in the junior class.