| 2021 ACI Rally Monza | |
| Native Name: | 42. FORUM8 ACI Rally Monza 2021 |
| Round: | 12 |
| Season No: | 12 |
| Championship: | 2021 World Rally Championship |
| Previous Round: | 2021 Rally Catalunya |
| Rallybase: | Monza, Brianza |
| Start: | Gerosa, Bergamo |
| Finish: | Monza, Brianza |
| Startdate: | 18 |
| Enddate: | 21 November 2021 |
| Stages: | 16 |
| Stagekm: | 253.18 |
| Stagekm Note: | [1] |
| Transportkm: | 425.76 |
| Overallkm: | 677.62 |
| Surface: | Tarmac |
| Driver1: |  Sébastien Ogier |
| Codriver1: | Julien Ingrassia |
| Team1: |  Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT |
| Time1: | 2:39:08.6 |
| Driver2: |  Jari Huttunen |
| Codriver2: | Mikko Lukka |
| Team2: |  M-Sport Ford WRT |
| Time2: | 2:49:28.6 |
| Driver3: |  Andrea Crugnola |
| Codriver3: | Pietro Ometto |
| Time3: | 2:48:15.5 |
| Powerstage Driver: |  Thierry Neuville |
| Powerstage Codriver: | Martijn Wydaeghe |
| Powerstage Team: |  Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT |
| Powerstage Time: | 10:04.4 |
| Crewsreg: | 81 |
| Teamsstart: | 80 |
| Teamsfinish: | 67 |
The 2021 Rally Monza (also known as FORUM8 ACI Rally Monza 2021) was a motor racing event for rally cars that held over four days between 18 and 21 November 2021.[2] It marked the forty-second running of Monza Rally Show and was the twelfth and final round of the 2021 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2, World Rally Championship-3. The event was based in the famous Autodromo Nazionale di Monza circuit near Milan, where the Italian Grand Prix was held. The rally covered a total competitive distance of 253.182NaN2.[1]
Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia were the defending rally winners. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the defending manufacturers' winners.[3] Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen were the defending winners in the WRC-2 category.[4] Andreas Mikkelsen and Anders Jæger-Amland weer the defending winners in the WRC-3 category,[5] but they did not defend their title as Mikkelsen was competing in the WRC-2 category for Toksport WRT.[6]
Ogier and Ingrassia successfully defended their titles. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, successfully defended their titles. The result saw them confirm the world titles.[7] In the World Rally Championship-2 category, Jari Huttunen and Mikko Lukka won the event, while Torstein Eriksen confirmed to win the WRC-2 co-driver title.[8] In the World Rally Championship-3 category, Andrea Crugnola and Pietro Ometto won the rally. Meanwhile, Yohan Rossel and Maciej Szczepaniak took the driver's and co-driver's title in the class respectively.[9]
Reigning World Champions Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia entered the round with a seventeen-point lead over Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin. Thierry Neuville and Martijn Wydaeghe were third, a further twenty-eight points behind. In the World Rally Championship for Manufacturers, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT held a massive forty-seven-point lead over defending manufacturers' champions Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, followed by M-Sport Ford WRT.
In the World Rally Championship-2 standings, newly-crowned champion Andreas Mikkelsen led Mads Østberg in the drivers' championship, with Marco Bulacia Wilkinson in third. In the co-drivers' championship Torstein Eriksen held a twenty-two-point lead over Marcelo Der Ohannesian, with Ola Fløene in third.
In the World Rally Championship-3 standings, Yohan Rossel led Kajetan Kajetanowicz by twelve points in the drivers' championship, with Emil Lindholm in third. In the co-drivers' championship, newly-crowned champion Maciek Szczepaniak held a thirteen-six-point lead over Alexandre Coria, with Ross Whittock in third.
The following crews entered the rally. The event opened 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. Ten entries for the World Rally Championship were received, as were four in the World Rally Championship-2 and twenty-one in the World Rally Championship-3.
| 20 |  Andreas Mikkelsen | Phil Hall |  Toksport WRT | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | ||
| 21 |  Marco Bulacia Wilkinson |  Marcelo Der Ohannesian | Toksport WRT | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | ||
| 22 | Jari Huttunen | Mikko Lukka | M-Sport Ford WRT | Ford Fiesta Rally2 | ||
| 25 | Enrico Brazzoli | Maurizio Barone | Movisport | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | ||
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| 26 |  Kajetan Kajetanowicz | Maciej Szczepaniak | Kajetan Kajetanowicz | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | ||
| 27 | Yohan Rossel | Jacques-Julien Renucci | Yohan Rossel | Citroën C3 Rally2 | ||
| 28 | Chris Ingram | Ross Whittock | Chris Ingram | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | ||
| 29 |  Josh McErlean | James Fulton | Josh McErlean | Hyundai i20 N Rally2 | ||
| 30 | Mauro Miele | Luca Beltrame | Mauro Miele | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | ||
| 31 |  Grégoire Munster | Louis Louka | Grégoire Munster | Hyundai i20 N Rally2 | ||
| 32 | Giacomo Ogliari | Giacomo Ciucci | Giacomo Ogliari | Citroën C3 Rally2 | ||
| 34 | Pablo Biolghini | Marco Menchini | Pablo Biolghini | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | ||
| 35 | Andrea Crugnola | Pietro Ometto | Andrea Crugnola | Hyundai i20 N Rally2 | ||
| 36 | Stefano Albertini | Danilo Fappani | Stefano Albertini | Hyundai i20 N Rally2 | ||
| 37 | Damiano De Tommaso | Giorgia Ascalone | Damiano De Tommaso | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | ||
| 38 | Alessandro Perico | Mauro Turati | Alessandro Perico | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | ||
| 39 | Alberto Dall'Era | Edoardo Brovelli | Alberto Dall'Era | Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 | ||
| 40 | Marco Paccagnella | Mattia Orio | Marco Paccagnella | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | ||
| 41 | Frank Bird | Jack Morton | Frank Bird | Ford Fiesta Rally2 | ||
| 42 | Marco Roncoroni | Paolo Brusadelli | Marco Roncoroni | Škoda Fabia R5 | ||
| 43 | Lorenzo Bontempelli | Gianluca Marchioni | Lorenzo Bontempelli | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | ||
| 46 | Rachele Somaschini | Nicola Arena | Rachele Somaschini | Citroën C3 Rally2 | ||
| 47 | Jacopo Civelli | Massimo Moriconi | Jacopo Civelli | Škoda Fabia R5 | ||
| 48 | Patrizia Perosino | Veronica Verzoletto | Patrizia Perosino | Škoda Fabia R5 | ||
| 49 | Giancarlo Terzi | Samuele Perino | Giancarlo Terzi | Škoda Fabia R5 | ||
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| 23 | Nikolay Gryazin | Konstantin Aleksandrov | Movisport | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | ||
| 24 |  Georg Linnamäe | James Morgan | ALM Motorsport | Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 | ||
| 45 | Stéphane Lefebvre | Gilles de Turckheim | Gilles de Turckheim | Citroën C3 Rally2 | ||
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The first and second leg of action are set to take place both in stages inside the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza and in public stages north of Bergamo in the foothills of the Alps, while the third leg, including the Power Stage, will take place solely inside the circuit.
All dates and times are CEST (UTC+2).
