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[]

The 2001 championship was contested over fourteen rounds in Europe, Africa, South America and Oceania.

Round Dates Race
1 19–21 January Monaco Monte Carlo Rally
2 9–11 February Sweden Swedish Rally
3 8–11 March Portugal Rally Portugal
4 23–25 March Spain Rally Catalunya
5 3–6 May Argentina Rally Argentina
6 1–3 June Cyprus Cyprus Rally
7 15–17 June Greece Acropolis Rally
8 20–22 July Kenya Safari Rally
9 24–26 August Finland Rally Finland
10 21–23 September New Zealand Rally New Zealand
11 4–7 October Italy Rally Sanremo
12 19–21 October France Tour de Corse
13 1–4 November Australia Rally Australia
14 23–25 November United Kingdom 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 Co-drivers Rounds
France Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC M 1 Finland Marcus Grönholm Finland Timo Rautiainen All
2 France Didier Auriol France Denis Giraudet All
16 Finland Harri Rovanperä Finland Risto Pietiläinen 2–3, 5–10, 13–14
France Gilles Panizzi France 1, 4, 11–12
22 9, 13–14
29 Finland Harri Rovanperä Finland Risto Pietiläinen 11–12
United States Ford Motor Co Ltd Ford Focus RS WRC 01 P 3 Spain Carlos Sainz Spain Luis Moya All
4 United Kingdom Colin McRae United Kingdom Nicky Grist All
17 France François Delecour France 1–13
United Kingdom Mark Higgins United Kingdom 14
21 Italy Paolo Andreucci Italy 11
24 Portugal Rui Madeira Portugal 3
Japan 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza WRC 2001 P 5 United Kingdom Richard Burns United Kingdom Robert Reid All
6 Norway Petter Solberg United Kingdom Phil Mills 2–14
Estonia Markko Märtin United Kingdom Michael Park 1
18 4, 7, 9, 11–12, 14
Norway Petter Solberg United Kingdom Phil Mills 1
Japan Toshihiro Arai Australia 5–6, 8, 10, 13
21 3, 7, 11–12, 14
29 United Kingdom United Kingdom 14
Japan Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6.5
Lancer Evo WRC
M 7 Finland Tommi Mäkinen Finland Risto Mannisenmäki 1–12
Finland 13
Finland Kaj Lindström 14
8 Belgium Freddy Loix Belgium Sven Smeets All
19 Sweden Thomas Rådström Sweden Tina Thörner 2
Japan Katsuhiko Taguchi United Kingdom Derek Ringer 6
Finland Toni Gardemeister Finland Paavo Lukander 9–10
South Korea Hyundai World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC
Accent WRC2
M 9 Italy Piero Liatti Italy 1, 4, 11–12
Sweden Kenneth Eriksson Sweden 2–3, 5–7, 9–10, 13–14
10 United Kingdom Alister McRae United Kingdom David Senior 1–7, 9–14
19 Italy Piero Liatti Italy 6, 14
20 Finland Juha Kankkunen Finland 9
43 Norway Norway 2
45 Norway Sweden 2
Czech Republic Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo2 M 11 Germany Armin Schwarz Germany 1–9, 11–12, 14
12 Belgium Bruno Thiry Belgium Stéphane Prévot 1–8, 11–12, 14
Belgium 9
20 Czech Republic Roman Kresta Czech Republic 8, 11, 14
21 Sweden Stig Blomqvist Venezuela Ana Goñi 9
France Citroën Sport Citroën Xsara WRC M 14 France Philippe Bugalski France 4, 7, 11–12
15 Spain Jesús Puras Spain Marc Martí 4, 11–12
Sweden Thomas Rådström Sweden Tina Thörner 7
20 France Sébastien Loeb Monaco Daniel Elena 11

Non Manufacturer Entries[]

Major entries not registered as manufacturers
Team Constructor Car Tyre Drivers Co-drivers Rounds
Italy H.F. Grifone SRL Peugeot 206 WRC M Finland Toni Gardemeister Finland Paavo Lukander 1–2
France Gilles Panizzi France 3, 6–7
United Kingdom United Kingdom 6, 9–10, 12
Monaco France 7
France Bozian Racing Greece United Kingdom Chris Patterson 2–3, 6–7
Portugal Peugeot Esso Silver Team SG Portugal Portugal 3–4
Belgium Peugeot Bastos Racing M Belgium Belgium 3–4, 6
France France 4, 6–7, 11
Belgium Grégoire de Mévius 14
Finland Peugeot Sport Finland Finland Sebastian Lindholm Finland 9
Austria Peugeot Sport Austria Austria Sweden 9
Italy F.P.F. Sport Italy Renato Travaglia Italy 11
Italy H.F. Grifone SRL Toyota Corolla WRC M Italy Italy 1, 11
Italy Italy 1
Finland Tapio Laukkanen Finland Kaj Lindström 2–3
Finland Juuso Pykälistö Finland 9
Japan Toyota Castrol Team P Switzerland Olivier Burri Switzerland 1
M Finland Finland 2–3, 6–7, 9, 11, 13
Denmark Henrik Lundgaard Denmark 2–3, 6–7, 11, 13
Sweden Daniel Carlsson Sweden 2–3, 9, 11
Portugal Pedro Chaves Portugal 3
Germany Antony Warmbold United Kingdom 3, 9
Finland Finland 9
Australia Neal Bates Australia Coral Taylor 13
Norway Shell Norway Motorsport M Norway Henning Solberg Norway Ola Fløene 2–3
Norway Cato Menkerud 9
Finland LPM Racing Finland Janne Tuohino Finland 2, 4, 9, 13
Finland Finland 9
Saudi Arabia Toyota Team Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Abdullah Bakhashab United Kingdom 2–3, 6–7, 11, 13
Poland Mocne Rally Poland Poland 3
Spain Escudería Bengala M Spain Spain 4
Italy Top Run SRL Italy Italy 11
Italy Procar Rally Team Subaru Impreza WRC Italy Italy 1
Greece Armodios Vovos Greece 7
Greece United Kingdom Chris Patterson 11
Italy Italy 11
Slovakia Styllex Tuning Prosport M Czech Republic Czech Republic 2
Oman Oman Arab World Rally Team Oman Hamed Al-Wahaibi New Zealand 2–3, 6–7, 9, 11, 13
France F.Dor Rally Team France France 2–3, 6, 8
United Kingdom World Rally HIRE United Kingdom Nigel Heath United Kingdom 2–3, 6–7, 11, 14
Netherlands Subaru Benelux P Netherlands Netherlands 4, 11, 14
Austria Promotor World Rally Team Austria Austria 4, 9, 11–13
Australia Subaru Rally Team Australia New Zealand Peter 'Possum' Bourne New Zealand 10
Australia 13
Norway Shell Norway Motorsport M Norway Henning Solberg Norway Cato Menkerud 14
Greece Papadimitriou Team Impreza 555 Greece United Kingdom 14
Finland Blue Rose Team Ford Focus RS WRC P Finland Jani Paasonen Finland 2, 9
Finland Markku Alén Finland 9
Poland Marlboro Ford Mobil 1 Team M Poland Janusz Kulig Poland 2–3
Italy Jolly Club Czech Republic Roman Kresta Czech Republic 7
Spain Carlos Sainz Junior Team Spain Spain Lucas Cruz 14
Spain SEAT Sport SEAT Córdoba WRC Spain Spain 3–6
P Spain Salvador Cañellas Spain 4
M Germany Germany 7
P United Kingdom Gwyndaf Evans United Kingdom Chris Patterson 14

JWRC entries[]

No Entrant Drivers Co-driver Car Rounds
50 Italy Top Run SRL Austria Manfred Stohl Austria Ilka Minor Fiat Punto S1600 4, 7, 11–12, 14
Austria 9
56 Italy Giandomenico Basso Italy 4, 7, 9, 11–12, 14
51 United Kingdom Ford Motor Co Ltd France France Ford Puma S1600 4, 7, 9, 11–12, 14
55 United Kingdom Niall McShea United Kingdom 4, 7
59 France France 4, 7, 9, 11–12, 14
71 Belgium François Duval Belgium 4, 7, 9, 11–12, 14
52 Italy Italy Italy Fiat Punto S1600 4
Italy 7
Italy 9, 11–12, 14
64 Italy Italy 4, 7, 9, 11–12, 14
53 France Citroën Sport France Sébastien Loeb Monaco Daniel Elena Citroën Saxo S1600 4, 7, 9, 12, 14
55 United Kingdom Niall McShea United Kingdom 9, 11–12, 14
54 Belgium Peugeot Bastos Racing Belgium Belgium Peugeot 206 S1600 4, 7, 9, 11–12
Belgium 14
57 France Team Gamma France France Peugeot 206 S1600 4, 7, 9, 11–12
France 14
69 France Nicolas Bernardi France 4, 7, 11–12
France 9
France 14
58 Spain Spain Spain Diego Vallejo Fiat Punto S1600 4, 7, 9, 11–12, 14
67 Andorra Albert Llovera Spain 4, 7, 9, 11–12, 14
60 Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland Citroën Saxo S1600 4, 7
61 Italy Italy Italy Peugeot 206 S1600 4, 7, 9, 11–12, 14
62 Finland Finland Jussi Välimäki Finland Jakke Honkanen Peugeot 206 S1600 4, 7, 9, 11–12, 14
63 Norway Norway United Kingdom Ford Puma S1600 4, 7, 9, 11–12, 14
65 Italy Paraguay Uruguay Ford Puma S1600 4
Paraguay 7, 9
Spain 11–12, 14
68 Italy Italy Italy Fiat Punto S1600 4, 7, 9, 11–12, 14
73 Italy Italy 4, 7, 9, 11–12
Italy Simone Scattolin 14
72 Malaysia Malaysia United Kingdom Fiat Punto S1600 4
Ford Puma S1600 7, 9, 11–12
Citroën Saxo S1600 14

Results and standings[]

Scoring system[]

Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers in each event.

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
Points 10 6 4 3 2 1

Drivers' championship[]

Pos. Driver MON
Monaco
SWE
Sweden
POR
Portugal
ESP
Spain
ARG
Argentina
CYP
Cyprus
GRE
Greece
KEN
Kenya
FIN
Finland
NZL
New Zealand

Italy
FRA
France

Australia

United Kingdom
 Pts 
1 United Kingdom Richard Burns Ret 16 4 7 2 2 Ret Ret 2 1 Ret 4 2 3 44
2 United Kingdom Colin McRae Ret 9 Ret Ret 1 1 1 Ret 3 2 8 11 5 Ret 42
3 Finland Tommi Mäkinen 1 Ret 1 3 4 Ret 4 1 Ret 8 Ret Ret 6 Ret 41
4 Finland Marcus Grönholm Ret Ret 3 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 1 5 7 Ret 1 1 36
5 Finland Harri Rovanperä 1 Ret Ret Ret 3 2 4 3 11 7 4 2 36
6 Spain Carlos Sainz 2 3 2 5 3 3 Ret Ret 6 4 4 Ret 8 Ret 33
7 France Didier Auriol Ret Ret 8 1 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 6 3 3 3 7 23
8 France Gilles Panizzi Ret 12 2 Ret Ret 14 1 2 9 Ret 22
9 France François Delecour 3 5 5 6 7 Ret 5 4 Ret 12 6 10 Ret 15
10 Norway Petter Solberg Ret 6 Ret Ret 5 Ret 2 Ret 7 7 9 5 7 Ret 11
11 Spain Jesús Puras Ret Ret Ret 1 10
12 Germany Armin Schwarz 4 Ret Ret Ret Ret 9 7 3 15 Ret Ret 5 9
13 Belgium Freddy Loix 6 13 Ret 4 6 5 9 5 10 11 12 12 11 Ret 9
14 France Sébastien Loeb 15 Ret 15 19 28 2 13 Ret 6
15 Sweden Thomas Rådström 2 Ret Ret 6
16 Finland Toni Gardemeister 5 4 Ret 15 5
17 United Kingdom Alister McRae 7 Ret 6 11 9 7 15 13 9 Ret 9 10 4 4
18 Japan Toshihiro Arai Ret 8 4 Ret Ret 14 Ret Ret Ret 10 3
19 Estonia Markko Märtin Ret 12 Ret Ret Ret 5 Ret 6 Ret 3
20 Italy Renato Travaglia 5 2
21 France Philippe Bugalski 14 Ret 8 6 Ret Ret 1
22 Sweden Kenneth Eriksson 8 7 Ret Ret Ret 12 10 12 6 1
23 Finland Ret 10 6 Ret 9 Ret 16 1
24 Argentina Gabriel Pozzo 12 Ret 18 10 13 13 6 26 18 23 18 1
Pos. Driver MON
Monaco
SWE
Sweden
POR
Portugal
ESP
Spain
ARG
Argentina
CYP
Cyprus
GRE
Greece
KEN
Kenya
FIN
Finland
NZL
New Zealand

Italy
FRA
France

Australia

United Kingdom
 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
Monaco
SWE
Sweden
POR
Portugal
ESP
Spain
ARG
Argentina
CYP
Cyprus
GRE
Greece
KEN
Kenya
FIN
Finland
NZL
New Zealand

Italy
FRA
France

Australia

United Kingdom
Points
1 France Peugeot Total 1 Ret Ret 3 (Ret) Ret Ret Ret Ret 1 4 (7) (Ret) 1 1 106
2 Ret Ret 7 1 Ret Ret Ret 5 2 2
16 2 2 4 1 1 3 2
2 United States 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 Japan 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 Japan 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 Czech Republic 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 South Korea 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
Monaco
SWE
Sweden
POR
Portugal
ESP
Spain
ARG
Argentina
CYP
Cyprus
GRE
Greece
KEN
Kenya
FIN
Finland
NZL
New Zealand

Italy
FRA
France

Australia

United Kingdom
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
Spain
GRE
Greece
FIN
Finland

Italy
FRA
France

United Kingdom
 Pts 
1 France Sébastien Loeb 1 1 1 1 1 50
2 Italy 5 2 2 1 2 Ret 30
3 United Kingdom Niall McShea Ret Ret Ret 4 4 2 12
4 Belgium Ret Ret 4 3 11 3 11
5 Italy Giandomenico Basso 2 Ret Ret Ret 3 Ret 10
6 Norway 4 3 Ret 8 6 Ret 8
7 Belgium François Duval Ret Ret Ret 2 Ret Ret 6
8 Italy 3 Ret 5 7 Ret Ret 6
9 Finland Jussi Välimäki Ret 7 3 Ret 12 Ret 4
10 Paraguay Ret Ret 6 12 10 4 4
11 France Ret 5 Ret 5 Ret 4
12 France 7 4 Ret Ret Ret Ret 3
13 Spain Ret Ret Ret 6 5 Ret 3
14 Malaysia Ret 8 Ret 11 Ret 5 2
15 Italy Ret 6 Ret Ret 9 6 2
16 Italy 6 Ret Ret Ret Ret 8 1
Pos. Driver ESP
Spain
GRE
Greece
FIN
Finland

Italy
FRA
France

United Kingdom
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
Monaco Monte Carlo Rally 19 January–21 January
  1. Finland Tommi Mäkinen (4h:38m:04.3s)
  2. Spain Carlos Sainz (4h:39m:05.1s)
  3. France François Delecour (4h:40m:09.6s)
  1. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 6.5
  2. Ford Focus RS WRC 01
  3. Ford Focus RS WRC 01
Sweden Swedish Rally 9 February–11 February
  1. Finland Harri Rovanperä (3h:27m:01.1s)
  2. Sweden Thomas Rådström (3h:27m:29.0s)
  3. Spain Carlos Sainz (3h:27m:38.1s)
  1. Peugeot 206 WRC
  2. Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evo 6.5
  3. Ford Focus RS WRC 01
Portugal Rally Portugal 8 March–11 March
  1. Finland Tommi Mäkinen (3h:46m:42.1s)
  2. Spain Carlos Sainz (3h:46m:50.7s)
  3. Finland Marcus Grönholm (3h:49m:37.7s)
  1. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 6.5
  2. Ford Focus RS WRC 01
  3. Peugeot 206 WRC
Spain Rally Catalunya 23 March–25 March
  1. France Didier Auriol (3h:40m:54.7s)
  2. France Gilles Panizzi (3h:41m:17.9s)
  3. Finland Tommi Mäkinen (3h:41m:56.1s)
  1. Peugeot 206 WRC
  2. Peugeot 206 WRC
  3. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 6.5
Argentina Rally Argentina 3 May–6 May
  1. United Kingdom Colin McRae (4h:18m:25.3s)
  2. United Kingdom Richard Burns (4h:18m:52.2s)
  3. Spain Carlos Sainz (4h:20m:11.7s)
  1. Ford Focus RS WRC 01
  2. Subaru Impreza WRC2001
  3. Ford Focus RS WRC 01
Cyprus Cyprus Rally 1 June–3 June
  1. United Kingdom Colin McRae (5h:07m:32.7s)
  2. United Kingdom Richard Burns (5h:07m:49.1s)
  3. Spain Carlos Sainz (5h:07m:59.2s)
  1. Ford Focus RS WRC 01
  2. Subaru Impreza WRC2001
  3. Ford Focus RS WRC 01
Greece Acropolis Rally 15 June–17 June
  1. United Kingdom Colin McRae (4h:19m:01.9s)
  2. Norway Petter Solberg (4h:19m:50.9s)
  3. Finland Harri Rovanperä (4h:20m:37.6s)
  1. Ford Focus RS WRC 01
  2. Subaru Impreza WRC2001
  3. Peugeot 206 WRC
Kenya Safari Rally 20 July–22 July
  1. Finland Tommi Mäkinen (8h:58m:37s)
  2. Finland Harri Rovanperä (9h:11m:14s)
  3. Germany Armin Schwarz (9h:16m:12s)
  1. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 6.5
  2. Peugeot 206 WRC
  3. Škoda Octavia WRC
Finland Rally Finland 24 August–26 August
  1. Finland Marcus Grönholm (3h:23m:12.8s)
  2. United Kingdom Richard Burns (3h:23m:37.8s)
  3. United Kingdom Colin McRae (3h:23m:45.1s)
  1. Peugeot 206 WRC
  2. Subaru Impreza WRC2001
  3. Ford Focus RS WRC 01
New Zealand Rally New Zealand 21 September–23 September
  1. United Kingdom Richard Burns (3h:47m:28.0s)
  2. United Kingdom Colin McRae (3h:48m:12.6s)
  3. Finland Harri Rovanperä (3h:48m:18.1s)
  1. Subaru Impreza WRC2001
  2. Ford Focus RS WRC 01
  3. Peugeot 206 WRC
Italy Rally Sanremo 5 October–7 October
  1. France Gilles Panizzi (4h:05m:49.5s)
  2. France Sébastien Loeb (4h:06m:00.9s)
  3. France Didier Auriol (4h:06m:44.4s)
  1. Peugeot 206 WRC
  2. Citroen Xsara WRC
  3. Peugeot 206 WRC
France Tour de Corse 19 October–21 October
  1. Spain Jesús Puras (3h:58m:35.5s)
  2. France Gilles Panizzi (3h:58m:53.0s)
  3. France Didier Auriol (3h:59m:47.4s)
  1. Citroen Xsara WRC
  2. Peugeot 206 WRC
  3. Peugeot 206 WRC
Australia Rally Australia 1 November–4 November
  1. Finland Marcus Grönholm (3h:17m:01.3s)
  2. United Kingdom Richard Burns (3h:17m:41.7s)
  3. France Didier Auriol (3h:18m:21.4s)
  1. Peugeot 206 WRC
  2. Subaru Impreza WRC2001
  3. Peugeot 206 WRC
United Kingdom Rally of Great Britain 22 November–25 November
  1. Finland Marcus Grönholm (3h:23m:44.8s)
  2. Finland Harri Rovanperä (3h:26m:11.9s)
  3. United Kingdom Richard Burns (3h:27m:00.2s)
  1. Peugeot 206 WRC
  2. Peugeot 206 WRC
  3. Subaru Impreza WRC2001

References[]

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

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