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2001 World Rally Championship season
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The 2001 World Rally Championship season 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.^[1]

[edit] Calendar

Round	Dates	Race
1	19–21 January	Monte Carlo Rally
2	9–11 February	Swedish Rally
3	8–11 March	Rally Portugal
4	23–25 March	Rally Catalunya
5	3–6 May	Rally Argentina
6	1–3 June	Cyprus Rally
7	15–17 June	Acropolis Rally
8	20–22 July	Safari Rally
9	24–26 August	Rally Finland
10	21–23 September	Rally New Zealand
11	4–7 October	Rally Sanremo
12	19–21 October	Tour de Corse
13	1–4 November	Rally Australia
14	23–25 November	Wales Rally GB

[edit] Teams and drivers

Eventual champion Richard Burns driving a Subaru Impreza WRC at the 2001 Rally Finland.

Colin McRae finished runner-up in a Ford Focus RS WRC 01.

Manufacturer teams
Team	Constructor	Car	Tyre	No	Drivers	Rounds
Peugeot Total	Peugeot	206 WRC	M	1	Marcus Grönholm	All
				2	Didier Auriol	All
				16	Gilles Panizzi	1, 4, 11–12
				16	Harri Rovanperä	2–3, 5–10, 13–14
				19	Gilles Panizzi	13
Ford Motor Co	Ford	Focus WRC 01	P	3	Carlos Sainz	All
				4	Colin McRae	All
				17	François Delecour	1–13
				17	Mark Higgins	14
				21	Paolo Andreucci	11
555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru	Impreza WRC 2001	P	5	Richard Burns	All
				6	Petter Solberg	All
				18	Markko Märtin	1–4, 7, 9, 11–12, 14
				18	Toshihiro Arai	5–6, 8, 10, 13
				21	Toshihiro Arai	3, 7, 11–12, 14
Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart	Mitsubishi	Lancer Evo 6.5 Lancer WRC	M	7	Tommi Mäkinen	All
				8	Freddy Loix	All
				19	Thomas Rådström	2
					Katsuhiko Taguchi	6
					Toni Gardemeister	9–10
Hyundai World Rally Team	Hyundai	Accent WRC	M	9	Piero Liatti	1, 4, 11–12
				9	Kenneth Eriksson	2–3, 5–7, 9–10, 13–14
				10	Alister McRae	1–7, 9–14
				19	Piero Liatti	6, 14
				20	Juha Kankkunen	9
Škoda Motorsport	Škoda	Octavia WRC Evo2	M	11	Armin Schwarz	1–9, 11–12, 14
				12	Bruno Thiry	1–9, 11–12, 14
				20	Roman Kresta	7, 12, 14
				21	Stig Blomqvist	8
Citroën Sport	Citroën	Xsara WRC	M	14	Philippe Bugalski	4, 7, 11–12
				15	Jesús Puras	4, 11–12
				15	Thomas Rådström	7
				20	Sébastien Loeb	11

Major entries not registered as manufacturers
Team	Constructor	Car	Drivers	Rounds
Toyota Castrol Team Denmark	Toyota	Corolla WRC	Henrik Lundgaard	2-4, 6-7, 11, 13
Toyota Castrol Finland			Pasi Hagström	2-3, 6-7, 9, 11, 13
Toyota Team Saudi Arabia			Abdullah Bakhashab	2-3, 6-7, 11, 13
Janne Tuohino			Janne Tuohino	2, 4, 9, 13
Daniel Carlsson			Daniel Carlsson	2-3, 9, 11
Henning Solberg			Henning Solberg	2, 3, 9
Henning Solberg	Subaru	Impreza WRC	Henning Solberg	14
World Rally HIRE			Nigel Heath	3-6
F.Dor Rally Team			Frederic Dor	2-3, 6, 8
Oman Arab World Rally Team			Hamed Al-Wahaibi	2-3, 6-7, 9, 13
Subaru Rally Team Australia			Peter Bourne	10, 13
Subaru Benelux			Mark Breijer	4, 11, 14
Promotor World Rally Team			Achim Mörtl	4, 9, 11-13
H.F. Grifone SRL	Peugeot	206 WRC	Gilles Panizzi	3, 6-7, 9, 14
Toni Gardemeister			Toni Gardemeister	1-2
Simon Jean-Joseph			Simon Jean-Joseph	4, 6-7, 11
Peugeot Bastos Racing			Kris Princen	3-4, 6
Neil Wearden			Neil Wearden	6, 9-10, 12
Neil Wearden	Subaru	Impreza WRC	Neil Wearden	14
Ioannis Papadimitriou	Peugeot	206 WRC	Ioannis Papadimitriou	2-3, 6-7
Ioannis Papadimitriou	Subaru	Impreza WRC	Ioannis Papadimitriou	10, 14
Seat Sport	SEAT	Córdoba WRC	Marc Blazquez	3-6
			Salvador Canellas	3
			Gwyndaf Evans	14

[edit] Results and standings

[edit] Drivers' championship

Pos	Driver	MON	SWE	POR	ESP	ARG	CYP	GRC	KEN	FIN	NZL	ITA	FRA	AUS	GBR	Pts
1	Richard Burns	Ret	16	4	7	2	2	Ret	Ret	2	1	Ret	4	2	3	44
2	Colin McRae	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	1	1	1	Ret	3	2	8	11	5	Ret	42
3	Tommi Mäkinen	1	Ret	1	3	4	Ret	4	1	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	41
4	Marcus Grönholm	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	5	7	Ret	1	1	36
5	Harri Rovanperä		1	Ret		Ret	Ret	3	2	4	3	11	7	4	2	36
6	Carlos Sainz	2	3	2	5	3	3	Ret	Ret	6	4	4	Ret	8	Ret	33
7	Didier Auriol	Ret	Ret	8	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	3	3	3	7	23
8	Gilles Panizzi	Ret		12	2		Ret	Ret		14		1	2	9	Ret	22
9	François Delecour	3	5	5	6	7	Ret	5	4	Ret	12	6	10	Ret		15
10	Petter Solberg	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	2	Ret	7	7	9	5	7	Ret	11
11	Jesús Puras	Ret			Ret							Ret	1			10
12	Armin Schwarz	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	7	3	15		Ret	Ret		5	9
13	Freddy Loix	6	13	Ret	4	6	5	9	5	10	11	12	12	11	Ret	9
14	Sébastien Loeb	15	Ret		15			19		28		2	13		Ret	6
15	Thomas Rådström		2	Ret				Ret								6
16	Toni Gardemeister	5	4							Ret	15					5
17	Alister McRae	7	Ret	6	11	9	7	15		13	9	Ret	9	10	4	4
18	Toshihiro Arai			Ret		8	4	Ret	Ret		14	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	3
19	Markko Märtin	Ret	12	Ret	Ret			Ret		5		Ret	6		Ret	3
20	Renato Travaglia											5				2
21	Philippe Bugalski	14		Ret	8			6				Ret	Ret			1
22	Kenneth Eriksson		8	7		Ret	Ret	Ret		12	10			12	6	1
23	Pasi Hagström		Ret	10			6	Ret		9		Ret		16		1
24	Gabriel Pozzo	12		Ret	18	10	13	13	6	26	18	23		18		1
Pos	Driver	MON	SWE	POR	ESP	ARG	CYP	GRC	KEN	FIN	NZL	ITA	FRA	AUS	GBR	Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Injured or ill (Inj)
	Excluded (EX)
	Suspended (SUS)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

[edit] Manufacturers' championship

Pos	Team	Event														Total points
Pos	Team	MON	SWE	POR	ESP	ARG	CYP	GRC	KEN	FIN	NZL	ITA	FRA	AUS	GBR	Total points
1	Peugeot	0	0	4	16	0	0	0	6	13	5	16	16	14	16	106
2	Ford	6	8	6	2	14	14	10	0	6	10	7	0	3	0	86
3	Mitsubishi	13	10	10	7	4	3	6	13	0	0	1	0	2	0	69
4	Subaru	0	4	3	1	8	6	6	0	7	11	2	7	7	4	66
5	Škoda	5	1	0	0	0	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	17
6	Hyundai	2	3	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	17

[edit] Events

Rally name	Start-end date	Podium drivers (Finishing time)	Podium cars
69ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo	19 January-21 January	Tommi Mäkinen (4h:38m:04.3s) Carlos Sainz (4h:39m:05.1s) François Delecour (4h:40m:09.6s)	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 6.5 Ford Focus RS WRC 01 Ford Focus RS WRC 01
50th International Swedish Rally	9 February-11 February	Harri Rovanperä (3h:27m:01.1s) Thomas Rådström (3h:27m:29.0s) Carlos Sainz (3h:27m:38.1s)	Peugeot 206 WRC Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evo 6.5 Ford Focus RS WRC 01
35º TAP Rallye de Portugal	8 March-11 March	Tommi Mäkinen (3h:46m:42.1s) Carlos Sainz (3h:46m:50.7s) Marcus Grönholm (3h:49m:37.7s)	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 6 Ford Focus RS WRC 01 Peugeot 206 WRC
37º Rallye Catalunya-Costa Brava (Rallye de España)	23 March-25 March	Didier Auriol (3h:40m:54.7s) Gilles Panizzi (3h:41m:17.9s) Tommi Mäkinen (3h:41m:56.1s)	Peugeot 206 WRC Peugeot 206 WRC Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 6.5
21º Rally Argentina	3 May-6 May	Colin McRae (4h:18m:25.3s) Richard Burns (4h:18m:52.2s) Carlos Sainz (4h:20m:11.7s)	Ford Focus RS WRC 01 Subaru Impreza WRC2001 Ford Focus RS WRC 01
29th Cyprus Rally	1 June-3 June	Colin McRae (5h:07m:32.7s) Richard Burns (5h:07m:49.1s) Carlos Sainz (5h:07m:59.2s)	Ford Focus RS WRC 01 Subaru Impreza WRC2001 Ford Focus RS WRC 01
48th Acropolis Rally	15 June-17 June	Colin McRae (4h:19m:01.9s) Petter Solberg (4h:19m:50.9s) Harri Rovanperä (4h:20m:37.6s)	Ford Focus RS WRC 01 Subaru Impreza WRC2001 Peugeot 206 WRC
49th Safari Rally Kenya	20 July-22 July	Tommi Mäkinen (8h:58m:37s) Harri Rovanperä (9h:11m:14s) Armin Schwarz (9h:16m:12s)	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 6.5 Peugeot 206 WRC Škoda Octavia WRC
51st Neste Rally Finland	24 August-26 August	Marcus Grönholm (3h:23m:12.8s) Richard Burns (3h:23m:37.8s) Colin McRae (3h:23m:45.1s)	Peugeot 206 WRC Subaru Impreza WRC2001 Ford Focus RS WRC 01
31st Propecia Rally New Zealand	21 September-23 September	Richard Burns (3h:47m:28.0s) Colin McRae (3h:48m:12.6s) Harri Rovanperä (3h:48m:18.1s)	Subaru Impreza WRC2001 Ford Focus RS WRC 01 Peugeot 206 WRC
43º Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia	5 October-7 October	Gilles Panizzi (4h:05m:49.5s) Sébastien Loeb (4h:06m:00.9s) Didier Auriol (4h:06m:44.4s)	Peugeot 206 WRC Citroen Xsara WRC Peugeot 206 WRC
45ème Tour de Corse - Rallye de France	19 October-21 October	Jesús Puras (3h:58m:35.5s) Gilles Panizzi (3h:58m:53.0s) Didier Auriol (3h:59m:47.4s)	Citroen Xsara WRC Peugeot 206 WRC Peugeot 206 WRC
14th Telstra Rally Australia	1 November-4 November	Marcus Grönholm (3h:17m:01.3s) Richard Burns (3h:17m:41.7s) Didier Auriol (3h:18m:21.4s)	Peugeot 206 WRC Subaru Impreza WRC2001 Peugeot 206 WRC
57th Network Q Rally of Great Britain	22 November-25 November	Marcus Grönholm (3h:23m:44.8s) Harri Rovanperä (3h:26m:11.9s) Richard Burns (3h:27m:00.2s)	Peugeot 206 WRC Peugeot 206 WRC Subaru Impreza WRC2001

[edit] References

^ "Burns crowned World Rally champion". RTÉ. 25 November 2001. http://www.rte.ie/sport/motorsport/2001/1125/rally.html. Retrieved 16 June 2011.

[edit] External links

[0] "Burns crowned World Rally champion". RTÉ. 25 November 2001. http://www.rte.ie/sport/motorsport/2001/1125/rally.html. Retrieved 16 June 2011.

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2001 World Rally Championship season

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[edit] Teams and drivers

[edit] Results and standings

[edit] Drivers' championship

[edit] Manufacturers' championship

[edit] Events

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