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)[1]
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
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.[2] 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.[3] 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.[1]
Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja were the defending rally winners. Their team, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, were the defending manufacturers' winners.[4] Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen were the defending winners in the WRC-2 category.[5] In the WRC-3 category, Oliver Solberg and Aaron Johnston were the reigning rally winners,[6] but they did not defend their titles as they were promoted to higher classes by Hyundai Motorsport.[7] In the junior category, Mārtiņš Sesks and Renārs Francis were the defending winners.[8]
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.[9] Andreas Mikkelsen and Ola Fløene won the World Rally Championship-2 category,[10] while Aleksey Lukyanuk and Yaroslav Fedorov won the World Rally Championship-3 category.[11] The Finnish crew of Sami Pajari and Marko Salminen was the winner in the junior class.[12]
^ ab"Itinerary Rally Estonia 2021". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
^"Croatia and Estonia named in 2021 WRC calendar". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 9 October 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
^"Five rounds named in junior WRC calendar". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 28 January 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
^"Tänak files to Estonia win despite late fright". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 6 September 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
^"Østberg takes the spoils in WRC 2". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 6 September 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
^"Solberg storms to WRC 3 glory in Estonia". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 6 September 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
^"Solberg joins Veiby in Hyundai WRC2 Squad". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
^"Sunday in Estonia: Junior success for Sesks after Virves heartbreak". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 6 September 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
^"Record-breaking Rovanperä triumphs in Estonia". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 18 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
^"WRC2: Mikkelsen reclaims winning form". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 18 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
^"Lukyanuk completes WRC3 Annihilation". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 18 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
^"Pajari bags maiden junior win". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 18 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
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Estonia
Kalle Rovanperä
Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT
Andreas Mikkelsen
Toksport WRT
Aleksey Lukyanuk