56. RallyRACC Catalunya - Costa Daurada 2021
WRC #11 • WRC2 #11 • JWRC #5 [coef 2] • WRC3 #11 • RGT Cup #5 • Peugeot Rally Cup Iberia #6 • Beca Júnior R2 RFEdA #4 • Suzuki Swift Cup (E) #7 • Suzuki Swift Júnior Cup (E) #7
14. 10. – 17. 10. 2021, Salou • Real Automóvil Club Cataluña • asphalt 280.37 km • total distance including road sections - 1413.54 km • Other years
For crew #40, Reeta Hämäläinen appears as Driver on official documents.
#44
Ford Fiesta WRC 
OM5***
OM5***
M-Sport Ford WRT
RC1
Final results
6. overall
6. class RC1
6. WRC
Stage results
| 1. leg | Time | Pos. | km/h s/km |
Overall | Pos. after | |
| SS1 Vilaplana 1 (20.00 km) | 10:45.9 | 9.
9. class RC1 9. WRC |
111.5 km/h 1.45 s/km |
10:45.9 | 9.
9. class RC1 9. WRC |
|
| "I've got to get my driving to be smooth. Not a good start." | ||||||
| SS2 La Granadella 1 (21.80 km) | 12:07.4 | 8.
8. class RC1 8. WRC |
107.9 km/h 0.98 s/km |
22:53.3 | 8.
8. class RC1 8. WRC |
|
| "It was better, but there's a lot of pollution on the stage already. So it was tricky in places but it felt better." | ||||||
| SS3 Riba-roja 1 (14.21 km) | 8:40.3 | 7.
7. class RC1 7. WRC |
98.3 km/h 0.67 s/km |
31:33.6 | 8.
8. class RC1 8. WRC |
|
| "Better than the first two. I made some small changes on the car to try and help a few things and it seems to be good." | ||||||
| SS4 Vilaplana 2 (20.00 km) | 10:29.0 | 7.
7. class RC1 7. WRC |
114.5 km/h 0.57 s/km |
42:02.6 | 7.
7. class RC1 7. WRC |
|
| "It was very clean and calm - no sliding or nothing. A lot better than this morning but there's still a bit of work to do." | ||||||
| SS5 La Granadella 2 (21.80 km) | 12:09.6 | 7.
7. class RC1 7. WRC |
107.6 km/h 0.94 s/km |
54:12.2 | 7.
7. class RC1 7. WRC |
|
| "There was a lot of pollution all over the road. To find a rhythm in there I think you have to be taking quite a big risk." | ||||||
| "We went wide in one corner. To understand the time of Thierry - he is really fast when it's like this. I tried to push, but this time is so difficult to make. I think we have a little bit better tyres than the others now, but the rally is long so we will try to keep pushing." | ||||||
| SS6 Riba-roja 2 (14.21 km) | 8:43.3 | 7.
7. class RC1 7. WRC |
97.8 km/h 0.36 s/km |
1:02:55.5 | 7.
7. class RC1 7. WRC |
|
| "It's a lot better than this morning. In there it actually felt pretty bad - the cuts are so deep that you're just bottoming out. Tomorrow's stages are absolutely beautifulm, so let's see what we can do." | ||||||
| 2. leg | ||||||
| SS7 Savallà 1 (14.08 km) | 7:34.6 | 8.
8. class RC1 8. WRC |
111.5 km/h 0.86 s/km |
1:10:30.1 | 7.
7. class RC1 7. WRC |
|
| "It was good. When the route note crew went through it was dry and now the humidity has dropped. In some places it was very slippery." | ||||||
| SS8 Querol - Les Pobles 1 (19.17 km) | 10:43.1 | 8.
8. class RC1 8. WRC |
107.3 km/h 0.70 s/km |
1:21:13.2 | 7.
7. class RC1 7. WRC |
|
| SS9 El Montmell 1 (24.40 km) | 13:25.4 | 26.
10. class RC1 26. WRC |
109.1 km/h 3.36 s/km |
1:34:38.6 | 9.
9. class RC1 9. WRC |
|
| puncture | ||||||
| "No idea where I got it. Everything seemed okay until that point but then I just got a tyre pressure alarm and then a puncture." | ||||||
| SS10 Savallà 2 (14.08 km) | 7:32.5 | 8.
8. class RC1 8. WRC |
112.0 km/h 0.57 s/km |
1:42:11.1 | 9.
9. class RC1 9. WRC |
|
| "There's a lot of loose. How dirty it is compared to other years is crazy. It's tricky." | ||||||
| SS11 Querol - Les Pobles 2 (19.17 km) | 10:35.0 | 6.
6. class RC1 6. WRC |
108.7 km/h 0.23 s/km |
1:52:46.1 | 7.
7. class RC1 7. WRC |
|
| SS12 El Montmell 2 (24.40 km) | 12:16.8 | 9.
9. class RC1 9. WRC |
119.2 km/h 0.54 s/km |
2:05:02.9 | 7.
7. class RC1 7. WRC |
|
| "Something with one of the sensors. It's not controlling the cooling package so I was having to monitor the temperatures during the stage." | ||||||
| SS13 Salou (2.15 km) | 2:28.0 | 8.
5. class RC1 8. WRC |
52.3 km/h 2.05 s/km |
2:07:30.9 | 6.
6. class RC1 6. WRC |
|
| "At lunch we basically copied Adrien's set-up and the pace was right there straight away. In the last stages we had a problem with the sensors so we couldn't manage the water temperature." | ||||||
| 3. leg | ||||||
| SS14 Santa Marina 1 (9.10 km) | 5:11.6 | 7.
7. class RC1 7. WRC |
105.1 km/h 0.67 s/km |
2:12:42.5 | 6.
6. class RC1 6. WRC |
|
| "It's a nice stage in the dark. A couple of places where I we could have carried a bit more speed but it's all good." | ||||||
| SS15 Riudecanyes 1 (16.35 km) | 10:13.0 | 8.
8. class RC1 8. WRC |
96.0 km/h 0.53 s/km |
2:22:55.5 | 6.
6. class RC1 6. WRC |
|
| "Managing the temperature in the tyres was the main thing. In some places down the hill my notes were a little bit cautious, but everything seems to be working okay." | ||||||
| SS16 Santa Marina 2 (9.10 km) | 5:09.8 | 10.
10. class RC1 10. WRC |
105.7 km/h 0.81 s/km |
2:28:05.3 | 6.
6. class RC1 6. WRC |
|
| Patterson: "We're very privileged to be doing the best stages in the world at the minute. The car is fantastic on these roads and the stages are in beautiful condition." | ||||||
| SS17 Riudecanyes 2[Power Stage] (16.35 km) | 10:23.8 | 6.
6. class RC1 6. WRC |
94.4 km/h 0.89 s/km |
2:38:29.1 | 6.
6. class RC1 6. WRC |
|
| "I pushed like hell at the end. I opened the clicks massively because I saw the rain. I want to say what an absolute gentleman Chris has been. It's been genuinely the privilege of a lifetime to work with him." | ||||||
