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WRC | RD1 | MONTE CARLO RALLY 2021 | LEG4

January 24, 2021July 26, 2021 adminFIA WRC, MONTE CARLO, rallye monte carlo, WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIPS, WRC

After an overnight haul down south to Monte Carlo, 50 of the 84 Competitors remained to start the final day of the 89th Monte Carlo Rally, the opening round of the FIA World Rally Championships 2021. With just 54km over four stages to contend, it was a Toyota 1-2-3 led by 7 times World Champ Sébastien Ogier alongside Julien Ingrassia in the Co-Drivers seat heading into this final loop of action. The first stage of the morning SS12 Puget-Théniers – La Penne 1, although had no snow, the normally very…

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WRC | RD1 | MONTE CARLO RALLY 2021 | LEG 3

January 23, 2021July 26, 2021 adminFIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIPS, rallye monte carlo, WRC, WRC Monte Carlo Rally

It was another early start for the crews who now faced the typical Monte like conditions that we were expecting. The first test of the day was an 18km stage SS9 La Bréole – Selonnet 1, where parts of the stage would feel familiar from previous years. From the start, it climbed up to its highest point at about 5km in with a decent amount of snow and ice throughout; but it was at the end of the stage which was particularly bad; so it was a full set of…

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WRC | RD1 | MONTE CARLO RALLY 2021 | LEG 2

January 22, 2021July 26, 2021 adminFIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIPS, rallye monte carlo, WRC

The second day of the Monte Carlo Rally started in the darkness early Friday morning with a 19km stage: SS3 – Asperemont – Le Batie-des-Fonts. A stage which was last used in 2019, it climbs to the top of a Col where at around 12-14km into the stage a 4km surprise in the form of patches of shiny ice awaited the crews; before an interesting decent tiptoeing back down towards the finish. The temperature had risen slightly since the crews had passed over it for reconnaissance early during the week,…

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WRC | RD1 | MONTE CARLO RALLY 2021 | LEG 1

January 21, 2021July 26, 2021 adminFIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIPS, rallye monte carlo, WRC, WRC Monte Carlo Rally

It has been some 46 days from when we saw Sebastian Ogier take he’s 7th World Rally Drivers title at The Rally Monza in December last year; which brought a close to a torrid 2020 World Rally season. Since then, in the passing weeks, The FIA World Rally Championships has already faced similar challenges before a competitive wheel had even been turned. But finally, the hills (or should we say the Alpes?) are alive to the sound of horsepower once again as the Rallye Monte Carlo got underway from its…

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WRC | PREVIEW | RD1 | MONTE CARLO RALLY 2021

January 18, 2021July 26, 2021 adminMONTE CARLO, rallye monte carlo, WRC

It has been an arduous journey for all involved in the Monte Carlo Rally this year. Through a relentless and enduring few months filled with issues and challenges caused by the global COVID-19 Pandemic and for some, the added logistical issues navigating Brexit also. The Rally Monte Carlo 2021 is finally all go now following the organisers, The Automobile Club De Monaco obtaining the final nod from the Hautes-Alpes department last Friday. With its shortest route ever in the history of this world-famous and legendary event; and with the addition…