Tuesday 8 December 2020

2020 WRC Round 7 recap - Rally Monza, Sébastien Ogier 2020 World Rally Champion! Hyundai 2020 WRC Manufacturers Champions! Mads Østberg 2020 WRC-2 Champion! Jari Huttunen 2020 WRC-3 Champion! Tom Kristensson 2020 J-WRC Champion! Champion!

Recap of the last round of WRC from this weekends Round Seven of Rally Monza.

Last weekends was the seventh round of the World Rally Championship at the Rally Monza (3rd–6th December), and was won by that was won by Sebastien Ogier in his works Toyota Yaris WRC.

It was enough to give Sébastien Ogier the 2020 WRC title, contracts to Sébastien Ogier and co-driver Julien Ingrassia for winning their seventh WRC drivers title and becoming the second WRC driver to achieve seven WRC drivers' championships.



While, outgoing WRC champion Ott Tänak finished second in his works Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC, Tänak was fourteen seconds behind Ogier at the end. Meanwhile, Dani Sordo finished third in his works Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC, Sordo was fifteen seconds behind Ogier at the end of the rally.

With the double podium finish that was enough for Hyundai retain the manufacturers' champions for another season for Hyunadi's second WRC Manufacturers title, congrats to Hyunadi for winnings this years title.



Meanwhile in WRC-2 class (Manufacturer entries competing in cars built to Group R5 specifications), that was won by PH-Sport driver Mads Østberg in his Citroën C3 R5. Mads Østberg finished in ninth place overall, he was over five minutes behind Ogier at the end of the rally. That was enough to give Mads Østberg the 2020 WRC-2 championship in his Citroën C3 R5; contracts to Mads Østberg and co-driver Torstein Eriksen for winning this years WRC-2 championship.



While in WRC-3 class (Open to privately-entered cars; Group R5, R4, Super 2000 and Group N4 spec cars), that was won by Andreas Mikkelsen in his own backed Škoda Fabia R5 Evo. Andreas Mikkelsen finished in sixth place overall, he was under four minutes behind Ogier at the end of the rally.

Meanwhile Jari Huttunen finished eighth place in his own backed Hyundai i20 R5. Jari Huttunen was five minutes behind Ogier at the end of the rally. With that result, Jari Huttunen was enough to clinched the WRC3 Championship this season in his own backed Hyundai i20 R5, contracts to Jari Huttunen and co-driver Mikko Lukka for winning this years WRC3 championship.



Meanwhile in Junior-WRC class (Competing in identical one-litre Ford Fiesta R2s built and maintained by M-Sport) that was won by Tom Kristensson. Tom Kristensson finished in twenty-seventh place overall, he was twenty minutes behind Ogier at the end of the rally. That was enough to give Tom Kristensson the 2020 J-WRC Championship this season, contracts to Tom Kristensson and co-driver Joakim Sjöberg for winning the J-WRC championship.



And so this years champions, WRC champions: Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia, WRC Manufacturers' Champions: Hyunadi. WRC-2 Pro Champions: Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen, WRC-3 Champions: Jari Huttunen and Mikko Lukka. And J-WRC Champions: Tom Kristensson and Joakim Sjöberg.

Contractions to the Champions this season.

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