2021 Rally Finland
The 2021 Rally Finland (also known as the Secto Rally Finland 2021) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over three days between 1 and 3 October 2021. It marked the seventieth running of the Rally Finland. The event was the tenth round of the 2021 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The 2021 event was based in Jyväskylä in Central Finland and was contested over nineteen special stages totalling 287.11 km (178.40 mi) in competitive distance.
| 2021 Rally Finland Secto Rally Finland 2021 | |||
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Round 10 of 12 in the 2021 World Rally Championship
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Adrien Fourmaux and Alexandre Coria at the start line of a special stage during the event. | |||
| Host country | Finland | ||
| Rally base | Jyväskylä, Central Finland | ||
| Dates run | 1 – 3 October 2021 | ||
| Start location | Jyväskylä, Central Finland | ||
| Finish location | Ruuhimäki, Toivakka | ||
| Stages | 19 (287.11 km; 178.40 miles) | ||
| Stage surface | Gravel | ||
| Transport distance | 772.12 km (479.77 miles) | ||
| Overall distance | 1,059.23 km (658.18 miles) | ||
| Statistics | |||
| Crews registered | 43 | ||
| Crews | 43 at start, 37 at finish | ||
| Overall results | |||
| Overall winner | Elfyn Evans Scott Martin Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 2:19:13.7 | ||
| Power Stage winner | Elfyn Evans Scott Martin Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 5:18.9 | ||
| Support category results | |||
| WRC-2 winner | Teemu Suninen Mikko Markkula Movisport 2:29:05.8 | ||
| WRC-3 winner | Emil Lindholm Reeta Hämäläinen 2:30:06.5 | ||
Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja were the defending rally winners. The team they drove for in 2019, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the defending manufacturers' winners. Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen were the defending winners in the WRC-2 category, but they did not defend their titles, as they were promoted to the top class by Toyota. In the WRC-3 category, Tom Kristensson and Henrik Appelskog were the reigning rally winners, but they did not defend their titles neither, as Kristensson was promoted to the WRC-2 class by M-Sport Ford World Rally Team.
Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin won the rally for the first time and their second of their season. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, successfully defended their titles. In the World Rally Championship-2 category, Teemu Suninen and Mikko Markkula won the event. The local crew of Emil Lindholm and Reeta Hämäläinen took their maiden victory in the World Rally Championship-3 category.