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 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

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

Nations Cup

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

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

Driver	Wins
Template:Flagicon Niall McShea	2
Template:Flagicon Pedro Chaves	2
Template:Flagicon Sébastien Loeb	2
Template:Flagicon Adruzilo Lopes	0

• McShea advanced with the fastest best time.

Group B

Driver	Wins
Template:Flagicon Flavio Alonso	3
Template:Flagicon Cody Crocker	2
Template:Flagicon Janusz Kulig	1
Template:Flagicon Jesús Puras	0

Nations' Cup

Group A

Team	Match Wins	Heat Wins	Best Total Time
Template:Flagicon Italy	3	7	5'52.41
Template:Flagicon	2	6	5'56.44
Template:Flagu	1	5	5'55.56
Template:Flagicon	0	0	6'06.63

Group B

Team	Match Wins	Heat Wins	Best Total Time
Template:Flagu	3	7	5'48.82
Template:Flagicon Finland	1	4	5'51.76
Template:Flagicon All-Stars	1	4	5'56.59
Template:Flagicon Germany	1	3	5'52.11

External links

• Information sourced from http://www.atodomotor.com/pagina/ROC.html