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. 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.
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. 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.
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Entries The following crews have entered, or will enter, the 2021 World Championship-3: Entrant Car Driver name Co-driver name Rounds 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 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 García 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 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 Fabrizio Arengi 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 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 12Sources:
Changes Technical regulations 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.
Sporting regulations Competitors in the WRC3 category will be awarded Power Stage bonus points for the first time.
Results and standings Season summary RoundEventWinning driverWinning co-driverWinning entrantWinning timeReportRef.1 Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo Yohan Rossel Benoît Fulcrand Saintéloc Junior Team3:08:25.8Report2 Arctic Rally Finland Teemu Asunmaa Marko Salminen TGS Worldwide2:11:55.3Report3 Croatia Rally Kajetan Kajetanowicz Maciek Szczepaniak Lotos Rally Team3:03:23.8Report4 Rally de Portugal Kajetan Kajetanowicz Maciek Szczepaniak Lotos Rally Team3:52:49.7Report5 Rally Italia Sardegna Yohan Rossel Alexandre Coria Saintéloc Junior Team3:30:04.1Report6 Safari Rally Kenya Onkar Rai Drew Sturrock Kabras Sugar Racing3:47:37.7Report7 Rally Estonia Alexey Lukyanuk Yaroslav Fedorov Sports Racing Technologies3:01:45.2Report8 Ypres Rally Belgium Yohan Rossel Alexandre Coria Saintéloc Junior Team2:42:39.1Report9 Acropolis Rally Greece Kajetan Kajetanowicz Maciek Szczepaniak Lotos Rally Team3:39:48.2Report10 Rally Finland Emil Lindholm Reeta Hämäläinen TGS Worldwide2:30:06.5Report11 RACC Rally Catalunya de España Reeta Hämäläinen Emil Lindholm Toksport WRT2:44:31.9Report12 Rally Monza Andrea Crugnola Pietro Ometto Hyundai Motorsport N 2:48:15.5Report
Scoring system 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. Crews were only allowed to enter a maximum of 7 events with the 5 best results scoring points in the championship.
Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10thPoints251815121086421
FIA WRC3 Championship for Drivers DriverMONARCCROPORITAKENESTBELGRCFINESPMNZDropsPoints 1 Yohan Rossel1331221312DSQ21 20 130 2 Kajetan Kajetanowicz1313822112133 26 127 3 Emil LindholmRet24101RetRet3213 0 73 4 Chris Ingram5534Ret234384 0 70 5 Nicolas Ciamin3142456 0 57 6 Pepe LópezRet2442WD42Ret 0 52 7 Mikko Heikkilä3352510 0 51 8 Fabrizio Zaldívar1366471946 4 47 9 Josh McErlean553465 0 46 10 Egon Kaur21Ret12110361 0 45 11 Onkar Rai11 0 30 12 Reeta Hämäläinen12 0 29 13 Andrea Crugnola12 0 29 14 Teemu Asunmaa13Ret 0 28 15 Alexey Lukyanuk1 0 25 16 Yoann Bonato22 0 22 17 Karan Patel24 0 20 18 Grégoire Munster914 0 19 19 Pieter Jan Michiel Cracco2 0 18 20 Carl Tundo33 0 18 21 Vincent Verschueren34 0 17 22 Lauri Joona34 0 17 23 Armin Kremer755 0 17 24 Jan SolansRet35Ret 0 16 25 Daniel Chwist42 0 16 26 Raul Jeets57 0 16 27 Emilio Fernández13584 0 16 28 Cédric De Cecco55Ret85 0 16 29 Hermann Neubauer44Ret 0 14 30 Sébastien Bedoret104 0 13 31 Eerik Pietarinen45Ret 0 13 32 Giorgos Kehagias4 0 12 33 Mattias Ekström54 0 12 34 Johannes Keferböck77 0 12 35 Mauro MieleRet2189711 0 12 36 Aakif Virani55 0 11 37 Roustemis Panagiotis5 0 10 38 Riku Tahko5 0 10 39 Damiano De Tommaso5 0 10 40 Ghislain de Mevius73 0 9 41 Gregor Jeets611 0 8 42 Davy Vanneste614 0 8 43 Vladas Jurkevičius186 0 8 44 Bernd Casier6 0 8 45 Vasileios Velanis6 0 8 46 Paulo Nobre710 0 7 47 Pekka Keski-Korsu7 0 6 48 Armindo Araújo7 0 6 49 Alessandro Perico7 0 6 50 Johan Kristoffersson102 0 5 51 Alberto Heller8Ret 0 4 52 Giacomo Ogliari814 0 4 53 Tuomas Skantz8 0 4 54 Ioannis Plagos8 0 4 55 Martin Vlček8 0 4 56 Neil Simpson8 0 4 57 Miguel Díaz-Aboitiz112091112Ret 0 2 58 Cédric Cherain9 0 2 59 Michał Sołowow9 0 2 60 Kevin Raith9 0 2 61 Paulo Neto9 0 2 62 Jari Huuhka9 0 2 63 Sebastian Perez9 0 2 64 Alberto Dall'Era9 0 2 65 Tom Williams10 0 1 66 Pablo Biolghini1015 0 1 67 Kris Princen10 0 1 68 Panagiotis Hatzitsopanis10 0 1 69 Marco Roncoroni10 0 1 70 Lambros Athanassoulas125 0 1DriverMONARCCROPORITAKENESTBELGRCFINESPMNZDropsPointsSource:Notes:1 2 3 4 5 – Power Stage positionitalics – Non-scoring result
FIA WRC3 Championship for Co-Drivers