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2001 World Rally Championship

29th season of the FIA World Rally Championship

Richard Burns World Manufacturers' Champion: Peugeot The 2001 World Rally Championship was the 29th season of the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC). In a tightly contested year, Subaru's Richard Burns took his first and only drivers' world title, beating Ford's Colin McRae, Mitsubishi's Tommi Mäkinen and the defending champion Marcus Grönholm of Peugeot. Peugeot successfully defended their manufacturers' title.

Calendar

The 2001 championship was contested over fourteen rounds in Europe, Africa, South America and Oceania.

Rd.	Start date	Finish date	Rally	Rally headquarters	Surface	Stages	Distance
18 January	21 January	MON 69th Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo	Monte Carlo	Mixed	15	373.06 km	N/A
8 February	11 February	SWE 50th International Swedish Rally	Karlstad, Värmland County	Snow	17	380.31 km	Teams Cup
8 March	11 March	POR 35th TAP Rallye de Portugal	Santa Maria da Feira, Aveiro District	Gravel	22	390.72 km	Teams Cup
22 March	25 March	ESP 37th Rallye Catalunya - Costa Brava - Rallye de España	Lloret de Mar, Catalonia	Tarmac	18	383.18 km	Super 1600
3 May	6 May	ARG 21st Rally Argentina	Carlos Paz, Córdoba	Gravel	21	389.58 km	N/A
31 May	3 June	CYP 29th Cyprus Rally	Limassol, Limassol District	Gravel	22	341.38 km	Teams Cup
14 June	17 June	GRC 48th Acropolis Rally	Itea, Phocis	Gravel	20	387.41 km	Super 1600/Teams Cup
19 July	22 July	KEN 49th Safari Rally Kenya	Nairobi	Gravel	13	1129.76 km	N/A
23 August	26 August	FIN 51st Neste Rally Finland	Jyväskylä, Central Finland	Gravel	21	406.38 km	Super 1600
20 September	23 September	NZL 32nd Propecia Rally New Zealand	Manukau, Auckland	Gravel	24	382.46 km	N/A
4 October	7 October	ITA 43rd Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia	Sanremo, Liguria	Tarmac	20	368.12 km	Super 1600/Teams Cup
18 October	21 October	FRA 45th Tour de Corse - Rallye de France	Ajaccio, Corsica	Tarmac	16	394.04 km	Super 1600
1 November	4 November	AUS 14th Telstra Rally Australia	Perth, Western Australia	Gravel	21	396.77 km	Teams Cup
22 November	25 November	GBR 57th Network Q Rally of Great Britain	Cardiff, Wales	Gravel	17	380.86 km	Super 1600
Sources:

Calendar changes

All 14 rounds from the previous season remained on the calendar for the 2001 season. April was left open with the belief at the time being that Britain would be moved to the spring in 2002, since there had been talks to relocate Rally GB to earlier in the year to make the event better for weather and tourism. The Safari rally was moved to the summer away from its traditional spring date, while Cyprus was also moved to the summer to be back to back with the Acropolis Rally.

There had been plans to relocate Rally Australia from Perth to Melbourne with the event being based on the Rally of Melbourne that was part of the Australian Rally Championship at the time. However these plans failed to materialize and the Rally remained in Perth.

During the season, Rally GB was under the threat of cancellation due to the outbreak of foot in mouth disease in the United Kingdom, leading to the Rally of Lebanon being prepared as a replacement. Rally GB was able to go ahead but with a more compact route which concentrated on more rural parts of the south of Wales and controversially removed popular stages such as Sweet Lamb and Myherin.

Teams and drivers

Manufacturers	Manufacturer	Car	Team	Tyre	No	Drivers	Co-Drivers
Peugeot	206 WRC	FRA Peugeot Total		1	FIN Marcus Grönholm	FIN Timo Rautiainen	All
2	FRA Didier Auriol	FRA Denis Giraudet	All
16	FIN Harri Rovanperä	FIN Risto Pietiläinen	2–3, 5–10, 13–14
FRA Gilles Panizzi	FRA Hervé Panizzi	1, 4, 11–12
19	13
Ford	Focus RS WRC 01	GBR Ford Motor Co Ltd		3	ESP Carlos Sainz	ESP Luis Moya	All
4	GBR Colin McRae	GBR Nicky Grist	All
17	FRA François Delecour	FRA Daniel Grataloup	1-13
GBR Mark Higgins	GBR Bryan Thomas	14
21	ITA Paolo Andreucci	ITA Alessandro Giusti	11
24	POR Rui Madeira	POR Fernando Prata	3
Subaru	Impreza WRC 2001	JPN 555 Subaru World Rally Team		5	GBR Richard Burns	GBR Robert Reid	All
6	NOR Petter Solberg	GBR Phil Mills	2–14
EST Markko Märtin	GBR Michael Park	1
18	4, 7, 9, 11–12, 14
NOR Petter Solberg	GBR Phil Mills	1
JPN Toshihiro Arai	AUS Glenn MacNeall	5–6, 10, 13
19	3, 8, 10-11
20	7
21	New Zealand Tony Sircombe	14
29	GBR Neil Wearden	GBR Trevor Agnew	14
Mitsubishi	Lancer Evo 6.5 1-10
Lancer Evo WRC 11-14	JPN Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart		7	FIN Tommi Mäkinen	FIN Risto Mannisenmäki	1-12
FIN Timo Hantunen	13
FIN Kaj Lindström	14
8	BEL Freddy Loix	BEL Sven Smeets	All
19	SWE Thomas Rådström	SWE Tina Thörner	2
JPN Katsuhiko Taguchi	GBR Derek Ringer	6
FIN Toni Gardemeister	FIN Paavo Lukander	9-10
Hyundai	Accent WRC 1-2
Accent WRC2 3-14	South_Korea Hyundai World Rally Team		9	ITA Piero Liatti	ITA Carlo Cassina	1, 4, 11–12
SWE Kenneth Eriksson	SWE Staffan Parmander	2–3, 5–7, 9–10, 13–14
10	GBR Alister McRae	GBR David Senior	1–7, 9–14
19	ITA Piero Liatti	ITA Carlo Cassina	6, 14
20	FIN Juha Kankkunen	FIN Juha Repo	9
43	NOR Thomas Kolberg	NOR Werner Seigerud	2
45	NOR Kristian Kolberg	SWE Anders Dawidson	2
Škoda	Octavia WRC Evo2	CZE Škoda Motorsport		11	DEU Armin Schwarz	DEU Manfred Hiemer	1–9, 11–12, 14
12	BEL Bruno Thiry	BEL Stéphane Prévot	1–8, 11–12, 14
BEL Georges Biar	9
20	CZE Roman Kresta	CZE Jan Tománek	8, 11, 14
21	SWE Stig Blomqvist	VEN Ana Goñi	9

World Rally Car entries ineligible to score manufacturer points	Manufacturer	Car	Team	Tyre	Drivers	Co-Drivers
Citroën	Xsara WRC	FRA Citroën Sport		FRA Philippe Bugalski	FRA Jean-Paul Chiaroni	4, 7, 11–12
ESP Jesús Puras	ESP Marc Martí	4, 11–12
SWE Thomas Rådström	SWE Tina Thörner	7
FRA Sébastien Loeb	MCO Daniel Elena	11
Peugeot	206 WRC	ITA H.F. Grifone SRL		FIN Toni Gardemeister	FIN Paavo Lukander	1-2
FIN Harri Rovanperä	FIN Risto Pietiläinen	11-12
FRA Gilles Panizzi	FRA Hervé Panizzi	3, 6–7, 9, 14
GBR Neil Wearden	GBR Trevor Agnew	6, 9–10, 12
	MCO Jean-Pierre Richelmi	FRA Thierry Barjou	7
PRT Peugeot Esso Silver Team SG		PRT Adruzilo Lopes	PRT Luís Lisboa	3-4
BEL Peugeot Bastos Racing		BEL Kris Princen	BEL Dany Colebunders	3–4, 6
FRA Simon Jean-Joseph	FRA Jacques Boyere	4, 6–7, 11
BEL Grégoire de Mévius	14
FIN Peugeot Sport Finland	FIN Sebastian Lindholm	FIN Timo Hantunen	9
AUT Peugeot Sport Austria	AUT Raphael Sperrer	SWE Per Carlsson	9
ITA F.P.F. Sport		ITA Renato Travaglia	ITA Flavio Zanella	11
GRC Papadimitriou Team		GRC Ioannis Papadimitriou	GBR Chris Patterson	2-3, 6-7
Toyota	Corolla WRC	ITA H.F. Grifone SRL		ITA Piero Longhi	ITA Lucio Baggio	1, 11
ITA Pier Lorenzo Zanchi	ITA Dario D'Esposito	1
FIN Tapio Laukkanen	FIN Kaj Lindström	2-3
	FIN Juuso Pykälistö	FIN Esko Mertsalmi	9
JPN Toyota Castrol Team		SWI Olivier Burri	SWI Jean-Philippe Patthey	1
	SWE Daniel Carlsson	SWE Benny Melander	2–3, 9, 11
PRT Pedro Chaves	PRT Sérgio Paiva	3
DEU Antony Warmbold	GBR Gemma Price	3, 9
FIN Jouni Ahvenlammi	FIN Teppo Leino	9
AUS Neal Bates	AUS Coral Taylor	13
NOR Shell Norway Motorsport		NOR Henning Solberg	NOR Ola Fløene	2–3
	NOR Cato Menkerud	9
FIN LPM Racing		FIN Janne Tuohino	FIN Petri Vihavainen	2, 4, 9, 13
FIN Juha Kangas	FIN Mika Ovaskainen	9
POL Mocne Rally		POL Leszek Kuzaj	POL Maciek Baran	3
ESP Escudería Bengala		ESP Luís Climent	ESP Álex Romaní	4
ITA Top Run SRL		ITA Domenico Caldarola	ITA Paolo Cecchini	11
Denmark Toyota Castrol Team Denmark		Denmark Henrik Lundgaard	Denmark Jens-Christian Anker	2-3, 6-7, 11, 13
FIN Toyota Castrol Team Finland		FIN Pasi Hagström	FIN Tero Gardemeister	2–3, 6–7, 11, 13
Saudi Arabia Toyota Team Saudi Arabia		Saudi Arabia Abdullah Bakhashab	GBR Bobby Willis	2-3, 6-7, 11, 13
Subaru	Impreza WRC 99	ITA Procar Rally Team		ITA Tobia Cavallini	ITA Bernardo Serra	1
Impreza WRC 00	GRC Armodios Vovos	GRC Loris Meletopoulos	7
ITA Diego Oldrati	ITA Danilo Fappani	11
GRC Papadimitriou Team		GRC Ioannis Papadimitriou	GBR Chris Patterson	11
Impreza WRC 98	NLD Subaru Benelux		NLD Mark Breijer	NLD Hans van Goor	4, 11, 14
Impreza WRC 00	AUT Promotor World Rally Team		AUT Achim Mörtl	AUT Stefan Eichhorner	4, 9
Impreza WRC 01	11-13
Impreza WRC 00	AUS Subaru Rally Team Australia		NZ Peter 'Possum' Bourne	NZ Craig Vincent	10
AUS Mark Stacey	13
Impreza WRC 98	NOR Shell Norway Motorsport		NOR Henning Solberg	NOR Cato Menkerud	14
Ford	Focus WRC 00	FIN Blue Rose Team		FIN Jani Paasonen	FIN Arto Kapanen	2, 9
FIN Markku Alén	FIN Ilkka Riipinen	9
Focus WRC 99	ITA Jolly Club		CZE Roman Kresta	CZE Jan Tománek	7
Focus WRC 00	ESP Carlos Sainz Junior Team		ESP Txus Jaio	ESP Lucas Cruz	14
SEAT	Córdoba WRC Evo3	ESP SEAT Sport		ESP Marc Blázquez	ESP Jordi Mercader	3–6
	ESP Salvador Cañellas	ESP Alberto Sanchís	4
GBR Gwyndaf Evans	GBR Chris Patterson	14
Córdoba WRC Evo2		DEU Matthias Kahle	DEU Peter Göbel	7
Subaru	Impreza WRC 00	OMN Oman Arab World Rally Team		OMN Hamed Al-Wahaibi	NZ Tony Sircombe	2–3, 6–7, 11
Impreza WRC 01		13
Impreza WRC 99	GBR World Rally HIRE		GBR Nigel Heath	GBR Steve Lancaster	2–3, 6–7, 11, 13
Impreza WRC 00	FRA F.Dor Rally Team		FRA Frédéric Dor	FRA Didier Breton	2–3, 6
Impreza WRC 01		8
Impreza WRC 98	CZE Styllex Tuning Prosport		CZE Tomáš Hrdinka	CZE Petr Gross	2
Ford	Focus WRC 00	POL Marlboro Ford Mobil 1 Team		POL Janusz Kulig	POL Jarosław Baran	2-3

Super 1600 Championship entries

No	Entrant	Drivers	Co-driver	Car	Rounds
50	ITA Top Run SRL	AUT Manfred Stohl	AUT Ilka Minor	Fiat Punto S1600	4, 7, 11–12, 14
AUT Peter Müller	9
56	ITA Giandomenico Basso	ITA Flavio Guglielmini	4, 7, 9, 11–12, 14
51	GBR Ford Motor Co Ltd	FRA Patrick Magaud	FRA Guylène Brun	Ford Puma S1600	4, 7, 9, 11–12, 14
55	GBR Niall McShea	GBR Michael Orr	4, 7
59	FRA Benoît Rousselot	FRA Gilles Mondésir	4, 7, 9, 11–12, 14
71	BEL François Duval	BEL Jean-Marc Fortin	4, 7, 9, 11–12, 14
52	ITA R&D Motorsport	ITA Andrea Dallavilla	ITA Danilo Fappani	Fiat Punto S1600	4
ITA Massimo Chiapponi	7
ITA Giovanni Bernacchini	9, 11–12, 14
64	ITA Massimo Macaluso	ITA Antonio Celot	4, 7, 9, 11–12, 14
53	FRA Citroën Sport	FRA Sébastien Loeb	MCO Daniel Elena	Citroën Saxo S1600	4, 7, 9, 12, 14
55	GBR Niall McShea	GBR Michael Orr	9, 11–12, 14
54	BEL Peugeot Bastos Racing	BEL Larry Cols	BEL Yasmine Gerard	Peugeot 206 S1600	4, 7, 9, 11–12
BEL Dany Colebunders	14
57	FRA Team Gamma	FRA Cédric Robert	FRA Marie-Pierre Billoux	Peugeot 206 S1600	4, 7, 9, 11–12
FRA Gérald Bedon	14
69	FRA Nicolas Bernardi	FRA Delphine Cavalier	4, 7, 11–12
FRA Jean-Claude Grau	9
FRA Bruno Brissart	14
58	ESP Pronto Racing	ESP Sergio Vallejo	ESP Diego Vallejo	Fiat Punto S1600	4, 7, 9, 11–12, 14
67	AND Albert Llovera	ESP Marc Corral	4, 7, 9, 11–12, 14
60	CHE Rally Team Henny	CHE Cyril Henny	CHE Aurore Brand	Citroën Saxo S1600	4, 7
61	ITA H.F. Grifone SRL	ITA Corrado Fontana	ITA Renzo Casazza	Peugeot 206 S1600	4, 7, 9, 11–12, 14
62	FIN ST Motors	FIN Jussi Välimäki	FIN Jakke Honkanen	Peugeot 206 S1600	4, 7, 9, 11–12, 14
63	NOR Zeta Racing	NOR Martin Stenshorne	GBR Clive Jenkins	Ford Puma S1600	4, 7, 9, 11–12, 14
65	ITA Astra Racing	PRY Alejandro Galanti	URY Daniel Muzio	Ford Puma S1600	4
PRY Fernando Zuleta	7, 9
ESP Xavier Amigó	11–12, 14
68	ITA Hawk Racing Club	ITA Massimo Ceccato	ITA Mitia Dotta	Fiat Punto S1600	4, 7, 9, 11–12, 14
73	ITA Christian Chemin	ITA Matteo Alberto Bacchin	4, 7, 9, 11–12
ITA Simone Scattolin	14
72	MYS Saladin Rallying	MYS Saladin Mazlan	GBR Timothy Sturla	Fiat Punto S1600	4
Ford Puma S1600	7, 9, 11–12
Citroën Saxo S1600	14

Group N Cup major entries

Team	Manufacturer	Car	Tyre	Drivers	Co-drivers
AUT Stohl Racing	Lancer Evo VI		AUT Manfred Stohl	AUT Peter Müller	1, 3, 6, 10, 13
AUT Rudolf Stohl	8
Privateer		URU Gustavo Trelles	ARG Jorge Del Buono	1, 3–7, 11–12
ITA Vieffe Corse SRL		ITA Gianluigi Galli	ITA Giovanni Bernacchini	1, 9
ITA Top Run		ARG Gabriel Pozzo	ARG Edgardo Galindo	1
ARG Daniel Stillo	3–11, 13
ARG Marcos Ligato	ARG Rubén García	1, 3–11, 13
Privateer		SUI Olivier Gillet	MON Freddy Delorme	1
Privateer	?	FRA David Truphemus	FRA Pascal Saivre	1
BEL Guy Colsoul Rallysport	Lancer Evo V		BEL Bob Colsoul	BEL Tom Colsoul	1–2
Lancer Evo VI	3–4, 6–7, 9, 12–14
SWE Mitsubishi Ralliart Sweden		SWE Kenneth Bäcklund	SWE Tord Andersson	2, 9, 14
SWE Stig-Olov Walfridsson	SWE Lars Bäckman	2
Privateer	?	SWE Mats Jonsson	SWE Johnny Johansson	2
Great Britain David Sutton Cars Ltd		SWE Stig Blomqvist	VEN Ana Goñi	2–8, 10–11, 13–14
Lancer Evo V	Great Britain Oliver Clark	GB Richard Pashley	14
	Great Britain Natalie Barratt	GBR Trevor Agnew	2
GBR Barratt Rallysport	AUS Claire Parker	3–4
Lancer Evo VI	6–7
GB Stella Boyles	9
GB Michael Gibson	11
GB Chris Patterson	10, 13
GB Roger Freeman	14
Privateer		LIT Saulius Girdauskas	LIT Žilvinas Sakalauskas	2, 9
Privateer	Lancer Evo V	?	SWE Joakim Roman	SWE Ingrid Mitakidou	2, 6
SMR Scuderia San Marino	Lancer Evo VI		SMR Mirco Baldacci	ITA Maurizio Barone	3, 6–7, 9, 14
Privateer	Lancer Evo 6.5		POR Pedro Dias da Silva	POR Mário Castro	3
Privateer	Lancer Evo VI	?	POR Vítor Pascoal	POR Duarte Costa	3
POR Creditus/BPN Rent	?	POR Pedro Leal	POR Redwan Cassamo	3
Privateer	?	POR Rodrigo Ferreira	POR Luís Silva	3
POL Petro-Oil Grupa Orlen Rally Team		POL Paweł Dytko	POL Tomasz Dytko	3–4
BEL Mitsubishi Ralliart Belgium	Carisma GT Evo VI		BEL François Duval	BEL Jean-Marc Fortin	3, 6, 13
LBN Mistral Racing	Lancer Evo VI	?	LBN Roger Feghali	FRA Bruno Brissart	4
Privateer		RUS Stanislav Gryazin	RUS Dmitriy Eremeev	2, 4, 9, 12
ESP Escudería Voltregá		ESP Joan Font	ESP Manel Muñoz	4
Privateer	?	ARG Luis Perez Companc	ARG Jose Maria Volta	5
Privateer	?	ARG Federico Villagra	ARG Javier Villagra	5
Privateer	?	GBR Alistair Ginley	GBR John Bennie	6–7, 9, 14
Privateer	?	CYP Nicholas Mandrides	CYP Yiannis Ioannou	6
Privateer	Lancer Evo V		GRE Dimitris Drivakos	GRE Elias Kordas	7
Privateer	Lancer Evo VI	?	FIN Jari Latvala	FIN Kari Mustalahti	8
Privateer	?	KEN Azar Anwar	KEN Tom Muriuki	8
FIN Mitsubishi Ralliart Finland	Carisma GT Evo VI		FIN Jouko Puhakka	FIN Keijo Eerola	9
	FIN Jouni Ampuja	FIN Jarmo Lehtinen	9
FIN Blue Rose Team		FIN Kristian Sohlberg	FIN Jukka Aho	2, 9
FIN RallyRent Europe	Lancer Evo VI	?	FIN Kaj Kuistila	FIN Kari Jokinen	9
Privateer	Lancer Evo IV	?	FIN Jukka Ketomäki	FIN Jani Laaksonen	9
Privateer	Lancer Evo VI	?	FIN Ari Laivola	FIN Markku Laakso	9
Privateer	?	ESP Ignacio Sanfilippo	ESP Víctor Pérez Rodríguez	9
NZL Reece Jones Rallysport		NZL Reece Jones	NZL Leo Bult	10, 12–14
JPN Advan-Piaa Rally Team	Lancer Evo VII		JPN Fumio Nutahara	JPN Satoshi Hayashi	10, 13
NZL Ralliart New Zealand	Lancer Evo VI	?	NZL Kevin 'Stumpy' Holmes	NZL Garry Cowan	10
?	NZL Ross Meekings	NZL Alan Glen	10
ITA Ralliart Italia	Carisma GT Evo VI	?	ITA Alessandro Fiorio	ITA Enrico Cantoni	11
ITA Varese Corse	Lancer Evo VI	?	ITA "Dedo"	ITA Alessandro Mari	11
Privateer	?	ITA Mirco Virag	ITA Massimo Bergna	11
Privateer		FRA Jean-Marc Sanchez	FRA Jean-François Scelo	12
Privateer		FRA Jean-Paul Aymé	FRA Brigitte Aymé	12
Privateer		AUS Ed Ordynski	AUS Iain Stewart	13
Privateer	Carisma GT Evo VI	?	FIN Juha Kangas	FIN Mika Ovaskainen	13
Privateer	Lancer Evo VI	?	PER Ramón Ferreyros	MEX Javier Marín	14
Privateer	Lancer Evo 6.5	?	NED Peter Bijvelds	NED Piet Bijvelds	14
Privateer	Clio RS		FRA Eddie Mercier	FRA Jean-Michel Véret	1, 4, 9
ITA Ciemme Racing	?	ITA Eugenio Lozza	ITA Antonella Fiorendi	11
Privateer	?	FRA Richard Bourcier	FRA Jean-Marc Ducousso	12
Privateer	Impreza WRX		ARG Roberto Sanchez	ARG Edgardo Galindo	5
Privateer	?	ARG Esteban Goldenhersch	ARG Fabian Cretu	5
Privateer	?	CYP Charalambos Timotheou	CYP Savvas Laos	6
Privateer	?	GRE Panagiotis Hatzitsopanis	GRE Konstantinos Stefanis	7
Privateer	?	KEN Don Smith	KEN Adrian Wroe	8
AUS Subaru Rally Team Australia	Impreza STi N8		AUS Cody Crocker	AUS Greg Foletta	10
Privateer	Impreza WRX		GBR David Higgins	GBR Craig Thorley	14

Results and standings

Rally results

Rd.	Rally	Overall winners	Group N Cup Winners	Teams cup Winners	Super 1600 winners	Report
MON Monte Carlo	nowrap	JPN No. 7 Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart	SWI No. 44 Olivier Gillet	N/A	N/A	Report
JPN Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6.5	JPN Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	N/A	N/A
FIN Tommi Mäkinen
FIN Risto Mannisenmäki	SWI Olivier Gillet
MON Freddy Delorme	N/A	N/A
SWE Sweden	FRA No. 16 Peugeot Total	SWE No. 28 Mitsubishi Ralliart Sweden	DEN No. 24 Toyota Castrol Team Denmark	N/A	Report
FRA Peugeot 206 WRC	JPN Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	JPN Toyota Corolla WRC	N/A
FIN Harri Rovanperä
FIN Risto Pietiläinen	SWE Stig-Olov Walfridsson
SWE Lars Bäckman	DEN Henrik Lundgaard
DEN Jens-Christian Anker	N/A
POR Portugal	JPN No. 7 Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart	POR No. 67 Pedro Dias da Silva	FIN No. 27 Toyota Castrol Team Finland	N/A	Report
JPN Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6.5	JPN Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6.5	JPN Toyota Corolla WRC	N/A
FIN Tommi Mäkinen
FIN Risto Mannisenmäki	POR Pedro Dias da Silva
POR Mário Castro	FIN Pasi Hagström
FIN Tero Gardemeister	N/A
ESP Spain	FRA No. 2 Peugeot Total	ITA No. 27 Top Run SRL	N/A	FRA No. 53 Citroën Sport	Report
FRA Peugeot 206 WRC	JPN Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	N/A	FRA Citroën Saxo S1600
FRA Didier Auriol
FRA Denis Giraudet	ARG Gabriel Pozzo
ARG Daniel Stillo	N/A	FRA Sébastien Loeb
MON Daniel Elena
ARG Argentina	GBR No. 4 Ford Motor Co	ITA No. 21 Top Run SRL	N/A	N/A	Report
GBR Ford Focus RS WRC '01	JPN Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	N/A	N/A
GBR Colin McRae
GBR Nicky Grist	ARG Gabriel Pozzo
ARG Daniel Stillo	N/A	N/A
CYP Cyprus	GBR No. 4 Ford Motor Co	URU No. 29 Gustavo Trelles	FIN No. 26 Toyota Castrol Team Finland	N/A	Report
GBR Ford Focus RS WRC '01	JPN Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	JPN Toyota Corolla WRC	N/A
GBR Colin McRae
GBR Nicky Grist	URU Gustavo Trelles
ARG Jorge Del Buono	FIN Pasi Hagström
FIN Tero Gardemeister	N/A
GRC Greece	GBR No. 4 Ford Motor Co	ITA No. 32 Top Run SRL	DEN No. 24 Toyota Castrol Team Denmark	FRA No. 53 Citroën Sport	Report
GBR Ford Focus RS WRC '01	JPN Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	JPN Toyota Corolla WRC	FRA Citroën Saxo S1600
GBR Colin McRae
GBR Nicky Grist	ARG Gabriel Pozzo
ARG Daniel Stillo	DEN Henrik Lundgaard
DEN Jens-Christian Anker	FRA Sébastien Loeb
MON Daniel Elena
KEN Kenya	JPN No. 7 Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart	ITA No. 22 Top Run SRL	N/A	N/A	Report
JPN Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6.5	JPN Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	N/A	N/A
FIN Tommi Mäkinen
FIN Risto Mannisenmäki	ARG Gabriel Pozzo
ARG Daniel Stillo	N/A	N/A
FIN Finland	FRA No. 1 Peugeot Total	ITA No. 47 Top Run SRL	N/A	FRA No. 53 Citroën Sport	Report
FRA Peugeot 206 WRC	JPN Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	N/A	FRA Citroën Saxo S1600
FIN Marcus Grönholm
FIN Timo Rautiainen	ARG Marcos Ligato
ARG Rubén García	N/A	FRA Sébastien Loeb
MON Daniel Elena
NZL New Zealand	JPN No. 5 Subaru World Rally Team	AUT No. 37 Stohl Racing	N/A	N/A	Report
JPN Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01	JPN Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	N/A	N/A
GBR Richard Burns
GBR Robert Reid	AUT Manfred Stohl
AUT Peter Müller	N/A	N/A
ITA Italy	FRA No. 16 Peugeot Total	ITA No. 78 Ralliart Italia	DEN No. 24 Toyota Castrol Team Denmark	ITA No. 52 R&D Motorsport	Report
FRA Peugeot 206 WRC	JPN Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evo VI	JPN Toyota Corolla WRC	ITA Fiat Punto S1600
FRA Gilles Panizzi
FRA Herve Panizzi	ITA Alessandro Fiorio
ITA Enrico Cantoni	DEN Henrik Lundgaard
DEN Jens-Christian Anker	ITA Andrea Dallavilla
ITA Giovanni Bernacchini
FRA France	FRA No. 15 Citroën Sport	URU No. 28 Gustavo Trelles	N/A	FRA No. 53 Citroën Sport	Report
FRA Citroën Xsara WRC	JPN Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	N/A	FRA Citroën Saxo S1600
ESP Jesús Puras
ESP Marc Martí	URU Gustavo Trelles
ARG Jorge Del Buono	N/A	FRA Sébastien Loeb
MON Daniel Elena
AUS Australia	FRA No. 1 Peugeot Total	JPN No. 28 Mitsubishi Ralliart	OMA No. 24 Oman Arab World Rally Team	N/A	Report
FRA Peugeot 206 WRC	JPN Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	JPN Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01	N/A
FIN Marcus Grönholm
FIN Timo Rautiainen	AUS Ed Ordynski
AUS Iain Stewart	OMA Hamed Al-Wahaibi
NZL Tony Sircombe	N/A
GBR Britain	FRA No. 1 Peugeot Total	GBR No. 38 David Higgins	N/A	N/A	Report
FRA Peugeot 206 WRC	JPN Subaru Impreza S6 WRX	N/A	N/A
FIN Marcus Grönholm
FIN Timo Rautiainen	GBR David Higgins
GBR Craig Thorley	N/A	N/A
Source:

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top six classified finishers in each event.

Position	Points
1st	2nd
10	6

Drivers' championship

Pos.	Driver	MON
MCO	SWE
SWE	POR
PRT	ESP
ESP	ARG
ARG	CYP
CYP	GRE
GRC	KEN
KEN	FIN
FIN	NZL
NZL	ITA
ITA	FRA
FRA	AUS
AUS	GBR
GBR	Pts	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	Pos.	Driver	MON
MCO	SWE
SWE	POR
PRT	ESP
ESP	ARG
ARG	CYP
CYP	GRE
GRC	KEN
KEN	FIN
FIN	NZL
NZL	ITA
ITA	FRA
FRA	AUS
AUS	GBR
GBR	Pts
GBR Richard Burns	Ret	16	4	7	2	2	Ret	Ret	2	1	Ret	4	2	3	44
GBR Colin McRae	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	1	1	1	Ret	3	2	8	11	5	Ret	42
FIN Tommi Mäkinen	1	Ret	1	3	4	Ret	4	1	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	41
FIN Marcus Grönholm	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	5	7	Ret	1	1	36
FIN Harri Rovanperä		1	Ret		Ret	Ret	3	2	4	3	11	7	4	2	36
ESP Carlos Sainz	2	3	2	5	3	3	Ret	Ret	6	4	4	Ret	8	Ret	33
FRA Didier Auriol	Ret	Ret	8	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	3	3	3	7	23
FRA Gilles Panizzi	Ret		12	2		Ret	Ret		14		1	2	9	Ret	22
FRA François Delecour	3	5	5	6	7	Ret	5	4	Ret	12	6	10	Ret		15
NOR Petter Solberg	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	2	Ret	7	7	9	5	7	Ret	11
ESP Jesús Puras	Ret			Ret							Ret	1			10
DEU Armin Schwarz	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	7	3	15		Ret	Ret		5	9
BEL Freddy Loix	6	13	Ret	4	6	5	9	5	10	11	12	12	11	Ret	9
FRA Sébastien Loeb	15	Ret		15			19		28		2	13		Ret	6
SWE Thomas Rådström		2	Ret				Ret								6
FIN Toni Gardemeister	5	4							Ret	15					5
GBR Alister McRae	7	Ret	6	11	9	7	15		13	9	Ret	9	10	4	4
JPN Toshihiro Arai			Ret		8	4	Ret	Ret		14	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	3
EST Markko Märtin	Ret	12	Ret	Ret			Ret		5		Ret	6		Ret	3
ITA Renato Travaglia											5				2
FRA Philippe Bugalski	14		Ret	8			6				Ret	Ret			1
SWE Kenneth Eriksson		8	7		Ret	Ret	Ret		12	10			12	6	1
FIN Pasi Hagström		Ret	10			6	Ret		9		Ret		16		1
ARG Gabriel Pozzo	12		Ret	18	10	13	13	6	26	18	23		18		1

Manufacturers' championship

Pos.	Manufacturer	No.	MON
MCO	SWE
SWE	POR
PRT	ESP
ESP	ARG
ARG	CYP
CYP	GRE
GRC	KEN
KEN	FIN
FIN	NZL
NZL	ITA
ITA	FRA
FRA	AUS
AUS	GBR
GBR	Points	1	106	2	86	3	69	4	66	5	17	6	17	Pos.	Manufacturer	No.	MON
MCO	SWE
SWE	POR
PRT	ESP
ESP	ARG
ARG	CYP
CYP	GRE
GRC	KEN
KEN	FIN
FIN	NZL
NZL	ITA
ITA	FRA
FRA	AUS
AUS	GBR
GBR	Points
FRA Peugeot Total	1	Ret	Ret	3	(Ret)	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	4	(7)	(Ret)	1	1
2	Ret	Ret	7	1	Ret	Ret	Ret			5	2	2
16				2				2	4		1	1	3	2
GBR Ford Motor Co	3	2	2	2	5	3	3	Ret	Ret	5	3	3	Ret	7	Ret
4	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	1	1	1	Ret	3	2	4	7	4	Ret
JPN Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart	7	1	Ret	1	3	4	Ret	3	1	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	5	Ret
8	4		Ret	4	6	4	5	4			6	8	9	Ret
19		1							Ret	10
JPN 555 Subaru World Rally Team	5	Ret	7	4	6	2	2	Ret	Ret	2	1	Ret	3	2	3
6	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	2	Ret	6	6	5	4	6	Ret
18												(5)
CZE Škoda Motorsport	11	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	4	3	8		Ret	Ret		5
12	6	6	Ret	7	Ret	6	6	Ret	9		7	Ret		8
KOR Hyundai World Rally Team	9	Ret	4	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret		7	9	Ret	5	10	6
10	5	Ret	5	8	7	5	7			8	Ret	6	8	4
20									Ret

FIA Teams Cup

Pos.	Driver	SWE
SWE	POR
POR	CYP
CYP	GRE
GRE	ITA
ITA	AUS
AUS	Pts	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	NC	NC	NC	Pos.	Driver	SWE
SWE	POR
POR	CYP
CYP	GRE
GRE	ITA
ITA	AUS
AUS	Pts
DEN Henrik Lundgaard	1	Ret	Ret	1	1	2	36
FIN Pasi Hagström	Ret	1	1	Ret	Ret	3	24
OMA Hamed Al-Wahaibi	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	16
SAU Abdullah Bakhashab	4	Ret	2	2	Ret	Ret	15
SWE Stig Blomqvist	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	4	13
GBR Natalie Barrett	7	Ret	3	4	Ret	5	9
GBR Nigel Heath	6	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	4
GRE Ioannis Papadimitriou	Ret	3	Ret	3	2		0 (14)
POL Janusz Kulig	3	Ret					0 (4)
FRA Frédéric Dor	5	Ret	Ret				0 (2)

JWRC Drivers' championship

Pos.	Driver	ESP
ESP	GRE
GRC	FIN
FIN	ITA
ITA	FRA
FRA	GBR
GBR	Pts	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pos.	Driver	ESP
ESP	GRE
GRC	FIN
FIN	ITA
ITA	FRA
FRA	GBR
GBR	Pts
FRA Sébastien Loeb	1	1	1		1	1	50
ITA Andrea Dallavilla	5	2	2	1	2	Ret	30
GBR Niall McShea	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	4	2	12
BEL Larry Cols	Ret	Ret	4	3	11	3	11
ITA Giandomenico Basso	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	10
NOR Martin Stenshorne	4	3	Ret	8	6	Ret	8
BEL François Duval	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	6
ITA Corrado Fontana	3	Ret	5	7	Ret	Ret	6
FIN Jussi Välimäki	Ret	7	3	Ret	12	Ret	4
PRY Alejandro Galanti	Ret	Ret	6	12	10	4	4
FRA Patrick Magaud	Ret	5	Ret	5		Ret	4
FRA Cédric Robert	7	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	3
ESP Sergio Vallejo	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	5	Ret	3
MYS Saladin Mazlan	Ret	8	Ret	11	Ret	5	2
ITA Massimo Ceccato	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	9	6	2
ITA Christian Chemin	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	1

Production World Rally Championship

Pos.	Driver	MON
MCO	SWE
SWE	POR
PRT	ESP
ESP	ARG
ARG	CYP
CYP	GRE
GRC	KEN
KEN	FIN
FIN	NZL
NZL	ITA
ITA	FRA
FRA	AUS
AUS	GBR
GBR	Pts	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	Pos.	Driver	MON
MCO	SWE
SWE	POR
PRT	ESP
ESP	ARG
ARG	CYP
CYP	GRE
GRC	KEN
KEN	FIN
FIN	NZL
NZL	ITA
ITA	FRA
FRA	AUS
AUS	GBR
GBR	Pts
ARG Gabriel Pozzo	4		Ret	1	1	3	1	1	2	2	2		2		71
URU Gustavo Trelles	3		Ret	Ret	2	1	2				Ret	1			36
AUT Manfred Stohl	2		Ret			2				1			6		23
ARG Marcos Ligato	5		Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	2	1	Ret	Ret		11		36
SWE Stig Blomqvist		3	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret		4	4		7	4	17
SWI Olivier Gillet	1														10
SWE Stig-Olov Walfridsson		1													10
POR Pedro Dias da Silva			1												10
ITA Alex Fiorio											1				10
AUS Ed Ordynski													1		10
GBR David Higgins														1	10
GBR Alistair Ginley						4	Ret		13					3	7
RUS Stanislav Gryazin		Ret		4					Ret			3			7
SWE Kenneth Bäcklund		2							Ret					Ret	6
POR Vítor Pascoal			2												6
LBN Roger Feghali				2											6
FRA Jean-Marc Sanchez												2			6
PER Ramón Ferreyros														2	6
SMR Mirco Baldacci			4			Ret	4		15					Ret	6
POR Pedro Leal			3												4
ARG Roberto Sanchez					3										4
KEN Anwar Azar								3							4
FIN Kaj Kuistila									3						4
JPN Fumio Nutahara										3			Ret		4
ITA Alfredo De Dominicis											3				4
BEL François Duval			Ret			Ret							3		4
FRA Eddie Mercier	7			6					23			4			4

Events

Rally name	Start-end date	Podium drivers (Finishing time)	Podium cars
MCO Monte Carlo Rally	19 January–21 January
SWE Swedish Rally	9 February–11 February
PRT Rally Portugal	8 March–11 March
ESP Rally Catalunya	23 March–25 March
ARG Rally Argentina	3 May–6 May
CYP Cyprus Rally	1 June–3 June
GRC Acropolis Rally	15 June–17 June
KEN Safari Rally	20 July–22 July
FIN Rally Finland	24 August–26 August
NZL Rally New Zealand	21 September–23 September
ITA Rallye Sanremo	5 October–7 October
FRA Tour de Corse	19 October–21 October
AUS Rally Australia	1 November–4 November
GBR Rally of Great Britain	22 November–25 November

References

(25 November 2001). "Burns crowned World Rally champion". [[RTÉ]].
(1 September 2000). "Provisional 2001 calendar rings the changes".
"Season 2001".
(6 December 2000). "September move for Rally Great Britain".
(9 June 2000). "Rally Oz to move in 2001".
Miller, Duby. (29 March 2001). "MERC: Lebanon waits in the wings".
(2 May 2001). "Rally GB set for even more compact route".
"Season 2000 rally - eWRC-results".

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