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 .
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.
Background Entry list The following crews were entered into the rally. The event was open to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, its support categories, the World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3, and privateer entries that were not registered to score points in any championship. Ten crews were entered under Rally1 regulations, as were eighteen Rally2 crews; of these, seven were nominated to score points in the World Rally Championship-2 and eleven in the World Rally Championship-3.
+ No. Driver Co-Driver Entrant Car Tyre 1 Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota Yaris WRC 3 Teemu Suninen Mikko Markkula M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Fiesta WRC 6 Dani Sordo Carlos del Barrio Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC 7 Pierre-Louis Loubet Vincent Landais Hyundai 2C Competition Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC 8 Ott Tänak Martin Järveoja Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC 11 Thierry Neuville Martijn Wydaeghe Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC 18 Takamoto Katsuta Daniel Barritt Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota Yaris WRC 33 Elfyn Evans Scott Martin Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota Yaris WRC 44 Gus Greensmith Elliott Edmondson M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Fiesta WRC 69 Kalle Rovanperä Jonne Halttunen Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota Yaris WRC Source:
+ No. Driver Co-Driver Entrant Car Tyre 20 Adrien Fourmaux Renaud Jamoul M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II 22 Marco Bulacia Wilkinson Marcelo Der Ohannesian Toksport WRT Škoda Fabia R5 Evo 24 Eric Camilli François-Xavier Buresi Sports & You Citroën C3 Rally2 25 Andreas Mikkelsen Ola Fløene Toksport WRT Škoda Fabia R5 Evo 27 Enrico Brazzoli Maurizio Barone Movisport Škoda Fabia R5 28 Sean Johnston Alex Kihurani Saintéloc Junior Citroën C3 Rally2 Source:
+ No. Driver Co-Driver Entrant Car Tyre 29 Nicolas Ciamin Yannick Roche Nicolas Ciamin Citroën C3 Rally2 30 Yohan Rossel Benoît Fulcrand Yohan Rossel Citroën C3 Rally2 31 Miguel Díaz-Aboitiz Diego Sanjuan Miguel Díaz-Aboitiz Škoda Fabia R5 Evo 32 Cédric De Cecco Jérôme Humblet Cédric De Cecco Škoda Fabia R5 Evo 34 Giacomo Ogliari Lorenzo Granai Giacomo Ogliari Citroën C3 Rally2 35 Fabrizio Arengi Bentivoglio Massimiliano Bosi Fabrizio Arengi Bentivoglio Škoda Fabia R5 36 Johannes Keferböck Ilka Minor Johannes Keferböck Škoda Fabia R5 Evo 37 Cédric Cherain Stéphane Prévot Cédric Cherain Škoda Fabia R5 38 Tom Williams Giorgia Ascalone Tom Williams Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II 39 Hermann Neubauer Bernhard Ettel Hermann Neubauer Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II 40 Davy Vanneste Kris D'Alleine Davy Vanneste Citroën C3 Rally2 55 Yoann Bonato Benjamin Boulloud Yoann Bonato Citroën C3 Rally2 57 Mauro Miele Luca Beltrame Mauro Miele Škoda Fabia R5 Source:
+ No. Driver Co-Driver Entrant Car Tyre 21 Nikolay Gryazin Konstantin Aleksandrov Movisport Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 23 Oliver Solberg Aaron Johnston Hyundai Motorsport N Hyundai i20 R5 26 Kevin Abbring Pieter Tsjoen Pieter Tsjoen Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 59 Carlo Covi Michela Lorigiola Carlo Covi Škoda Fabia R5 Source:
Route The route for the 2021 rally covers in competitive stages and is the shortest in the event's history. The rally was originally planned to be run over sixteen stages, but was reduced to fifteen amid concerns over organisers' ability to run the event during the COVID-19 pandemic, and ultimately to fourteen so as to respect the curfew established throughout France from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m.
Itinerary All dates and times are CET (UTC+1). Leg Date Time No. Stage name Distance 1 21 January 14:08 SS1 Saint-Disdier – Corps 20.58 km 15:06 SS2 Saint-Maurice – Saint-Bonnet 20.78 km 22 January 06:10 SS3 Aspremont – La Bâtie-des-Fonts 1 19.61 km 07:28 SS4 Chalancon – Gumiane 1 21.62 km 09:01 SS5 Montauban-sur-l’Ouvèze – Villebois-les-Pins 22.24 km 12:17 SS6 Aspremont – La Bâtie-des-Fonts 2 19.61 km 13:38 SS7 Chalancon – Gumiane 2 21.62 km 2 23 January 06:30 SS8 La Bréole – Selonnet 1 18.31 km 08:18 SS9 Saint-Clément – Freissinières 21.33 km 12:08 SS10 La Bréole – Selonnet 2 18.31 km 3 24 January 08:30 SS11 Puget-Théniers – La Penne 1 12.93 km 10:08 SS12 Briançonnet – Entrevaux 1 14.31 km 10:45 SS13 Puget-Théniers – La Penne 2 12.93 km 12:18 SS14 Briançonnet – Entrevaux 2 [Power Stage] 14.31 km Source:
Report World Rally Cars Classification Position Driver Entrant Car Time Points Event Class Event Stage 1 1 1 Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota Yaris WRC 2:56:33.7 0.0 25 5 2 2 33 Elfyn Evans Scott Martin Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota Yaris WRC 2:57:06.3 +32.6 18 3 3 3 11 Thierry Neuville Martijn Wydaeghe Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC 2:57:47.2 +1:13.5 15 2 4 4 69 Kalle Rovanperä Jonne Halttunen Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota Yaris WRC 2:59:07.3 +2:33.6 12 4 5 5 6 Dani Sordo Carlos del Barrio Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC 2:59:47.9 +3:14.2 10 1 6 6 18 Takamoto Katsuta Daniel Barritt Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota Yaris WRC 3:03:35.0 +7:01.3 8 0 8 7 44 Gus Greensmith Elliott Edmondson M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Fiesta WRC 3:04:54.8 +8:21.1 4 0 16 8 7 Pierre-Louis Loubet Vincent Landais Hyundai 2C Competition Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC 3:14:50.1 +18:16.4 0 0 Retired SS11 8 Ott Tänak Martin JärveojaHyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC Roadworthiness 0 0 Retired SS1 3 Teemu Suninen Mikko Markkula M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Fiesta WRC Accident 0 0
Special stages Day Stage Stage name Length Winners Car Time Class leaders 21 January SS1 Saint-Disdier – Corps 20.58 km Tänak / Järveoja Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC 12:05.7 Tänak / Järveoja SS2 Saint-Maurice – Saint-Bonnet 20.78 km Tänak / Järveoja Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC 12:11.8 22 January SS3 Aspremont – La Bâtie-des-Fonts 1 19.61 km Ogier / Ingrassia Toyota Yaris WRC 14:00.9 Rovanperä / Halttunen SS4 Chalancon – Gumiane 1 21.62 km Ogier / Ingrassia Toyota Yaris WRC 13:36.8 Ogier / Ingrassia SS5 Montauban-sur-l’Ouvèze – Villebois-les-Pins 22.24 km Ogier / Ingrassia Toyota Yaris WRC 13:35.8 SS6 Aspremont – La Bâtie-des-Fonts 2 19.61 km Evans / Martin Toyota Yaris WRC 13:32.5 Evans / Martin SS7 Chalancon – Gumiane 2 21.62 km Ogier / Ingrassia Toyota Yaris WRC 14:09.8 23 January SS8 La Bréole – Selonnet 1 18.31 km Ogier / Ingrassia Toyota Yaris WRC 13:16.2 Ogier / Ingrassia SS9 Saint-Clément – Freissinières 21.33 km Neuville / Wydaeghe Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC 16:28.3 SS10 La Bréole – Selonnet 2 18.31 km Evans / Martin Toyota Yaris WRC 11:59.0 24 January SS11 Puget-Théniers – La Penne 1 12.93 km Ogier / Ingrassia Toyota Yaris WRC 8:47.6 SS12 Briançonnet – Entrevaux 1 14.31 km Neuville / Wydaeghe Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC 11:29.6 SS13 Puget-Théniers – La Penne 2 12.93 km Ogier / Ingrassia Toyota Yaris WRC 8:42.6 SS14 Briançonnet – Entrevaux 2 [Power Stage] 14.31 km Ogier / Ingrassia Toyota Yaris WRC 10:56.2
Championship standings Drivers' championships Co-drivers' championships Manufacturers' championshipsMoveDriverPointsMoveCo-driverPointsMoveManufacturerPoints 1 Sébastien Ogier 30 Julien Ingrassia 30 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 52 2 Elfyn Evans 21 Scott Martin 21 Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT 30 3 Thierry Neuville 17 Martijn Wydaeghe 17 M-Sport Ford WRT 10 4 Kalle Rovanperä 16 Jonne Halttunen 16 Hyundai 2C Competition 8 5 Dani Sordo 11 Carlos del Barrio 11
World Rally Championship-2 Classification Position Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Points Event Class Class Stage Event 7 1 25 Andreas Mikkelsen Ola Fløene Toksport WRT Škoda Fabia R5 Evo 3:03:57.3 0.0 25 5 6 9 2 20 Adrien Fourmaux Renaud Jamoul M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II 3:05:49.5 +1:52.2 18 4 2 10 3 24 Eric Camilli François-Xavier Buresi Sports & You Citroën C3 Rally2 3:07:09.7 +3:12.4 15 2 1 15 4 22 Marco Bulacia Wilkinson Marcelo Der Ohannesian Toksport WRT Škoda Fabia R5 Evo 3:12:49.1 +8:51.8 12 3 0 17 5 28 Sean Johnston Alex Kihurani Saintéloc Junior Citroën C3 Rally2 3:16:59.5 +13:02.2 10 1 0 43 6 27 Enrico Brazzoli Maurizio Barone Movisport Škoda Fabia R5 3:49:22.3 +45:25.0 8 0 0
Special stages Day Stage Stage name Length Winners Car Time Class leaders 21 January SS1 Saint-Disdier – Corps 20.58 km Mikkelsen / Fløene Škoda Fabia R5 Evo 12:52.2 Mikkelsen / Fløene SS2 Saint-Maurice – Saint-Bonnet 20.78 km Fourmaux / Jamoul Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II 12:37.7 22 January SS3 Aspremont – La Bâtie-des-Fonts 1 19.61 km Mikkelsen / Fløene Škoda Fabia R5 Evo 14:49.9 SS4 Chalancon – Gumiane 1 21.62 km Mikkelsen / Fløene Škoda Fabia R5 Evo 14:21.2 SS5 Montauban-sur-l’Ouvèze – Villebois-les-Pins 22.24 km Fourmaux / Jamoul Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II 14:31.6 SS6 Aspremont – La Bâtie-des-Fonts 2 19.61 km Mikkelsen / Fløene Škoda Fabia R5 Evo 13:47.7 SS7 Chalancon – Gumiane 2 21.62 km Mikkelsen / Fløene Škoda Fabia R5 Evo 14:40.6 23 January SS8 La Bréole – Selonnet 1 18.31 km Mikkelsen / Fløene Škoda Fabia R5 Evo 13:55.6 SS9 Saint-Clément – Freissinières 21.33 km Mikkelsen / Fløene Škoda Fabia R5 Evo 17:34.0 SS10 La Bréole – Selonnet 2 18.31 km Fourmaux / Jamoul Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II 12:22.2 24 January SS11 Puget-Théniers – La Penne 1 12.93 km Camilli / Buresi Citroën C3 Rally2 9:07.9 SS12 Briançonnet – Entrevaux 1 14.31 km Fourmaux / Jamoul Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II 11:52.6 SS13 Puget-Théniers – La Penne 2 12.93 km Camilli / Buresi Citroën C3 Rally2 8:57.2 SS14 Briançonnet – Entrevaux 2 [Power Stage] 14.31 km Mikkelsen / Fløene Škoda Fabia R5 Evo 11:21.9
Championship standings Drivers' championships Co-drivers' championships Teams' championshipsMoveDriverPointsMoveCo-driverPointsMoveManufacturerPoints 1 Andreas Mikkelsen 30 Ola Fløene 30 Toksport WRT 40 2 Adrien Fourmaux 22 Renaud Jamoul 22 Movisport 30 3 Eric Camilli 17 François-Xavier Buresi 17 4 Marco Bulacia Wilkinson 15 Marcelo Der Ohannesian 15 5 Sean Johnston 11 Alex Kihurani 11
World Rally Championship-3 Classification