2020 Monte Carlo Rally

The following crews were entered into the rally. The event was open to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, its support categories, the World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3, and privateer entries that were not registered to score points in any championship. A total of eighty-eight entries were received, with eleven crews entered in World Rally Cars, five crews entered Group R5 cars in the World Rally Championship-2 and a further thirteen crews entered Group R5 cars in the World Rally Championship-3.

No.	Driver	Co-Driver	Entrant	Car	Tyre
World Rally Championship entries
3	Teemu Suninen	Jarmo Lehtinen	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta WRC	M
4	Esapekka Lappi	Janne Ferm	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta WRC	M
8	Ott Tänak	Martin Järveoja	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	M
9	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	M
11	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	M
17	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota Yaris WRC	M
18	Takamoto Katsuta	Daniel Barritt	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota Yaris WRC	M
33	Elfyn Evans	Scott Martin	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota Yaris WRC	M
40	Deividas Jocius	Mindaugas Varža	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta WRC	M
44	Gus Greensmith	Elliott Edmondson	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta WRC	M
69	Kalle Rovanperä	Jonne Halttunen	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota Yaris WRC	M
World Rally Championship-2 entries
20	Mads Østberg	Torstein Eriksen	PH-Sport[lower-alpha 4]	Citroën C3 R5	M
21	Nikolay Gryazin	Yaroslav Fedorov	Hyundai Motorsport N[lower-alpha 5]	Hyundai NG i20 R5	P
22	Ole Christian Veiby	Jonas Andersson	Hyundai Motorsport N[lower-alpha 5]	Hyundai NG i20 R5	P
23	Adrien Fourmaux	Renaud Jamoul	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II	M
24	Rhys Yates	James Morgan	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II	M
World Rally Championship-3 entries
25	Paulo Nobre	Gabriel Morales	Paulo Nobre[lower-alpha 6]	Škoda Fabia R5	P
26	Yoann Bonato	Benjamin Boulloud	Yoann Bonato[lower-alpha 7]	Citroën C3 R5	M
27	Eric Camilli	François-Xavier Buresi	Eric Camilli[lower-alpha 8]	Citroën C3 R5	M
28	Nicolas Ciamin	Yannick Roche	Nicolas Ciamin[lower-alpha 9]	Citroën C3 R5	M
29	"Pedro"[lower-alpha 10]	Emmanuele Baldaccini	"Pedro"[lower-alpha 11]	Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II	P
30	Grégoire Munster	Louis Louka	Grégoire Munster	Škoda Fabia R5	P
31	Yohan Rossel	Benoît Fulcrand	PH-Sport[lower-alpha 4]	Citroën C3 R5	M
32	Stéphane Sarrazin	Kévin Parent	Stéphane Sarrazin[lower-alpha 12]	Hyundai NG i20 R5	P
34	Umberto Scandola	Guido D'Amore	Umberto Scandola	Hyundai NG i20 R5	M
35	Andrea Nucita	Bernardo Di Caro	Andrea Nucita	Hyundai NG i20 R5	P
36	Miguel Díaz-Aboitiz	Diego Sanjuan De Eusebio	Miguel Díaz-Aboitiz	Škoda Fabia R5	P
37	Enrico Brazzoli	Maurizio Barone	Enrico Brazzoli	Škoda Fabia R5	P
38	Pepe Lopéz	Borja Rozada	Pepe Lopéz[lower-alpha 13]	Citroën C3 R5	P
Other major entries
41	Oliver Solberg	Aaron Johnston	Oliver Solberg[lower-alpha 14]	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	P
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The route for the 2020 rally features a total of 304.28 km (189.07 mi) in competitive kilometres,[1] which is 19.55 km (12.15 mi) shorter than the route that was used in the 2019 event.[9] The 2020 route features substantial revisions to the route used in 2019, with the addition of the Malijal — Puimichel, Curbans — Venterol and St. Clement-sur-Durance — Freissinieres stages. The Bayons — Bréziers stage returned to the rally after being absent in 2019, while the Valdrôme — Sigottier and Roussieux — Laborel stages were removed from the itinerary.

The Col de Braus mountain pass will be contested as the rally's Power Stage.

All dates and times are CET (UTC+1).

Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia took an early lead on Thursday evening, but Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul moved into the lead at the end of the second stage.[10] The lead changed hands several times throughout the opening leg; Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin took the lead on the first morning before Ogier and Ingrassia consolidated their position by the end of the leg.[11] Defending World Champions Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja suffered a high-speed crash on the first pass through the St. Clement-sur-Durance — Freissinieres stage. Their Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC flew off a 40-metre high cliff at 180 km/h (111.8 mph) and rolled end-over-end through a series of trees before landing on the road below. Both Tänak and Järveoja walked away uninjured.[12] Rally leaders changed several times throughout the second leg, with Evans and Martin eventually establishing a lead over teammates Ogier and Ingrassia.[13] The third leg saw Neuville and Gilsoul re-emerge as the leaders, winning all four stages to claim their first win in Monte Carlo.[6] This saw them take twenty-five points for the outright win and five bonus points for winning the Power Stage. Ogier and Ingrassia passed Evans and Martin to finish the Power Stage in second place, only a few thousandths of a second behind Neuville and Gilsoul.

Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksenled the WRC-2 category going into Friday, but a puncture cost him the lead.[14] Ole Christian Veiby and Jonas Andersson then took over the lead until later they also suffered a puncture, which handed the lead back to Østberg and Eriksen.[15] The Norwegian crew extended their lead on Saturday,[16] and eventually won the class.[7]

Eric Camilli and François-Xavier Buresi held a 21-second lead over Stéphane Sarrazin and Kévin Parent by the end of Thursday night.[14] Friday's complicated conditions caught out several crews, including those of Sarrazin and Parent, Paulo Nobre and Gabriel Morales, and Umberto Scandola and Guido D'Amore.[15] Camilli and Buresi comfortably won the category after a perfect weekend.[16][7]