2000 World Rally Championship

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

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	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	Rally of Great Britain
Sources:^[2]^[3]

Teams and drivers

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

Drivers' championship

Pos.	Driver	MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	ARG	GRE	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	DSQ	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	GRE	NZL	FIN	CYP	FRA	ITA	AUS	GBR	Pts

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Excluded (EX)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Cancelled (C)
Blank	Withdrew entry from the event (WD)

Manufacturers' championship

Pos.	Manufacturer	No.	MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	CYP	FRA	ITA	AUS	GBR	Points
1	Peugeot Esso	9	Ret	6	Ret	4	6	8	5	Ret	4	3	2	2	3	6	111
1	Peugeot Esso	10	Ret	1	Ret	2	5	2	Ret	1	1	Ret	1	1	1	2	111
2	Ford Motor Co	5	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	1	2	2	2	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	91
2	Ford Motor Co	6	2	Ret	4	3	3	Ret	2	3	8	1	3	4	Ret	4	91
3	Subaru World Rally Team	3	Ret	4	1	1	2	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	4	Ret	2	1	88
3	Subaru World Rally Team	4	3	5	2	Ret	Ret	4	3	Ret	5	6	5	6	Ret	5	88
4	Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart	1	1	2	Ret	Ret	4	3	Ret	Ret	3	5	Ret	3	Ret	3	43
4	Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart	2	5	7	Ret	5	7	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	43
5	SEAT Sport	7	Ret	8	3	8	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	6	11	6	7	11
5	SEAT Sport	8	4	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	5	9	11
6	Hyundai World Rally Team	14		9		Ret	10	7	Ret	4	9		Ret	12	4	Ret	8
6	Hyundai World Rally Team	15		10		Ret	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	6		8	10	Ret	8	8
7	Škoda Motorsport	11	6		5	6	8		4			Ret		8		10	8
7	Škoda Motorsport	12	7		6	9	Ret		Ret			Ret		9		11	8
Pos.	Manufacturer	No.	MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	CYP	FRA	ITA	AUS	GBR	Points

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Excluded (EX)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Cancelled (C)
Blank	Withdrew entry from the event (WD)

Production World Rally championship

Pos.	Driver	MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	CYP	FRA	ITA	AUS	GBR	Pts
1	Manfred Stohl	1	4	3	2	3	Ret	3	1	3	4	1	4	3	1	75
2	Gustavo Trelles	2			Ret	2	1	2	2	Ret	1	2	3	1	11	64
3	Gabriel Pozzo			Ret	Ret	10	2	1		Ret	2	11	Ret	10		22
4	Jani Paasonen		1			6				1				Ret		21
5	Claudio Marcelo Menzi			1	Ret	5	Ret	Ret		Ret	3	9	Ret	6		17
6	Ramón Ferreyros				3	Ret	4	4				5	5		4	17
7	Gianluigi Galli	3	8		Ret					9		Ret	1			14
8	Miguel Campos				1	4										13
9	Juuso Pykälistö		2							2						12
10	Uwe Nittel	Ret			Ret	1		Ret								10
11	Roberto Sanchez			2	Ret	9	3									10
12	Kenneth Bäcklund		6							Ret					2	7
13	Alex Fiorio												2			6
14	Toshihiro Arai													2		6
15	Reece Jones								3			Ret		Ret	8	4
16	Stig-Olov Walfridsson		3													4
17	Jean-Marie Santoni											3				4
18	Olli Harkki														3	4
Pos.	Driver	MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	CYP	FRA	ITA	AUS	GBR	Pts

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Excluded (EX)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Cancelled (C)
Blank	Withdrew entry from the event (WD)

Events

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

References

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

External links

FIA World Rally Championship 2000 at ewrc-results.com

[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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