The Korean manufacturer also wins in WRC2 with Huttunen. WRC3 at Rossel’s Citroen
After a not particularly fortunate start to the season, Thierry Neuville managed to prevail in his home race. Between Ypres and the Spa Francorchamps circuit, the driver from Sankt Vith made the difference, securing success for the first time with Martijn Wydaeghe on the notes.
To make the Hyundai party even tastier, Craig Breen’s second place, despite being the protagonist of a little touch on SS 17. Third after a nice duel with Toyota’s colleague Elfyn Evans, ousted from the podium, the Estonian winner Kalle Rovanperä, the best in the first special of the day.
Fifth was the reigning champion and current leader of the general Sébastien Ogier, slowed down by a puncture in the rear left due to a contact with a stone in SS 17, then at 3’46 “the i20 of Ott Tänak, at the top in SS 18 and 19, as well as in the Power Stage which gave him 5 extra points.
Sevenths Yohan Rossel and Alexandre Coria on their Citroen C3 R5, winners among the WRC3, then an excited Pieter Cracco on Skoda Fabia Rally 2 EVO, who at the finish line wanted to remember his father, a rally driver like him, who died in 2020 and the Volkswagen Polo Gti R5 of Fabian Kreim and Vincent Verschueren.
Finally in WRC2 victory for Jari Huttunen on i20 N Rally 2, nineteenth overall and helped by the retirement due to technical problems of his teammate Oliver Solberg.
Rally Belgium 2021 standings:
1 Neuville Thierry/ Wydaeghe M. Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC
2 Breen Craig/ Nagle Paul Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC +00:30.7
3 Rovanperä K. / Halttunen Jonne Toyota Yaris WRC +00: 43.1
4 Evans Elfyn/ Martin Scott Toyota Yaris WRC +00:49.6
5 Ogier S. / Ingrassia J. Toyota Yaris WRC +00: 55.8
6 Tänak Ott / Järveoja M. Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC +03: 46.5
7 Rossel Yohan/ Coria Alexandre Citroën C3 Rally2 +12:14.9
8 Cracco P. / Vermeulen J. Škoda Fabia Rally2 Evo +13: 05.9
9 Kreim Fabian/ Christian Frank Volkswagen Polo Gti R5 +13:13.8
10 Verschueren V. / Cuvelier Filip Volkswagen Polo Gti R5 +13: 31.1
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