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, champions, article, lead, section, need, rewritten, please, help, improve, lead, read, lead, layout, guide, january, 2010, learn, when, remove, this, message, previous, 2000, next, 2002, took, place, december, gran, canaria, 14th, running, event, 1. The article s lead section may need to be rewritten Please help improve the lead and read the lead layout guide January 2010 Learn how and when to remove this message 2001 Race of Champions Previous 2000 Next 2002 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 The vehicles used were the Peugeot 206 WRC the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI WRC the SEAT Cordoba 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 Jesus Puras and Ruben Xaus Contents 1 Participants 1 1 Race of Champions 1 2 Nations Cup 2 Legends Race 3 Junior Rally Masters 4 Race of Champions 5 Nations Cup 6 References 7 External linksParticipants editRace of Champions edit Driver Reason for Qualification nbsp Marcus Gronholm World Rally champion in 2000 nbsp Stig Blomqvist Winner in the Legends Race nbsp Francois Duval Winner in the Junior Masters nbsp Valentino Rossi Invitation nbsp Juha Kankkunen Seeded nbsp Armin Schwarz Best times among Rally Drivers in Nations Cup nbsp Harri Rovanpera nbsp Gilles Panizzi nbsp Alister McRae nbsp Jeff Gordon Fastest Racing Driver in Nations Cup nbsp Ruben Xaus Fastest Motorcycle Racer in Nations Cup nbsp Flavio Alonso Winner in the Spanish Masters Nations Cup edit Country Racing Driver Rally Driver Motorcycle Racer France nbsp Paul Belmondo nbsp Gilles Panizzi nbsp Olivier Jacque United States nbsp Robby Gordon nbsp Rhys Millen nbsp Shaun Palmer Great Britain nbsp Johnny Herbert nbsp Alister McRae nbsp James Dobb Finland nbsp Heikki Kovalainen nbsp Marcus Gronholm nbsp Kari Tiainen Spain nbsp Fernando Alonso nbsp Jesus Puras nbsp Ruben Xaus Italy nbsp Emanuele Pirro nbsp Miki Biasion nbsp Valentino Rossi Germany nbsp Frank Biela nbsp Armin Schwarz nbsp Katja Poensgen All Stars nbsp Tom Kristensen nbsp Harri Rovanpera nbsp Troy BaylissLegends Race editAntonio Zanini was a late substitute for Hannu Mikkola Group A Driver Wins Losses Best Time nbsp Stig Blomqvist 2 0 1 59 88 nbsp Timo Salonen 1 1 1 59 82 nbsp Bjorn Waldegard 0 2 2 00 84 Group B Driver Wins Losses Best Time nbsp Miki Biasion 2 1 2 09 65 nbsp Per Eklund 1 1 2 11 91 nbsp Antonio Zanini 0 2 2 13 13 Semi finalsFinal nbsp Stig Blomqvist2 nbsp Per Eklund0 nbsp Stig Blomqvist2 nbsp Timo Salonen0 nbsp Miki Biasion0 nbsp Timo Salonen2 Junior Rally Masters editDriver Wins Losses Best Time nbsp Francois Duval 3 0 2 13 10 nbsp Sebastien Loeb 2 1 2 16 23 nbsp Gabriel Pozzo 1 2 2 16 69 nbsp Miguel Campos 0 3 2 15 80 Final nbsp Francois Duval1 nbsp Sebastien Loeb0 Race of Champions editHeat A Driver Wins Losses Best Time nbsp Armin Schwarz 2 1 1 56 13 nbsp Harri Rovanpera 2 1 1 56 60 nbsp Juha Kankkunen 2 1 1 56 85 nbsp Fernando Alonso 0 3 1 56 69 Heat B Driver Wins Losses Best Time nbsp Alister McRae 3 0 1 56 63 nbsp Jeff Gordon 2 1 1 55 21 nbsp Gilles Panizzi 1 2 1 56 82 nbsp Ruben Xaus 0 3 1 59 61 Quarter finalsSemi finalsFinal nbsp Marcus Gronholm0 nbsp Harri Rovanpera2 nbsp Harri Rovanpera2 nbsp Francois Duval1 nbsp Stig Blomqvist0 nbsp Francois Duval2 nbsp Harri Rovanpera2 nbsp Armin Schwarz1 nbsp Alister McRae2 nbsp Valentino Rossi0 nbsp Alister McRae0 nbsp Armin Schwarz2 nbsp Armin Schwarz2 nbsp Jeff Gordon0 Nations Cup editGroup A Team Match Wins Heat Wins Best Total Time nbsp 2 5 5 44 53 nbsp All Star 2 4 5 46 17 nbsp UK 1 5 5 48 53 nbsp Italy 1 4 5 43 19 Group B Team Match Wins Heat Wins Best Total Time nbsp USA 2 6 5 44 95 nbsp France 2 4 5 51 20 nbsp Finland 1 4 5 46 01 nbsp Germany 1 4 5 56 24 Semi finalsFinal nbsp 3 nbsp France1 nbsp 3 nbsp All Star1 nbsp USA0 nbsp All Star3 References editExternal links edithttps web archive org web 20020926050008 http www carreradecampeones org Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2001 Race of Champions amp oldid 1182867748, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
