2001 Cyprus Rally

2001 Cyprus Rally
*29th Cyprus Rally*
2001 Cyprus Rally; 29th Cyprus Rally
Round 6 of the 2001 World Rally Championship season
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Host country	Cyprus
Rally base	Limassol
Dates run	June 1, 2001 – June 3, 2001
Stages	22 (341.38 km; 212.12 miles)
Stage surface	Gravel
Overall distance	1,252.51 km (778.27 miles)
Results
Overall winner	Colin McRae; Nicky Grist; Ford Motor Co. Ltd.; Ford Focus RS WRC '01
Crews	76 at start, 30 at finish

The 2001 Cyprus Rally (formally the 29th Cyprus Rally) was the sixth round of the 2001 World Rally Championship. The race was held over three days between 1 June and 3 June 2001, and was won by Ford's Colin McRae, his 22nd win in the World Rally Championship. ^[1]

Background[]

Entry list[]

No.	Driver	Co-Driver	Entrant	Car	Tyre
World Rally Championship manufacturer entries
1	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Peugeot Total	Peugeot 206 WRC	M
2	Didier Auriol	Denis Giraudet	Peugeot Total	Peugeot 206 WRC	M
3	Carlos Sainz	Luis Moya	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '01	P
4	Colin McRae	Nicky Grist	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '01	P
5	Richard Burns	Robert Reid	Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01	P
6	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01	P
7	Tommi Mäkinen	Risto Mannisenmäki	Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6.5	M
8	Freddy Loix	Sven Smeets	Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart	Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evo VI	M
9	Kenneth Eriksson		Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team	Hyundai Accent WRC2	M
10	Alister McRae	David Senior	Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team	Hyundai Accent WRC2	M
11	Armin Schwarz		Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Octavia WRC Evo2	M
12	Bruno Thiry	Stéphane Prévot	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Octavia WRC Evo2	M
World Rally Championship entries
16	Harri Rovanperä	Risto Pietiläinen	Peugeot Total	Peugeot 206 WRC	M
17	François Delecour		Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '01	P
18	Toshihiro Arai		Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01	P
19	Katsuhiko Taguchi	Derek Ringer	Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6.5	M
20	Piero Liatti		Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team	Hyundai Accent WRC2	M
21	Gilles Panizzi			Peugeot 206 WRC	M
22				Subaru Impreza S6 WRC '00	N/A
23			Seat Sport	Seat Cordoba WRC Evo3	P
24				Peugeot 206 WRC	M
25	Henrik Lundgaard		Toyota Castrol Team Denmark	Toyota Corolla WRC	N/A
26			Toyota Castrol Finland	Toyota Corolla WRC	N/A
27	Hamed Al-Wahaibi			Subaru Impreza S6 WRC '00	N/A
28	Abdullah Bakhashab			Toyota Corolla WRC	M
32		Chris Patterson		Peugeot 206 WRC	N/A
34	Nigel Heath			Subaru Impreza S5 WRC '99	N/A
39			Peugeot Bastos Racing	Peugeot 206 WRC	N/A
40				Peugeot 206 WRC	N/A
41				Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	N/A
42				Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	N/A
43				Toyota Celica GT-Four	N/A
46				Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V	N/A
56				Subaru Impreza 555	N/A
57				Toyota Corolla WRC	N/A
58				Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	N/A
68		Giorgos Economides		Subaru Impreza 555	N/A
Group N Cup entries
29	Gustavo Trelles		Gustavo Trelles	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	P
30	Manfred Stohl		Manfred Stohl	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	N/A
31	Stig Blomqvist	Ana Goñi		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	N/A
33	Gabriel Pozzo		Top Run SRL	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	N/A
35	Marcos Ligato		Top Run SRL	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	N/A
36	Mark Higgins		Mark Higgins	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	N/A
37	Mirco Baldacci		Mirco Baldacci	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	N/A
38	Natalie Barratt		Natalie Barratt Rallysport	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	N/A
44				Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	N/A
47				Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	N/A
48				Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	N/A
49				Mitsubishi Lancer Evo	N/A
50				Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	N/A
51				Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	N/A
53				Subaru Impreza WRX	N/A
54	François Duval		François Duval	Mitsubishi Carisma GT	N/A
59	Alistair Ginley		Alistair Ginley	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	N/A
60				Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	N/A
64				Toyota Celica GT-Four	N/A
66				Subaru Impreza	N/A
67				Subaru Impreza STI N8	N/A
70				Nissan Sunny GTI-R	N/A
73				Hyundai Accent	N/A
74				Subaru Impreza WRX	N/A
75				Mitsubishi Lancer Evo	N/A
76				Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III	N/A
77				Subaru Impreza WRX	N/A
79				Suzuki Swift GTi	N/A
83				Renault Clio 16V	N/A
Source:^[2]

Itinerary[]

Date	Time	No.	Stage name	Distance
Leg 1 — 137.98 km
1 June	08:48	SS1	Platres	11.48 km
	09:23	SS2	Foini 1	30.29 km
	11:31	SS3	Simou	35.57 km
	12:39	SS4	Selladi Staktou	19.29 km
	15:32	SS5	Prastio	11.06 km
	16:15	SS6	Foini 2	30.29 km
Leg 2 — 105.96 km
2 June	09:18	SS7	Platres 1	11.99 km
	09:56	SS8	Stavroulia 1	15.73 km
	10:39	SS9	Agios Theodoros 1	9.61 km
	11:07	SS10	Asinou 1	15.65 km
	14:22	SS11	Platres 2	11.99 km
	15:00	SS12	Stavroulia 2	15.73 km
	15:43	SS13	Agios Theodoros 2	9.61 km
	16:11	SS14	Asinou 2	15.65 km
Leg 3 — 97.44 km
3 June	09:38	SS15	Vavatsinia 1	19.02 km
	10:26	SS16	Macheras 1	13.09 km
	11:09	SS17	Lageia 1	9.53 km
	11:36	SS18	Mari 1	7.07 km
	14:16	SS19	Vavatsinia 2	19.02 km
	15:04	SS20	Macheras 2	13.11 km
	15:47	SS21	Lageia 2	9.53 km
	16:14	SS22	Mari 2	7.07 km
Source:^[3]

Results[]

Overall[]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Team	Car	Time	Difference	Points
1	4	Colin McRae	Nicky Grist	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '01	5:07:32.7		10
2	5	Richard Burns	Robert Reid	Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01	5:07:49.1	+16.4	6
3	4	Colin McRae	Nicky Grist	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '01	5:07:59.2	+26.5	4
4	18	Toshihiro Arai		Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01	5:13:11.0	+5:38.3	3
5	8	Freddy Loix	Sven Smeets	Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart	Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evo VI	5:13:42.9	+6:10.2	2
6	26			Toyota Castrol Finland	Toyota Corolla WRC	5:17:05.2	+9:32.5	1
Source:^[4]

World Rally Cars[]

Classification[]

Position		No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Event	Class	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Points
1	1	4	Colin McRae	Nicky Grist	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '01	5:07:32.7		10
2	2	5	Richard Burns	Robert Reid	Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01	5:07:49.1	+16.4	6
3	3	4	Colin McRae	Nicky Grist	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '01	5:07:59.2	+26.5	4
5	4	8	Freddy Loix	Sven Smeets	Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart	Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evo VI	5:13:42.9	+6:10.2	2
7	5	10	Alister McRae	David Senior	Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team	Hyundai Accent WRC2	5:18:08.3	+10:35.6	0
8	6	12	Bruno Thiry	Stéphane Prévot	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Octavia WRC Evo2	5:19:10.7	+11:38.0	0
9	7	11	Armin Schwarz		Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Octavia WRC Evo2	5:20:20.8	+12:48.1	0
Retired SS18		1	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Peugeot Total	Peugeot 206 WRC	Fuel pressure		0
Retired SS10		2	Didier Auriol	Denis Giraudet	Peugeot Total	Peugeot 206 WRC	Overheated engine		0
Retired SS9		9	Kenneth Eriksson		Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team	Hyundai Accent WRC2	Alternator		0
Retired SS6		6	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01	Fire		0
Retired SS4		7	Tommi Mäkinen	Risto Mannisenmäki	Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6.5	Accident		0
Source:^[5]

Special stages[]

Day	Stage	Stage name	Length	Winner	Car	Time	Class leaders
Leg 1 (1 Jun)	SS1	Platres	11.48 km	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01	9:31.4	Petter Solberg
	SS2	Foini 1	30.29 km	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 206 WRC	27:51.0	Marcus Grönholm
	SS3	Simou	35.57 km	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 206 WRC	31:13.0
	SS4	Selladi Staktou	19.29 km	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01	16:37.6
	SS5	Prastio	11.06 km	François Delecour	Ford Focus RS WRC '01	6:40.2
	SS6	Foini 2	30.29 km	François Delecour	Ford Focus RS WRC '01	27:36.8
Leg 2 (2 Jun)	SS7	Platres 1	11.99 km	Carlos Sainz	Ford Focus RS WRC '01	9:45.0	Richard Burns
	SS8	Stavroulia 1	15.73 km	Carlos Sainz	Ford Focus RS WRC '01	16:53.3
	SS9	Agios Theodoros 1	9.61 km	Didier Auriol	Peugeot 206 WRC	9:29.8
	SS10	Asinou 1	15.65 km	Carlos Sainz	Ford Focus RS WRC '01	14:51.8
	SS11	Platres 2	11.99 km	Carlos Sainz	Ford Focus RS WRC '01	9:47.6
	SS12	Stavroulia 2	15.73 km	Colin McRae	Ford Focus RS WRC '01	16:44.3	Colin McRae
	SS13	Agios Theodoros 2	9.61 km	Carlos Sainz	Ford Focus RS WRC '01	9:30.7	Colin McRae
	SS14	Asinou 2	15.65 km	Carlos Sainz	Ford Focus RS WRC '01	14:48.2	Richard Burns
Leg 3 (3 Jun)	SS15	Vavatsinia 1	19.02 km	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 206 WRC	17:17.0	Richard Burns
	SS16	Macheras 1	13.09 km	Colin McRae	Ford Focus RS WRC '01	11:41.2	Colin McRae
	SS17	Lageia 1	9.53 km	Colin McRae	Ford Focus RS WRC '01	8:37.3
	SS18	Mari 1	7.07 km	Richard Burns	Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01	4:36.1
	SS19	Vavatsinia 2	19.02 km	Colin McRae	Ford Focus RS WRC '01	16:59.8
	SS20	Macheras 2	13.11 km	Carlos Sainz	Ford Focus RS WRC '01	11:36.0
	SS21	Lageia 2	9.53 km	Colin McRae	Ford Focus RS WRC '01	8:37.5
	SS22	Mari 2	7.07 km	Richard Burns	Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01	4:35.5

Championship standings[]

Pos.	Drivers' championships			Co-drivers' championships			Manufacturers' championships
Pos.	Move	Driver	Points	Move	Co-driver	Points	Move	Manufacturer	Points
1		Tommi Mäkinen	27		Risto Mannisenmäki	27	1	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	50
2		Carlos Sainz	26		Luis Moya	26	1	Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart	47
3	1	Colin McRae	20	1	Nicky Grist	20	1	Subaru World Rally Team	22
4	3	Richard Burns	15	3	Robert Reid	15	1	Peugeot Total	20
5	2	Didier Auriol	10	2	Denis Giraudet	10		Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team	10

FIA Cup for Production Rally Drivers[]

Classification[]

Position		No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Event	Class	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Points
11	1	29	Gustavo Trelles		Gustavo Trelles	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	5:34:44.0		10
12	2	30	Manfred Stohl		Manfred Stohl	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	5:38:38.7	+3:54.7	6
13	3	33	Gabriel Pozzo		Top Run SRL	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	5:43:31.7	+8:47.7	4
14	4	59	Alistair Ginley		Alistair Ginley	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	5:52:55.1	+18:11.1	3
15	5	48				Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	5:55:43.6	+20:59.6	2
16	6	53				Subaru Impreza WRX	5:56:27.0	+21:43.0	1
18	7	51				Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	6:04:52.0	+30:08.0	0
21	8	38	Natalie Barratt		Natalie Barratt Rallysport	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	6:09:57.3	+35:13.3	0
22	9	64				Toyota Celica GT-Four	6:16:28.6	+41:44.6	0
24	10	76				Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III	6:24:12.7	+49:28.7	0
25	11	75				Mitsubishi Lancer Evo	6:36:19.8	+1:01:35.8	0
28	12	79				Suzuki Swift GTi	7:00:29.0	+1:25:45.0	0
29	13	74				Subaru Impreza WRX	7:04:32.8	+1:29:48.8	0
Retired SS19		70				Nissan Sunny GTI-R	Retired		0
Retired SS14		73				Hyundai Accent	Retired		0
Retired SS12		77				Subaru Impreza WRX	Retired		0
Retired SS11		49				Mitsubishi Lancer Evo	Mechanical		0
Retired SS7		60				Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	Retired		0
Retired SS6		66				Subaru Impreza	Retired		0
Retired SS4		35	Marcos Ligato		Top Run SRL	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	Mechanical		0
Retired SS4		83				Renault Clio 16V	Mechanical		0
Retired SS3		31	Stig Blomqvist	Ana Goñi		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	Wheel		0
Retired SS3		47				Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	Mechanical		0
Retired SS2		36	Mark Higgins		Mark Higgins	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	Mechanical		0
Retired SS2		37	Mirco Baldacci		Mirco Baldacci	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	Mechanical		0
Retired SS2		44				Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	Mechanical		0
Retired SS2		50				Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	Retired		0
Retired SS2		54	François Duval		François Duval	Mitsubishi Carisma GT	Retired		0
Retired SS2		67				Subaru Impreza STI N8	Mechanical		0
Source:^[6]

Special stages[]

Day	Stage	Stage name	Length	Winner	Car	Time	Class leaders
Leg 1 (1 Jun)	SS1	Platres	11.48 km	Marcos Ligato	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	10:13.8	Marcos Ligato
	SS2	Foini 1	30.29 km	Manfred Stohl	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	29:59.3	Manfred Stohl
	SS3	Simou	35.57 km	Marcos Ligato	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	32:50.8	Gustavo Trelles
	SS4	Selladi Staktou	19.29 km	Gustavo Trelles	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	18:04.4
	SS5	Prastio	11.06 km	Gabriel Pozzo	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	7:16.4
	SS6	Foini 2	30.29 km	Manfred Stohl	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	29:42.7
Leg 2 (2 Jun)	SS7	Platres 1	11.99 km	Manfred Stohl	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	10:25.5
	SS8	Stavroulia 1	15.73 km	Manfred Stohl	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	17:40.2
	SS9	Agios Theodoros 1	9.61 km	Gabriel Pozzo	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	10:06.7
	SS10	Asinou 1	15.65 km	Manfred Stohl	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	15:37.7
	SS11	Platres 2	11.99 km	Manfred Stohl	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	10:31.2
	SS12	Stavroulia 2	15.73 km	Manfred Stohl	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	17:28.1
	SS13	Agios Theodoros 2	9.61 km	Manfred Stohl	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	9:51.2
	SS14	Asinou 2	15.65 km	Manfred Stohl	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	15:38.8
Leg 3 (3 Jun)	SS15	Vavatsinia 1	19.02 km	Gustavo Trelles	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	18:22.2
	SS16	Macheras 1	13.09 km	Gabriel Pozzo	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	12:47.0
	SS17	Lageia 1	9.53 km	Manfred Stohl	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	9:04.8
	SS18	Mari 1	7.07 km	Manfred Stohl	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	5:24.6
	SS19	Vavatsinia 2	19.02 km	Manfred Stohl	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	18:15.7
	SS20	Macheras 2	13.11 km	Manfred Stohl	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	12:56.1
	SS21	Lageia 2	9.53 km	Manfred Stohl	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	8:52.8
	SS22	Mari 2	7.07 km	Gabriel Pozzo	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	5:18.3

Championship standings[]

Pos.	Drivers' championships
Pos.	Move	Driver	Points
1		Gabriel Pozzo	27
2	3	Gustavo Trelles	20
3	4	Manfred Stohl	12
4	2		10
5	2		10

References[]

^ "Cyprus Rally". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 2021-11-27.
^ "Cyprus Rally 2001 Entry List". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
^ "Cyprus Rally 2001 Itinerary". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
^ "Cyprus Rally 2001 Final Results". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
^ "Cyprus Rally 2001 WRC Results". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
^ "Cyprus Rally 2001 PWRC Results". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 28 January 2022.

External links[]

Official website of the World Rally Championship

[2001-Cyprus-1] "Cyprus Rally". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 2021-11-27.

[cypdrivers_2001-2] "Cyprus Rally 2001 Entry List". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 28 January 2022.

[cypitinerary_2001-3] "Cyprus Rally 2001 Itinerary". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 28 January 2022.

[cypoverall_2001-4] "Cyprus Rally 2001 Final Results". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 28 January 2022.

[cypwrc_2001-5] "Cyprus Rally 2001 WRC Results". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 28 January 2022.

[cyppwrc_2001-6] "Cyprus Rally 2001 PWRC Results". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 28 January 2022.

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