2001 World Rally Championship

2001 World Rally Championship

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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

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	Rally of Great Britain

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
					Harri Rovanperä	2–3, 5–10, 13–14
				19	Gilles Panizzi	13
Ford Motor Co	Ford	Focus RS WRC 01	P	3	Carlos Sainz	All
				4	Colin McRae	All
				17	François Delecour	1–13
					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
					Toshihiro Arai	5–6, 8, 10, 13
				21	Toshihiro Arai	3, 7, 11–12, 14
				29	Neil Wearden	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
					Kenneth Eriksson	2–3, 5–7, 9–10, 13–14
				10	Alister McRae	1–7, 9–14
				19	Piero Liatti	14
				20	Piero Liatti	6
					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	14
				21	Stig Blomqvist	9
					Roman Kresta	8
				22	Roman Kresta	11
Citroën Sport	Citroën	Xsara WRC	M	14	Philippe Bugalski	4, 7, 11–12
				15	Jesús Puras	4, 11–12
					Thomas Rådström	7
				20	Sébastien Loeb	11

Major entries not registered as manufacturers
Team	Constructor	Car	Drivers	Rounds
SEAT Sport	SEAT	Córdoba WRC	Salvador Cañellas	4
			Marc Blázquez	3–6
			Gwyndaf Evans	14
			Matthias Kahle	7
H.F. Grifone SRL	Peugeot	206 WRC	Toni Gardemeister	1–2
			Gilles Panizzi	3, 6–7, 9, 14
			Simon Jean-Joseph	4, 6–7, 11
			Neil Wearden	6, 9–10, 12
			Jean-Pierre Richelmi	7
			Harri Rovanperä	11–12
Papadimitriou Team			Ioannis Papadimitriou	2–3, 6–7
Peugeot Esso Silver Team SG			Adruzilo Lopes	3–4
Peugeot Bastos Racing			Kris Princen	3–4, 6
			Grégoire de Mévius	14
Peugeot Sport Finland			Sebastian Lindholm	9
Peugeot Sport Austria			Raphael Sperrer	9
F.P.F. Sport			Renato Travaglia	11
Toyota Castrol Finland	Toyota	Corolla WRC	Pasi Hagström	2–3, 6–7, 9, 11, 13
Toyota Castrol Team Denmark			Henrik Lundgaard	2–3, 6–7, 11, 13
Daniel Carlsson			Daniel Carlsson	2–3, 9, 11
Telecel/Vodafone Castrol Team			Pedro Matos Chaves	3
Antony Warmbold			Antony Warmbold	3, 9
LPM Racing			Janne Tuohino	2, 4, 9, 13
			Juha Kangas	9
Toyota Team Saudi Arabia			Abdullah Bakhashab	2–3, 6–7, 11, 13
Leif Asterhag Bil AB			Henning Solberg	2, 3, 9
	Subaru	Impreza WRC		14
Oman Arab World Rally Team			Hamed Al-Wahaibi	2–3, 6–7, 9
F.Dor Rally Team			Frédéric Dor	2–3, 6, 8
World Rally HIRE			Nigel Heath	2–3, 6–7, 11, 14
Subaru Benelux			Mark Breijer	4, 11, 14
Promotor World Rally Team			Achim Mörtl	4, 9, 11–13
Subaru Rally Team Australia			Possum Bourne	10, 13
Procar			Ioannis Papadimitriou	11, 14

JWRC entries

No	Entrant	Drivers	Co-driver	Car	Rounds
50	Top Run SRL	Manfred Stohl	Ilka Minor	Fiat Punto S1600	4, 7, 11–12, 14
			Peter Müller		9
56		Giandomenico Basso	Flavio Guglielmini		4, 7, 9, 11–12, 14
51	Ford Motor Co	Patrick Magaud	Guylène Brun	Ford Puma S1600	4, 7, 9, 11–12, 14
55		Niall McShea	Michael Orr		4, 7
59		Benoît Rousselot	Gilles Mondésir		4, 7, 9, 11–12, 14
71		François Duval	Jean-Marc Fortin		4, 7, 9, 11–12, 14
52	R&D Motorsport	Andrea Dallavilla	Danilo Fappani	Fiat Punto S1600	4
			Massimo Chiapponi		7
			Giovanni Bernacchini		9, 11–12, 14
64		Massimo Macaluso	Antonio Celot		4, 7, 9, 11–12, 14
53	Citroën Sport	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën Saxo S1600	4, 7, 9, 12, 14
55		Niall McShea	Michael Orr		9, 11–12, 14
54	Peugeot Bastos Racing	Larry Cols	Yasmine Gerard	Peugeot 206 S1600	4, 7, 9, 11–12
			Dany Colebunders		14
57	Team Gamma	Cédric Robert	Marie-Pierre Billoux	Peugeot 206 S1600	4, 7, 9, 11–12
			Gérald Bedon		14
69		Nicolas Bernardi	Delphine Cavalier		4, 7, 11–12
			Jean-Claude Grau		9
			Bruno Brissart		14
58	Pronto Racing	Sergio Vallejo	Diego Vallejo	Fiat Punto S1600	4, 7, 9, 11–12, 14
67		Albert Llovera	Marc Corral		4, 7, 9, 11–12, 14
60	Chicco d'Oro	Cyril Henny	Aurore Brand	Citroën Saxo S1600	4, 7
61	Bluthunder Racing Italy	Corrado Fontana	Renzo Casazza	Peugeot 206 S1600	4, 7, 9, 11–12, 14
62	ST-Motors	Jussi Välimäki	Jakke Honkanen	Peugeot 206 S1600	4, 7, 9, 11–12, 14
63	Zeta Racing	Martin Stenshorne	Clive Jenkins	Ford Puma S1600	4, 7, 9, 11–12, 14
65	Astra Racing	Alejandro Galanti	Daniel Muzio	Ford Puma S1600	4
			Fernando Zuleta		7, 9
			Xavier Amigó		11–12, 14
68	Fiat Ceccato	Massimo Ceccato	Mitia Dotta	Fiat Punto S1600	4, 7, 9, 11–12, 14
72	Saladin Rallying	Saladin Mazlan	Timothy Sturla	Fiat Punto S1600	4
				Ford Puma S1600	7, 9, 11–12
				Citroën Saxo S1600	14
73	Hawk Racing Club	Christian Chemin	Matteo Alberto Bacchin	Fiat Punto S1600	4, 7, 9, 11–12
			Simone Scattolin		14

Results and standings

Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver MON SWE POR ESP ARG CYP GRE 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 GRE KEN FIN NZL ITA FRA AUS GBR  Pts

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)

Manufacturers' championship

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

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)

JWRC Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver ESP GRE FIN ITA FRA GBR  Pts  1 Sébastien Loeb 1 1 1 1 1 50 2 Andrea Dallavilla 5 2 2 1 2 Ret 30 3 Niall McShea Ret Ret Ret 4 4 2 12 4 Larry Cols Ret Ret 4 3 11 3 11 5 Giandomenico Basso 2 Ret Ret Ret 3 Ret 10 6 Martin Stenshorne 4 3 Ret 8 6 Ret 8 7 François Duval Ret Ret Ret 2 Ret Ret 6 8 Corrado Fontana 3 Ret 5 7 Ret Ret 6 9 Jussi Välimäki Ret 7 3 Ret 12 Ret 4 10 Alejandro Galanti Ret Ret 6 12 10 4 4 11 Patrick Magaud Ret 5 Ret 5 Ret 4 12 Cédric Robert 7 4 Ret Ret Ret Ret 3 13 Sergio Vallejo Ret Ret Ret 6 5 Ret 3 14 Saladin Mazlan Ret 8 Ret 11 Ret 5 2 15 Massimo Ceccato Ret 6 Ret Ret 9 6 2 16 Christian Chemin 6 Ret Ret Ret Ret 8 1 Pos. Driver ESP GRE FIN ITA FRA GBR Pts

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)

Events

Rally name	Start-end date	Podium drivers (Finishing time)	Podium cars
Monte Carlo Rally	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
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
Rally 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 6.5 Ford Focus RS WRC 01 Peugeot 206 WRC
Rally Catalunya	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
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
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
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
Safari Rally	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
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
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
Rally Sanremo	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
Tour de Corse	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
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
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