2001 Race of Champions

The 2001 Race of Champions took place on December 7 to 9 at Gran Canaria. It was the 14th running of the event, and the 10th running at Gran Canaria. There was a slight format change for this year - The International Masters event was replaced by the Junior Masters event, open to rally drivers under the age of 30. Seeding for the main Race of Champions event was no longer awarded on the basis of having won a WRC title, but places were awarded for having posted the fastest times in the Nations Cup.

2001 Race of Champions
Previous: 2000 Next: 2002

The vehicles used were the Peugeot 206 WRC, the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI WRC, the SEAT Córdoba WRC, the Saab 93 Rallycross car and the ROC Buggy.

The individual competition was won by Harri Rovanpera, whilst the Nations Cup was won by Spain with Fernando Alonso, Jesús Puras and Rubén Xaus.

Participants

Race of Champions
Driver Reason for Qualification
Marcus Grönholm World Rally champion in 2000
Stig Blomqvist Winner in the Legends Race
Francois Duval Winner in the Junior Masters
Valentino Rossi Invitation
Juha Kankkunen Seeded
Armin Schwarz Best times among Rally Drivers in Nations' Cup
Harri Rovanpera
Gilles Panizzi
Alister McRae
Jeff Gordon Fastest Racing Driver in Nations' Cup
Ruben Xaus Fastest Motorcycle Racer in Nations' Cup
Flavio Alonso Winner in the Spanish Masters

Nations' Cup
Country Racing Driver Rally Driver Motorcycle Racer
France Paul Belmondo Gilles Panizzi Olivier Jacque
United States Robby Gordon Rhys Millen Shaun Palmer
Great Britain Johnny Herbert Alister McRae James Dobb
Finland Heikki Kovalainen Marcus Grönholm Kari Tiainen
Spain Fernando Alonso Jesús Puras Rubén Xaus
Italy Emanuele Pirro Miki Biasion Valentino Rossi
Germany Frank Biela Armin Schwarz Katja Poensgen
All-Stars Tom Kristensen Harri Rovanpera Troy Bayliss

Legends Race

Group A

Driver Wins Losses Best Time
Stig Blomqvist 2 0 1'59.88
Timo Salonen 1 1 1'59.82
Björn Waldegård 0 2 2'00.84

Group B

Driver Wins Losses Best Time
Miki Biasion 2 1 2'09.65
Per Eklund 1 1 2'11.91
Antonio Zanini 0 2 2'13.13
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Stig Blomqvist2
 
 
 
 Per Eklund0
 
 Stig Blomqvist2
 
 
 
 Timo Salonen0
 
 Miki Biasion0
 
 
 Timo Salonen2
 

Junior Rally Masters
Driver Wins Losses Best Time
François Duval 3 0 2'13.10
Sébastien Loeb 2 1 2'16.23
Gabriel Pozzo 1 2 2'16.69
Miguel Campos 0 3 2'15.80
 
Final
 
  
 
 
 
 
 François Duval1
 
 
 Sébastien Loeb0
 

Race of Champions

Heat A

Driver Wins Losses Best Time
Armin Schwarz 2 1 1'56.13
Harri Rovanpera 2 1 1'56.60
Juha Kankkunen 2 1 1'56.85
Fernando Alonso 0 3 1'56.69

Heat B

Driver Wins Losses Best Time
Alister McRae 3 0 1'56.63
Jeff Gordon 2 1 1'55.21
Gilles Panizzi 1 2 1'56.82
Ruben Xaus 0 3 1'59.61
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
 Marcus Grönholm0
 
 
 
 Harri Rovanpera2
 
 Harri Rovanpera2
 
 
 
 François Duval1
 
 Stig Blomqvist0
 
 
 
 François Duval2
 
 Harri Rovanpera2
 
 
 
 Armin Schwarz1
 
 Alister McRae2
 
 
 
 Valentino Rossi0
 
 Alister McRae0
 
 
 
 Armin Schwarz2
 
 Armin Schwarz2
 
 
 Jeff Gordon0
 

Nations Cup

Group A

Team Match Wins Heat Wins Best Total Time
Spain 2 5 5'44.53
All-Star 2 4 5'46.17
UK 1 5 5'48.53
Italy 1 4 5'43.19

Group B

Team Match Wins Heat Wins Best Total Time
USA 2 6 5'44.95
France 2 4 5'51.20
Finland 1 4 5'46.01
Germany 1 4 5'56.24
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Spain3
 
 
 
 France1
 
 Spain3
 
 
 
 All-Star1
 
 USA0
 
 
 All-Star3
 

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