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.^[1]

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	Network Q 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
				16	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
				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
				29	Neil Wearden	14
				30	Achim Mörtl	13
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
				43	Thomas Kolberg	2
				45	Kristian Kolberg	2
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	8, 11, 14
				21	Stig Blomqvist	9
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
SEAT Sport	SEAT	Córdoba WRC	P	21	Salvador Cañellas	4
				23	Marc Blázquez	3–6
				24	Gwyndaf Evans	14
				27	Matthias Kahle	7

Major entries not registered as manufacturers
Team	Constructor	Car	Drivers	Rounds
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
Peugeot Bastos Racing			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 Team	Toyota	Corolla WRC	Pasi Hagström	2–3, 6–7, 9, 11, 13
			Henrik Lundgaard	2–3, 6–7, 11, 13
			Daniel Carlsson	2–3, 9, 11
			Pedro Matos Chaves	3
			Antony Warmbold	3, 9
			Jouni Ahvenlammi	9
LPM Racing			Janne Tuohino	2, 4, 9, 13
LPM Racing			Juha Kangas	9
Toyota Team Saudi Arabia			Abdullah Bakhashab	2–3, 6–7, 11, 13
Leif Asterhag Bil AB			Henning Solberg	2, 3, 9
Leif Asterhag Bil AB	Subaru	Impreza WRC	Henning Solberg	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, 11–12
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
50		Manfred Stohl	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	Citroën Sport	Niall McShea	Michael Orr	Citroën Saxo S1600	9, 11–12, 14
54	Peugeot Bastos Racing	Larry Cols	Yasmine Gerard	Peugeot 206 S1600	4, 7, 9, 11–12
54	Peugeot Bastos Racing	Larry Cols	Dany Colebunders	Peugeot 206 S1600	14
57	Team Gamma	Cédric Robert	Marie-Pierre Billoux	Peugeot 206 S1600	4, 7, 9, 11–12
57		Cédric Robert	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	Pronto Racing	Albert Llovera	Marc Corral	Fiat Punto S1600	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
73	Hawk Racing Club	Christian Chemin	Simone Scattolin	Fiat Punto S1600	14

Results and standings

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
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Black	Excluded (EX)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
Blank	Withdrew entry before 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
2	Ford Motor Co	4	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	1	1	1	Ret	3	2	4	7	4	Ret	86
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
5	Škoda Motorsport	12	6	6	Ret	7	Ret	6	6	Ret	9		7	Ret		8	17
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

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Black	Excluded (EX)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
Blank	Withdrew entry before 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

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Black	Excluded (EX)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
Blank	Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

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 6.5 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

References

↑ "Burns crowned World Rally champion". RTÉ. 25 November 2001. Retrieved 16 June 2011.

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