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]

2001 World Rally Championship
World Drivers' Champion:
Richard Burns
World Manufacturers' Champion:
Peugeot
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The 2001 championship was contested over fourteen rounds in Europe, Africa, South America and Oceania.

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 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
Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC M 1 Marcus Grönholm 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 P 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 P 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		 M 7 Tommi Mäkinen 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
Toni Gardemeister Paavo Lukander 9–10
Hyundai World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC
Accent WRC2		 M 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 M 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 M 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
Major entries not registered as manufacturers
Team Constructor Car 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
Bozian Racing Ioannis Papadimitriou Chris Patterson 2–3, 6–7
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
Pasi Hagström Tero Gardemeister 2–3, 6–7, 9, 11, 13
Henrik Lundgaard Jens-Christian Anker 2–3, 6–7, 11, 13
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
Toyota Team Saudi Arabia Abdullah Bakhashab Bobby Willis 2–3, 6–7, 11, 13
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
Styllex Tuning Prosport Tomáš Hrdinka Petr Gross 2
Oman Arab World Rally Team Hamed Al-Wahaibi Tony Sircombe 2–3, 6–7, 9, 11, 13
F.Dor Rally Team Frédéric Dor Didier Breton 2–3, 6, 8
World Rally HIRE Nigel Heath Steve Lancaster 2–3, 6–7, 11, 14
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
Marlboro Ford Mobil 1 Team Janusz Kulig Jarosław Baran 2–3
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

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 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

Drivers' championship
Pos. 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 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
 GRE
 KEN
 FIN
 NZL
 ITA
 FRA
 AUS
 GBR
  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
 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
Pos. Manufacturer No. MON
 SWE
 POR
 ESP
 ARG
 CYP
 GRE
 KEN
 FIN
 NZL
 ITA
 FRA
 AUS
 GBR
 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
 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
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
Monte Carlo Rally19 January–21 January
  1. Tommi Mäkinen (4h:38m:04.3s)
  2. Carlos Sainz (4h:39m:05.1s)
  3. François Delecour (4h:40m:09.6s)
  1. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 6.5
  2. Ford Focus RS WRC 01
  3. Ford Focus RS WRC 01
Swedish Rally9 February–11 February
  1. Harri Rovanperä (3h:27m:01.1s)
  2. Thomas Rådström (3h:27m:29.0s)
  3. Carlos Sainz (3h:27m:38.1s)
  1. Peugeot 206 WRC
  2. Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evo 6.5
  3. Ford Focus RS WRC 01
Rally Portugal8 March–11 March
  1. Tommi Mäkinen (3h:46m:42.1s)
  2. Carlos Sainz (3h:46m:50.7s)
  3. Marcus Grönholm (3h:49m:37.7s)
  1. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 6.5
  2. Ford Focus RS WRC 01
  3. Peugeot 206 WRC
Rally Catalunya23 March–25 March
  1. Didier Auriol (3h:40m:54.7s)
  2. Gilles Panizzi (3h:41m:17.9s)
  3. Tommi Mäkinen (3h:41m:56.1s)
  1. Peugeot 206 WRC
  2. Peugeot 206 WRC
  3. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 6.5
Rally Argentina3 May–6 May
  1. Colin McRae (4h:18m:25.3s)
  2. Richard Burns (4h:18m:52.2s)
  3. Carlos Sainz (4h:20m:11.7s)
  1. Ford Focus RS WRC 01
  2. Subaru Impreza WRC2001
  3. Ford Focus RS WRC 01
Cyprus Rally1 June–3 June
  1. Colin McRae (5h:07m:32.7s)
  2. Richard Burns (5h:07m:49.1s)
  3. Carlos Sainz (5h:07m:59.2s)
  1. Ford Focus RS WRC 01
  2. Subaru Impreza WRC2001
  3. Ford Focus RS WRC 01
Acropolis Rally15 June–17 June
  1. Colin McRae (4h:19m:01.9s)
  2. Petter Solberg (4h:19m:50.9s)
  3. Harri Rovanperä (4h:20m:37.6s)
  1. Ford Focus RS WRC 01
  2. Subaru Impreza WRC2001
  3. Peugeot 206 WRC
Safari Rally20 July–22 July
  1. Tommi Mäkinen (8h:58m:37s)
  2. Harri Rovanperä (9h:11m:14s)
  3. Armin Schwarz (9h:16m:12s)
  1. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 6.5
  2. Peugeot 206 WRC
  3. Škoda Octavia WRC
Rally Finland24 August–26 August
  1. Marcus Grönholm (3h:23m:12.8s)
  2. Richard Burns (3h:23m:37.8s)
  3. Colin McRae (3h:23m:45.1s)
  1. Peugeot 206 WRC
  2. Subaru Impreza WRC2001
  3. Ford Focus RS WRC 01
Rally New Zealand21 September–23 September
  1. Richard Burns (3h:47m:28.0s)
  2. Colin McRae (3h:48m:12.6s)
  3. Harri Rovanperä (3h:48m:18.1s)
  1. Subaru Impreza WRC2001
  2. Ford Focus RS WRC 01
  3. Peugeot 206 WRC
Rally Sanremo5 October–7 October
  1. Gilles Panizzi (4h:05m:49.5s)
  2. Sébastien Loeb (4h:06m:00.9s)
  3. Didier Auriol (4h:06m:44.4s)
  1. Peugeot 206 WRC
  2. Citroen Xsara WRC
  3. Peugeot 206 WRC
Tour de Corse19 October–21 October
  1. Jesús Puras (3h:58m:35.5s)
  2. Gilles Panizzi (3h:58m:53.0s)
  3. Didier Auriol (3h:59m:47.4s)
  1. Citroen Xsara WRC
  2. Peugeot 206 WRC
  3. Peugeot 206 WRC
Rally Australia1 November–4 November
  1. Marcus Grönholm (3h:17m:01.3s)
  2. Richard Burns (3h:17m:41.7s)
  3. Didier Auriol (3h:18m:21.4s)
  1. Peugeot 206 WRC
  2. Subaru Impreza WRC2001
  3. Peugeot 206 WRC
Rally of Great Britain22 November–25 November
  1. Marcus Grönholm (3h:23m:44.8s)
  2. Harri Rovanperä (3h:26m:11.9s)
  3. 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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