2000 Rallye Catalunya

The 36º Rallye Catalunya – Costa Brava was the fifth round of 2000 FIA World Rally Championship. The event took place between 31 March and 2 April 2000. Ford driver Colin McRae took his first win of the season. Richard Burns extended his championship lead to 9 points by finishing second in front of Carlos Sainz and Tommi Mäkinen.

2000 Rallye Catalunya
36º Rallye Catalunya – Costa Brava
Round 5 of the 2000 World Rally Championship season
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Host country Spain
Rally baseLloret de Mar
Dates run31 March – 2 April 2000
Stages15 (383.09 km; 238.04 miles)
Stage surfaceAsphalt
Overall distance1,874.70 km (1,164.88 miles)
Results
Overall winner Colin McRae
Nicky Grist
Ford Motor Co
Crews91 at start, 55 at finish

Results

Event standings
Pos. No. Driver Co-driver Car Class Total time Difference Points
1 5 Colin McRae Nicky Grist Ford Focus RS WRC 00 A8 4:07:13.0 0.0 10
2 3 Richard Burns Robert Reid Subaru Impreza WRC 2000 A8 4:07:18.9 5.9 6
3 6 Carlos Sainz Luis Moya Ford Focus RS WRC 00 A8 4:07:24.7 11.7 4
4 1 Tommi Mäkinen Risto Mannisenmäki Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI A8 4:07:53.2 40.2 3
5 16 Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen Peugeot 206 WRC A8 4:09:04.7 1:51.7 2
6 10 Gilles Panizzi Hervé Panizzi Peugeot 206 WRC A8 4:09:23.9 2:10.9 1
7 9 François Delecour Daniel Grataloup Peugeot 206 WRC A8 4:10:49.4 3:36.4 0
8 2 Freddy Loix Sven Smeets Mitsubishi Carisma GT A8 4:11:25.5 4:12.5 0
9 20 Andrea Navarra Simona Fedeli Toyota Corolla WRC A8 4:12:18.4 5:05.4 0
10 23 Markko Märtin Michael Park Toyota Corolla WRC A8 4:12:42.0 5:29.0 0

Special stages

All dates and times are CEST (UTC+2).

Leg Day Stage Clock Stage name Length Stage winner Time Avg. speed Rally leader
1 Fri 31 Mar SS1 9:57 La Trona 1 12.88 km Richard Burns 9:07.3 84.7 km/h Richard Burns
SS2 10:32 Alpens – Les Llosses 1 21.99 km Richard Burns 14:30.3 91.0 km/h
SS3 11:30 Coll de Santigosa 1 10.66 km Carlos Sainz 7:07.6 89.7 km/h
SS4 14:03 La Trona 2 12.88 km Richard Burns 9:31.5 81.1 km/h
SS5 14:38 Alpens – Les Llosses 2 21.99 km Armin Schwarz 15:00.8 87.9 km/h
SS6 15:36 Coll de Santigosa 2 10.66 km Colin McRae 7:08.6 89.5 km/h
2 Sat 1 Apr SS7 8:28 Gratallops – Escaladei 1 45.88 km Colin McRae 29:00.2 94.9 km/h Colin McRae
SS8 11:05 La Riba 1 36.16 km Tommi Mäkinen 22:36.4 96.0 km/h
SS9 14:03 Gratallops – Escaladei 2 45.88 km Colin McRae 29:04.1 94.7 km/h
SS10 16:54 Coll Roig 17.57 km Carlos Sainz 10:41.3 98.6 km/h
SS11 17:45 La Riba 2 36.16 km Carlos Sainz 22:41.0 95.6 km/h
3 Sun 2 Apr SS12 8:18 St. Julià – Arbúcies 1 36.85 km Colin McRae 22:46.0 97.1 km/h
SS13 10:11 Coll de Bracons 1 18.34 km Tommi Mäkinen 12:03.7 91.2 km/h
SS14 12:13 St. Julià – Arbúcies 2 36.85 km Colin McRae 22:43.1 97.3 km/h
SS15 14:06 Coll de Bracons 2 18.34 km Marcus Grönholm 12:09.3 90.5 km/h

Championship standings after the rally
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
Previous event:
2000 Rallye de Portugal		 FIA World Rally Championship,
2000 season		 Next event:
2000 Rally Argentina
Previous year:
1999 Rallye Catalunya		 Rallye Catalunya Next year:
2001 Rallye Catalunya
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