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2001 Race of Champions

Motorsports competition

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

Race of Champions

Driver	Reason for Qualification
FIN Marcus Grönholm	World Rally champion in 2000
SWE Stig Blomqvist	Winner in the Legends Race
BEL François Duval	Winner in the Junior Masters
ITA Valentino Rossi	Invitation
FIN Juha Kankkunen	Seeded
GER Armin Schwarz	Best times among Rally Drivers in Nations' Cup
FIN Harri Rovanpera
FRA Gilles Panizzi
GBR Alister McRae
USA Jeff Gordon	Fastest Racing Driver in Nations' Cup
ESP Rubén Xaus	Fastest Motorcycle Racer in Nations' Cup
ESP Flavio Alonso	Winner in the Spanish Masters

Nations' Cup

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

Legends Race

Antonio Zanini was a late substitute for Hannu Mikkola.

Group A

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

Group B

Driver	Wins	Losses	Best Time
ITA Miki Biasion	2	1	2'09.65
SWE Per Eklund	1	1	2'11.91
ESP Antonio Zanini	0	2	2'13.13

| |SWE Stig Blomqvist|2 |SWE Per Eklund|0 | |ITA Miki Biasion|0 |FIN Timo Salonen|2 | |SWE Stig Blomqvist|2 |FIN Timo Salonen|0

Junior Rally Masters

Driver	Wins	Losses	Best Time
BEL François Duval	3	0	2'13.10
FRA Sébastien Loeb	2	1	2'16.23
ARG Gabriel Pozzo	1	2	2'16.69
POR Miguel Campos	0	3	2'15.80

| |BEL François Duval|1 |FRA Sébastien Loeb|0

Race of Champions

Heat A

Driver	Wins	Losses	Best Time
GER Armin Schwarz	2	1	1'56.13
FIN Harri Rovanpera	2	1	1'56.60
FIN Juha Kankkunen	2	1	1'56.85
ESP Fernando Alonso	0	3	1'56.69

Heat B

Driver	Wins	Losses	Best Time
GBR Alister McRae	3	0	1'56.63
USA Jeff Gordon	2	1	1'55.21
FRA Gilles Panizzi	1	2	1'56.82
ESP Rubén Xaus	0	3	1'59.61

| |FIN Marcus Grönholm|0 |FIN Harri Rovanpera|2 | |SWE Stig Blomqvist|0 |BEL François Duval|2 | |GBR Alister McRae|2 |ITA Valentino Rossi|0 | |GER Armin Schwarz|2 |USA Jeff Gordon|0 | |FIN Harri Rovanpera|2 |BEL François Duval|1 | |GBR Alister McRae|0 |GER Armin Schwarz|2 | |FIN Harri Rovanpera|2 |GER Armin Schwarz|1

Nations Cup

Group A

Team	Match Wins	Heat Wins	Best Total Time
Spain	2	5	5'44.53
UN All-Star	2	4	5'46.17
GBR UK	1	5	5'48.53
ITA 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
FIN Finland	1	4	5'46.01
DEU Germany	1	4	5'56.24

| |Spain|3 |France|1 | |USA|0 |UN All-Star|3 | |Spain|3 |UN All-Star|1

References

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