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. 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. 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 .
Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia won the rally. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the manufacturers' rally winners. Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen were the winners in the WRC-2 category. Andreas Mikkelsen and Anders Jæger-Amland winners in the WRC-3 category. Tom Kristensson and Henrik Appelskog won the junior class.
Ogier and Ingrassia won their seventh world titles, while Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT secured their second consecutive manufacturers' titles. Østberg and Eriksen won the WRC-2 championship, while Toksport WRT claimed the teams' titles. Jari Huttunen and Mikko Lukka became WRC-3 crowned champions. Kristensson and Appelskog sealed junior world titles.
Background Championship standings prior to the event 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.
Schedule changes and event inclusion
The event was included in the 2020 World Rally Championship as the final round of the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Entry list 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.
No. Driver Co-Driver Entrant Car Tyre World Rally Championship entries 3 Teemu Suninen 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 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 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota Yaris WRC 18 Takamoto Katsuta Daniel Barritt Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota Yaris WRC 33 Elfyn Evans Scott Martin Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota Yaris WRC 44 Gus Greensmith Elliott Edmondson M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Fiesta WRC 69 Kalle Rovanperä Jonne Halttunen Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota Yaris WRC 96 Ole Christian Veiby Jonas Andersson Hyundai 2C Competition Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC World Rally Championship-2 entries 20 Pontus Tidemand Patrik Barth Toksport WRT Škoda Fabia R5 Evo 21 Mads Østberg Torstein Eriksen PH-Sport Citroën C3 R5 22 Adrien Fourmaux Renaud Jamoul M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II 23 Jan Kopecký Jan Hloušek Toksport WRT Škoda Fabia R5 Evo World Rally Championship-3 entries 24 Marco Bulacia Wilkinson Marcelo Der Ohannesian Marco Bulacia Wilkinson Citroën C3 R5 25 Jari Huttunen Mikko Lukka Jari Huttunen Hyundai NG i20 R5 26 Kajetan Kajetanowicz Maciej Szczepaniak Kajetan Kajetanowicz Škoda Fabia R5 Evo 27 Oliver Solberg Aaron Johnston Oliver Solberg Škoda Fabia R5 Evo 28 Emil Lindholm Mikael Korhonen Emil Lindholm Škoda Fabia R5 Evo 29 Umberto Scandola Guido D'Amore Umberto Scandola Hyundai NG i20 R5 30 Yohan Rossel Benoît Fulcrand PH-Sport Citroën C3 R5 31 Grégoire Munster Louis Louka Grégoire Munster Hyundai NG i20 R5 32 Enrico Brazzoli Maurizio Barone Enrico Brazzoli Škoda Fabia R5 Evo 34 Andreas Mikkelsen Anders Jæger-Amland Andreas Mikkelsen Škoda Fabia R5 Evo 35 Cédric De Cecco Jérôme Humblet Cédric De Cecco Škoda Fabia R5 36 Josh McErlean Keaton Williams Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy Hyundai i20 R5 37 Giacomo Ogliari Giacomo Ciucci Giacomo Ogliari Citroën C3 R5 Junior World Rally Championship entries 38 Mārtiņš Sesks Renars Francis LMT Autosporta Akadēmija Ford Fiesta R2 39 Tom Kristensson Joakim Sjöberg Tom Kristensson Motorsport Ford Fiesta R2 40 Sami Pajari Marko Salminen Team Flying Finn Ford Fiesta R2 41 Fabrizio Zaldívar Rogelio Peñate Fabrizio Zaldívar Ford Fiesta R2 42 Ruairi Bell Darren Garrod Ruairi Bell Ford Fiesta R2 43 Fabio Andolfi Stefano Savoia Fabio Andolfi Ford Fiesta R2 Other Major Entries 54 Matteo Gamba Nicola Arena Matteo Gamba Škoda Fabia R5 Evo 55 Kevin Abbring Pieter Tsjoen Kevin Abbring Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 56 Stéphane Lefebvre Thomas Dubois D-Max Suisse Citroën C3 R5 57 Stéphane Richelmi Romain Haut-Labourdette Stéphane Richelmi Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 58 Niclas Grönholm Antti Linnaketo Niclas Grönholm Škoda Fabia R5 Evo 59 Giacomo Scattolon Giovanni Bernacchini Giacomo Scattolon Škoda Fabia R5 Evo 66 Franco Morbidelli Simone Scattolin Franco Morbidelli Hyundai NG i20 R5 72 Nikos Pavlidis Allan Harryman Step Racing Škoda Fabia R5 Evo 77 Tom Williams Giorgia Ascalone Tom Williams Ford Fiesta R5 78 Maro Engel Ilka Minor Toksport WRT Škoda Fabia R5 Evo 79 Maxime Potty Loïc Dumont Maxime Potty Škoda Fabia R5 91 Pierre Ragues Julien Pesenti Pierre Ragues Alpine A110 Rally 105 Carlo Covi Michela Lorigiola Carlo Covi Peugeot 208 R2 Source:
Route 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.
Itinerary
All dates and times were CEST (UTC+2). Date Time No. Stage name Distance 3 December 10:01 — Monza Circuit [Shakedown] 4.00 km Leg 1 — 73.94 km 3 December 14:08 SS1 Sottozero The Monza Legacy 4.33 km 4 December 07:58 SS2 Scorpion 1 13.43 km 10:08 SS3 Scorpion 2 13.43 km 12:38 SS4 Cinturato 1 16.22 km 15:08 SS5 Cinturato 2 16.22 km 17:38 SS6 PZero Grand Prix 1 10.31 km Leg 2 — 126.95 km 5 December 07:52 SS7 Selvino 1 25.06 km 09:08 SS8 Gerosa 1 11.09 km 10:02 SS9 Costa Valle Imagna 1 22.17 km 13:22 SS10 Selvino 2 25.06 km 14:38 SS11 Gerosa 2 11.09 km 15:32 SS12 Costa Valle Imagna 2 22.17 km 17:38 SS13 PZero Grand Prix 2 10.31 km Leg 3 — 38.31 km 6 December 07:48 SS14 PZero Grand Prix 3 10.31 km 10:08 SS15 Serraglio 1 14.00 km 12:18 SS16 Serraglio 2 [Power Stage] 14.00 km Source:
Report World Rally Cars Dani Sordo and Carlos del Barrio held a narrow lead going onto Saturday, despite a ten-second time penalty for cutting a chicane. Teammate Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul's title hope was washed away as their i20 was drawn out when the engine expired in heavy standing water after damaging their right-front suspension. Teemu Suninen and Jarmo Lehtinen retired from the rally because of an unfixable misfiring engine. Championship situation was shifted on Saturday as Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin went off-road in the afternoon loop. Other major retirements of the day included Gus Greensmith and Elliott Edmondson, and Ole Christian Veiby and Jonas Andersson. Eventually, Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia won the event, which was enough to overhaul their teammate Evans and Martin to snatch their seventh world titles.
Classification Position Driver Entrant Car Time Points Event Class Event Stage 1 1 17 Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota Yaris WRC 2:15:51.0 0.0 25 0 2 2 8 Ott Tänak Martin Järveoja Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC 2:16:04.9 +13.9 18 4 3 3 6 Dani Sordo Carlos del Barrio Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC 2:16:06.3 +15.3 15 1 4 4 4 Esapekka Lappi Janne Ferm M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Fiesta WRC 2:16:36.7 +45.7 12 2 5 5 69 Kalle Rovanperä Jonne Halttunen Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota Yaris WRC 2:17:02.1 +1:11.1 10 0 20 6 18 Takamoto Katsuta Daniel Barritt Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota Yaris WRC 2:27:41.3 +11:50.3 0 5 29 7 33 Elfyn Evans Scott Martin Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota Yaris WRC 2:36:03.6 +20:12.6 0 3 Retired SS10 44 Gus Greensmith Elliott Edmondson M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Fiesta WRC Accident 0 0 Retired SS10 96 Ole Christian Veiby Jonas Andersson Hyundai 2C Competition Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC Accident 0 0 Retired SS5 3 Teemu Suninen Jarmo Lehtinen M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Fiesta WRC Engine 0 0 Retired SS4 11 Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC Suspension 0 0
Special stages Date No. Stage name Distance Winners Car Time Class leaders 3 December — Monza Circuit [Shakedown] 4.00 km Neuville / Gilsoul Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC 3:08.7 SS1 Sottozero The Monza Legacy 4.33 km Ogier / Ingrassia Toyota Yaris WRC 3:31.5 Ogier / Ingrassia 4 December SS2 Scorpion 1 13.43 km Sordo / del Barrio Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC 9:54.5 Sordo / del Barrio SS3 Scorpion 2 13.43 km Lappi / Ferm Ford Fiesta WRC 9:56.8Lappi / Ferm SS4 Cinturato 1 16.22 km Evans / Martin Toyota Yaris WRC 11:56.5 SS5 Cinturato 2 16.22 km Ogier / Ingrassia Toyota Yaris WRC 11:53.5 SS6 PZero Grand Prix 1 10.31 km Sordo / del Barrio Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC 5:52.5 Sordo / del Barrio 5 December SS7 Selvino 1 25.06 km Ogier / Ingrassia Toyota Yaris WRC 3:31.5 Ogier / Ingrassia SS8 Gerosa 1 11.09 km Sordo / del Barrio Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC 7:05.0 Sordo / del Barrio SS9 Costa Valle Imagna 1 22.17 km Evans / Martin Toyota Yaris WRC 14:35.5 Ogier / Ingrassia SS10 Selvino 2 25.06 km Stage cancelled SS11 Gerosa 2 11.09 km Ogier / Ingrassia Toyota Yaris WRC 8:25.6 Ogier / Ingrassia SS12 Costa Valle Imagna 2 22.17 km Stage cancelled SS13 PZero Grand Prix 2 10.31 km Sordo / del Barrio Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC 5:47.8 Ogier / Ingrassia 6 December SS14 PZero Grand Prix 3 10.31 km Ogier / Ingrassia Toyota Yaris WRC 5:32.2 SS15 Serraglio 1 14.00 km Sordo / del Barrio Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC 11:10.2 SS16 Serraglio 2 [Power Stage] 14.00 km Katsuta / Barritt Toyota Yaris WRC 11:05.5
Championship standings Bold text indicates 2020 World Champions. Drivers' championships Co-drivers' championships Manufacturers' championshipsMoveDriverPointsMoveCo-driverPointsMoveManufacturerPoints 1 1 Sébastien Ogier 122 1 Julien Ingrassia 122 Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT 241 2 1 Elfyn Evans 114 1 Scott Martin 114 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 236 3 1 Ott Tänak 105 1 Martin Järveoja 105 M-Sport Ford WRT 129 4 1 Thierry Neuville 87 1 Nicolas Gilsoul 87 Hyundai 2C Competition 8 5 Kalle Rovanperä 80 Jonne Halttunen 80