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Andreas Mikkelsen is the 2021 WRC-2 drivers' champion.

The 2021 FIA WRC2 Championship was the ninth season of WRC2, a rallying championship for organised and governed by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile as the second-highest tier of international rallying. The category was open to cars entered by teams and complying with Rally2 regulations.[1][2] The championship began in January 2021 with the Rallye Monte-Carlo and concluded in November 2021 with Rally Monza, and ran in support of the 2021 World Rally Championship.

Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen were the defending 2020 drivers' and co-drivers' champions. Toksport WRT were the defending teams' champions.[3]

Andreas Mikkelsen was crowned 2021 drivers' champion at the penultimate round despite not competing there. As he had used different co-drivers through the season a co-driver of a different crew would therefore become co-driver champion. Torstein Eriksen, consistent co-driver of Mads Østberg, was able to retain his championship title. Movisport became the teams' champion.[4]

Calendar

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A map showing the locations of the rallies in the 2021 championship. Contested events are in green, while cancelled events are in blue. Event headquarters are marked with a black dot.

The 2021 championship was contested over twelve rounds in Europe and Africa:

Round Start date Finish date Rally Rally headquarters Surface Stages Distance Ref.
1 21 January 24 January Monaco Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo Gap, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur[a] Mixed[b] 14 257.64 km [5]
2 26 February 28 February Finland Arctic Rally Finland Rovaniemi, Lapland Snow 10 251.08 km [6]
3 22 April 25 April Croatia Croatia Rally Zagreb Tarmac 20 300.32 km [7]
4 20 May 23 May Portugal Rally de Portugal Matosinhos, Porto Gravel 20 337.51 km [8]
5 3 June 6 June Italy Rally Italia Sardegna Olbia, Sardinia Gravel 20 303.10 km [9]
6 24 June 27 June Kenya Safari Rally Kenya Nairobi Gravel 18 320.19 km [10]
7 15 July 18 July Estonia Rally Estonia Tartu, Tartu County Gravel 24 314.16 km [11]
8 13 August 15 August Belgium Ypres Rally Belgium Ypres, West Flanders Tarmac 20 295.78 km [12]
9 9 September 12 September Greece Acropolis Rally Greece Lamia, Central Greece Gravel 15 292.19 km [13]
10 1 October 3 October Finland Rally Finland Jyväskylä, Central Finland Gravel 19 287.11 km [14]
11 14 October 17 October Spain RACC Rally Catalunya de España Salou, Catalonia Tarmac 17 280.46 km [15]
12 18 November 21 November Italy ACI Rally Monza Monza, Lombardy Tarmac 16 253.18 km [16]
Sources:[17][18][19][20][21]

The following rounds were included on the original calendar published by WRC Promoter GmbH, but were later cancelled:

Start date Finish date Rally Rally headquarters Surface Stages Distance Cancellation reason Ref.
11 February 14 February Sweden Rally Sweden Torsby, Värmland Snow 19 313.81 km COVID-19 pandemic [22][23]
9 September 12 September Chile Rally Chile Concepción, Biobío Gravel — — COVID-19 pandemic [24]
19 August 22 August United Kingdom Rally GB — — — — Financial issues [25]
11 November 14 November Japan Rally Japan Nagoya, Chūbu Tarmac 20 300.11 km COVID-19 pandemic [26][27]

Calendar changes

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With the addition of Rally Chile to the calendar in 2019, the FIA opened the tender process for new events to join the championship in 2020.[28] Three events were successful,[c] but the championship was affected by a series of cancellations in 2019 and 2020 that necessitated changes to the 2021 calendar:

  • Rally Catalunya returned to the championship. The rally was removed from the 2020 schedule as part of an event-sharing agreement that would see it removed from the calendar for one year, but was guaranteed a spot on the calendar for the next two.[17] The rally returned to running exclusively on tarmac roads for the first time since 2009.[30][d]
The Acropolis Rally of Greece returned to the championship for the first time since 2013.
The Ypres Rally's debut made Belgium the 35th nation to hold a World Rally Championship event.
  • Rally GB was replaced by the Ypres Rally in Belgium.[25] Rally GB had originally planned to move from Wales to Northern Ireland, but the event was replaced when organisers were unable to come to an agreement with the government of Northern Ireland to support the rally.
  • Rally Japan was scheduled to return to the calendar for the first time since 2010,[17] but it was ultimately called off due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[27] The rally was also originally included on the 2020 calendar, but was also cancelled because of the pandemic.[37] Rally Monza was confirmed to hold the season finale for the second year in a row.[21]
  • The Safari Rally was run as a World Championship event for the first time since 2002. The event was based in the Kenyan capital Nairobi and featured stages around Lake Naivasha.[38] The event had been planned to make its return to the championship in 2020, but was cancelled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.[39]
The Arctic Rally became the first World Rally Championship round to be held inside the Arctic Circle.
  • Rally Sweden was included on the first draft of the calendar with its traditional February date,[40] but was cancelled before the start of the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[41][23] The Arctic Rally in northern Finland was chosen as a replacement to ensure that a winter rally was included on the calendar.[42][e]

In light of the disruption caused by the pandemic in 2020 and in anticipation of further delays, the calendar included an additional six reserve rounds that could be included in the event of rallies being cancelled. These events include rallies in Turkey, Argentina and Latvia.[17][44] The Ypres Rally had also been included on this reserve list before it replaced Rally GB,[25] so as the Acropolis Rally and Rally Monza.[24][21]

Entries

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The following teams and crews entered 2021 WRC2:

Entrant Car Driver name Co-driver name Rounds
United Kingdom M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Fiesta Rally2 France Adrien Fourmaux Belgium Renaud Jamoul 1–2, 5, 7
Czech Republic Martin Prokop Czech Republic Michal Ernst 2, 9–10
Czech Republic Viktor Chytka 4
Czech Republic Zdeněk Jůrka 5–6
Finland Teemu Suninen Finland Mikko Markkula 3–4, 6, 8–9
Sweden Tom Kristensson Sweden David Arhusiander 3–4, 7–8, 10
Finland Jari Huttunen Finland Mikko Lukka 12
Germany Toksport WRT Škoda Fabia Rally2 Evo Bolivia Marco Bulacia Argentina Marcelo Der Ohannesian 1, 3–7, 9, 12
Norway Andreas Mikkelsen Norway Ola Fløene 1–7
United Kingdom Elliott Edmondson 9
United Kingdom Phil Hall 12
Norway Eyvind Brynildsen Norway Veronica Engan 2
Portugal Sports & You Citroën C3 Rally2 France Eric Camilli France François-Xavier Buresi 1
France Benjamin Veillas 4
France Maxime Vilmot 11
Italy Movisport Škoda Fabia R5 Italy Enrico Brazzoli Italy Maurizio Barone 1, 3
Italy Danilo Fappani 5
Škoda Fabia Rally2 Evo Italy Manuel Fenoli 12
Nikolay Gryazin[f] Konstantin Aleksandrov[g] 11–12
Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 2–5, 7–8, 10
Finland Esapekka Lappi Finland Janne Ferm 2, 4
Finland Teemu Suninen Finland Mikko Markkula 10
Ford Fiesta Rally2 Nikolay Gryazin[f] Konstantin Aleksandrov[g] 9
Czech Republic Erik Cais Czech Republic Jindřiška Žáková 11
France Saintéloc Junior Team Citroën C3 Rally2 United States Sean Johnston United States Alex Kihurani 1–2, 5, 7, 9, 11
Canada Leonid Urlichich United Kingdom Tom Woodburn 9
South Korea Hyundai Motorsport N Hyundai i20 R5 Finland Jari Huttunen Finland Mikko Lukka 2, 5, 7
Norway Ole Christian Veiby Sweden Jonas Andersson 2, 4–5
Sweden Oliver Solberg Republic of Ireland Aaron Johnston 4, 7
Italy Andrea Crugnola Italy Pietro Ometto 5
Hyundai i20 N Rally2 Finland Jari Huttunen Finland Mikko Lukka 8, 10–11
Sweden Oliver Solberg Republic of Ireland Aaron Johnston 8–9
United Kingdom Craig Drew 10
Finland Teemu Suninen Finland Mikko Markkula 11
Estonia ALM Motorsport Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 Estonia Georg Linnamäe Ukraine Volodymyr Korsia 2, 4
Estonia Tanel Kasesalu 5
United Kingdom James Morgan 7, 10–12
Škoda Fabia Rally2 Evo 9
Hungary TRT World Rally Team Citroën C3 Rally2 Norway Mads Østberg Norway Torstein Eriksen 3–5, 7, 9–11
Sources:[45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56]

In detail

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M-Sport Ford WRT entered a Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II for Adrien Fourmaux and Renaud Jamoul, the crew combining their WRC2 campaign with a drive for M-Sport's main team in the WRC.[57] Teemu Suninen and Mikko Markkula joined the WRC2 effort in Croatia, alternating in the car with Fourmaux. Following Suninen leaving M-Sport before the Acropolis Rally, Fourmaux will leave WRC-2 as well to drive the rest of the season in the main category. A second Fiesta was entered for Martin Prokop and Michal Ernst in the Arctic Rally Finland. Ernst was replaced by Viktor Chytka in Portugal, having been originally meant to co-drive for Prokop in Lapland. Zdeněk Jůrka became Prokop's third co-driver of the season in Sardinia. Ernst is due to return to co-drive in Greece. The reigning JWRC champion Tom Kristensson joined the team in Croatia, co-driven by David Arhusiander.

Hyundai Motorsport N signed Oliver Solberg and Aaron Johnston signed for a two-year deal, the pair joining to compete alongside the crew of Ole Christian Veiby and Jonas Andersson.[58] Veiby was however suspended from competing in the WRC for the rest of the year for breaching COVID-19 protocols in Portugal.[59] Reigning WRC-3 champions Jari Huttunen and Mikko Lukka entered driving a third car for the team.[60] Italian driver Andrea Crugnola was meant to drive in Sardinia with co-driver Pietro Ometto, but had to withdraw due to most of the Hyundai WRC-2 team having to quarantine following Portugal.[61] Hyundai introduced a successor to the Hyundai i20 R5 known as the Hyundai i20 N Rally2 in Belgium.[62] Teemu Suninen and Mikko Markkula will join Hyundai WRC-2 ranks for the penultimate round in Spain.[63]

The reigning teams' champions Toksport WRT signed former WRC works driver Andreas Mikkelsen and 2020 WRC-3 runner-up Marco Bulacia Wilkinson, with Ola Fløene and Marcelo Der Ohannesian respectively as co-drivers.[64][65] Eyvind Brynildsen and Veronica Engan replaced Bulacia Wilkinson and Der Ohannesian for the round in Lapland following the latter crew being prevented from entering the event by visa issues.[66] Elliott Edmondson will replace Fløene as Mikkelsen's co-driver starting from the Acropolis Rally.

Italian team Movisport joined the championship, entering a Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 for Nikolay Gryazin and Konstantin Aleksandrov, who left Hyundai after 2020. The team also entered a Škoda Fabia R5 for Enrico Brazzoli and Maurizio Barone in selected events.[67] Barone was replaced by Danilo Fappani in Sardinia. Esapekka Lappi and Janne Ferm returned to the category, driving a second Volkswagen for Movisport in Lapland and Portugal.[68] Gryazin and Aleksandrov will switch to a Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II for the Acropolis Rally. After leaving M-Sport Teemu Suninen and Mikko Markkula will drive a Volkswagen for Movisport in Finland.

Portuguese team Sports & You entered a Citroën C3 Rally2 for the French crew of Eric Camilli and François-Xavier Buresi. Camilli was co-driven by Benjamin Veillas in Portugal.

Saintéloc Junior Team joined the championship, entering a Citroën C3 Rally2 for Sean Johnston and Alex Kihurani. The team will enter a second C3 in Greece for Canadian driver Leonid "Crazy Leo" Urlichich and British co-driver Tom Woodburn.

ALM Motorsport entered a Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 for Estonian Georg Linnamäe and Ukrainian Volodymyr Korsia. After being suspended due to breaching COVID-19 protocols, Korsia was replaced with Tanel Kasesalu for one round, before James Morgan became Linnamäe's permanent co-driver. Linnamäe will drive a Škoda Fabia Rally2 Evo in Greece.

2020 WRC-2 champion Mads Østberg entered the 2021 season in Croatia driving a Citroën C3 Rally2 for TRT World Rally Team. He was co-driven by Torstein Eriksen.

Changes

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Technical regulations

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Pirelli alone supplied tyres to all teams entering WRC-2 with the removal of Michelin and Yokohama as FIA approved tyre suppliers.[1][69]

Sporting regulations

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Competitors in the WRC-2 category were awarded Power Stage bonus points for the first time.[1][70]

Results and standings

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Season summary

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Round Event Winning driver Winning co-driver Winning entrant Winning time Report Ref.
1 Monaco Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo Norway Andreas Mikkelsen Norway Ola Fløene Germany Toksport WRT 3:03:57.3 Report [71]
2 Finland Arctic Rally Finland Finland Esapekka Lappi Finland Janne Ferm Italy Movisport 2:09:56.6 Report [72]
3 Croatia Croatia Rally Norway Mads Østberg Norway Torstein Eriksen Hungary TRT World Rally Team 3:01:23.7 Report [73]
4 Portugal Rally de Portugal Finland Esapekka Lappi Finland Janne Ferm Italy Movisport 3:48:03.4 Report [74]
5 Italy Rally Italia Sardegna Finland Jari Huttunen Finland Mikko Lukka South Korea Hyundai Motorsport N 3:28:58.1 Report [75]
6 Kenya Safari Rally Kenya No classified finishers Report [76]
7 Estonia Rally Estonia Norway Andreas Mikkelsen Norway Ola Fløene Germany Toksport WRT 3:01:59.0 Report [77]
8 Belgium Ypres Rally Belgium Finland Jari Huttunen Finland Mikko Lukka South Korea Hyundai Motorsport N 2:51:32.9 Report [78]
9 Greece Acropolis Rally Greece Norway Andreas Mikkelsen United Kingdom Elliott Edmondson Germany Toksport WRT 3:37:27.1 Report [79]
10 Finland Rally Finland Finland Teemu Suninen Finland Mikko Markkula Italy Movisport 2:29:05.8 Report [80]
11 Spain RACC Rally Catalunya de España France Eric Camilli France Maxime Vilmot Portugal Sports & You 2:44:01.2 Report [81]
12 Italy Rally Monza Finland Jari Huttunen Finland Mikko Lukka United Kingdom M-Sport Ford WRT 2:49:28.6 Report [82]

Scoring system

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Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers in each event. Power Stage points are also awarded in the drivers' and co-drivers' championships.[70] A team has to enter two cars to score points in an event. Drivers and teams must nominate a scoring rally when they enter the event and the best six scores from seven nominated rallies will count towards the final classification. Registered drivers are able to enter additional rallies with Priority 2 status without scoring points.[83]

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1

FIA WRC2 Championship for Drivers

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Pos. Driver MON
Monaco 		ARC
Finland 		CRO
Croatia 		POR
Portugal 		ITA
Italy 		KEN
Kenya 		EST
Estonia 		BEL
Belgium 		GRC
Greece 		FIN
Finland 		ESP
Spain 		MNZ
Italy 		Drops Points
1 Norway Andreas Mikkelsen 11 21 51 WD Ret WD 11 13 21 0 149
2 Norway Mads Østberg 14 34 22 23 81 22 41 9 126
3 Finland Jari Huttunen Ret 11 Ret 11 33 Ret 12 0 107
4 Bolivia Marco Bulacia 43 33 62 33 WD 32 22 43 12 107
5 Finland Teemu Suninen 22 25 WD Ret WD 11 22 0 93
6 RAF Nikolay Gryazin 34 Ret 4 Ret 22 35 64 NC NC 0 77
7 Finland Esapekka Lappi 12 11 0 59
8 France Eric Camilli 34 83 14 0 51
9 Czech Republic Martin Prokop 6 7 44 Ret 5 45 0 51
10 France Adrien Fourmaux 22 95 65 44 0 48
11 Italy Enrico Brazzoli 6 45 5 34 0 48
12 Estonia Georg Linnamäe 8 WD Ret 6 44 5 65 NC 0 45
13 United States Sean Johnston 55 7 Ret Ret 6 5 0 35
14 Czech Republic Erik Cais 33 0 18
15 Sweden Tom Kristensson Ret 9 55 Ret Ret 0 13
16 Norway Ole Christian Veiby 53 DNS WD 0 13
17 Norway Eyvind Brynildsen 4 0 12
18 Sweden Oliver Solberg 5 Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 10
19 Canada Leonid Urlichich 7 0 6
Pos. Driver MON
Monaco 		ARC
Finland 		CRO
Croatia 		POR
Portugal 		ITA
Italy 		KEN
Kenya 		EST
Estonia 		BEL
Belgium 		GRC
Greece 		FIN
Finland 		ESP
Spain 		MNZ
Italy 		Drops Points
Source:[84]
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

Notes:
1 2 3 4 5 – Power Stage position

FIA WRC2 Championship for Co-Drivers

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Pos. Co-Driver MON
Monaco 		ARC
Finland 		CRO
Croatia 		POR
Portugal 		ITA
Italy 		KEN
Kenya 		EST
Estonia 		BEL
Belgium 		GRC
Greece 		FIN
Finland 		ESP
Spain 		MNZ
Italy 		Drops Points
1 Norway Torstein Eriksen 14 34 22 23 81 22 41 9 126
2 Finland Mikko Lukka Ret 11 Ret 11 33 Ret 12 0 107
3 Argentina Marcelo Der Ohannesian 43 33 62 33 WD 32 22 53 10 105
4 Norway Ola Fløene 11 21 51 WD Ret WD 11 0 98
5 Finland Mikko Markkula 22 25 WD Ret WD 11 22 0 93
6 RAF Konstantin Aleksandrov 34 Ret 4 Ret 22 35 64 NC NC 0 77
7 Finland Janne Ferm 12 11 0 59
8 United Kingdom James Morgan 6 44 5 65 34 0 58
9 Belgium Renaud Jamoul 22 95 65 44 0 48
10 United States Alex Kihurani 55 7 Ret Ret 6 5 0 35
11 Czech Republic Michal Ernst 6 5 45 0 31
12 United Kingdom Elliott Edmondson 13 0 28
13 France Maxime Vilmot 14 0 27
14 United Kingdom Phil Hall 21 0 23
15 Italy Maurizio Barone 6 45 0 21
16 Czech Republic Jindřiška Žáková 33 0 18
17 France François-Xavier Buresi 34 WD 0 17
18 Czech Republic Zdeněk Jůrka 44 Ret 0 14
19 Italy Manuel Fenoli 45 0 13
20 Sweden David Arhusiander Ret 9 55 Ret Ret 0 13
21 Sweden Jonas Andersson 53 DNS WD 0 13
22 Norway Veronica Engan 4 0 12
23 Republic of Ireland Aaron Johnston 5 Ret Ret Ret 0 10
24 Italy Danilo Fappani 5 0 10
25 France Benjamin Veillas 83 0 7
26 Czech Republic Viktor Chytka 7 0 6
27 United Kingdom Tom Woodburn 7 0 6
28 Ukraine Volodymyr Korsia 8 WD 0 4
Pos. Co-Driver MON
Monaco 		ARC
Finland 		CRO
Croatia 		POR
Portugal 		ITA
Italy 		KEN
Kenya 		EST
Estonia 		BEL
Belgium 		GRC
Greece 		FIN
Finland 		ESP
Spain 		MNZ
Italy 		Drops Points
Source:[84]
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

Notes:
1 2 3 4 5 – Power Stage position

FIA WRC2 Championship for Teams

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Pos. Team MON
Monaco 		ARC
Finland 		CRO
Croatia 		POR
Portugal 		ITA
Italy 		KEN
Kenya 		EST
Estonia 		BEL
Belgium 		GRC
Greece 		FIN
Finland 		ESP
Spain 		MNZ
Italy 		Drops Points
1 Italy Movisport 2 1 3 1 NC Ret NC NC 1 1 1 15 227
4 3 Ret 3 4 3 3
2 Germany Toksport WRT 1 2 2 NC 1 WD 1 1 NC 2 25 216
3 4 4 WD Ret WD 2 2 4
3 United Kingdom M-Sport Ford WRT NC 5 1 2 2 Ret 3 Ret NC 3 NC 0 146
6 Ret 5 3 WD 4 Ret WD Ret
4 South Korea Hyundai Motorsport N NC 4 NC Ret 1 Ret 2 2 0 73
Ret DNS WD Ret Ret Ret Ret
5 France Saintéloc Junior Team NC NC Ret Ret 3 NC 0 27
4
Pos. Team MON
Monaco 		ARC
Finland 		CRO
Croatia 		POR
Portugal 		ITA
Italy 		KEN
Kenya 		EST
Estonia 		BEL
Belgium 		GRC
Greece 		FIN
Finland 		ESP
Spain 		MNZ
Italy 		Drops Points
Source:[84]
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

Notes:
1 2 3 4 5 – Power Stage position

Notes

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  1. ^ The rally base of the Monte Carlo Rally was located in France.
  2. ^ The Monte Carlo Rally was run on a tarmac and snow surface.
  3. ^ Rally New Zealand was successful in its bid to join the championship, but was cancelled because of the pandemic.[29] It was not included on the 2021 calendar, but a separate, later bid from Rally Croatia was also successful.[17]
  4. ^ Rally Catalunya had previously been run as a mixed surface rally, with the first leg of the event held on gravel roads and the final two legs on tarmac.[31]
  5. ^ The Arctic Rally was held twice during the 2021 calendar year. The first running in January was part of the Finnish Rally Championship and the second running in February was the World Championship round.[43]
  6. ^ a b Nikolay Gryazin is Russian, but he competes as a neutral competitor using the designation RAF (Russian Automobile Federation), as the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld a ban on Russia competing at World Championships. The ban was implemented by the World Anti-Doping Agency in response to state-sponsored doping program of Russian athletes.
  7. ^ a b Konstantin Aleksandrov is Russian, but he competes as a neutral competitor using the designation RAF (Russian Automobile Federation), as the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld a ban on Russia competing at World Championships. The ban was implemented by the World Anti-Doping Agency in response to state-sponsored doping program of Russian athletes.

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