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Croatia Rally 2021 counts for:
2021 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2021 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2021 FIA World Rally Championship 2 (for Teams and Drivers/Co-drivers)
2021 FIA World Rally Championship 3 (for Drivers/Co-drivers)
2021 FIA Junior WRC Championship (for Drivers/Co-drivers)
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| 606th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 4 of 16 |
| Official name: | Croatia Rally |
| Edition: | 48th |
| Date: | from Sunday 25-Apr-2021 to Sunday 25-Apr-2021 |
| Rally HQ: | Zagreb; Croatia |
| Clerk of the Course: | Slaven Dedic |
| Surface: | Tarmac |
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| Entries: | 68 | |
| Starters: | 65 | |
| Finishers: | 55 | (84.6% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 20 | |
| Shortest: | 6.94 | km | (SS1 Rude - Plesivica 1) |
| Longest: | 25.20 | km | (SS19 Bliznec - Pila 2) |
| Slowest: | 92.40 | km/h | (SS5 Rude - Plesivica 2) |
| Fastest: | 120.43 | km/h | (SS15 Krasic - Vrskovac 2) |
| Planned stage distance: | 300.32 | km | (23.6% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 300.32 | km | (23.6% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 970.57 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,270.89 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 51st win and 86th podium for Sebastien Ogier. |
| Second place was 14th podium for Elfyn Evans. |
| Third place was 46th podium for Thierry Neuville. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 62nd win and 1-2 win were 188th to 189th podiums for Toyota. |
| | Third place was 71st podium for Hyundai. |
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Ogier started the rally with puncture on first stage and again on SS13. Despite these, he steadily reduced Neuville's advantage and took lead. On final day, he was involved in an traffic accident and Evans went ahead. But with PS win, he reclaimed lead and victory.
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Neuville took early lead which he held despite spin on SS5. On second day, his tyre choice was not optimal and he promptly lost the lead which he then tried to regain, but in vain. On power stage, he overshot a junction and thus couldn't score full bonus points.
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M-Sport fielded new star Adrien Fourmaux (pictured) alongside regular driver Greensmith. Fourmaux settled in quickly, being instantly faster of the two and occasionally showed very good speed to finish fifth overall.
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