2020 Rally Estonia

Six-time world champions Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia entered the round with an eight-point lead over Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin. Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul were third, a further twelve points behind. In the World Rally Championship for Manufacturers, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT held a twenty-one-point lead over defending manufacturers' champions Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, following by M-Sport Ford WRT.

In the World Rally Championship-2 standings, Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen held a nine-point lead ahead of Nikolay Gryazin and Yaroslav Fedorov in the drivers' and co-drivers' standings respectively, with Pontus Tidemand and Patrick Barth in third. In the manufacturer' championship, Hyundai Motorsport N led M-Sport Ford WRT by twenty-two points. PH-Sport sit in third, a slender two points behind.

In the World Rally Championship-3 standings, the crew of Eric Camilli and François-Xavier Buresi, Jari Huttunen and Mikko Lukka, and Marco Bulacia Wilkinson and Giovanni Bernacchini all held twenty-five points in the standings.

In the junior championship, Tom Kristensson and Joakim Sjöberg led Mārtiņš Sesks and Renars Francis by nine points. Ken Torn and Kauri Pannas were third, a slender four points further back. In the Nations' championships, Sweden held a seven-point lead over Latvia, with Estonia in third.

Following the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the championship, a number of events were cancelled or postponed indefinitely for health and safety grounds, with Rally Mexico abridged to give time for crews to head home due to lockdowns being implemented across the world. It was then announced on 2 July 2020 that the season would return with an updated calendar, with Rally Estonia hosting the resuming round between 4 and 6 September. The country became the thirty-third nation to stage a championship round in the WRC.[9]

The following crews entered into the rally. The event was open to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, its support categories, the World Rally Championship-2, World Rally Championship-3, and Junior World Rally Championship and privateer entries that were not registered to score points in any championship. Sixty entries were received, with thirteen crews entered in World Rally Cars, six Group R5 cars entered in the World Rally Championship-2, twenty-two in the World Rally Championship-3. A further twelve crews were entered in the Junior World Rally Championship in Ford Fiesta R2s.

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
7	Pierre-Louis Loubet	Vincent Landais	Hyundai 2C Competition	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	M
8	Ott Tänak	Martin Järveoja	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
42	Craig Breen	Paul Nagle	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	M
44	Gus Greensmith	Elliott Edmondson	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta WRC	M
64	Georg Gross	Raigo Mõlder	OT Racing	Ford Fiesta WRC	M
65	Kimmo Kurkela	Reeta Hämäläinen	JanPro	Ford Fiesta WRC	M
69	Kalle Rovanperä	Jonne Halttunen	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota Yaris WRC	M
World Rally Championship-2 entries
21	Mads Østberg	Torstein Eriksen	PH-Sport[lower-alpha 1]	Citroën C3 R5	M
22	Nikolay Gryazin	Konstantin Aleksandrov	Hyundai Motorsport N[lower-alpha 2]	Hyundai NG i20 R5	P
23	Pontus Tidemand	Patrik Barth	Toksport WRT	Škoda Fabia R5 Evo	P
24	Ole Christian Veiby	Jonas Andersson	Hyundai Motorsport N[lower-alpha 2]	Hyundai NG i20 R5	P
25	Adrien Fourmaux	Renaud Jamoul	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II	M
26	Eyvind Brynildsen	Ilka Minor	Toksport WRT	Škoda Fabia R5 Evo	P
World Rally Championship-3 entries
27	Jari Huttunen	Mikko Lukka	Jari Huttunen[lower-alpha 3]	Hyundai NG i20 R5	M
28	Marco Bulacia Wilkinson	Marcelo Der Ohannesian	Marco Bulacia Wilkinson[lower-alpha 4]	Citroën C3 R5	P
29	Nicolas Ciamin	Yannick Roche	Nicolas Ciamin[lower-alpha 5]	Citroën C3 R5	M
30	Emilio Fernández	Ruben Garcia	Emilio Fernández[lower-alpha 6]	Škoda Fabia R5 Evo	M
31	Yohan Rossel	Benoit Fulcrand	PH-Sport[lower-alpha 1]	Citroën C3 R5	M
32	Eerik Pietarinen	Antti Linnaketo	Eerik Pietarinen[lower-alpha 7]	Škoda Fabia R5	P
34	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Maciej Szczepaniak	Kajetan Kajetanowicz[lower-alpha 8]	Škoda Fabia R5 Evo	P
35	Oliver Solberg	Aaron Johnston	Oliver Solberg[lower-alpha 9]	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	P
36	Grégoire Munster	Louis Louka	Grégoire Munster	Hyundai i20 R5	P
37	Raul Jeets	Andrus Toom	Raul Jeets	Škoda Fabia R5 Evo	M
38	Roland Poom	Erik Lepikson	Roland Poom	Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II	P
39	Karl Kruuda	Dale Moscatt	Karl Kruuda	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	P
40	Rainer Aus	Simo Koskinen	Rainer Aus	Škoda Fabia R5	P
41	Egon Kaur	Silver Simm	Kaur Motorsport	Škoda Fabia R5 Evo	P
43	Priit Koik	Alari-Uku Heldna	Priit Koik	Ford Fiesta R5	P
45	Georg Linnamäe	Volodymyr Korsia	Georg Linnamäe	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	P
46	Gustav Kruuda	Ken Järveoja	Gustav Kruuda	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	P
47	Jan Solans	Mauro Barreiro	Jan Solans	Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II	P
48	Radik Shaymiev	Alexey Arnautov	Radik Shaymiev	Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II	P
49	Jarosław Koltun	Ireneusz Pleskot	Jarosław Koltun	Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II	P
50	Sean Johnston	Alex Kihurani	Saintéloc Junior Team	Citroën C3 R5	P
51	Rakan Al-Rashed	Hugo Magalhães	Rakan Al-Rashed	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	P
Junior World Rally Championship entries
52	Tom Kristensson	Joakim Sjöberg	Tom Kristensson Motorsport	Ford Fiesta R2	P
53	Mārtiņš Sesks	Renars Francis	LMT Autosporta Akadēmija	Ford Fiesta R2	P
54	Ken Torn	Kauri Pannas	Estonian Autosport Junior Team	Ford Fiesta R2	P
55	Sami Pajari	Marko Salminen	Team Flying Finn	Ford Fiesta R2	P
56	Raul Baidu	Gabriel Lazar	Raul Baidu	Ford Fiesta R2	P
57	Fabrizio Zaldívar	Fernando Mussano	Fabrizio Zaldívar	Ford Fiesta R2	P
58	Ruairi Bell	Matthew Edwards	Ruairi Bell	Ford Fiesta R2	P
59	Pontus Lönnström	Stefan Gustavsson	Pontus Lönnström	Ford Fiesta R2	P
60	Marco Pollara	Maurizio Messina	Marco Pollara	Ford Fiesta R2	P
61	Fabio Andolfi	Stefano Savoia	Fabio Andolfi	Ford Fiesta R2	P
62	Enrico Oldrati	Elia De Guio	Enrico Oldrati	Ford Fiesta R2	P
63	Robert Virves	Sander Pruul	Estonian Autosport Junior Team	Ford Fiesta R2	P
Source:[10]

The rally features a short format schedule, which lasts only three days.[11] This leads to the change of road order rules—Saturday's first loop would start as championship order, while the second loop would revert to the standard reversed order, which usually comes into effect on the second leg.[12]

All dates and times are EEST (UTC+3).

Local heroes Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja led almost the entire rally to win their home event.[5] Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen received a one-minute time penalty for illegally removing the radiator blanking plate.[13] Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul retired from Saturday afternoon after they damaged their rear-right suspension.[14] The Belgian crew's rally was further compromised as they suffered an electrical issue in the penultimate Power Stage.[15] Takamoto Katsuta and Daniel Barritt crashed out on Sunday, while Pierre-Louis Loubet and Vincent Landais retired from their top-tier debut when they broke their steering.[5]

Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen dominated the class after a puncture.[6] Early leaders Ole Christian Veiby and Jonas Andersson retired from Saturday when they hit a radiator issue.[16] Things went from bad to worse when they rolled their Hyundai in the final stage after the restart. Teammate Nikolay Gryazin and Konstantin Aleksandrov could've finished second, but a puncture dropped them three minutes and tumbled to fifth.[6]

Oliver Solberg and Aaron Johnston overcame two punctures to lead the class on Saturday, and easily won the class.[17] Major retirements were Kajetan Kajetanowicz and Maciej Szczepaniak, Gustav Kruuda and Ken Järveoja, and Raul Jeets and Andrus Toom. All three crews were forced to retire as they rolled their cars.[7]

Despite the fact that Robert Virves and Sander Pruul failed to win a stage, consistent pace helped the local crew to the junior class.[18] However, the local crew suffered a puncture on Sunday, which handed the victory to the Latvian crew of Mārtiņš Sesks and Renars Francis.[8]