The 2021 FIA WRC3 Championship was the eighth season of WRC3, a rallying championship organised and governed by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile as the third-highest tier of international rallying. It was open to privately entered cars complying with Group Rally2 regulations.[1] [2] The championship began in January 2021 with the Rallye Monte-Carlo and concluded in November 2021 with Rally Monza, running in support of the 2021 World Rally Championship.
Yohan Rossel won the driver's championship, while Maciek Szczepaniak took the co-driver's title.[3]
The 2020 WRC3 driver and co-driver champions Jari Huttunen and Mikko Lukka did not defend their titles in 2021 due to progression to WRC2.[4] Frenchman Yohan Rossel took the driver's title at the final round but due to his employing multiple co-drivers through the season, the co-driver title went to Maciek Szczepaniak, regular co-driver to Kajetan Kajetanowicz.
The 2021 WRC3 season was the last to use Group Rally2 cars. From 2022 the championship would use only Group Rally3 cars.
The following crews have entered, or will enter, the 2021 World Championship-3:
Entrant | Car | Driver name | Co-driver name | Rounds | ||
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DG Sport Compétition | Citroën C3 Rally2 | Nicolas Ciamin | Yannick Roche | 1, 3–5 | ||
Davy Vanneste | Kris D'Alleine | 1, 8 | ||||
Kris Princen | Peter Kaspers | 8 | ||||
Saintéloc Junior Team | Yohan Rossel | Benoît Fulcrand | 1 | |||
Alexandre Coria | 3–5, 8–9 | |||||
Jacques-Julien Renucci | 12 | |||||
Armin Kremer | Ella Kremer | 11 | ||||
G. Car Sport Racing | Giacomo Ogliari | Lorenzo Granai | 1 | |||
Giacomo Ciucci | 12 | |||||
CHL Sport Auto | Yoann Bonato | Benjamin Boulloud | 1 | |||
TRT World Rally Team | Michał Sołowow | Maciek Baran | 2 | |||
Alberto Heller | Marc Martí | 4–5, 9 | ||||
Ioannis Plagos | Alkiviadis Rentis | 9 | ||||
Citroën Vodafone Team | José Pedro Fontes | Inês Ponte | 4 | |||
Jan Solans | Rodrigo Sanjuan | 4–5, 11 | ||||
André Villas-Boas | Gonçalo Magalhães | 4 | ||||
F.P.F. Sport | Rachele Somaschini | Nicola Arena | 12 | |||
Roustemis Motorsport | Citroën DS3 R5 | Panagiotis Roustemis | Konstantios Nikolopoulos | 9 | ||
Calm Competició | Škoda Fabia Rally2 Evo | Miguel Díaz-Aboitiz | Diego Sanjuan | 1–2, 7, 9–11 | ||
Metior Sport | Cédric De Cecco | Jérôme Humblet | 1, 3, 8 | |||
Keane Motorsport | Johannes Keferböck | Ilka Minor | 1, 3 | |||
TGS Worldwide | Teemu Asunmaa | Marko Salminen | 2, 10 | |||
Emil Lindholm | Mikael Korhonen | 2 | ||||
Reeta Hämäläinen | 10 | |||||
Mikko Heikkilä | Topi Luhtinen | 2, 7, 10–11 | ||||
EKS JC | Mattias Ekström | Emil Bergkvist | 2 | |||
nowrap | Albert von Thurn und Taxis | Bernhard Ettel | 2 | |||
Tehase Auto | Gregor Jeets | Andrus Toom | 2, 4 | |||
Raul Jeets | 7, 10 | |||||
Printsport | Ville Ruokanen | Timo Pallari | 2 | |||
Toksport World Rally Team | Fabrizio Zaldivar | Carlos del Barrio | 2–5, 7, 9, 11 | |||
Emil Lindholm | Mikael Korhonen | 3 | ||||
Reeta Hämäläinen | 4–5, 7, 9 | |||||
11 | ||||||
Emilio Fernández | Rubén Garcia | 4–5, 7, 9 | ||||
Chris Ingram | Ross Whittock | 9, 11–12 | ||||
Neil Simpson | Michael Gibson | 11 | ||||
Dominik Stříteský | Jiří Hovorka | 11 | ||||
Sports Racing Technologies | Vladas Jurkevičius | nowrap | Aisvydas Paliukėnas | 2, 7 | ||
Alexey Lukyanuk | Yaroslav Fedorov | 7 | ||||
SXM Compétition | Chris Ingram | Ross Whittock | 3–5 | |||
Sébastien Bedoret | François Gilbert | 8 | ||||
Lotos Rally Team | Kajetan Kajetanowicz | Maciek Szczepaniak | 3–5, 7, 9, 11–12 | |||
Dream One Racing | Mauro Miele | Luca Beltrame | 3, 11–12 | |||
The Racing Factory | Armindo Araújo | Luís Ramalho | 4 | |||
ARC Sport | Ricardo Teodósio | José Teixeira | 4 | |||
Miguel Correia | António Costa | 4 | ||||
Race Seven | Pepe López | Diego Vallejo | 4–5 | |||
Borja Odriozola | 7–8, 10 | |||||
Borja Rozada | 11 | |||||
Delta Rally | Alberto Battistolli | Simone Scattolin | 5 | |||
Maurizio Morato | Enrico Gallinaro | 5 | ||||
Damiano De Tommaso | Giorgia Ascalone | 12 | ||||
Icepol Racing Team | Ghislain de Mevius | Johan Jalet | 8 | |||
Racing Technology | Adrian Fernémont | Samuel Maillen | 8 | |||
BMA Autosport | Pieter Jan Michiel Cracco | Jasper Vermeulen | 8 | |||
On Sale Rally Team | Georgios Kechagias | Marios Tsaousoglou | 9 | |||
Topp-Cars Rally Team | Vasileios Velanis | Ioannis Velanis | 9 | |||
MS Munaretto | Pablo Biolghini | Marco Menchini | 12 | |||
PA Racing | Alessandro Perico | Mauro Turati | 12 | |||
Lorenzo Bontempelli | Gianluca Marchioni | 12 | ||||
H-Sport | Marco Paccagnella | Mattia Orio | 12 | |||
Delta Rally | Škoda Fabia R5 | nowrap | Fabrizio Arengi | nowrap | Massimiliano Bosi | 1, 9 |
Metior Sport | Cédric Cherain | Stéphane Prévot | 1 | |||
Harry Bouillon | Gregory Antoine | 8 | ||||
Dream One Racing | Mauro Miele | Luca Beltrame | 1–2, 5 | |||
TGS Worldwide | Eerik Pietarinen | Antti Linnaketo | 2 | |||
Marko Viitanen | Tapio Suominen | 2 | ||||
Printsport | Pekka Keski-Korsu | Markus Silfvast | 2 | |||
Tuomas Skantz | Kari Kallio | 2 | ||||
Jussi Keskiniva | Mikko Kaikkonen | 2 | ||||
Lars Stugemo | Kalle Lexe | 2 | ||||
Juuso Metsälä | Matti Kangas | 10 | ||||
Lauri Joona | Mikael Korhonen | 10 | ||||
Koivisto Racing | Ari-Pekka Koivisto | Jussi Kärpijoki | 2 | |||
Hołowczyc Racing | Adrian Chwietczuk | Jarosław Baran | 2 | |||
SXM Compétition | Sébastien Bedoret | Thomas Walbrecq | 3 | |||
Filip Pyck | Peter Dehouck | 8 | ||||
Spyridon Galerakis | Konstantinos Souloukis | 9 | ||||
BS Motorsport | Bernardo Sousa | Victor Calado | 4 | |||
ARC Sport | Paulo Neto | Vítor Hugo | 4 | |||
Sports & You | Diogo Salvi | Jorge Carvalho | 4 | |||
The Racing Factory | João Fernando Ramos | José Janela | 4 | |||
MS Munaretto | Pablo Biolghini | Stefano Pudda | 5 | |||
Arrow Rally Team | Aakif Virani | Azhar Bhatti | 6 | |||
BMA Autosport | Kevin Hommes | Marco Hommes | 8 | |||
Kurt Dujardyn | Jeannick Breyne | 8 | ||||
Motorsport Italia | Paulo Nobre | Gabriel Morales | 9–10 | |||
Esko Reiner Motorsport | Jari Huuhka | Jarno Metso | 10 | |||
Balbosca Rally Team | Marco Roncoroni | Paolo Brusadelli | 12 | |||
Pavel Group Corse | Jacopo Civelli | Massimo Moriconi | 12 | |||
PA Racing | Patrizia Perosino | Veronica Verzoletto | 12 | |||
Roger Tuning | Giancarlo Terzi | Samuele Perino | 12 | |||
Dom Buckley Motorsport | Ford Fiesta Rally2 | Tom Williams | Giorgia Ascalone | 1 | ||
Frank Bird | Jack Morton | 12 | ||||
ZM Racing Team | Hermann Neubauer | Bernhard Ettel | 1, 3 | |||
Kevin Raith | Gerald Winter | 3 | ||||
STARD | Hiroki Arai | Jürgen Heigl | 3 | |||
Drift Company Rally Team | Niki Mayr-Melnhof | Poldi Welsersheimb | 3–4 | |||
M-Sport Ford World Rally Team | Daniel Chwist | Kamil Heller | 6 | |||
Sebastian Perez | Gary McElhinney | 11 | ||||
OT Racing | Priit Koik | Kristo Tamm | 7 | |||
Fast Time Engineering | Bernd Casier | Pieter Vyncke | 8 | |||
TM Compétition | Maxime Potty | Loïc Dumont | 8 | |||
Hadik Rallye Team | Panagiotis Chatzitsopanis | Nikos Petropoulos | 9 | |||
AK Plamtex Sport | Ford Fiesta R5 | Aleš Zrinski | Rok Vidmar | 3 | ||
Karan Patel Racing | Karan Patel | Tauseef Khan | 6 | |||
Kristoffersson Motorsport | Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 | Johan Kristoffersson | Patrik Barth | 2 | ||
Kaur Motorsport | Egon Kaur | Silver Simm | 2, 4–5, 7, 10 | |||
Printsport | Rakan Al-Rashed | Hugo Magalhães | 2, 7 | |||
Eerik Pietarinen | Antti Linnaketo | 10 | ||||
Racing 4 You | Pedro Meireles | Mário Castro | 4< | -- entered but withdrew --> | ||
BRR Baumschlager Rallye & Racing Team | Armin Kremer | Ella Kremer | 5 | |||
Kabras Sugar Racing | Onkar Rai | Drew Sturrock | 6 | |||
Tejveer Rai | Gareth Dawe | 6 | ||||
Minti Motorsport | Carl Tundo | Tim Jessop | 6 | |||
Pieter Tsjoen Racing | Pieter Tsjoen | Eddy Chevaillier | 8 | |||
Godrive Racing | Vincent Verschueren | Filip Cuvelier | 8 | |||
Petrolina Racing Team | Alex Tsouloftas | Stelios Elia | 9 | |||
PA Racing | Alberto Dall'era | Edoardo Brovelli | 12 | |||
Team Hyundai Portugal | Hyundai i20 R5 | Bruno Magalhães | Carlos Magalhães | 4 | ||
Motorsport Ireland Rallly Academy | Josh McErlean | Keaton Williams | 4 | |||
James Fulton | 8, 11 | |||||
TAIF Motorsport | Radik Shaymiev | Maxim Tsvetkov | 7 | |||
Hyundai Motorsport N | Grégoire Munster | Louis Louka | 8 | |||
Riku Tahko | Markus Soininen | 10 | ||||
Martin Vlček | Karolína Jugasová | 10 | ||||
Rally Technology | Daniel Chwist | Kamil Heller | 9 | |||
Hyundai Motorsport N | Hyundai i20 N Rally2 | Lambros Athanassoulas | Nikolaos Zakchaios | 9 | ||
Grégoire Munster | Louis Louka | 12 | ||||
Andrea Crugnola | Pietro Ometto | 12 | ||||
Stefano Albertini | Danilo Fappani | 12 | ||||
Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy | Josh McErlean | James Fulton | 12 | |||
Sources:[5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] | ||||||
Pirelli will become the WRC's sole tyre supplier following the removal of Michelin and Yokohama from the approved tyre supplier list. Under the terms of the agreement, Pirelli will supply tyres to all crews entering in four-wheel drive cars.[17]
Competitors in the WRC3 category will be awarded Power Stage bonus points for the first time.[18]
Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers in each event. There were also five bonus points awarded to the winners of the Power Stage, four points for second place, three for third, two for fourth and one for fifth.[18] [30] Crews were only allowed to enter a maximum of 7 events with the 5 best results scoring points in the championship.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | |
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Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Notes: 1 2 3 4 5 – Power Stage position italics – Non-scoring result |
| Notes: 1 2 3 4 5 – Power Stage position (res) – Result is non scoring |