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The 2021 FIA WRC2 Championship was the ninth season of WRC2, a rallying championship for organised and governed by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile as the second-highest tier of international rallying. The category was open to cars entered by teams and complying with Rally2 regulations. The championship began in January 2021 with the Rallye Monte-Carlo and concluded in November 2021 with Rally Monza, and ran in support of the 2021 World Rally Championship.

Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen were the defending 2020 drivers' and co-drivers' champions. Toksport WRT were the defending teams' champions.

Andreas Mikkelsen was crowned 2021 drivers' champion at the penultimate round despite not competing there. As he had used different co-drivers through the season a co-driver of a different crew would therefore become co-driver champion. Torstein Eriksen, consistent co-driver of Mads Østberg, was able to retain his championship title. Movisport became the teams' champion.

Calendar

The 2021 championship was contested over twelve rounds in Europe and Africa:

Round	Start date	Finish date	Rally	Rally headquarters	Surface	Stages	Distance	Ref.
1	21 January	24 January	Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo	Gap, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur	Mixed	14	257.64 km
2	26 February	28 February	Arctic Rally Finland	Rovaniemi, Lapland	Snow	10	251.08 km
3	22 April	25 April	Croatia Rally	Zagreb	Tarmac	20	300.32 km
4	20 May	23 May	Rally de Portugal	Matosinhos, Porto	Gravel	20	337.51 km
5	3 June	6 June	Rally Italia Sardegna	Olbia, Sardinia	Gravel	20	303.10 km
6	24 June	27 June	Safari Rally Kenya	Nairobi	Gravel	18	320.19 km
7	15 July	18 July	Rally Estonia	Tartu, Tartu County	Gravel	24	314.16 km
8	13 August	15 August	Ypres Rally Belgium	Ypres, West Flanders	Tarmac	20	295.78 km
9	9 September	12 September	Acropolis Rally Greece	Lamia, Central Greece	Gravel	15	292.19 km
10	1 October	3 October	Rally Finland	Jyväskylä, Central Finland	Gravel	19	287.11 km
11	14 October	17 October	RACC Rally Catalunya de España	Salou, Catalonia	Tarmac	17	280.46 km
12	18 November	21 November	ACI Rally Monza	Monza, Lombardy	Tarmac	16	253.18 km
Sources:

The following rounds were included on the original calendar published by WRC Promoter GmbH, but were later cancelled:

Start date	Finish date	Rally	Rally headquarters	Surface	Stages	Distance	Cancellation reason	Ref.
11 February	14 February	Rally Sweden	Torsby, Värmland	Snow	19	313.81 km	COVID-19 pandemic
9 September	12 September	Rally Chile	Concepción, Biobío	Gravel	—	—	COVID-19 pandemic
19 August	22 August	Rally GB	—	—	—	—	Financial issues
11 November	14 November	Rally Japan	Nagoya, Chūbu	Tarmac	20	300.11 km	COVID-19 pandemic

Calendar changes

With the addition of Rally Chile to the calendar in 2019, the FIA opened the tender process for new events to join the championship in 2020. Three events were successful, but the championship was affected by a series of cancellations in 2019 and 2020 that necessitated changes to the 2021 calendar:

• Rally Catalunya returned to the championship. The rally was removed from the 2020 schedule as part of an event-sharing agreement that would see it removed from the calendar for one year, but was guaranteed a spot on the calendar for the next two. The rally returned to running exclusively on tarmac roads for the first time since 2009.

• Rally Chile was due to return after a one-year absence. The rally had been included on the original draft of the 2020 calendar, but was later cancelled in the face of ongoing civil unrest in the country. Organisers of the event negotiated a return to the calendar for the 2021 championship, but it was again cancelled due to continued travel and other restrictions amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Acropolis Rally replaced the rally after a seven-year absence on the calendar.
• Rally Croatia made its championship debut, replacing Rally Mexico. Croatia thus became the 34th country to host a World Rally Championship round. It was based in Zagreb, and ran on tarmac roads.
• Rally Deutschland was removed from the calendar. The event had planned to run in 2020, but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was not included on the 2021 calendar.
• The Rallies of Finland and Portugal also returned to the championship after a one-year absence. The 2020 events were cancelled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Rally GB was replaced by the Ypres Rally in Belgium. Rally GB had originally planned to move from Wales to Northern Ireland, but the event was replaced when organisers were unable to come to an agreement with the government of Northern Ireland to support the rally.
• Rally Japan was scheduled to return to the calendar for the first time since 2010, but it was ultimately called off due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The rally was also originally included on the 2020 calendar, but was also cancelled because of the pandemic. Rally Monza was confirmed to hold the season finale for the second year in a row.
• The Safari Rally was run as a World Championship event for the first time since 2002. The event was based in the Kenyan capital Nairobi and featured stages around Lake Naivasha. The event had been planned to make its return to the championship in 2020, but was cancelled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Rally Sweden was included on the first draft of the calendar with its traditional February date, but was cancelled before the start of the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Arctic Rally in northern Finland was chosen as a replacement to ensure that a winter rally was included on the calendar.

In light of the disruption caused by the pandemic in 2020 and in anticipation of further delays, the calendar included an additional six reserve rounds that could be included in the event of rallies being cancelled. These events include rallies in Turkey, Argentina and Latvia. The Ypres Rally had also been included on this reserve list before it replaced Rally GB, so as the Acropolis Rally and Rally Monza.

Entries

The following teams and crews entered 2021 WRC2:

Entrant	Car	Driver name	Co-driver name	Rounds
M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta Rally2	Adrien Fourmaux	Renaud Jamoul	1–2, 5, 7
		Martin Prokop	Michal Ernst	2, 9–10
			Viktor Chytka	4
			Zdeněk Jůrka	5–6
		Teemu Suninen	Mikko Markkula	3–4, 6, 8–9
		Tom Kristensson	David Arhusiander	3–4, 7–8, 10
		Jari Huttunen	Mikko Lukka	12
Toksport WRT	Škoda Fabia Rally2 Evo	Marco Bulacia	Marcelo Der Ohannesian	1, 3–7, 9, 12
		Andreas Mikkelsen	Ola Fløene	1–7
			Elliott Edmondson	9
			Phil Hall	12
		Eyvind Brynildsen	Veronica Engan	2
Sports & You	Citroën C3 Rally2	Eric Camilli	François-Xavier Buresi	1
			Benjamin Veillas	4
			Maxime Vilmot	11
Movisport	Škoda Fabia R5	Enrico Brazzoli	Maurizio Barone	1, 3
			Danilo Fappani	5
	Škoda Fabia Rally2 Evo		Manuel Fenoli	12
		Nikolay Gryazin	Konstantin Aleksandrov	11–12
	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5			2–5, 7–8, 10
		Esapekka Lappi	Janne Ferm	2, 4
		Teemu Suninen	Mikko Markkula	10
	Ford Fiesta Rally2	Nikolay Gryazin	Konstantin Aleksandrov	9
		Erik Cais	Jindřiška Žáková	11
Saintéloc Junior Team	Citroën C3 Rally2	Sean Johnston	Alex Kihurani	1–2, 5, 7, 9, 11
		Leonid Urlichich	Tom Woodburn	9
Hyundai Motorsport N	Hyundai i20 R5	Jari Huttunen	Mikko Lukka	2, 5, 7
		Ole Christian Veiby	Jonas Andersson	2, 4–5
		Oliver Solberg	Aaron Johnston	4, 7
		Andrea Crugnola	Pietro Ometto	5
	Hyundai i20 N Rally2	Jari Huttunen	Mikko Lukka	8, 10–11
		Oliver Solberg	Aaron Johnston	8–9
			Craig Drew	10
		Teemu Suninen	Mikko Markkula	11
ALM Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	Georg Linnamäe	Volodymyr Korsia	2, 4
			Tanel Kasesalu	5
			James Morgan	7, 10–12
	Škoda Fabia Rally2 Evo			9
TRT World Rally Team	Citroën C3 Rally2	Mads Østberg	Torstein Eriksen	3–5, 7, 9–11
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In detail

M-Sport Ford WRT entered a Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II for Adrien Fourmaux and Renaud Jamoul, the crew combining their WRC2 campaign with a drive for M-Sport's main team in the WRC. Teemu Suninen and Mikko Markkula joined the WRC2 effort in Croatia, alternating in the car with Fourmaux. Following Suninen leaving M-Sport before the Acropolis Rally, Fourmaux will leave WRC-2 as well to drive the rest of the season in the main category. A second Fiesta was entered for Martin Prokop and Michal Ernst in the Arctic Rally Finland. Ernst was replaced by Viktor Chytka in Portugal, having been originally meant to co-drive for Prokop in Lapland. Zdeněk Jůrka became Prokop's third co-driver of the season in Sardinia. Ernst is due to return to co-drive in Greece. The reigning JWRC champion Tom Kristensson joined the team in Croatia, co-driven by David Arhusiander.

Hyundai Motorsport N signed Oliver Solberg and Aaron Johnston signed for a two-year deal, the pair joining to compete alongside the crew of Ole Christian Veiby and Jonas Andersson. Veiby was however suspended from competing in the WRC for the rest of the year for breaching COVID-19 protocols in Portugal. Reigning WRC-3 champions Jari Huttunen and Mikko Lukka entered driving a third car for the team. Italian driver Andrea Crugnola was meant to drive in Sardinia with co-driver Pietro Ometto, but had to withdraw due to most of the Hyundai WRC-2 team having to quarantine following Portugal. Hyundai introduced a successor to the Hyundai i20 R5 known as the Hyundai i20 N Rally2 in Belgium. Teemu Suninen and Mikko Markkula will join Hyundai WRC-2 ranks for the penultimate round in Spain.

The reigning teams' champions Toksport WRT signed former WRC works driver Andreas Mikkelsen and 2020 WRC-3 runner-up Marco Bulacia Wilkinson, with Ola Fløene and Marcelo Der Ohannesian respectively as co-drivers. Eyvind Brynildsen and Veronica Engan replaced Bulacia Wilkinson and Der Ohannesian for the round in Lapland following the latter crew being prevented from entering the event by visa issues. Elliott Edmondson will replace Fløene as Mikkelsen's co-driver starting from the Acropolis Rally.

Italian team Movisport joined the championship, entering a Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 for Nikolay Gryazin and Konstantin Aleksandrov, who left Hyundai after 2020. The team also entered a Škoda Fabia R5 for Enrico Brazzoli and Maurizio Barone in selected events. Barone was replaced by Danilo Fappani in Sardinia. Esapekka Lappi and Janne Ferm returned to the category, driving a second Volkswagen for Movisport in Lapland and Portugal. Gryazin and Aleksandrov will switch to a Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II for the Acropolis Rally. After leaving M-Sport Teemu Suninen and Mikko Markkula will drive a Volkswagen for Movisport in Finland.

Portuguese team Sports & You entered a Citroën C3 Rally2 for the French crew of Eric Camilli and François-Xavier Buresi. Camilli was co-driven by Benjamin Veillas in Portugal.

Saintéloc Junior Team joined the championship, entering a Citroën C3 Rally2 for Sean Johnston and Alex Kihurani. The team will enter a second C3 in Greece for Canadian driver Leonid "Crazy Leo" Urlichich and British co-driver Tom Woodburn.

ALM Motorsport entered a Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 for Estonian Georg Linnamäe and Ukrainian Volodymyr Korsia. After being suspended due to breaching COVID-19 protocols, Korsia was replaced with Tanel Kasesalu for one round, before James Morgan became Linnamäe's permanent co-driver. Linnamäe will drive a Škoda Fabia Rally2 Evo in Greece.

2020 WRC-2 champion Mads Østberg entered the 2021 season in Croatia driving a Citroën C3 Rally2 for TRT World Rally Team. He was co-driven by Torstein Eriksen.

Changes

Technical regulations

Pirelli alone supplied tyres to all teams entering WRC-2 with the removal of Michelin and Yokohama as FIA approved tyre suppliers.

Sporting regulations

Competitors in the WRC-2 category were awarded Power Stage bonus points for the first time.

Results and standings

Season summary

Round	Event	Winning driver	Winning co-driver	Winning entrant	Winning time	Report	Ref.
1	Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ola Fløene	Toksport WRT	3:03:57.3	Report
2	Arctic Rally Finland	Esapekka Lappi	Janne Ferm	Movisport	2:09:56.6	Report
3	Croatia Rally	Mads Østberg	Torstein Eriksen	TRT World Rally Team	3:01:23.7	Report
4	Rally de Portugal	Esapekka Lappi	Janne Ferm	Movisport	3:48:03.4	Report
5	Rally Italia Sardegna	Jari Huttunen	Mikko Lukka	Hyundai Motorsport N	3:28:58.1	Report
6	Safari Rally Kenya	No classified finishers				Report
7	Rally Estonia	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ola Fløene	Toksport WRT	3:01:59.0	Report
8	Ypres Rally Belgium	Jari Huttunen	Mikko Lukka	Hyundai Motorsport N	2:51:32.9	Report
9	Acropolis Rally Greece	Andreas Mikkelsen	Elliott Edmondson	Toksport WRT	3:37:27.1	Report
10	Rally Finland	Teemu Suninen	Mikko Markkula	Movisport	2:29:05.8	Report
11	RACC Rally Catalunya de España	Eric Camilli	Maxime Vilmot	Sports & You	2:44:01.2	Report
12	Rally Monza	Jari Huttunen	Mikko Lukka	M-Sport Ford WRT	2:49:28.6	Report

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers in each event. Power Stage points are also awarded in the drivers' and co-drivers' championships. A team has to enter two cars to score points in an event. Drivers and teams must nominate a scoring rally when they enter the event and the best six scores from seven nominated rallies will count towards the final classification. Registered drivers are able to enter additional rallies with Priority 2 status without scoring points.

FIA WRC2 Championship for Drivers

Pos. Driver MON ARC CRO POR ITA KEN EST BEL GRC FIN ESP MNZ Drops Points 1 Andreas Mikkelsen 1 2 5 WD Ret WD 1 1 2 0 149 2 Mads Østberg 1 3 2 2 8 2 4 9 126 3 Jari Huttunen Ret 1 Ret 1 3 Ret 1 0 107 4 Marco Bulacia 4 3 6 3 WD 3 2 4 12 107 5 Teemu Suninen 2 2 WD Ret WD 1 2 0 93 6 Nikolay Gryazin 3 Ret 4 Ret 2 3 6 NC NC 0 77 7 Esapekka Lappi 1 1 0 59 8 Eric Camilli 3 8 1 0 51 9 Martin Prokop 6 7 4 Ret 5 4 0 51 10 Adrien Fourmaux 2 9 6 4 0 48 11 Enrico Brazzoli 6 4 5 3 0 48 12 Georg Linnamäe 8 WD Ret 6 4 5 6 NC 0 45 13 Sean Johnston 5 7 Ret Ret 6 5 0 35 14 Erik Cais 3 0 18 15 Tom Kristensson Ret 9 5 Ret Ret 0 13 16 Ole Christian Veiby 5 DNS WD 0 13 17 Eyvind Brynildsen 4 0 12 18 Oliver Solberg 5 Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 10 19 Leonid Urlichich 7 0 6 Pos. Driver MON ARC CRO POR ITA KEN EST BEL GRC FIN ESP MNZ Drops Points Source:

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Excluded (EX) Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Cancelled (C) Blank Withdrew entry from the event (WD) Notes:  – Power Stage position

FIA WRC2 Championship for Co-Drivers

Pos. Co-Driver MON ARC CRO POR ITA KEN EST BEL GRC FIN ESP MNZ Drops Points 1 Torstein Eriksen 1 3 2 2 8 2 4 9 126 2 Mikko Lukka Ret 1 Ret 1 3 Ret 1 0 107 3 Marcelo Der Ohannesian 4 3 6 3 WD 3 2 5 10 105 4 Ola Fløene 1 2 5 WD Ret WD 1 0 98 5 Mikko Markkula 2 2 WD Ret WD 1 2 0 93 6 Konstantin Aleksandrov 3 Ret 4 Ret 2 3 6 NC NC 0 77 7 Janne Ferm 1 1 0 59 8 James Morgan 6 4 5 6 3 0 58 9 Renaud Jamoul 2 9 6 4 0 48 10 Alex Kihurani 5 7 Ret Ret 6 5 0 35 11 Michal Ernst 6 5 4 0 31 12 Elliott Edmondson 1 0 28 13 Maxime Vilmot 1 0 27 14 Phil Hall 2 0 23 15 Maurizio Barone 6 4 0 21 16 Jindřiška Žáková 3 0 18 17 François-Xavier Buresi 3 WD 0 17 18 Zdeněk Jůrka 4 Ret 0 14 19 Manuel Fenoli 4 0 13 20 David Arhusiander Ret 9 5 Ret Ret 0 13 21 Jonas Andersson 5 DNS WD 0 13 22 Veronica Engan 4 0 12 23 Aaron Johnston 5 Ret Ret Ret 0 10 24 Danilo Fappani 5 0 10 25 Benjamin Veillas 8 0 7 26 Viktor Chytka 7 0 6 27 Tom Woodburn 7 0 6 28 Volodymyr Korsia 8 WD 0 4 Pos. Co-Driver MON ARC CRO POR ITA KEN EST BEL GRC FIN ESP MNZ Drops Points Source:

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Excluded (EX) Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Cancelled (C) Blank Withdrew entry from the event (WD) Notes:  – Power Stage position

FIA WRC2 Championship for Teams

Pos. Team MON ARC CRO POR ITA KEN EST BEL GRC FIN ESP MNZ Drops Points 1 Movisport 2 1 3 1 NC Ret NC NC 1 1 1 15 227 4 3 Ret 3 4 3 3 2 Toksport WRT 1 2 2 NC 1 WD 1 1 NC 2 25 216 3 4 4 WD Ret WD 2 2 4 3 M-Sport Ford WRT NC 5 1 2 2 Ret 3 Ret NC 3 NC 0 146 6 Ret 5 3 WD 4 Ret WD Ret 4 Hyundai Motorsport N NC 4 NC Ret 1 Ret 2 2 0 73 Ret DNS WD Ret Ret Ret Ret 5 Saintéloc Junior Team NC NC Ret Ret 3 NC 0 27 4 Pos. Team MON ARC CRO POR ITA KEN EST BEL GRC FIN ESP MNZ Drops Points Source:

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Excluded (EX) Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Cancelled (C) Blank Withdrew entry from the event (WD) Notes:  – Power Stage position

Notes

1. The rally base of the Monte Carlo Rally was located in France.
2. The Monte Carlo Rally was run on a tarmac and snow surface.
3. Rally New Zealand was successful in its bid to join the championship, but was cancelled because of the pandemic. It was not included on the 2021 calendar, but a separate, later bid from Rally Croatia was also successful.
4. Rally Catalunya had previously been run as a mixed surface rally, with the first leg of the event held on gravel roads and the final two legs on tarmac.
5. The Arctic Rally was held twice during the 2021 calendar year. The first running in January was part of the Finnish Rally Championship and the second running in February was the World Championship round.
6. ^ Nikolay Gryazin is Russian, but he competes as a neutral competitor using the designation RAF (Russian Automobile Federation), as the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld a ban on Russia competing at World Championships. The ban was implemented by the World Anti-Doping Agency in response to state-sponsored doping program of Russian athletes.
7. ^ Konstantin Aleksandrov is Russian, but he competes as a neutral competitor using the designation RAF (Russian Automobile Federation), as the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld a ban on Russia competing at World Championships. The ban was implemented by the World Anti-Doping Agency in response to state-sponsored doping program of Russian athletes.

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External links

• Official website (in English, French, and Spanish)
• FIA WRC2 2021 at eWRC-results.com

• 2021 World Rally Championship season
• 2021 in rallying