Monday, 26 April 2021

2021 WRC Round 3 recap - Croatia Rally

Recap of the last round of WRC from last weekends Round 3 of Croatia Rally.

Last weekend was round three of the 2021 World Rally Championship at the Croatia Rally (22nd–25th April), that was won by Current WRC Champion Sébastien Ogier in his works Toyota Yaris WRC.


While, Elfyn Evans finished second in his works Toyota Yaris WRC. Evans was only six tenths of a second behind Ogier at the end of the rally. Meanwhile, Thierry Neuville finished third in the works Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC, Neuville was eight seconds behind Ogier at the end of the rally.

Meanwhile in WRC-2 class (Manufacturer entries competing in cars built to Group R5 specifications), that was won by TRT World Rally Team driver and Current WRC-2 Champion Mads Østberg in his Citroën C3 Rally2. Mads Østberg finished in ninth place overall, he was ten minutes behind Ogier at the end of the rally.

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

Meanwhile in Junior-WRC class (Competing in identical one-litre Ford Fiesta R2s built and maintained by M-Sport) that was won by Jon Armstrong. Jon Armstrong finished in eighteenth place overall, he was twenty-four minutes behind Ogier at the end of the rally.

Next stop, Round Four of the 2021 WRC season for Rally de Portugal in four weeks time.

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