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Rally Estonia 2021 counts for:
2021 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2021 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2021 FIA World Rally Championship 2 (for Teams and Drivers/Co-drivers)
2021 FIA World Rally Championship 3 (for Drivers/Co-drivers)
2021 FIA Junior WRC Championship (for Drivers/Co-drivers)
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| 610th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 8 of 16 |
| Official name: | Rally Estonia |
| Edition: | 11th |
| Date: | from Thursday 15-Jul-2021 to Sunday 18-Jul-2021 |
| Rally HQ: | Tartu, Eastern Estonia; Estonia |
| Clerk of the Course: | Silver Kutt |
| Surface: | Gravel |
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| Entries: | 49 | |
| Starters: | 49 | |
| Finishers: | 38 | (77.6% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 24 | |
| Shortest: | 1.64 | km | (SS1 Tartu 1) |
| Longest: | 23.53 | km | (SS14 Peipsiaare 2) |
| Slowest: | 57.43 | km/h | (SS1 Tartu 1) |
| Fastest: | 126.72 | km/h | (SS16 Raanitsa 2) |
| Planned stage distance: | 314.16 | km | (25.2% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 314.16 | km | (25.2% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 933.77 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,247.93 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 1st win and 3rd podium for Kalle Rovanpera. |
| Second place was 4th podium for Craig Breen. |
| Third place was 48th podium for Thierry Neuville. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 66th win and 196th podium for Toyota. |
| | Second and third places were 75th to 76th podiums for Hyundai. |
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A year before Toyota had not been up to speed and now they believed they had rectified the situation. Ogier was sweeping the road and thus suffered, but young Rovanpera (pictured) had better road position and took the lead after Tanak's retirement. Impressive times and caution when needed made him youngest WRC winner by a large margin.
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Previous winner and local favourite Tanak started well but went off to a field and retired on first day. After that, it was up to part-timer Breen (pictured) to hold up team's colors which he did very well. In the final day team orders were expected to elevate Neuville to second but they never came.
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M-Sport Fords suffered from water pump issues which stopped Greensmith and forced Suninen (pictured) to slow down. Car wasn't up to speed anyway, with only little test and limited support team present at the rally due to Covid quarantines in UK.
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Related links
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Safari 2021
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Ypres 2021
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