2000 Race of Champions

2000 Race of Champions
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The 2000 Race of Champions took place on December 10 at Gran Canaria. It was the 13th running of the event, and the 9th running at Gran Canaria.

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 Regis Laconi.

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Participants

Race of Champions

Driver Reason for Qualification
Marcus Grönholm World Rally champion in 2000
Tommi Makinen World Rally champion in 1996, 1997, 1998 and 1999
Didier Auriol World Rally champion in 1994
Gilles Panizzi Seeded
Armin Schwarz Winner in the International Masters
Flavio Alonso Replaces Tom Kristensen after beating Niall McShea in a play-off
Stig Blomqvist Winner in the Legends Race
Valentino Rossi Invitation

Nations Cup

Country Racing Driver Rally Driver Motorcycle Racer
France Yvan Muller Gilles Panizzi Regis Laconi
United States Danny Sullivan Rod Millen Colin Edwards
Finland Harri Toivonen Tommi Makinen Vesa Kytonen
Spain Marc Gene Jesús Puras Sete Gibernau
Italy Emanuele Pirro Miki Biasion Valentino Rossi
Germany Frank Biela Armin Schwarz Jürgen Fuchs
Japan Hiroki Katoh Kenjiro Shinozuka Nobuatsu Aoki
All-Stars Tom Kristensen Stig Blomqvist Jeremy McWilliams

Legends Race

  Semi-finals Final
  Waldegård 2  
  Mikkola 1  
 
      Waldegård 0
    Blomqvist 2
  Blomqvist 2
  Salonen 1  

International Masters

Heat A

Driver Wins
McShea 2
Chaves 2
Loeb 2
Lopes 0

Heat B

Driver Wins
Alonso 3
Crocker 2
Kulig 1
Puras 0
  Semi-finals Final
  Schwarz 2  
  McShea 0  
 
      Schwarz 2
    Kristensen 0
  Kristensen 2
  Alonso 0  

Race of Champions

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
       
  Grönholm  2
  Blomqvist  0  
  Grönholm  2
      Auriol  0  
  Auriol  2
  Schwarz  1  
  Grönholm  0
   
    Makinen  2
  Panizzi  2
  Rossi  0  
  Panizzi  0
      Makinen  2  
  Makinen  2
  Alonso  0  
 

Nations' Cup

Group A

Team Match Wins Heat Wins Best Total Time
Italy 3 7 5'52.41
Spain 2 6 5'56.44
USA 1 5 5'55.56
Japan 0 0 6'06.63

Group B

Team Match Wins Heat Wins Best Total Time
France 3 7 5'48.82
Finland 1 4 5'51.76
All-Stars 1 4 5'56.59
Germany 1 3 5'52.11
  Semi-finals Final
  Italy 2  
  Finland 1  
 
      Italy 0
    France 3
  Spain 0
  France 3  

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