2001 World Rally Championship Explained

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.

Rd.	Start date	Finish date	Rally	Rally headquarters	Surface	Stages	Distance	Support class
1	18 January	21 January	69th Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo	Monte Carlo	Mixed	15	373.06 km	N/A
2	8 February	11 February	50th International Swedish Rally	Karlstad, Värmland County	Snow	17	380.31 km	Teams Cup
3	8 March	11 March	35th TAP Rallye de Portugal	Santa Maria da Feira, Aveiro District	Gravel	22	390.72 km	Teams Cup
4	22 March	25 March	37th Rallye Catalunya - Costa Brava - Rallye de España	Lloret de Mar, Catalonia	Tarmac	18	383.18 km	Super 1600
5	3 May	6 May	21st Rally Argentina	Carlos Paz, Córdoba	Gravel	21	389.58 km	N/A
6	31 May	3 June	29th Cyprus Rally	Limassol, Limassol District	Gravel	22	341.38 km	Teams Cup
7	14 June	17 June	48th Acropolis Rally	Itea, Phocis	Gravel	20	387.41 km	Super 1600/Teams Cup
8	19 July	22 July	49th Safari Rally Kenya	Nairobi	Gravel	13	1129.76 km	N/A
9	23 August	26 August	51st Neste Rally Finland	Jyväskylä, Central Finland	Gravel	21	406.38 km	Super 1600
10	20 September	23 September	32nd Propecia Rally New Zealand	Manukau, Auckland	Gravel	24	382.46 km	N/A
11	4 October	7 October	43rd Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia	Sanremo, Liguria	Tarmac	20	368.12 km	Super 1600/Teams Cup
12	18 October	21 October	45th Tour de Corse - Rallye de France	Ajaccio, Corsica	Tarmac	16	394.04 km	Super 1600
13	1 November	4 November	14th Telstra Rally Australia	Perth, Western Australia	Gravel	21	396.77 km	Teams Cup
14	22 November	25 November	57th Network Q Rally of Great Britain	Cardiff, Wales	Gravel	17	380.86 km	Super 1600
Sources:^[2] ^[3]

Calendar changes

All 14 rounds from the previous season remained on the calendar for the 2001 season. April was left open with the belief at the time being that Britain would be moved to the spring in 2002, since there had been talks to relocate Rally GB to earlier in the year to make the event better for weather and tourism.^[4] The Safari rally was moved to the summer away from its traditional spring date, while Cyprus was also moved to the summer to be back to back with the Acropolis Rally.

There had been plans to relocate Rally Australia from Perth to Melbourne with the event being based on the Rally of Melbourne that was part of the Australian Rally Championship at the time.^[5] However these plans failed to materialize and the Rally remained in Perth.

During the season, Rally GB was under the threat of cancellation due to the outbreak of foot in mouth disease in the United Kingdom, leading to the Rally of Lebanon being prepared as a replacement.^[6] Rally GB was able to go ahead but with a more compact route which concentrated on more rural parts of the south of Wales and controversially removed popular stages such as Sweet Lamb and Myherin.^[7]

Teams and drivers

Manufacturer teams
Team	Manufacturer	Car	Tyre	No	Drivers	Co-drivers	Rounds
Peugeot Total	Peugeot	206 WRC		1	nowrap		nowrap	Timo Rautiainen	All
				2	Didier Auriol	Denis Giraudet	All
				16	Harri Rovanperä	Risto Pietiläinen	2–3, 5–10, 13–14
					Gilles Panizzi	Hervé Panizzi	1, 4, 11–12
				22			9, 13–14
				29	Harri Rovanperä	Risto Pietiläinen	11–12
Ford Motor Co Ltd	Ford	Focus RS WRC 01		3	Carlos Sainz	Luis Moya	All
				4	Colin McRae	Nicky Grist	All
				17	François Delecour	Daniel Grataloup	1–13
					Mark Higgins	Bryan Thomas	14
				21	Paolo Andreucci	Alessandro Giusti	11
				24	Rui Madeira	Fernando Prata	3
555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru	Impreza WRC 2001		5	Richard Burns	Robert Reid	All
				6	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	2–14
					Markko Märtin	Michael Park	1
				18			4, 7, 9, 11–12, 14
					Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	1
					Toshihiro Arai	Glenn MacNeall	5–6, 8, 10, 13
				21			3, 7, 11–12, 14
				29	Neil Wearden	Trevor Agnew	14
Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart	Mitsubishi	Lancer Evo 6.5 Lancer Evo WRC		7	Tommi Mäkinen	nowrap	Risto Mannisenmäki	1–12
						Timo Hantunen	13
						Kaj Lindström	14
				8	Freddy Loix	Sven Smeets	All
				19	Thomas Rådström	Tina Thörner	2
					Katsuhiko Taguchi	Derek Ringer	6
					nowrap	Toni Gardemeister	Paavo Lukander	9–10
Hyundai World Rally Team	Hyundai	Accent WRC Accent WRC2		9	Piero Liatti	Carlo Cassina	1, 4, 11–12
					Kenneth Eriksson	Staffan Parmander	2–3, 5–7, 9–10, 13–14
				10	Alister McRae	David Senior	1–7, 9–14
				19	Piero Liatti	Carlo Cassina	6, 14
				20	Juha Kankkunen	Juha Repo	9
				43	Thomas Kolberg	Werner Seigerud	2
				45	Kristian Kolberg	Anders Dawidson	2
Škoda Motorsport	Škoda	Octavia WRC Evo2		11	Armin Schwarz	Manfred Hiemer	1–9, 11–12, 14
				12	Bruno Thiry	Stéphane Prévot	1–8, 11–12, 14
						Georges Biar	9
				20	Roman Kresta	Jan Tománek	8, 11, 14
				21	Stig Blomqvist	Ana Goñi	9
Citroën Sport	Citroën	Xsara WRC		14	Philippe Bugalski	Jean-Paul Chiaroni	4, 7, 11–12
				15	Jesús Puras	Marc Martí	4, 11–12
					Thomas Rådström	Tina Thörner	7
				20	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	11

Non Manufacturer Entries

Major entries not registered as manufacturers
Team	Manufacturer	Car	Tyre	Drivers	Co-drivers	Rounds
H.F. Grifone SRL	Peugeot	206 WRC		Toni Gardemeister	Paavo Lukander	1–2
			Gilles Panizzi	Hervé Panizzi	3, 6–7
				Neil Wearden	Trevor Agnew	6, 9–10, 12
			Jean-Pierre Richelmi	Thierry Barjou	7
Peugeot Esso Silver Team SG				Adruzilo Lopes	Luís Lisboa	3–4
Peugeot Bastos Racing				Kris Princen	Dany Colebunders	3–4, 6
			Simon Jean-Joseph	Jacques Boyere	4, 6–7, 11
			Grégoire de Mévius		14
Peugeot Sport Finland			Sebastian Lindholm	Timo Hantunen	9
Peugeot Sport Austria			Raphael Sperrer	Per Carlsson	9
F.P.F. Sport				Renato Travaglia	Flavio Zanella	11
H.F. Grifone SRL	Toyota	Corolla WRC		Piero Longhi	Lucio Baggio	1, 11
			Pier Lorenzo Zanchi	Dario D'Esposito	1
			Tapio Laukkanen	Kaj Lindström	2–3
				Juuso Pykälistö	Esko Mertsalmi	9
Toyota Castrol Team				Olivier Burri	Jean-Philippe Patthey	1
				Daniel Carlsson	Benny Melander	2–3, 9, 11
				Pedro Chaves	Sérgio Paiva	3
				Antony Warmbold	Gemma Price	3, 9
				Jouni Ahvenlammi	Teppo Leino	9
				Neal Bates	Coral Taylor	13
Shell Norway Motorsport				Henning Solberg	Ola Fløene	2–3
					Cato Menkerud	9
LPM Racing				Janne Tuohino	Petri Vihavainen	2, 4, 9, 13
				Juha Kangas	Mika Ovaskainen	9
Mocne Rally				Leszek Kuzaj	Maciek Baran	3
Escudería Bengala				Luís Climent	Álex Romaní	4
Top Run SRL				Domenico Caldarola	Paolo Cecchini	11
Procar Rally Team	Subaru	Impreza WRC		Tobia Cavallini	Bernardo Serra	1
				Armodios Vovos	Loris Meletopoulos	7
				Ioannis Papadimitriou	Chris Patterson	11
				Diego Oldrati	Danilo Fappani	11
Subaru Benelux				Mark Breijer	Hans van Goor	4, 11, 14
Promotor World Rally Team			Achim Mörtl	Stefan Eichhorner	4, 9, 11–13
Subaru Rally Team Australia			Peter 'Possum' Bourne	Craig Vincent	10
				Mark Stacey	13
Shell Norway Motorsport				Henning Solberg	Cato Menkerud	14
Papadimitriou Team		Impreza 555	Ioannis Papadimitriou	Allan Harryman	14
Blue Rose Team	Ford	Focus RS WRC		Jani Paasonen	Arto Kapanen	2, 9
			Markku Alén	Ilkka Riipinen	9
Jolly Club				Roman Kresta	Jan Tománek	7
Carlos Sainz Junior Team				Txus Jaio	Lucas Cruz	14
SEAT Sport	SEAT	Córdoba WRC		Marc Blázquez	Jordi Mercader	3–6
				Salvador Cañellas	Alberto Sanchís	4
				Matthias Kahle	Peter Göbel	7
				Gwyndaf Evans	Chris Patterson	14

FIA Teams Cup

Team	Manufacturer	Car	Tyre	Drivers	Co-drivers	Rounds
Toyota Castrol Team Denmark	Toyota	Corolla WRC		Henrik Lundgaard	Jens-Christian Anker	2–3, 6–7, 11, 13
Toyota Castrol Team Finland				Pasi Hagström	Tero Gardemeister	2–3, 6–7, 11, 13
Toyota Team Saudi Arabia				Abdullah Bakhashab	Bobby Willis	2–3, 6–7, 11, 13
Oman Arab World Rally Team	Subaru	Impreza WRC		Hamed Al-Wahaibi	Tony Sircombe	2–3, 6–7, 11, 13
World Rally HIRE			?	Nigel Heath	Steve Lancaster	2–3, 6–7, 11, 13
nowrap			F.Dor Rally Team		Frédéric Dor	Didier Breton	2–3, 6
Styllex Tuning Prosport				Tomáš Hrdinka	Petr Gross	2
David Sutton Cars Ltd	Mitsubishi	Lancer Evo (Grp. N)		Stig Blomqvist	Ana Goñi	2–3, 6–7, 11, 13
Barratt Rallysport				Natalie Barratt	Trevor Agnew	2
					Claire Parker	3, 6–7
					Michael Gibson	11
					Chris Patterson	13
Ioannis Papadimitriou	Peugeot	206 WRC		Ioannis Papadimitriou	Nikolaos Petropoulos	2–3, 6–7
Marlboro Ford Mobil 1 Team	Ford	Focus RS WRC		Janusz Kulig	Jarosław Baran	2–3

Super 1600 Championship 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 Ltd	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	Rally Team Henny	Cyril Henny	Aurore Brand	Citroën Saxo S1600	4, 7
61	H.F. Grifone SRL	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	Hawk Racing Club	Massimo Ceccato	Mitia Dotta	Fiat Punto S1600	4, 7, 9, 11–12, 14
73		Christian Chemin	Matteo Alberto Bacchin		4, 7, 9, 11–12
			Simone Scattolin		14
72	Saladin Rallying	Saladin Mazlan	Timothy Sturla	Fiat Punto S1600	4
				Ford Puma S1600	7, 9, 11–12
				Citroën Saxo S1600	14

Results and standings

Rally results

Rd.	Rally	Overall Winners	Group N Cup Winners	Teams cup Winners	Super 1600 winners	Report
1	Monte Carlo	nowrap	No. 7 Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart	No. 44 Olivier Gillet	N/A	N/A	Report
		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6.5	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	N/A	N/A
		Tommi Mäkinen Risto Mannisenmäki	Olivier Gillet Freddy Delorme	N/A	N/A
2	Sweden	No. 16 Peugeot Total	No. 28 Mitsubishi Ralliart Sweden	No. 24 Toyota Castrol Team Denmark	N/A	Report
		Peugeot 206 WRC	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	Toyota Corolla WRC	N/A
		Harri Rovanperä Risto Pietiläinen	Stig-Olov Walfridsson Lars Bäckman	Henrik Lundgaard Jens-Christian Anker	N/A
3	Portugal	No. 7 Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart	No. 67 Pedro Dias da Silva	No. 27 Toyota Castrol Team Finland	N/A	Report
		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6.5	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6.5	Toyota Corolla WRC	N/A
		Tommi Mäkinen Risto Mannisenmäki	Pedro Dias da Silva Mário Castro	Pasi Hagström Tero Gardemeister	N/A
4	Spain	No. 2 Peugeot Total	No. 27 Top Run SRL	N/A	No. 53 Citroën Sport	Report
		Peugeot 206 WRC	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	N/A	Citroën Saxo S1600
		Didier Auriol Denis Giraudet	Gabriel Pozzo Daniel Stillo	N/A	Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena
5	Argentina	No. 4 Ford Motor Co	No. 21 Top Run SRL	N/A	N/A	Report
		Ford Focus RS WRC '01	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	N/A	N/A
		Colin McRae Nicky Grist	Gabriel Pozzo Daniel Stillo	N/A	N/A
6	Cyprus	No. 4 Ford Motor Co	No. 29 Gustavo Trelles	No. 26 Toyota Castrol Team Finland	N/A	Report
		Ford Focus RS WRC '01	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	Toyota Corolla WRC	N/A
		Colin McRae Nicky Grist	Gustavo Trelles Jorge Del Buono	Pasi Hagström Tero Gardemeister	N/A
7	Greece	No. 4 Ford Motor Co	No. 32 Top Run SRL	No. 24 Toyota Castrol Team Denmark	No. 53 Citroën Sport	Report
		Ford Focus RS WRC '01	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	Toyota Corolla WRC	Citroën Saxo S1600
		Colin McRae Nicky Grist	Gabriel Pozzo Daniel Stillo	Henrik Lundgaard Jens-Christian Anker	Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena
8	Kenya	No. 7 Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart	No. 22 Top Run SRL	N/A	N/A	Report
		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6.5	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	N/A	N/A
		Tommi Mäkinen Risto Mannisenmäki	Gabriel Pozzo Daniel Stillo	N/A	N/A
9	Finland	No. 1 Peugeot Total	No. 47 Top Run SRL	N/A	No. 53 Citroën Sport	Report
		Peugeot 206 WRC	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	N/A	Citroën Saxo S1600
		Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen	Marcos Ligato Rubén García	N/A	Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena
10	New Zealand	No. 5 Subaru World Rally Team	No. 37 Stohl Racing	N/A	N/A	Report
		Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	N/A	N/A
		Richard Burns Robert Reid	Manfred Stohl Peter Müller	N/A	N/A
11	Italy	No. 16 Peugeot Total	No. 78 Ralliart Italia	No. 24 Toyota Castrol Team Denmark	No. 52 R&D Motorsport	Report
		Peugeot 206 WRC	Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evo VI	Toyota Corolla WRC	Fiat Punto S1600
		Gilles Panizzi Herve Panizzi	Alessandro Fiorio Enrico Cantoni	Henrik Lundgaard Jens-Christian Anker	Andrea Dallavilla Giovanni Bernacchini
12	France	No. 15 Citroën Sport	No. 28 Gustavo Trelles	N/A	No. 53 Citroën Sport	Report
		Citroën Xsara WRC	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	N/A	Citroën Saxo S1600
		Jesús Puras Marc Martí	Gustavo Trelles Jorge Del Buono	N/A	Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena
13	Australia	No. 1 Peugeot Total	No. 28 Mitsubishi Ralliart	No. 24 Oman Arab World Rally Team	N/A	Report
		Peugeot 206 WRC	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01	N/A
		Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen	Ed Ordynski Iain Stewart	Hamed Al-Wahaibi Tony Sircombe	N/A
14	Britain	No. 1 Peugeot Total	No. 38 David Higgins	N/A	N/A	Report
		Peugeot 206 WRC	Subaru Impreza S6 WRX	N/A	N/A
		Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen	David Higgins Craig Thorley	N/A	N/A
Source:^[8]

Scoring system

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

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

Drivers' championship

Driver MON SWE POR ESP ARG CYP GRE 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 align=left nowrap Thomas Rådström 2 Ret Ret 6 16 align=left nowrap 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 Driver MON SWE POR ESP ARG CYP GRE KEN FIN NZL ITA FRA AUS GBR  Pts

Manufacturers' championship

Manufacturer 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 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 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 Manufacturer MON SWE POR ESP ARG CYP GRE KEN FIN NZL ITA FRA AUS GBR Points

FIA Teams Cup

Driver SWE POR CYP GRE ITA AUS  Pts  1 Henrik Lundgaard 1 Ret Ret 1 1 2 36 2 Pasi Hagström Ret 1 1 Ret Ret 3 24 3 Hamed Al-Wahaibi Ret 2 Ret Ret Ret 1 16 4 align=left nowrap Abdullah Bakhashab 3 Ret 2 2 Ret Ret 15 5 Stig Blomqvist 2 Ret Ret Ret 3 4 13 6 Natalie Barrett 7 Ret 3 4 Ret 5 9 7 Nigel Heath 6 4 Ret Ret Ret Ret 4 NC Ioannis Papadimitriou Ret 3 Ret 3 2 0 (14) NC Janusz Kulig 3 Ret 0 (4) NC Frédéric Dor 5 Ret Ret 0 (2) Driver SWE POR CYP GRE ITA AUS Pts

JWRC Drivers' championship

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 align=left nowrap 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 Driver ESP GRE FIN ITA FRA GBR Pts

Production World Rally Championship

Driver MON SWE POR ESP ARG CYP GRE KEN FIN NZL ITA FRA AUS GBR  Pts  1 Gabriel Pozzo 4 Ret 1 1 3 1 1 2 2 2 2 71 2 Gustavo Trelles 3 Ret Ret 2 1 2 Ret 1 36 3 Manfred Stohl 2 Ret 2 1 6 23 4 Marcos Ligato 5 Ret Ret Ret Ret 3 2 1 Ret Ret 11 36 5 Stig Blomqvist 3 Ret 3 Ret Ret Ret Ret 4 4 7 4 17 6 Olivier Gillet 1 10 7 Stig-Olov Walfridsson 1 10 8 Pedro Dias da Silva 1 10 9 Alex Fiorio 1 10 10 Ed Ordynski 1 10 11 David Higgins 1 10 12 Alistair Ginley 4 Ret 13 3 7 13 Stanislav Gryazin Ret 4 Ret 3 7 14 Kenneth Bäcklund 2 Ret Ret 6 15 align=left nowrap Vítor Pascoal 2 6 16 align=left nowrap Roger Feghali 2 6 17 Jean-Marc Sanchez 2 6 18 Ramón Ferreyros 2 6 19 Mirco Baldacci 4 Ret 4 15 Ret 6 20 Pedro Leal 3 4 21 Roberto Sanchez 3 4 22 Anwar Azar 3 4 23 Kaj Kuistila 3 4 24 Fumio Nutahara 3 Ret 4 25 Alfredo De Dominicis 3 4 26 François Duval Ret Ret 3 4 27 Eddie Mercier 7 6 23 4 4 Driver MON SWE POR ESP ARG CYP GRE KEN FIN NZL ITA FRA AUS GBR  Pts

Events

Rally name	Start-end date	Podium drivers (Finishing time)	Podium cars
Monte Carlo Rally	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
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
Rally 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
Rally Catalunya	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
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
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
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
Safari Rally	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
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
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
Rallye Sanremo	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
Tour de Corse	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
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
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

External links

• FIA World Rally Championship 2001 at ewrc-results.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: Burns crowned World Rally champion . . 25 November 2001 . 16 June 2011.
2. Web site: 1 September 2000 . Provisional 2001 calendar rings the changes . 19 November 2024 . Autosport.
3. Web site: Season 2001 . 19 November 2024 . eWRC.
4. Web site: 6 December 2000 . September move for Rally Great Britain . 19 November 2024 . Autosport.
5. Web site: 9 June 2000 . Rally Oz to move in 2001 . 19 November 2024 . Autosport.
6. Web site: Miller . Duby . 29 March 2001 . MERC: Lebanon waits in the wings . 24 November 2024 . Motorsport.
7. Web site: 2 May 2001 . Rally GB set for even more compact route . 19 November 2024 . Autosport.
8. Web site: Season 2000 rally - eWRC-results . www.ewrc-results.com.