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Monza joins 2020 WRC schedule, will host season finale

by Ryan Wood
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Monza joins 2020 WRC schedule, will host season finale

Italian Grand Prix, Saturday 5th September 2020. Monza Italy.

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The 2020 World Rally Championship will now conclude in early December with the addition of Rally Monza to the schedule.

The asphalt event will take place on 4-6 December and will be based at the famous Autodromo Nazionale de Monza race circuit, home of the Italian Formula 1 Grand Prix.

The format will adopt the WRC’s short schedule, featuring about 220km of special stages, with the majority of the first and last day action at the circuit. Saturday’s middle leg speed tests will comprise demanding closed public roads in the Lombardy region close to Monza.

The rally has been held since 1978 and will be the second Italian counter of an FIA WRC season severely affected by COVID-19. This weekend’s Rally Italia Sardegna forms the fifth round of the eight-event series.

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Traditionally an end-of-season celebration event contested by both rally and track racing experts, the Monza Rally has been won on seven occasions by MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi. WRC stars to taste success there include Dani Sordo in 2010 and 2013, nine-time world champion Sébastien Loeb in 2011 and Robert Kubica in 2014. 

WRC Promoter managing director Jona Siebel said the rally would provide an exciting challenge for competitors.

“As the final round of the championship, there’s a strong chance both the drivers’ and manufacturers’ WRC titles could go right down to the wire on Monza’s roads.

“The WRC prides itself on rewarding rallying’s best all-round driver across multiple terrains and varied conditions. This type of rally is rare in our championship but will provide a thrilling finale to an unpredictable year.”

FIA Rally Director Yves Matton said confirming an eighth round for the series in such complex times was a reward for the efforts and hard work of all involved to ensure valuable titles for the 2020 championship.

“In the current situation, we’re developing new approaches and ACI Rally Monza Italia is a great illustration of this. It’s the marriage of an iconic circuit event and more traditional rally stages in the nearby countryside.

“This new concept could eventually help bring the WRC to countries or regions where new formats are required.

“It has required a great deal of flexibility from ACI and its President Angelo Sticchi Damiani to bring this new event to the calendar at such a late stage and I would like to thank them for their great commitment and professionalism,” he added.

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1Rally Monte Carlo20-23 January
2Rally Sweden24-27 February
3Rally Croatia21-24 April
4Rally Portugal19-22 May
5Rally Italy02-05 June
6Rally Kenya23-26 June
7Rally Estonia14-17 July
8Arctic Rally Finland04-07 August
9TBC18-21 August
10Rally Greece08-11 September
11Rally New Zealand29 September - 02 October
12Rally Spain20-23 October
13Rally Japan10-13 November

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Drivers’ Standings

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1Ott Tanak162
2Elfyn Evans161
3Sebastien Ogier141
4Kalle Rovanpera138
5Thierry Neuville114
6Adrien Fourmaux71
7Takamoto Katsuta63
8Oliver Solberg52
9Sami Pajari38
10Gregoire Munster19

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