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2000 World Rally Championship

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The 2000 World Rally Championship 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, breaking the streak of Tommi Mäkinen who had won the previous 4 titles for Mitsubishi, ahead of Richard Burns and Carlos Sainz. The manufacturers' title was won by Peugeot, ahead of Ford and Subaru.

Calendar

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The 2000 championship was contested over fourteen rounds in Europe, Africa, South America and Oceania. Rally China was originally scheduled to be the tenth round of the season but was cancelled after primary sponsor British American Tobacco withdrew from the event. The Cyprus Rally was added to the calendar as a replacement.[1]

Round Dates Race
1 21–23 January Monaco Monte Carlo Rally
2 11–13 February Sweden Swedish Rally
3 25–27 February Kenya Safari Rally
4 16–19 March Portugal Rally Portugal
5 31 March-2 April Spain Rally Catalunya
6 11–14 May Argentina Rally Argentina
7 9–11 June Greece Acropolis Rally
8 13–16 July New Zealand Rally New Zealand
9 18–20 August Finland Rally Finland
10 8–10 September Cyprus Cyprus Rally
11 29 September-1 October France Tour de Corse
12 20–22 October Italy Rally Sanremo
13 9–12 November Australia Rally Australia
14 23–26 November United Kingdom Rally of Great Britain
Sources:[2][3]

Teams and drivers

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Team Manufacturer Car Tyre No. Driver Co-Driver Rounds
Japan Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI M 1 Finland Tommi Mäkinen Finland Risto Mannisenmäki All
2 Belgium Freddy Loix Belgium Sven Smeets All
Japan Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza WRC 99
Impreza WRC 2000
P 3 United Kingdom Richard Burns United Kingdom Robert Reid All
4 Finland Juha Kankkunen Finland Juha Repo 1–10, 13–14
France Simon Jean-Joseph France Jack Boyere 11–12
16 Norway Petter Solberg Wales Phil Mills 11–14
18 Estonia Markko Märtin United Kingdom Michael Park 13
United States Ford Motor Co Ford Focus RS WRC 00 M 5 United Kingdom Colin McRae United Kingdom Nicky Grist All
6 Spain Carlos Sainz Spain Luis Moya All
16 Norway Petter Solberg Wales Phil Mills 3–4, 6–10
18 Italy Piero Liatti Italy Carlo Cassina 11–12
Finland Tapio Laukkanen Finland Kaj Lindström 9, 13–14
Spain SEAT Sport SEAT Córdoba WRC P 7 France Didier Auriol France Denis Giraudet All
8 Finland Toni Gardemeister Finland Paavo Lukander All
17 Finland Harri Rovanperä Finland Risto Pietiläinen 2, 14
20 United Kingdom Gwyndaf Evans United Kingdom Howard Davies 14
23 Portugal Rui Madeira Portugal Fernando Prata 4
30 Austria Raphael Sperrer Sweden Per Carlsson 9
51 Belgium Renaud Verreydt Belgium Jean-François Elst 12
France Peugeot Esso Peugeot 206 WRC M 9 France François Delecour France Daniel Grataloup 1–2, 4–8, 10–14
France Gilles Panizzi France Herve Panizzi 3
Finland Sebastian Lindholm Finland Jukka Aho 9
10 France Gilles Panizzi France Herve Panizzi 1, 5, 11–12
Finland Marcus Grönholm Finland Timo Rautiainen 2–4, 6–10, 13–14
16 1, 5, 11–12
18 France François Delecour France Daniel Grataloup 9
19 Portugal Adruzilo Lopes Portugal Luis Lisboa 3–4
France Gilles Panizzi France Herve Panizzi 13–14
Czech Republic Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC M 11 Germany Armin Schwarz Germany Manfred Hiemer 1, 3–5, 7, 10, 12, 14
12 Spain Luís Climent Spain Alex Romani 1, 3–5, 7, 10, 12, 14
South Korea Hyundai World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC M 14 Sweden Kenneth Eriksson Sweden Staffan Parmander 2, 4–9, 11–14
15 United Kingdom Alister McRae United Kingdom David Senior 2, 4–9, 11–14
23 Australia Michael Guest Australia David Green 9, 12–13
Japan Toyota Toyota Corolla WRC M 20 Sweden Thomas Rådström Sweden Christina Thörner 2, 4
21 Finland Pasi Hagström Finland Tero Gardemeister 2, 4, 9
Portugal Pedro Chaves Portugal Sergio Paiva 4
22 Australia Neal Bates Australia Coral Taylor 13
24 Denmark Henrik Lundgaard Denmark Jens-Christian Anker 1, 5, 12
42 Switzerland Olivier Burri Switzerland Christophe Hofmann 1, 12
43 Germany Achim Warmbold Germany Antony Warmbold 14

Toyota not counted for the 2000 season in the Manufacturers' championship due to their withdrawal from the sport in 1999 to concentrate on F1.

Results and standings

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Drivers' championship

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Pos. Driver MON
Monaco
SWE
Sweden
KEN
Kenya
POR
Portugal
ESP
Spain
ARG
Argentina
GRE
Greece
NZL
New Zealand
FIN
Finland
CYP
Cyprus
FRA
France
ITA
Italy
AUS
Australia
GBR
United Kingdom
 Pts 
1 Finland Marcus Grönholm Ret 1 Ret 2 5 2 Ret 1 1 Ret 5 4 1 2 65
2 United Kingdom Richard Burns Ret 5 1 1 2 1 Ret Ret Ret 4 4 Ret 2 1 60
3 Spain Carlos Sainz 2 Ret 4 3 3 Ret 2 3 14 1 3 5 DSQ 4 46
4 United Kingdom Colin McRae Ret 3 Ret Ret 1 Ret 1 2 2 2 Ret 6 Ret Ret 43
5 Finland Tommi Mäkinen 1 2 Ret Ret 4 3 Ret Ret 4 5 Ret 3 DSQ 3 36
6 France François Delecour Ret 7 5 7 13 9 Ret 6 3 2 2 3 6 24
7 France Gilles Panizzi Ret Ret 6 1 1 Ret 8 21
8 Finland Juha Kankkunen 3 6 2 Ret Ret 4 3 Ret 8 7 Ret 5 20
9 Finland Harri Rovanperä 12 4 3 10 7
10 Norway Petter Solberg 5 Ret 6 Ret 4 Ret DNS Ret 9 Ret Ret 6
11 Sweden Kenneth Eriksson 13 Ret 23 8 Ret 5 15 Ret 45 4 Ret 5
12 France Didier Auriol Ret 10 3 10 13 Ret Ret Ret 11 Ret 8 17 8 9 4
13 Japan Toshihiro Arai 6 16 4 Ret 9 13 Ret 4
14 Finland Toni Gardemeister 4 Ret Ret 9 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 11 Ret 6 12 4
15 Belgium Freddy Loix 6 8 Ret 6 8 5 Ret Ret Ret 8 Ret 8 Ret Ret 4
16 Sweden Thomas Rådström 4 Ret 3
17 Belgium Bruno Thiry 5 2
18 Germany Armin Schwarz 7 7 8 11 5 Ret 12 13 2
19 Finland Sebastian Lindholm 5 2
20 Finland Tapio Laukkanen Ret 5 Ret 2
21 Saudi Arabia Abdullah Bakhashab 27 Ret 15 6 28 Ret 44 1
22 New Zealand Possum Bourne 6 7 1
23 Estonia Markko Märtin 9 7 10 Ret 10 6 Ret Ret 7 1
24 Italy Piero Liatti 6 Ret 1
Pos. Driver MON
Monaco
SWE
Sweden
KEN
Kenya
POR
Portugal
ESP
Spain
ARG
Argentina
GRE
Greece
NZL
New Zealand
FIN
Finland
CYP
Cyprus
FRA
France
ITA
Italy
AUS
Australia
GBR
United Kingdom
 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

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Pos. Manufacturer No. MON
Monaco
SWE
Sweden
KEN
Kenya
POR
Portugal
ESP
Spain
ARG
Argentina
GRE
Greece
NZL
New Zealand
FIN
Finland
CYP
Cyprus
FRA
France
ITA
Italy
AUS
Australia
GBR
United Kingdom
Points
1 France Peugeot Esso 9 Ret 6 Ret 4 6 8 5 Ret 4 3 2 2 3 6 111
10 Ret 1 Ret 2 5 2 Ret 1 1 Ret 1 1 1 2
2 United States Ford Motor Co 5 Ret 3 Ret Ret 1 Ret 1 2 2 2 Ret 5 Ret Ret 91
6 2 Ret 4 3 3 Ret 2 3 8 1 3 4 Ret 4
3 Japan Subaru World Rally Team 3 Ret 4 1 1 2 1 Ret Ret Ret 4 4 Ret 2 1 88
4 3 5 2 Ret Ret 4 3 Ret 5 6 5 6 Ret 5
4 Japan Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart 1 1 2 Ret Ret 4 3 Ret Ret 3 5 Ret 3 Ret 3 43
2 5 7 Ret 5 7 5 Ret Ret Ret 7 Ret 7 Ret Ret
5 Spain SEAT Sport 7 Ret 8 3 8 9 Ret Ret Ret 7 Ret 6 11 6 7 11
8 4 Ret Ret 7 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 7 Ret 5 9
6 South Korea Hyundai World Rally Team 14 9 Ret 10 7 Ret 4 9 Ret 12 4 Ret 8
15 10 Ret Ret 6 Ret Ret 6 8 10 Ret 8
7 Czech Republic Škoda Motorsport 11 6 5 6 8 4 Ret 8 10 8
12 7 6 9 Ret Ret Ret 9 11
Pos. Manufacturer No. MON
Monaco
SWE
Sweden
KEN
Kenya
POR
Portugal
ESP
Spain
ARG
Argentina
GRE
Greece
NZL
New Zealand
FIN
Finland
CYP
Cyprus
FRA
France
ITA
Italy
AUS
Australia
GBR
United Kingdom
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)

Production World Rally championship

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Pos. Driver MON
Monaco
SWE
Sweden
KEN
Kenya
POR
Portugal
ESP
Spain
ARG
Argentina
GRE
Greece
NZL
New Zealand
FIN
Finland
CYP
Cyprus
FRA
France
ITA
Italy
AUS
Australia
GBR
United Kingdom
 Pts 
1 Austria Manfred Stohl 1 4 3 2 3 Ret 3 1 3 4 1 4 3 1 75
2 Uruguay Gustavo Trelles 2 Ret 2 1 2 2 Ret 1 2 3 1 11 64
3 Argentina Gabriel Pozzo Ret Ret 10 2 1 Ret 2 11 Ret 10 22
4 Finland Jani Paasonen 1 6 1 Ret 21
5 Argentina Claudio Marcelo Menzi 1 Ret 5 Ret Ret Ret 3 9 Ret 6 17
6 Peru Ramón Ferreyros 3 Ret 4 4 5 5 4 17
7 Italy Gianluigi Galli 3 8 Ret 9 Ret 1 14
8 Portugal Miguel Campos 1 4 13
9 Finland Juuso Pykälistö 2 2 12
10 Germany Uwe Nittel Ret Ret 1 Ret 10
11 Argentina Roberto Sanchez 2 Ret 9 3 10
12 Sweden Kenneth Bäcklund 6 Ret 2 7
13 Italy Alex Fiorio 2 6
14 Japan Toshihiro Arai 2 6
15 New Zealand Reece Jones 3 Ret Ret 8 4
16 Sweden Stig-Olov Walfridsson 3 4
17 France Jean-Marie Santoni 3 4
18 Finland Olli Harkki 3 4
Pos. Driver MON
Monaco
SWE
Sweden
KEN
Kenya
POR
Portugal
ESP
Spain
ARG
Argentina
GRE
Greece
NZL
New Zealand
FIN
Finland
CYP
Cyprus
FRA
France
ITA
Italy
AUS
Australia
GBR
United Kingdom
 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

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Rally Name Start-End Date Podium Drivers
(Finishing Time)
Podium Cars
Monaco Monte Carlo Rally 21 January–23 January
  1. Finland Tommi Mäkinen (4h:23m:35.8s)
  2. Spain Carlos Sainz (4h:25m:00.7s)
  3. Finland Juha Kankkunen (4h:26m:57.2s)
  1. Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6
  2. Ford Focus RS WRC 00
  3. Subaru Impreza WRC 99
Sweden Swedish Rally 11 February–13 February
  1. Finland Marcus Grönholm (3h:20m:33.3s)
  2. Finland Tommi Mäkinen (3h:20m:40.1s)
  3. United Kingdom Colin McRae (3h:20m:47.0s)
  1. Peugeot 206 WRC
  2. Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6
  3. Ford Focus RS WRC 00
Kenya Safari Rally 25 March–27 March
  1. United Kingdom Richard Burns (8h:33m:13s)
  2. Finland Juha Kankkunen (8h:37m:50s)
  3. France Didier Auriol (8h:55m:57s)
  1. Subaru Impreza WRC 99
  2. Subaru Impreza WRC 99
  3. SEAT Córdoba WRC E2
Portugal Rally Portugal 16 March–19 March
  1. United Kingdom Richard Burns (4h:34m:00.0s)
  2. Finland Marcus Grönholm (4h:34m:06.5s)
  3. Spain Carlos Sainz (4h:36m:09.2s)
  1. Subaru Impreza WRC 00
  2. Peugeot 206 WRC
  3. Ford Focus RS WRC 00
Spain Rally Catalunya 31 March–2 April
  1. United Kingdom Colin McRae (4h:07m:13.0s)
  2. United Kingdom Richard Burns (4h:07m:18.9s)
  3. Spain Carlos Sainz (4h:07m:24.7s)
  1. Ford Focus RS WRC 00
  2. Subaru Impreza WRC 00
  3. Ford Focus RS WRC 00
Argentina Rally Argentina 11 May–14 May
  1. United Kingdom Richard Burns (4h:10m:20.7s)
  2. Finland Marcus Grönholm (4h:11m:28.1s)
  3. Finland Tommi Mäkinen (4h:11m:52.3s)
  1. Subaru Impreza WRC 00
  2. Peugeot 206 WRC
  3. Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6
Greece Acropolis Rally 9 June–11 June
  1. United Kingdom Colin McRae (4h:56m:54.8s)
  2. Spain Carlos Sainz (4h:57:17.9s)
  3. Finland Juha Kankkunen (5h:03m:33.1s)
  1. Ford Focus RS WRC 00
  2. Ford Focus RS WRC 00
  3. Subaru Impreza WRC 00
New Zealand Rally New Zealand 14 July–16 July
  1. Finland Marcus Grönholm (3h:45m:13.4s)
  2. United Kingdom Colin McRae (3h:45m:27.9s)
  3. Spain Carlos Sainz (3h:46m:31.8s)
  1. Peugeot 206 WRC
  2. Ford Focus RS WRC 00
  3. Ford Focus RS WRC 00
Finland Rally Finland 18 August–20 August
  1. Finland Marcus Grönholm (3h:22m:37.1s)
  2. United Kingdom Colin McRae (3h:23m:43.3s)
  3. Finland Harri Rovanperä (3h:23m:46.7s)
  1. Peugeot 206 WRC
  2. Ford Focus RS WRC 00
  3. Toyota Corolla WRC
Cyprus Cyprus Rally 7 September–10 September
  1. Spain Carlos Sainz (5h:26m:04.9s)
  2. United Kingdom Colin McRae (5h:26m:42.2s)
  3. France François Delecour (5h:27m:35.7s)
  1. Ford Focus RS WRC 00
  2. Ford Focus RS WRC 00
  3. Peugeot 206 WRC
France Tour de Corse 29 September–1 October
  1. France Gilles Panizzi (4h:02m:14.2s)
  2. France François Delecour (4h:02m:47.7s)
  3. Spain Carlos Sainz (4h:03m:26.8s)
  1. Peugeot 206 WRC
  2. Peugeot 206 WRC
  3. Ford Focus RS WRC 00
Italy Rally Sanremo 20 October–22 October
  1. France Gilles Panizzi (3h:52m:14.2s)
  2. France François Delecour (3h:52m:24.1s)
  3. Finland Tommi Mäkinen (3h:53m:00.3s)
  1. Peugeot 206 WRC
  2. Peugeot 206 WRC
  3. Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6
Australia Rally Australia 9 November–12 November
  1. Finland Marcus Grönholm (3h:43m:57.2s)
  2. United Kingdom Richard Burns (3h:43m:59.9s)
  3. France François Delecour (3h:45m:30.1s)
  1. Peugeot 206 WRC
  2. Subaru Impreza WRC 00
  3. Peugeot 206 WRC
United Kingdom Rally of Great Britain 23 November–26 November
  1. United Kingdom Richard Burns (3h:43m:01.9s)
  2. Finland Marcus Grönholm (3h:44m:07.5s)
  3. Finland Tommi Mäkinen (3h:44m:16.9s)
  1. Subaru Impreza WRC 00
  2. Peugeot 206 WRC
  3. Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6

References

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  1. ^ "Cyprus to replace China in 2000 WRC. | World Rally | Crash". 10 May 2000.
  2. ^ "FIA World Rally Championship Calendar 2000". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  3. ^ "2000 WRC calendar". Jonkka's World Rally Archive. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
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