| 2020 ACI Rally Monza | |
| Native Name: | 41. ACI Rally Monza 2020 |
| Round: | 7 |
| Season No: | 7 |
| Championship: | 2020 World Rally Championship |
| Previous Round: | 2020 Rally Italia Sardegna |
| Rallybase: | Monza, Brianza |
| Start: | Monza, Brianza |
| Finish: | Monza, Brianza |
| Startdate: | 3 |
| Enddate: | 6 December 2020 |
| Stages: | 16 |
| Stagekm: | 239.20 |
| Stagekm Note: | [1] |
| Transportkm: | 272.84 |
| Overallkm: | 512.04 |
| Surface: | Tarmac |
| Driver1: |  Sébastien Ogier |
| Codriver1: | Julien Ingrassia |
| Team1: |  Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT |
| Time1: | 2:15:51.0 |
| Driver2: |  Mads Østberg |
| Codriver2: | Torstein Eriksen |
| Team2: | PH-Sport |
| Time2: | 2:21:18.4 |
| Driver3: | Andreas Mikkelsen |
| Codriver3: | Anders Jæger-Amland |
| Time3: | 2:19:47.2 |
| Driverj: |  Tom Kristensson |
| Codriverj: | Joakim Sjöberg |
| Teamj: | Tom Kristensson Motorsport |
| Timej: | 2:35:21.4 |
| Powerstage Driver: | Takamoto Katsuta |
| Powerstage Codriver: |  Daniel Barritt |
| Powerstage Team: | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT |
| Powerstage Time: | 11:05.5 |
| Cancel1: | SS10 |
| Reason1: | a road-blocked crash |
| Cancel2: | SS12 |
| Reason2: | heavy snow |
| Crewsreg: | 95 |
| Teamsstart: | 91 |
| Teamsfinish: | 71 |
The 2020 Rally Monza (also known as ACI Rally Monza 2020) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was scheduled to hold between 3 and 6 December 2020.[2] It marked the forty-first running of Monza Rally Show and was the final round of the 2020 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2, World Rally Championship-3. It was also the final round of the Junior World Rally Championship.[3] The event was based in the famous Autodromo Nazionale di Monza circuit near Milan, where the Italian Grand Prix is held. The rally covered a total competitive distance of 239.22NaN2.[1]
Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia won the rally. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the manufacturers' rally winners.[4] Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen were the winners in the WRC-2 category.[5] Andreas Mikkelsen and Anders Jæger-Amland winners in the WRC-3 category.[6] Tom Kristensson and Henrik Appelskog won the junior class.[7]
Ogier and Ingrassia won their seventh world titles, while Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT secured their second consecutive manufacturers' titles.[4] Østberg and Eriksen won the WRC-2 championship, while Toksport WRT claimed the teams' titles.[5] Jari Huttunen and Mikko Lukka became WRC-3 crowned champions.[6] Kristensson and Appelskog sealed junior world titles.[7]
Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin entered the round with a fourteen-point lead over six-time world champions Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia. Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul are third, a further ten points behind. In the World Rally Championship for Manufacturers, defending manufacturers' champions Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT held a seven-point lead over Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, following by M-Sport Ford WRT.
In the World Rally Championship-2 standings, Pontus Tidemand and Patrick Barth held an eighteen-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 Hyundai Motorsport N by forty-five points. M-Sport Ford WRT sit in third, a further fourteen points behind.
In the World Rally Championship-3 standings, Marco Bulacia Wilkinson led Jari Huttunen by two points in the drivers' standing, with Kajetan Kajetanowicz in third. The co-drivers' standing was led by Mikko Lukka. Maciek Szczepaniak and Marcelo Der Ohannesian hold second and third respectively.
In the Junior championship, Mārtiņš Sesks and Renars Francis led Tom Kristensson and Joakim Sjöberg by eight points. Sami Pajari and Marko Salminen were third, four points further back. In the Nations' championships, Latvia held an eight-point lead over Sweden, with Finland in third.
See also: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on motorsport. The event was included in the 2020 World Rally Championship as the final round of the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8]
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. Ninety-five entries were received, with eleven crews entered World Rally Cars, four Group R5 cars entered in the World Rally Championship-2 and thirteen in the World Rally Championship-3. A further six crews entered in the Junior World Rally Championship in Ford Fiesta R2s.
The first and last day of action, including the Power Stage, followed Monza Rally Show to take place in stages inside the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, while the second leg was focused on public stages north of Bergamo in the foothills of the Alps.[2]
All dates and times were CEST (UTC+2).
Marcelo Der Ohannesian
Umberto Scandola
Fabrizio Zaldívar
