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2001 Race of Champions

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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 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

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Race of Champions

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Driver Reason for Qualification
Finland Marcus Grönholm World Rally champion in 2000
Sweden Stig Blomqvist Winner in the Legends Race
Belgium François Duval Winner in the Junior Masters
Italy Valentino Rossi Invitation
Finland Juha Kankkunen Seeded
Germany Armin Schwarz Best times among Rally Drivers in Nations' Cup
Finland Harri Rovanpera
France Gilles Panizzi
United Kingdom Alister McRae
United States Jeff Gordon Fastest Racing Driver in Nations' Cup
Spain Rubén Xaus Fastest Motorcycle Racer in Nations' Cup
Spain Flavio Alonso Winner in the Spanish Masters

Nations' Cup

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

Legends Race

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Group A

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

Group B

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

Junior Rally Masters

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Driver Wins Losses Best Time
Belgium François Duval 3 0 2'13.10
France Sébastien Loeb 2 1 2'16.23
Argentina Gabriel Pozzo 1 2 2'16.69
Portugal Miguel Campos 0 3 2'15.80
 
Final
 
  
 
 
 
 
Belgium François Duval1
 
 
France Sébastien Loeb0
 

Race of Champions

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Heat A

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

Heat B

Driver Wins Losses Best Time
United Kingdom Alister McRae 3 0 1'56.63
United States Jeff Gordon 2 1 1'55.21
France Gilles Panizzi 1 2 1'56.82
Spain Rubén Xaus 0 3 1'59.61
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
Finland Marcus Grönholm0
 
 
 
Finland Harri Rovanpera2
 
Finland Harri Rovanpera2
 
 
 
Belgium François Duval1
 
Sweden Stig Blomqvist0
 
 
 
Belgium François Duval2
 
Finland Harri Rovanpera2
 
 
 
Germany Armin Schwarz1
 
United Kingdom Alister McRae2
 
 
 
Italy Valentino Rossi0
 
United Kingdom Alister McRae0
 
 
 
Germany Armin Schwarz2
 
Germany Armin Schwarz2
 
 
United States Jeff Gordon0
 

Nations Cup

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Group A

Team Match Wins Heat Wins Best Total Time
Spain 2 5 5'44.53
United Nations All-Star 2 4 5'46.17
United Kingdom UK 1 5 5'48.53
Italy 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 Finland 1 4 5'46.01
Germany Germany 1 4 5'56.24
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
Spain3
 
 
 
 France1
 
Spain3
 
 
 
United Nations All-Star1
 
 USA0
 
 
United Nations All-Star3
 

References

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