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ACI Rally Monza 2020 counts for:
2020 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2020 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2020 FIA World Rally Championship 2 (for Teams and Drivers/Co-drivers)
2020 FIA World Rally Championship 3 (for Drivers/Co-drivers)
2020 FIA Junior WRC Championship (for Drivers/Co-drivers)
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| 603rd WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 17 of 17 |
| Official name: | ACI Rally Monza |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Date: | from Thursday 3-Dec-2020 to Sunday 6-Dec-2020 |
| Rally HQ: | Monza, Lombardy; Italy |
| Clerk of the Course: | Lucio de Mori |
| Surface: | Tarmac |
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| Entries: | 95 | |
| Starters: | 91 | |
| Finishers: | 71 | (78.0% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 16 | |
| Shortest: | 4.33 | km | (SS1 Sottozero the Monza Legacy) |
| Longest: | 25.06 | km | (SS10 Selvino 2) |
| Slowest: | 73.70 | km/h | (SS1 Sottozero the Monza Legacy) |
| Fastest: | 111.73 | km/h | (SS14 PZero Grand Prix 3) |
| Planned stage distance: | 241.14 | km | (51.7% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 193.91 | km | (41.6% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 272.76 | km |
| Total distance: | 466.67 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 49th win and 84th podium for Sebastien Ogier. |
| Second place was 30th podium for Ott Tanak. |
| Third place was 48th podium for Daniel Sordo Castillo. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 60th win and 184th podium for Toyota. |
| | Second and third places were 66th to 67th podiums for Hyundai. |
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Elfyn Evans started the rally with 14 point lead and intent on driving a safe rally to win his maiden title. He was on course for third overall when on mountain roads he crashed out, allowing rally winner Ogier (pictured) to claim the title.
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At Hyundai, experienced tarmac driver Sordo was initially fastest, even leading for several occasions and winning five stages. Without any stage wins, Tanak (pictured) inched closer and closer until passing his team mate for second overall in final day.
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M-Sport looked forward to wet and cold, low grip tarmac as an possible equalizer between teams. Esapekka Lappi, in his final rally for the team, deployed snow tyres for maximum effect on slushy circuit stages and held lead for a while.
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Related links
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