2000 World Rally Championship season

The 2000 World Rally Championship season was the 28th season of the FIA World Rally Championship. The season consisted of 14 rallies. The drivers' world championship was won by Marcus Grönholm in a Peugeot 206 WRC, ahead of Richard Burns and Carlos Sainz. The manufacturers' title was won by Peugeot, ahead of Ford and Subaru.

Calendar

Round	Dates	Race
1	21–23 January	Monte Carlo Rally
2	11–13 February	Swedish Rally
3	25–27 February	Safari Rally
4	16–19 March	Rally Portugal
5	31 March-2 April	Rally Catalunya
6	11–14 May	Rally Argentina
7	9–11 June	Acropolis Rally
8	13–16 July	Rally New Zealand
9	18–20 August	Rally Finland
10	8–10 September	Cyprus Rally
11	29 September-1 October	Tour de Corse
12	20–22 October	Rally Sanremo
13	9–12 November	Rally Australia
14	23–26 November	Wales Rally GB

Teams and drivers

Team	Constructor	Car	Tyre	No	Drivers	Rounds
Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart	Mitsubishi	Lancer Evo VI	M	1	Tommi Mäkinen	All
				2	Freddy Loix	All
Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru	Impreza WRC 99/00	P	3	Richard Burns	All
				4	Juha Kankkunen	1–10, 13–14
					Simon Jean-Joseph	11–12
				16	Petter Solberg	11–14
				18	Markko Märtin	13
Ford Motor Co	Ford	Focus WRC 00	M	5	Colin McRae	All
				6	Carlos Sainz	All
				16	Petter Solberg	3–4, 6–10
				18	Piero Liatti	11–12
					Tapio Laukkanen	13–14
SEAT Sport	SEAT	Córdoba WRC	P	7	Didier Auriol	All
				8	Toni Gardemeister	All
				17	Harri Rovanpera	2, 14
				20	Gwyndaf Evans	14
Peugeot Esso	Peugeot	206 WRC	M	9	François Delecour	1–2, 4–8, 10–14
					Gilles Panizzi	3
					Sebastian Lindholm	9
				10	Gilles Panizzi	1, 5, 11–12
					Marcus Grönholm	2–4, 6–10, 13–14
				16	Marcus Grönholm	1, 5, 11–12
				18	François Delecour	9
				19	Gilles Panizzi	13–14
Škoda Motorsport	Škoda	Octavia WRC	M	11	Armin Schwarz	1, 3–5, 7, 10, 12, 14
				12	Luís Climent	1, 3–5, 7, 10, 12, 14
Hyundai World Rally Team	Hyundai	Accent WRC	M	14	Kenneth Eriksson	2, 4–9, 11–14
				15	Alister McRae	2, 4–9, 11–14
				23	Michael Guest	9, 12–13

Results and standings

Drivers' championship

Pos Driver MON SWE KEN POR ESP ARG GRC NZL FIN CYP FRA ITA AUS GBR  Pts  1 Marcus Grönholm Ret 1 Ret 2 5 2 Ret 1 1 Ret 5 4 1 2 65 2 Richard Burns Ret 5 1 1 2 1 Ret Ret Ret 4 4 Ret 2 1 60 3 Carlos Sainz 2 Ret 4 3 3 Ret 2 3 14 1 3 5 Ret 4 46 4 Colin McRae Ret 3 Ret Ret 1 Ret 1 2 2 2 Ret 6 Ret Ret 43 5 Tommi Mäkinen 1 2 Ret Ret 4 3 Ret Ret 4 5 Ret 3 DSQ 3 36 6 François Delecour Ret 7 5 7 13 9 Ret 6 3 2 2 3 6 24 7 Gilles Panizzi Ret Ret 6 1 1 Ret 8 21 8 Juha Kankkunen 3 6 2 Ret Ret 4 3 Ret 8 7 Ret 5 20 9 Harri Rovanperä 12 4 3 10 7 10 Petter Solberg 5 Ret 6 Ret 4 Ret DNS Ret 9 Ret Ret 6 11 Kenneth Eriksson 13 Ret 23 8 Ret 5 15 Ret 45 4 Ret 5 12 Didier Auriol Ret 10 3 10 13 Ret Ret Ret 11 Ret 8 17 8 9 4 13 Toshihiro Arai 6 16 4 Ret 9 13 Ret 4 14 Toni Gardemeister 4 Ret Ret 9 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 11 Ret 6 12 4 15 Freddy Loix 6 8 Ret 6 8 5 Ret Ret Ret 8 Ret 8 Ret Ret 4 16 Thomas Rådström 4 Ret 3 17 Bruno Thiry 5 2 18 Armin Schwarz 7 7 8 11 5 Ret 12 13 2 19 Sebastian Lindholm 5 2 20 Tapio Laukkanen Ret 5 Ret 2 21 Abdullah Bakhashab 27 Ret 15 6 28 Ret 44 1 22 Possum Bourne 6 7 1 23 Markko Märtin 9 7 10 Ret 10 6 Ret Ret 7 1 24 Piero Liatti 6 Ret 1 Pos Driver MON SWE KEN POR ESP ARG GRC NZL FIN CYP FRA ITA AUS GBR  Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Injured or ill (Inj) Excluded (EX) Suspended (SUS) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

Manufacturers' championship

Pos	Team	Event														Total points
		MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	ARG	GRC	NZL	FIN	CYP	FRA	ITA	AUS	GBR
1	Peugeot	0	11	0	9	3	6	2	10	13	4	16	16	14	7	111
2	Ford	6	4	3	4	14	0	16	10	6	16	4	5	0	3	91
3	Subaru	4	5	16	10	6	13	4	0	2	4	5	1	6	12	88
4	Mitsubishi	12	6	0	2	3	6	0	0	4	2	0	4	0	4	43
5	SEAT	3	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	11
6	Hyundai	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	3	0	8
7	Škoda	1	0	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8

Events

See also

• FIA World Rally Championship 2000 at rallybase.nl