Monday, 7 June 2021

2021 WRC Round 5 recap - Rally d'Italia Sardegna

Recap of the last round of WRC from this weekends Round Five of Rally d'Italia Sardegna.

Last weekends was the fifth round of the World Rally Championship at the Rally d'Italia Sardegna (3rd-6th June), 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 forty-six seconds behind Ogier at the end of the rally. Meanwhile, Thierry Neuville finished third in the works Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC, Neuville was sixty-five 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 Hyundai Motorsport N driver Jari Huttunen in his Hyundai i20 R5. Jari Huttunen finished in fifth place overall, he was nine 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 Yohan Rossel in his own backed Citroën C3 Rally2. Yohan Rossel finished in seventh place overall, he was eleven minutes behind Ogier at the end of the rally.

Next stop, Round Six of the 2021 WRC season for Safari Rally Kenya in three weeks time.

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