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2000 Race of Champions

The 2000 Race of Champions took place on December 10 at Gran Canaria. It was the 13th running of the event, and the ninth running at Gran Canaria. The International Masters contest was held for the final time this year before a format shake-up for 2001, which opened up the main competition to non-rally drivers.

The vehicles used were the Peugeot 206 WRC, The Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI WRC, the Toyota Corolla WRC, the Saab 93 rallycross car and the ROC Buggy.

The individual competition was won by Tommi Makinen, whilst the Nations' Cup was won by France with Yvan Muller, Gilles Panizzi and Régis Laconi.

Participants

Race of Champions

DriverReason for Qualification
FIN Marcus GrönholmWorld Rally champion in 2000
FIN Tommi MäkinenWorld Rally champion in 1996, 1997, 1998 and 1999
FRA Didier AuriolWorld Rally champion in 1994
FRA Gilles PanizziSeeded
GER Armin SchwarzWinner in the International Masters
ESP Flavio AlonsoReplaces Tom Kristensen after beating Niall McShea in a play-off
SWE Stig BlomqvistWinner in the Legends Race
ITA Valentino RossiInvitation

Nations Cup

CountryRacing DriverRally DriverMotorcycle Racer
FranceFRA Yvan MullerFRA Gilles PanizziFRA Régis Laconi
United StatesUSA Danny SullivanUSA Rod MillenUSA Colin Edwards
FinlandFIN Harri ToivonenFIN Tommi MäkinenFIN Vesa Kytönen
SpainESP Marc GenéESP Jesús PurasESP Sete Gibernau
ItalyITA Emanuele PirroITA Miki BiasionITA Valentino Rossi
GermanyGER Frank BielaGER Armin SchwarzGER Jürgen Fuchs
JapanJPN Hiroki KatohJPN Kenjiro ShinozukaJPN Nobuatsu Aoki
All-StarsDEN Tom KristensenSWE Stig BlomqvistGBR Jeremy McWilliams
  • Marcus Grönholm was to represent the All-Star team, but for an unknown reason his place was taken by Blomqvist.

Legends Race

  • Per Eklund & Miki Biasion eliminated in the first round.

| |SWE Björn Waldegård|2 |FIN Hannu Mikkola|1 | |SWE Stig Blomqvist|2 |FIN Timo Salonen|1 | |SWE Björn Waldegård|0 |SWE Stig Blomqvist|2

International Masters

  • Flavio Alonso secured his place with the quickest time in the Spanish Masters event.
  • Armin Schwarz and Tom Kristensen were handed automatic byes to the semi-finals.

Group A

DriverWins
GBR Niall McShea2
POR Pedro Chaves2
FRA Sébastien Loeb2
POR Adruzilo Lopes0
  • McShea advanced with the fastest best time.

Group B

DriverWins
ESP Flavio Alonso3
AUS Cody Crocker2
POL Janusz Kulig1
ESP Jesús Puras0

| |GER Armin Schwarz|2 |GBR Niall McShea|0 | |DEN Tom Kristensen|2 |ESP Flavio Alonso|0 | |GER Armin Schwarz|2 |DEN Tom Kristensen|0

Race of Champions

| |FIN Marcus Grönholm|2 |SWE Stig Blomqvist|0 | |FRA Didier Auriol|2 |GER Armin Schwarz|1 | |FRA Gilles Panizzi|2 |ITA Valentino Rossi|0 | |FIN Tommi Mäkinen|2 |ESP Flavio Alonso|0 | |FIN Marcus Grönholm|2 |FRA Didier Auriol|0 | |FRA Gilles Panizzi|0 |FIN Tommi Mäkinen|2 | |FIN Marcus Grönholm|0 |FIN Tommi Mäkinen|2

Nations' Cup

Group A

TeamMatch WinsHeat WinsBest Total Time
ITA Italy375'52.41
Spain265'56.44
USA155'55.56
Japan006'06.63

Group B

TeamMatch WinsHeat WinsBest Total Time
France375'48.82
FIN Finland145'51.76
UN All-Stars145'56.59
DEU Germany135'52.11

| |ITA Italy|2 |FIN Finland|1 | |Spain|0 |France|3 | |ITA Italy|0 |France|3

References

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