Tuesday, 19 October 2021

2021 WRC Round 11 recap - Rally Catalunya de España, Andreas Mikkelsen 2021 WRC-2 Champion!, Sami Pajari 2021 J-WRC Champion!

Recap of the last round of WRC from last weekends Round Eleven of Rally Catalunya de España.

Last weekends was the eleventh round of the World Rally Championship at Rally Catalunya de España (14th-17th October) that was won by Thierry Neuville in his works Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC.



While, Elfyn Evans finished second in his works Toyota Yaris WRC, Evans was twenty-four seconds behind Neuville at the end. Meanwhile, Dani Sordo finished third in his works Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC, Sordo was thirty-five seconds behind Neuville 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 Sports and You driver Eric Camilli in his Citroën C3 Rally2. Eric Camilli finished in ninth place overall, he was ten minutes behind Neuville at the end of the rally.

Despite not appearing in the rally, that was enough to give Andreas Mikkelsen the 2021 WRC-2 Championship with a round to spare in his Škoda Fabia Rally2 Evo for Toksport WRT; contracts to Andreas Mikkelsen and co-drivers Ola Fløene and Elliott Edmondson 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 Emil Lindholm in his own backed Škoda Fabia Rally2 Evo. Emil Lindholm finished in twelfth place overall, he was ten and half minutes behind Neuville 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 Sami Pajari. Sami Pajari finished in twenty-eighth place overall, he was twenty-four minutes behind Neuville at the end of the rally. That was enough to give Sami Pajari the 2021 J-WRC Championship this season, contracts to Sami Pajari and co-driver Marko Salminen for winning the J-WRC championship.



Next stop, Round Twelve and the final round of the 2021 WRC season for Rally Monza in five weeks time.

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