57. Renties Ypres Rally Belgium 2021
WRC #8 • WRC2 #8 • JWRC #4 • WRC3 #8 • RGT Cup #4 • Belgium #3 • Belgium Junior #3 • Clio Trophy Belgium #2
13. 8. – 15. 8. 2021, Ypres • Superstage • asphalt 295.78 km - (cancelled 9.45 km) • total distance including road sections - 951.89 km • Other years
#1
Toyota Yaris WRC 
SP ***
SP ***
Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
RC1
Final results
5. overall
5. class RC1
5. WRC
Stage results
| 1. leg | Time | Pos. | km/h s/km |
Overall | Pos. after | |
| SS1 Reninge - Vleteren 1 (15.00 km) | 7:57.0 | 6.
6. class RC1 6. WRC |
113.2 km/h 0.53 s/km |
7:57.0 | 6.
6. class RC1 6. WRC |
|
| "Not a very clean stage for us. A couple of small mistakes, and it's very slippery already. Not easy." | ||||||
| SS2 Westouter - Boeschepe 1 (19.60 km) | 10:46.0 | 6.
6. class RC1 6. WRC |
109.2 km/h 0.55 s/km |
18:43.0 | 6.
6. class RC1 6. WRC |
|
| "A more clean drive, but the grip is very, very low. A lot of dust on the road, so I really struggled to go faster." | ||||||
| SS3 Kemmelberg 1 (23.62 km) | 11:51.9 | 6.
6. class RC1 6. WRC |
119.4 km/h 0.52 s/km |
30:34.9 | 6.
6. class RC1 6. WRC |
|
| puncture | ||||||
| "Not to long, only 2 kilometres. It's a lottery." | ||||||
| SS4 Zonnebeke 1 (9.45 km) | 4:37.6 | 5.
5. class RC1 5. WRC |
122.6 km/h 0.38 s/km |
35:12.5 | 6.
6. class RC1 6. WRC |
|
| "It hasn't been a very beautiful start for us. I didn't expect to suffer that much being first on the road, but it’s very, very low grip and I struggled to go fast. We have to try and find some solution." | ||||||
| SS5 Reninge - Vleteren 2 (15.00 km) | 7:53.7 | 6.
6. class RC1 6. WRC |
114.0 km/h 0.31 s/km |
43:06.2 | 6.
6. class RC1 6. WRC |
|
| "We are trying things. The grip is definitely better for me and in general I see the dust is going away. I have to get the feeling, so let's see what we can do." | ||||||
| SS6 Westouter - Boeschepe 2 (19.60 km) | 10:29.6 | 3.
3. class RC1 3. WRC |
112.1 km/h 0.13 s/km |
53:35.8 | 6.
6. class RC1 6. WRC |
|
| SS7 Kemmelberg 2 (23.62 km) | 11:30.6 | 2.
2. class RC1 2. WRC |
123.1 km/h 0.08 s/km |
1:05:06.4 | 6.
6. class RC1 6. WRC |
|
| "In some places, it's shiny in the road, and you have very low sun. It's okay and it was not disturbing me too much. The grip for me the whole afternoon feels higher, so I hope we can keep improving." | ||||||
| SS8 Zonnebeke 2 (9.45 km) | cancelled | |||||
| 2. leg | ||||||
| SS9 Hollebeke 1 (25.86 km) | 13:35.7 | 5.
5. class RC1 5. WRC |
114.1 km/h 0.19 s/km |
1:18:42.1 | 5.
5. class RC1 5. WRC |
|
| "The only thing I can do is try. The feeling was not too bad. Unfortunately Loubet is in a ditch already - I would like to have had more cars in front because we know how much we struggled yesterday." | ||||||
| SS10 Dikkebus 1 (12.49 km) |
6:25.6 [N] |
3.
3. class RC1 3. WRC |
116.6 km/h 0.14 s/km |
1:25:07.7 | 5.
5. class RC1 5. WRC |
|
| SS11 Watou 1 (13.62 km) | 6:44.0 | 4.
4. class RC1 4. WRC |
121.4 km/h 0.15 s/km |
1:31:51.7 | 5.
5. class RC1 5. WRC |
|
| "It's been a difficult start to this one for me. We had cold tyres after waiting for a few minutes and the start and it's very fast." | ||||||
| SS12 Mesen - Middelhoek 1 (7.99 km) | 4:29.0 | 6.
6. class RC1 6. WRC |
106.9 km/h 0.65 s/km |
1:36:20.7 | 5.
5. class RC1 5. WRC |
|
| "Not too bad, but still missing a little bit. Not a great start position for me, and we missed one stage also. We will have to see what we can do this afternoon." | ||||||
| SS13 Hollebeke 2 (25.86 km) | 13:23.7 | 1.
1. class RC1 1. WRC |
115.8 km/h |
1:49:44.4 | 5.
5. class RC1 5. WRC |
|
| "I tried to drive well. This morning I was not happy with my pace, but now the road conditions are better, and I had a good stage. Let's see what happens." | ||||||
| SS14 Dikkebus 2 (12.49 km) | 6:20.5 | 2.
2. class RC1 2. WRC |
118.2 km/h 0.11 s/km |
1:56:04.9 | 5.
5. class RC1 5. WRC |
|
| "I keep the same. For sure, the conditions are better than the morning. This one I am not so sure what the time is going to be." | ||||||
| SS15 Watou 2 (13.62 km) | 6:37.1 | 1.
1. class RC1 1. WRC |
123.5 km/h |
2:02:42.0 | 4.
4. class RC1 4. WRC |
|
| "It's okay. I think the afternoon loop is going well. When I have grip, I enjoy much more!" | ||||||
| SS16 Mesen - Middelhoek 2 (7.99 km) | 4:23.5 | 4.
4. class RC1 4. WRC |
109.2 km/h 0.29 s/km |
2:07:05.5 | 5.
5. class RC1 5. WRC |
|
| "I am pleased. It's just frustrating to see we lose so much on the first pass. The grip is so low on the first pass that I can not do anything. When I have a bit of grip on the second pass I enjoy it much more." | ||||||
| 3. leg | ||||||
| SS17 Stavelot 1 (9.05 km) | 5:14.4 | 8.
8. class RC1 8. WRC |
103.6 km/h 0.91 s/km |
2:12:19.9 | 5.
5. class RC1 5. WRC |
|
| "A lot of time lost. There was a section which was much narrower in recce. They resurfaced it and made it wider, so it was hard to estimate. I went slightly wide." | ||||||
| SS18 Francorchamps 1 (11.21 km) | 7:02.3 | 5.
5. class RC1 5. WRC |
95.6 km/h 0.48 s/km |
2:19:22.2 | 5.
5. class RC1 5. WRC |
|
| "We will see. Unfortunately, I had a puncture on the first one, and now we have to focus on the power stage. It's a special place - of course on the track it's a bit slow with this kind of car, but it's nice to be here." | ||||||
| SS19 Stavelot 2 (9.05 km) | 5:07.5 | 5.
5. class RC1 5. WRC |
106.0 km/h 0.39 s/km |
2:24:29.7 | 5.
5. class RC1 5. WRC |
|
| "For sure we have to try and finish this rally well. It was not such an easy weekend so far." | ||||||
| SS20 Francorchamps 2[Power Stage] (11.21 km) | 6:50.3 | 2.
2. class RC1 2. WRC |
98.4 km/h 0.18 s/km |
2:31:20.0 | 5.
5. class RC1 5. WRC |
|
| "I don't know if it's work that we need to plan. For sure, we have been quite unlucky with the conditions of the roads and I didn't expect it to be so tough. The set-up was not the best at the start of the rally, but we came away from here with some more points which is good." | ||||||
