| 2021 Rally Finland | |
| Native Name: | Secto Rally Finland 2021 |
| Round: | 10 |
| Season No: | 12 |
| Championship: | 2021 World Rally Championship |
| Previous Round: | 2021 Acropolis Rally |
| Next Round: | 2021 Rally Catalunya |
| Rallybase: | Jyväskylä, Central Finland |
| Start: | Jyväskylä, Central Finland |
| Finish: | Ruuhimäki, Toivakka |
| Startdate: | 1 |
| Enddate: | 3 October 2021 |
| Stages: | 19 |
| Stagekm: | 287.11 |
| Stagekm Note: | [1] |
| Transportkm: | 772.12 |
| Overallkm: | 1,059.23 |
| Surface: | Gravel |
| Driver1: |  Elfyn Evans |
| Codriver1: | Scott Martin |
| Team1: |  Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT |
| Time1: | 2:19:13.7 |
| Driver2: |  Teemu Suninen |
| Codriver2: | Mikko Markkula |
| Team2: |  Movisport |
| Time2: | 2:29:05.8 |
| Driver3: | Emil Lindholm |
| Codriver3: | Reeta Hämäläinen |
| Time3: | 2:30:06.5 |
| Powerstage Driver: | Elfyn Evans |
| Powerstage Codriver: | Scott Martin |
| Powerstage Team: | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT |
| Powerstage Time: | 5:18.9 |
| Crewsreg: | 43 |
| Teamsstart: | 43 |
| Teamsfinish: | 37 |
The 2021 Rally Finland (also known as the Secto Rally Finland 2021) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over three days between 1 and 3 October 2021.[2] It marked the seventieth running of the Rally Finland. The event was the tenth round of the 2021 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The 2021 event was based in Jyväskylä in Central Finland and was contested over nineteen special stages totalling 287.112NaN2 in competitive distance.[1]
Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja were the defending rally winners. The team they drove for in, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the defending manufacturers' winners.[3] Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen were the defending winners in the WRC-2 category,[4] but they did not defend their titles, as they were promoted to the top class by Toyota.[5] In the WRC-3 category, Tom Kristensson and Henrik Appelskog were the reigning rally winners,[4] but they did not defend their titles neither, as Kristensson was promoted to the WRC-2 class by M-Sport Ford World Rally Team.[6]
Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin won the rally for the first time and their second of their season. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, successfully defended their titles.[7] In the World Rally Championship-2 category, Teemu Suninen and Mikko Markkula won the event.[8] The local crew of Emil Lindholm and Reeta Hämäläinen took their maiden victory in the World Rally Championship-3 category.[9]
Reigning World Champions Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia entered the round with a forty-four-point lead over Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin. Thierry Neuville and Martijn Wydaeghe were third, a further six points behind. In the World Rally Championship for Manufacturers, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT held a massive fifty-seven-point lead over defending manufacturers' champions Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, followed by M-Sport Ford WRT.
In the World Rally Championship-2 standings, Andreas Mikkelsen led Marco Bulacia Wilkinson by twenty-two points in the drivers' championship, with Mads Østberg in third. In the co-drivers' championship Marcelo Der Ohannesian held a six-point lead over Ola Fløene, with Torstein Eriksen in third.
In the World Rally Championship-3 standings, Yohan Rossel led Kajetan Kajetanowicz by fifteen points in the drivers' championship, with Nicolas Ciamin in third. In the co-drivers' championship Maciek Szczepaniak held a thirteen-point lead over Alexandre Coria, with Yannick Roche in third.
The following crews entered the rally. The event was open to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, its support categories, the World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3, and privateer entries that were not registered to score points in any championship. Nine entries for the World Rally Championship are received, as were eight in the World Rally Championship-2 and fourteen in the World Rally Championship-3.
| 20 |  Mads Østberg | Torstein Eriksen |  TRT World Rally Team | Citroën C3 Rally2 | ||
| 21 | Jari Huttunen | Mikko Lukka |  Hyundai Motorsport N | Hyundai i20 N Rally2 | ||
| 22 | Nikolay Gryazin | Konstantin Aleksandrov | Movisport | Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 | ||
| 23 | Teemu Suninen | Mikko Markkula | Movisport | Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 | ||
| 24 |  Martin Prokop | Michal Ernst | M-Sport Ford WRT | Ford Fiesta Rally2 | ||
| 25 |  Tom Kristensson | David Arhusiander | M-Sport Ford WRT | Ford Fiesta Rally2 | ||
| 26 |  Georg Linnamäe | James Morgan | ALM Motorsport | Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 | ||
| 27 | Oliver Solberg | Craig Drew | Hyundai Motorsport N | Hyundai i20 N Rally2 | ||
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| 28 |  Pepe López | Borja Odriozola | Pepe López | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | ||
| 29 | Egon Kaur | Silver Simm | Kaur Motorsport | Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 | ||
| 30 | Mikko Heikkilä | Topi Luhtinen | Mikko Heikkilä | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | ||
| 31 | Teemu Asunmaa | Marko Salminen | Teemu Asunmaa | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | ||
| 32 | Emil Lindholm | Reeta Hämäläinen | Emil Lindholm | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | ||
| 34 | Eerik Pietarinen | Antti Linnaketo | Eerik Pietarinen | Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 | ||
| 35 | Raul Jeets | Andrus Toom | Raul Jeets | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | ||
| 36 | Miguel Díaz-Aboitiz | Diego Sanjuan de Eusebio | Miguel Díaz-Aboitiz | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | ||
| 37 | Riku Tahko | Markus Soininen | Riku Tahko | Hyundai i20 R5 | ||
| 38 | Juuso Metsälä | Matti Kangas | Juuso Metsälä | Škoda Fabia R5 | ||
| 39 | Lauri Joona | Mikael Korhonen | Lauri Joona | Škoda Fabia R5 | ||
| 40 | Martin Vlček | Karolína Jugasová | Martin Vlček | Hyundai i20 R5 | ||
| 41 | Jari Huuhka | Jarno Metso | Jari Huuhka | Škoda Fabia R5 | ||
| 43 |  Paulo Nobre | Gabriel Morales | Paulo Nobre | Škoda Fabia R5 | ||
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| 45 | Jani Paasonen | Arto Kapanen | Team Capitalbox | Ford Fiesta R5 | ||
| 46 |  Molly Taylor | Sebastian Marshall |  M-Sport Poland | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | ||
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All dates and times are EEST (UTC+3).
