2001 World Rally Championship season

The 2001 World Rally Championship season 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	Wales Rally GB

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 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
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
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	7, 12, 14
				21	Stig Blomqvist	8
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

Major entries not registered as manufacturers
Team	Constructor	Car	Drivers	Rounds
Toyota Castrol Team Denmark	Toyota	Corolla WRC	Henrik Lundgaard	2-4, 6-7, 11, 13
Toyota Castrol Finland			Pasi Hagström	2-3, 6-7, 9, 11, 13
Toyota Team Saudi Arabia			Abdullah Bakhashab	2-3, 6-7, 11, 13
Janne Tuohino			Janne Tuohino	2, 4, 9, 13
Daniel Carlsson			Daniel Carlsson	2-3, 9, 11
Henning Solberg			Henning Solberg	2, 3, 9
	Subaru	Impreza WRC		14
World Rally HIRE			Nigel Heath	3-6
F.Dor Rally Team			Frederic Dor	2-3, 6, 8
Oman Arab World Rally Team			Hamed Al-Wahaibi	2-3, 6-7, 9, 13
Subaru Rally Team Australia			Peter Bourne	10, 13
Subaru Benelux			Mark Breijer	4, 11, 14
Promotor World Rally Team			Achim Mörtl	4, 9, 11-13
H.F. Grifone SRL	Peugeot	206 WRC	Gilles Panizzi	3, 6-7, 9, 14
Toni Gardemeister			Toni Gardemeister	1-2
Simon Jean-Joseph			Simon Jean-Joseph	4, 6-7, 11
Peugeot Bastos Racing			Kris Princen	3-4, 6
Neil Wearden			Neil Wearden	6, 9-10, 12
	Subaru	Impreza WRC		14
Ioannis Papadimitriou	Peugeot	206 WRC	Ioannis Papadimitriou	2-3, 6-7
	Subaru	Impreza WRC		10, 14
Seat Sport	SEAT	Córdoba WRC	Marc Blazquez	3-6
			Salvador Canellas	3
			Gwyndaf Evans	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 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	POR	ESP	ARG	CYP	GRC	KEN	FIN	NZL	ITA	FRA	AUS	GBR
1	Peugeot	0	0	4	16	0	0	0	6	13	5	16	16	14	16	106
2	Ford	6	8	6	2	14	14	10	0	6	10	7	0	3	0	86
3	Mitsubishi	13	10	10	7	4	3	6	13	0	0	1	0	2	0	69
4	Subaru	0	4	3	1	8	6	6	0	7	11	2	7	7	4	66
5	Škoda	5	1	0	0	0	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	17
6	Hyundai	2	3	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	17

Events

References

External links

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