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, ahead of Richard Burns and Carlos Sainz. The manufacturers' title was won by Peugeot, ahead of Ford and Subaru.

Calendar

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	Network Q Rally of Great Britain

Teams and drivers

Team	Constructor	Car	Tyre	No	Drivers	Rounds
Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart	Mitsubishi	Lancer Evo VI	M	1	Tommi Mäkinen	All
				2	Freddy Loix	All
Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru	Impreza WRC 99/2000	P	3	Richard Burns	All
				4	Juha Kankkunen	1–10, 13–14
					Simon Jean-Joseph	11–12
				16	Petter Solberg	11–14
				18	Markko Märtin	13
Ford Motor Co	Ford	Focus RS WRC 00	M	5	Colin McRae	All
				6	Carlos Sainz	All
				16	Petter Solberg	3–4, 6–10
				18	Piero Liatti	11–12
				19	Tapio Laukkanen	13–14
SEAT Sport	SEAT	Córdoba WRC	P	7	Didier Auriol	All
				8	Toni Gardemeister	All
				17	Harri Rovanperä	2, 14
				20	Gwyndaf Evans	14
				23	Rui Madeira	4
				51	Renaud Verreydt	12
Peugeot Esso	Peugeot	206 WRC	M	9	François Delecour	1–2, 4–8, 10–14
					Gilles Panizzi	3
					Sebastian Lindholm	9
				10	Gilles Panizzi	1, 5, 11–12
					Marcus Grönholm	2–4, 6–10, 13–14
				16	Marcus Grönholm	1, 5, 11–12
				18	François Delecour	9
				19	Gilles Panizzi	13–14
Škoda Motorsport	Škoda	Octavia WRC	M	11	Armin Schwarz	1, 3–5, 7, 10, 12, 14
				12	Luís Climent	1, 3–5, 7, 10, 12, 14
Hyundai World Rally Team	Hyundai	Accent WRC	M	14	Kenneth Eriksson	2, 4–9, 11–14
				15	Alister McRae	2, 4–9, 11–14
				23	Michael Guest	9, 12–13
Toyota	Toyota	Corolla WRC	M	20	Thomas Rådström	2, 4
				21	Pasi Hagström	2, 4, 9
					Pedro Matos Chaves	4
				22	Neal Bates	13
				24	Henrik Lundgaard	1, 5, 12
				42	Olivier Burri	1, 12
				43	Achim 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 GRC 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 GRC 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 Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Excluded (EX) Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) 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 10 Ret 1 Ret 2 5 2 Ret 1 1 Ret 1 1 1 2 2 Ford Motor Co 5 Ret 3 Ret Ret 1 Ret 1 2 2 2 Ret 5 Ret Ret 91 6 2 Ret 4 3 3 Ret 2 3 8 1 3 4 Ret 4 3 Subaru World Rally Team 3 Ret 4 1 1 2 1 Ret Ret Ret 4 4 Ret 2 1 88 4 3 5 2 Ret Ret 4 3 Ret 5 6 5 6 Ret 5 4 Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart 1 1 2 Ret Ret 4 3 Ret Ret 3 5 Ret 3 Ret 3 43 2 5 7 Ret 5 7 5 Ret Ret Ret 7 Ret 7 Ret Ret 5 SEAT Sport 7 Ret 8 3 8 9 Ret Ret Ret 7 Ret 6 11 6 7 11 8 4 Ret Ret 7 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 7 Ret 5 9 6 Hyundai World Rally Team 14 9 Ret 10 7 Ret 4 9 Ret 12 4 Ret 8 15 10 Ret Ret 6 Ret Ret 6 8 10 Ret 8 7 Škoda Motorsport 11 6 5 6 8 4 Ret 8 10 8 12 7 6 9 Ret Ret Ret 9 11 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 Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Excluded (EX) Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Cancelled (C) Blank Withdrew entry from the event (WD)

Events

External links

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