56. RallyRACC Catalunya - Costa Daurada 2021
WRC #11 • WRC2 #11 • JWRC #5 [coef 2] • WRC3 #11 • RGT Cup #5 • Peugeot Rally Cup Iberia #6 • Beca Júnior R2 RFEdA #4 • Suzuki Swift Cup (E) #7 • Suzuki Swift Júnior Cup (E) #7
14. 10. – 17. 10. 2021, Salou • Real Automóvil Club Cataluña • asphalt 280.37 km • total distance including road sections - 1413.54 km • Other years
For crew #40, Reeta Hämäläinen appears as Driver on official documents.
#1
Toyota Yaris WRC 
SP ***
SP ***
Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
RC1
Final results
4. overall
4. class RC1
4. WRC
Stage results
| 1. leg | Time | Pos. | km/h s/km |
Overall | Pos. after | |
| SS1 Vilaplana 1 (20.00 km) | 10:25.0 | 3.
3. class RC1 3. WRC |
115.2 km/h 0.41 s/km |
10:25.0 | 3.
3. class RC1 3. WRC |
|
| "There was a bit of understeer and I was a little bit cautious in sections. I have to wake up I think." | ||||||
| SS2 La Granadella 1 (21.80 km) | 11:49.1 | 3.
3. class RC1 3. WRC |
110.7 km/h 0.14 s/km |
22:14.1 | 3.
3. class RC1 3. WRC |
|
| "I tried a bit more for sure. I had a bit of a slide at the beginning that I didn't expect. For sure, someone who had a good wake-up this morning is Elfyn!" | ||||||
| SS3 Riba-roja 1 (14.21 km) | 8:32.2 | 2.
2. class RC1 2. WRC |
99.9 km/h 0.10 s/km |
30:46.3 | 3.
3. class RC1 3. WRC |
|
| "I don't know what will happen on this stage but I will try. I need to find a bit more pace for sure." | ||||||
| SS4 Vilaplana 2 (20.00 km) | 10:20.9 | 3.
3. class RC1 3. WRC |
116.0 km/h 0.17 s/km |
41:07.2 | 3.
3. class RC1 3. WRC |
|
| SS5 La Granadella 2 (21.80 km) | 11:59.3 | 4.
4. class RC1 4. WRC |
109.1 km/h 0.46 s/km |
53:06.5 | 3.
3. class RC1 3. WRC |
|
| "It's very dirty and I was not comfortable with the dirt here." | ||||||
| SS6 Riba-roja 2 (14.21 km) | 8:39.5 | 4.
4. class RC1 4. WRC |
98.5 km/h 0.09 s/km |
1:01:46.0 | 3.
3. class RC1 3. WRC |
|
| "That's the way it is. I didn't have enough confidence in the car to really push maximum. It hasn't been a really bad day, but at the same time I was always fighting a bit with the car and I didn't find the perfect rhythm." | ||||||
| 2. leg | ||||||
| SS7 Savallà 1 (14.08 km) | 7:25.9 | 4.
4. class RC1 4. WRC |
113.7 km/h 0.24 s/km |
1:09:11.9 | 3.
3. class RC1 3. WRC |
|
| "It's not that bad. The car is better now and I can trust it. I think it will be better today, so I am more happy." | ||||||
| SS8 Querol - Les Pobles 1 (19.17 km) | 10:32.5 | 4.
4. class RC1 4. WRC |
109.1 km/h 0.15 s/km |
1:19:44.4 | 3.
3. class RC1 3. WRC |
|
| SS9 El Montmell 1 (24.40 km) | 12:09.8 | 4.
4. class RC1 4. WRC |
120.4 km/h 0.26 s/km |
1:31:54.2 | 3.
3. class RC1 3. WRC |
|
| SS10 Savallà 2 (14.08 km) | 7:25.9 | 2.
2. class RC1 2. WRC |
113.7 km/h 0.10 s/km |
1:39:20.1 | 3.
3. class RC1 3. WRC |
|
| "I tried a bit harder for sure. I have a new set-up with the car and it's a little bit better." | ||||||
| SS11 Querol - Les Pobles 2 (19.17 km) | 10:30.5 | 1.
1. class RC1 1. WRC |
109.5 km/h |
1:49:50.6 | 3.
3. class RC1 3. WRC |
|
| SS12 El Montmell 2 (24.40 km) | 12:03.7 | 1.
1. class RC1 1. WRC |
121.4 km/h |
2:01:54.3 | 3.
3. class RC1 3. WRC |
|
| "Better late than never! It was a tough first half of the rally for us. We have been working a lot on the car and now I am starting to feel better. I have never changed so much on a car during a rally, but at least we have finally found better pace." | ||||||
| SS13 Salou (2.15 km) | 2:30.1 | 16.
8. class RC1 16. WRC |
51.6 km/h 3.02 s/km |
2:04:24.4 | 3.
3. class RC1 3. WRC |
|
| "The engine stalled. No idea why. I was on the clutch like normal then in a hairpin it just stalled. We know that on this kind of stage this can happen. We had a great afternoon but at least the pace is there." | ||||||
| 3. leg | ||||||
| SS14 Santa Marina 1 (9.10 km) | 5:07.2 | 4.
4. class RC1 4. WRC |
106.6 km/h 0.19 s/km |
2:09:31.6 | 4.
4. class RC1 4. WRC |
|
| "I was not really confident. I didn't see very well, so I struggled a bit in there." | ||||||
| SS15 Riudecanyes 1 (16.35 km) | 10:05.4 | 3.
3. class RC1 3. WRC |
97.2 km/h 0.07 s/km |
2:19:37.0 | 4.
4. class RC1 4. WRC |
|
| "There is not so much more I can do. I slid a bit near the end. The car is not bad and it's not over." | ||||||
| SS16 Santa Marina 2 (9.10 km) | 5:03.1 | 2.
2. class RC1 2. WRC |
108.1 km/h 0.08 s/km |
2:24:40.1 | 4.
4. class RC1 4. WRC |
|
| "We will keep on doing what we can. We had a good drive in this stage but we can see that we are missing a bit of speed anyway." | ||||||
| SS17 Riudecanyes 2[Power Stage] (16.35 km) | 10:13.8 | 4.
4. class RC1 4. WRC |
95.9 km/h 0.28 s/km |
2:34:53.9 | 4.
4. class RC1 4. WRC |
|
| "It's points for the championship. Coming here I was targeting higher, but for some reason it didn't happen. In a hard time, we still took what we needed for the championship. Monza is a rally which we did last year, so let's see what kind of [championship] lead we have tonight." | ||||||
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