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Monte Carlo 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)
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| 604th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 1 of 16 |
| Official name: | Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo |
| Edition: | 89th |
| Date: | from Thursday 21-Jan-2021 to Sunday 24-Jan-2021 |
| Rally HQ: | Monte Carlo; Monaco |
| Clerk of the Course: | Alain Pallanca |
| Surface: | Tarmac/snow |
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| Entries: | 84 | |
| Starters: | 79 | |
| Finishers: | 62 | (78.5% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 14 | |
| Shortest: | 12.93 | km | (SS12 Puget-Theniers - La Penne 1) |
| Longest: | 22.24 | km | (SS5 Montauban-sur-l'Ouveze - Villebois-les-Pins) |
| Slowest: | 74.60 | km/h | (SS10 St. Clement - Freissinieres) |
| Fastest: | 102.22 | km/h | (SS2 St. Maurice - St. Bonnet) |
| Planned stage distance: | 257.64 | km | (18.5% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 257.64 | km | (18.5% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 1,135.24 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,392.88 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 50th win and 85th podium for Sebastien Ogier. |
| Second place was 13th podium for Elfyn Evans. |
| Third place was 44th podium for Thierry Neuville. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 61st win and 1-2 win were 185th to 186th podiums for Toyota. |
| | Third place was 68th podium for Hyundai. |
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Initially Ogier had a brake problem which forced him to be careful. On second day he picked up speed, gaining second from Evans and then lead from Rovanpera after Finn was hit with a penalty. Unfortunate puncture on SS6 saw him lose that lead, which he retook on next day and kept it until the end.
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Neuville started with new co-driver and practically no time to familiarize. His start was understandably cautious, suffering a spin and later an overshoot, but by SS10 he was settled in and made a cracking stage time and closing on Rovanpera. On final day he made past and secured third overall.
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M-Sport Fords were unsure of the start related to new COVID variant found in United Kingdom. Suninen started off very fast but he went off before reaching end of first stage. After that, it was up to Greensmith (pictured) to carry team's flag. He finished 8th, a minute behind fastest WRC2 car.
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