2000 Race of Champions

2000 Race of Champions
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The 2000 Race of Champions took place on December 10 at Gran Canaria. It was the 13th running of the event, and the ninth running at Gran Canaria. The International Masters contest was held for the final time this year before a format shake-up for 2001, which opened up the main competition to non-rally drivers.

The vehicles used were the Peugeot 206 WRC, The Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI WRC, the Toyota Corolla WRC, the Saab 93 rallycross car and the ROC Buggy.

The individual competition was won by Tommi Makinen, whilst the Nations' Cup was won by France with Yvan Muller, Gilles Panizzi and Régis Laconi.

Participants

Race of Champions

Driver Reason for Qualification
Finland Marcus Grönholm World Rally champion in 2000
Finland Tommi Mäkinen World Rally champion in 1996, 1997, 1998 and 1999
France Didier Auriol World Rally champion in 1994
France Gilles Panizzi Seeded
Germany Armin Schwarz Winner in the International Masters
Spain Flavio Alonso Replaces Tom Kristensen after beating Niall McShea in a play-off
Sweden Stig Blomqvist Winner in the Legends Race
Italy Valentino Rossi Invitation

Nations Cup

Country Racing Driver Rally Driver Motorcycle Racer
France France Yvan Muller France Gilles Panizzi France Régis Laconi
United States United States Danny Sullivan United States Rod Millen United States Colin Edwards
Finland Finland Harri Toivonen Finland Tommi Mäkinen Finland Vesa Kytönen
Spain Spain Marc Gené Spain Jesús Puras Spain Sete Gibernau
Italy Italy Emanuele Pirro Italy Miki Biasion Italy Valentino Rossi
Germany Germany Frank Biela Germany Armin Schwarz Germany Jürgen Fuchs
Japan Japan Hiroki Katoh Japan Kenjiro Shinozuka Japan Nobuatsu Aoki
All-Stars Denmark Tom Kristensen Sweden Stig Blomqvist United Kingdom Jeremy McWilliams

Legends Race

Semi-finals Final
 Sweden Björn Waldegård 2  
 Finland Hannu Mikkola 1  
 
     Sweden Björn Waldegård 0
   Sweden Stig Blomqvist 2
 Sweden Stig Blomqvist 2
 Finland Timo Salonen 1  

International Masters

Group A

Driver Wins
United Kingdom Niall McShea 2
Portugal Pedro Chaves 2
France Sébastien Loeb 2
Portugal Adruzilo Lopes 0

Group B

Driver Wins
Spain Flavio Alonso 3
Australia Cody Crocker 2
Poland Janusz Kulig 1
Spain Jesús Puras 0
Semi-finals Final
 Germany Armin Schwarz 2  
 United Kingdom Niall McShea 0  
 
     Germany Armin Schwarz 2
   Denmark Tom Kristensen 0
 Denmark Tom Kristensen 2
 Spain Flavio Alonso 0  

Race of Champions

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
       
 Finland Marcus Grönholm  2
 Sweden Stig Blomqvist  0  
 Finland Marcus Grönholm  2
     France Didier Auriol  0  
 France Didier Auriol  2
 Germany Armin Schwarz  1  
 Finland Marcus Grönholm  0
   
   Finland Tommi Mäkinen  2
 France Gilles Panizzi  2
 Italy Valentino Rossi  0  
 France Gilles Panizzi  0
     Finland Tommi Mäkinen  2  
 Finland Tommi Mäkinen  2
 Spain Flavio Alonso  0  
 

Nations' Cup

Group A

Team Match Wins Heat Wins Best Total Time
Italy Italy 3 7 5'52.41
Spain Spain 2 6 5'56.44
United States USA 1 5 5'55.56
Japan Japan 0 0 6'06.63

Group B

Team Match Wins Heat Wins Best Total Time
France France 3 7 5'48.82
Finland Finland 1 4 5'51.76
United Nations All-Stars 1 4 5'56.59
Germany Germany 1 3 5'52.11
Semi-finals Final
 Italy Italy 2  
 Finland Finland 1  
 
     Italy Italy 0
   France France 3
 Spain Spain 0
 France France 3  

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