Hyundai Motorsport will aim for a strong start to its eighth season in the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC), and will defend its 2020 victory at Rallye Monte-Carlo this week (January 21-24).
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Rallye Monte-Carlo is a truly challenging event in the WRC calendar. The 2021 has a brand new itinerary to contend with, and anew tyre supplier. Crews face poor weather including ice, snow and tarmac at any point during a stage.
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ABOVE: Hyundai Motorspot – 2020 Monte Carlo
Gap will play host to the first three days of the event. After the grand opening, crews get straight down to business, with two stages in the late afternoon on Thursday. 3 new stages in the west of Gap are set for Friday. Friday is the longest section, with 127km of competition. Saturday will has three stages split by the final service in Gap. Teams then travel south to Monaco for the last day. Four stages complete the Rallye Monte-Carlo on Sunday.
Hyundai Motorsport has 3 crews: Ott Tänak/Martin Järveoja (#8), Thierry Neuville/Martijn Wydaeghe (#11), and Dani Sordo/Carlos del Barrio (#6). Neuville won the team’s 1st Monte-Carlo victory in 2020.
Weekend at a Glance
- Rallye Monte-Carlo kicks off on Thursday with an opening ceremony in Gap followed by two late afternoon stages – Saint-Didier/Corps (20.58km) and Saint-Maurice/Saint-Bonnet (20.78km)
- Friday’s action features an all-new challenge, covering almost 127km of competitive distance: two loops of Aspremont – La Bâtie-des-Fonts (19.61km) and Chalancon – Gumiane (21.62km) split by a single pass of Montauban-sur-l’Ouveze – Villebois-les-Pins (22.24km)
- There are three stages on Saturday’s itinerary: two runs of La Breole/Selonnet (18.31km) and one of Saint-Clement/Freissinieres (20.48km) before teams head south to Monaco
- The rally will come to a close on Sunday with two loops of Puget-Theniers/La Penne (12.93km) and Briançonnet/Entrevaux, the latter of which will form the 2021 Power Stage.
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