2001 World Rally Championship

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
					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
				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
					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
					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
			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
			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, 11–12
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
			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 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 Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (DNF) Black Excluded (EX) Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Cancelled (C) 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 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

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

Events

References

External links

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