Thierry Neuville - Martijn Wydaeghe - Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo 2021

89. Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo 2021

WRC #1 • WRC 2 #1 • WRC 3 #1 • RGT Cup #1

21. 1. – 24. 1. 2021, Gap - Monaco • Automobile Club de Monaco • asphalt - snow 279.88 km - (cancelled 22.24 km) • total distance including road sections - 1392.88 km • Other years

Stage results

#11

Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC

ALZ WR 42

Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT

RC1

Final results

3. overall

3. class RC1

3. WRC

Stage results

1. leg	Time	Pos.	km/h	s/km	Overall	Pos. after
SS1 Saint-Disdier - Corps (20.58 km)	12:09.6	5. 5. class RC1 5. WRC	101.5	0.19	12:09.6	5. 5. class RC1 5. WRC
"It's a strange feeling to be honest Martijn did a good job for his first stage in a WRC car. I did an okay stage and had a good feeling - the conditions are still slippery and it's quite tricky."
SS2 Saint-Maurice - Saint-Bonnet (20.78 km)	12:23.9	4. 4. class RC1 4. WRC	100.6	0.58	24:33.5	4. 4. class RC1 4. WRC
2. leg
SS3 Aspremont - La Bâtie-des-Fonts 1 (19.61 km)	14:08.2	4. 4. class RC1 4. WRC	83.2	0.37	38:41.7	5. 5. class RC1 5. WRC
"It was okay. Obviously I had a different tyre choice, but I wasn't able to take the maximum from it. The road is very dirty and I could have done more, but we are progressing."
SS4 Chalancon - Gumiane 1 (21.62 km)	14:05.1	5. 5. class RC1 5. WRC	92.1	1.31	52:46.8	5. 5. class RC1 5. WRC
"We have a different tyre strategy and I have a snow tyre on the car. The road is getting very dirty for the cars behind, but I did the maximum I could with the tyre I have."
SS5 Montauban-sur-l'Ouvèze - Villebois-les-Pins 1 (22.24 km)	14:03.8	5. 5. class RC1 5. WRC	94.9	1.26	1:06:50.6	5. 5. class RC1 5. WRC
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"First of all, I have a snow tyre on the car. Also, in stage four, my gravel crew wasn't able to do the stage as they had an incident on the road section which meant I had no pace note corrections. I was really struggling on the snow tyre in here and we had a spin towards the end."
SS6 Aspremont - La Bâtie-des-Fonts 2 (19.61 km)	13:42.2	3. 3. class RC1 3. WRC	85.9	0.49	1:20:32.8	4. 4. class RC1 4. WRC
"There was a lot of rain in the stage. The car and tyres were working fine and we made some changes in the service. We did a nice stage and made a bit more rhythm than this morning - also Martijn has done a good stage. It was more enjoyable than this morning."
SS7 Chalancon - Gumiane 2 (21.62 km)	14:23.8	5. 5. class RC1 5. WRC	90.1	0.65	1:34:56.6	5. 5. class RC1 5. WRC
"That was a really nice stage for us. Martijn did an incredible job and I was more confident as well. It will be tricky for us to catch back the time we lost this morning, but I tried to have a clean stage and it worked quite well."
3. leg
SS9 La Bréole - Selonnet 1 (18.31 km)	13:58.4	8. 7. class RC1 8. WRC	78.6	2.30	1:48:55.0	4. 4. class RC1 4. WRC
"We just went straight on at a corner, but we didn't lose a lot of time. A difficult stage, we had to find a rhythm and it didn't work all the way along."
SS10 Saint-Clément - Freissinières (20.48 km)	16:28.3	1. 1. class RC1 1. WRC	74.6		2:05:23.3	4. 4. class RC1 4. WRC
"We did a better stage - a much better rhythm in the car. I don't feel comfortable to be honest and I am hesitating too much."
SS11 La Bréole - Selonnet 2 (18.31 km)	12:12.4	4. 4. class RC1 4. WRC	90.0	0.73	2:17:35.7	4. 4. class RC1 4. WRC
"It was okay. Another tricky day, but we are constantly improving in the car. It wasn't a big attack but we had a nice rhythm to the stage. I didn't take any risks."
4. leg
SS12 Puget-Théniers - La Penne 1 (12.93 km)	8:48.3	2. 2. class RC1 2. WRC	88.1	0.05	2:26:29.0 0:05	3. 3. class RC1 3. WRC
		Penalty 0:05 - Stewards decision
"Really tricky - a lot of ice, even in places where it was humid. I did a good stage but there were no risks in there, so I don't know if it's enough."
SS13 Briançonnet - Entrevaux 1 (14.31 km)	11:29.6	1. 1. class RC1 1. WRC	74.7		2:37:58.6 0:05	3. 3. class RC1 3. WRC
"I tried to avoid all the cuts in this one - we don't want to get a puncture. We're looking forward to finishing the rally like this."
SS14 Puget-Théniers - La Penne 2 (12.93 km)	8:47.2	3. 3. class RC1 3. WRC	88.3	0.36	2:46:45.8 0:05	3. 3. class RC1 3. WRC
"We are trying to save the tyres for the last stage to bring back the result for the team."
SS15 Briançonnet - Entrevaux 2 [Power Stage] (14.31 km)	11:01.4	4. 4. class RC1 4. WRC	77.9	0.36	2:57:47.2 0:05	3. 3. class RC1 3. WRC
"Very pleased to be at the end of the rally. We knew it would be a real challenge and I didn't know what to expect. Martijn has done a really good job for his first time in a WRC car. Good points for the team, even if it wasn't the greatest weekend for Hyundai."