| 2020 Rally Italia Sardegna | |
| Native Name: | 17. Rally Italia Sardegna 2020 |
| Round: | 6 |
| Season No: | 7 |
| Championship: | 2020 World Rally Championship |
| Previous Round: | 2020 Rally Turkey |
| Next Round: | 2020 Rally Monza |
| Rallybase: | Alghero, Sardinia |
| Start: | Olbia, Sassari |
| Finish: | Sassari, Sassari |
| Startdate: | 8 |
| Enddate: | 11 October 2020 |
| Stages: | 16 |
| Stagekm: | 238.84 |
| Stagekm Note: | [1] |
| Transportkm: | 960.31 |
| Overallkm: | 1,199.15 |
| Surface: | Gravel |
| Driver1: |  Dani Sordo |
| Codriver1: | Carlos del Barrio |
| Team1: |  Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT |
| Time1: | 2:41:37.5 |
| Driver2: |  Pontus Tidemand |
| Codriver2: | Patrik Barth |
| Team2: |  Toksport WRT |
| Time2: | 2:51:58.4 |
| Driver3: |  Jari Huttunen |
| Codriver3: | Mikko Lukka |
| Time3: | 2:50:19.2 |
| Driverj: | Tom Kristensson |
| Codriverj: | Joakim Sjöberg |
| Teamj: | Tom Kristensson Motorsport |
| Timej: | 3:07:49.1 |
| Powerstage Driver: |  Ott Tänak |
| Powerstage Codriver: | Martin Järveoja |
| Powerstage Team: | Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT |
| Powerstage Time: | 4:45.7 |
| Crewsreg: | 64 |
| Teamsstart: | 62 |
| Teamsfinish: | 50 |
The 2020 Rally Italia Sardegna (also known as the Rally Italia Sardegna 2020) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was scheduled to be held over four days between 4 and 7 June 2020,[2] but had to be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] The event was reset to hold between 8 and 11 October 2020 following the cancellation of 2020 Rallye Deutschland.[4] It marked the seventeenth running of Rally Italia Sardegna and was the seventh round of the 2020 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. It was also set to be the third round of the Junior World Rally Championship.[5] The 2020 event was based in Alghero in Sardinia and consisted of sixteen special stages. The rally covered a total competitive distance of 238.842NaN2.[1]
Dani Sordo and Carlos del Barrio were the defending rally winners. Their team, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, were the manufacturers' winners.[6] Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen were the defending winners in the World Rally Championship-2 category,[7] but they would not defend their titles as they were promoted to the higher class.[8] In the World Rally Championship-3 category, Pierre-Louis Loubet and Vincent Landais were the reigning rally winners,[7] but they would not defend their titles neither as they were promoted to the sport's top category. Jan Solans and Mauro Barreiro were the defending winners in the Junior World Rally Championship.[9]
Sordo and del Barrio successfully defended their titles, winning their third career victory. Their team, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, were the manufacturers' winners.[10] Pontus Tidemand and Patrick Barth were the winners in the WRC-2 category.[11] Jari Huttunen and Mikko Lukka were the winners in the WRC-3 category.[12] Tom Kristensson and Henrik Appelskog won the junior class.[13]
Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin entered the round with an eighteen-point lead over six-time world champions Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia. Reigning world champions Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja were third, a further nine points behind. In the World Rally Championship for Manufacturers, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT held a nine-point lead over defending manufacturers' champions Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, following by M-Sport Ford WRT.
In the World Rally Championship-2 standings, Pontus Tidemand and Patrick Barth held a five-point lead ahead of Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen in the drivers' and co-drivers' standings respectively, with Adrien Fourmaux and Renaud Jamoul in third. In the manufacturer' championship, Toksport WRT led M-Sport Ford WRT by nineteen points. Hyundai Motorsport N sat in third, a slender four points behind.
In the World Rally Championship-3 standings, Marco Bulacia Wilkinson led Jari Huttunen by twelve points in the drivers' standing, with Kajetan Kajetanowicz in third. The co-drivers' standing was led by Mikko Lukka. Maciek Szczepaniak and Aaron Johnston held second and third respectively.
In the junior championship, Mārtiņš Sesks and Renars Francis led Sami Pajari and Marko Salminen by eight points. Tom Kristensson and Joakim Sjöberg were third, eleven points further back. In the Nations' championships, Latvia held a thirteen-point lead over Finland, with Estonia in third.
The following crews entered into the rally. The event was open to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, its support categories, the World Rally Championship-2, World Rally Championship-3, and Junior World Rally Championship and privateer entries that were not registered to score points in any championship. Sixty-four entries were received, with thirteen crews entered in World Rally Cars, six Group R5 cars entered in the World Rally Championship-2 and fifteen in the World Rally Championship-3. A further eight crews were entered in the Junior World Rally Championship in Ford Fiesta R2s.
| No. | Driver | Co-Driver | Entrant | Car | Tyre | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Rally Championship entries | |||||||
| 3 | Teemu Suninen | nowrap | Jarmo Lehtinen |  M-Sport Ford WRT | Ford Fiesta WRC | ||
| 4 | Esapekka Lappi | Janne Ferm | M-Sport Ford WRT | Ford Fiesta WRC | |||
| 6 | Dani Sordo | Carlos del Barrio | Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | |||
| 7 |  Pierre-Louis Loubet | Vincent Landais | Hyundai 2C Competition | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | |||
| 8 | Ott Tänak | Martin Järveoja | Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | |||
| 11 |  Thierry Neuville | Nicolas Gilsoul | Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | |||
| 17 | Sébastien Ogier | Julien Ingrassia | nowrap |  Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | Toyota Yaris WRC | ||
| 18 | nowrap | Takamoto Katsuta | Daniel Barritt | nowrap | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | Toyota Yaris WRC | |
| 21 |  Petter Solberg | Andreas Mikkelsen | Saintéloc Junior Team | Citroën C3 WRC | |||
| 22 |  Martin Prokop | Zdeněk Jůrka | MP-Sports | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | |||
| 33 | Elfyn Evans | nowrap | Scott Martin | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | Toyota Yaris WRC | ||
| 44 | Gus Greensmith | nowrap | Elliott Edmondson | M-Sport Ford WRT | Ford Fiesta WRC | ||
| 69 | Kalle Rovanperä | nowrap | Jonne Halttunen | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | Toyota Yaris WRC | ||
| World Rally Championship-2 entries | |||||||
| 23 | Pontus Tidemand | Patrik Barth | Toksport WRT | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | |||
| 24 | Mads Østberg | Torstein Eriksen | PH-Sport | Citroën C3 R5 | |||
| 25 | Adrien Fourmaux | Renaud Jamoul | M-Sport Ford WRT | Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II | |||
| 26 |  Nikolay Gryazin | Konstantin Aleksandrov | Hyundai Motorsport N | Hyundai NG i20 R5 | |||
| 27 | nowrap | Ole Christian Veiby | nowrap | Jonas Andersson | Hyundai Motorsport N | Hyundai NG i20 R5 | |
| 28 | Eyvind Brynildsen |  Ilka Minor | Toksport WRT | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | |||
| World Rally Championship-3 entries | |||||||
| 29 |  Marco Bulacia Wilkinson |  Marcelo Der Ohannesian | Marco Bulacia Wilkinson | Citroën C3 R5 | |||
| 30 | Jari Huttunen | Mikko Lukka | Jari Huttunen | Hyundai NG i20 R5 | |||
| 31 |  Kajetan Kajetanowicz | Maciej Szczepaniak | Kajetan Kajetanowicz | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | |||
| 32 | Oliver Solberg |  Aaron Johnston | Oliver Solberg | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | |||
| 34 | Nicolas Ciamin | Yannick Roche | Nicolas Ciamin | Citroën C3 R5 | |||
| 35 | Eric Camilli | François-Xavier Buresi | Eric Camilli | Citroën C3 R5 | |||
| 36 |  Emilio Fernández | Ruben Garcia | Emilio Fernández | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | |||
| 37 | Yohan Rossel | Benoît Fulcrand | PH-Sport | Citroën C3 R5 | |||
| 38 | Alberto Heller | Marc Martí | Alberto Heller | Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II | |||
| 39 | Jan Solans | Mauro Barreiro | Jan Solans | Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II | |||
| 40 |  Umberto Scandola | Guido D'Amore | Umberto Scandola | Hyundai NG i20 R5 | |||
| 41 | "Pedro" | Emmanuele Baldaccini | "Pedro" | Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II | |||
| 42 |  Sean Johnston | Alexander Kihurani | Saintéloc Junior Team | Citroën C3 R5 | |||
| 45 | Alberto Battistolli | Simone Scattolin | Alberto Battistolli | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | |||
| 46 | Luciano Cobbe | Fabio Turco | Luciano Cobbe | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | |||
| Junior World Rally Championship entries | |||||||
| 47 | Mārtiņš Sesks | Renars Francis | LMT Autosporta Akadēmija | Ford Fiesta R2 | |||
| 48 | Sami Pajari | Marko Salminen | Team Flying Finn | Ford Fiesta R2 | |||
| 49 | Tom Kristensson | Joakim Sjöberg | Tom Kristensson Motorsport | Ford Fiesta R2 | |||
| 50 | Ruairi Bell | Darren Garrod | Ruairi Bell | Ford Fiesta R2 | |||
| 51 |  Fabrizio Zaldívar | Fernando Mussano | Fabrizio Zaldívar | Ford Fiesta R2 | |||
| 52 | Marco Pollara | Maurizio Messina | Marco Pollara | Ford Fiesta R2 | |||
| 53 | Enrico Oldrati | Elia De Guio | Enrico Oldrati | Ford Fiesta R2 | |||
| 54 | Fabio Andolfi | Stefano Savoia | Fabio Andolfi | Ford Fiesta R2 | |||
| Other Major Entries | |||||||
| 43 |  Ulysses Bertholdo | Gabriel Morales | Motorsport Italia | Škoda Fabia R5 | |||
| 56 | Armin Kremer | Ella Kremer | Armin Kremer | Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 | |||
| Source:[14] | |||||||
All dates and times are CEST (UTC+2).