2001 Race of Champions

2001 Race of Champions

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The 2001 Race of Champions was the 14th running of the annual motorsport event, held from 7 to 9 December 2001 at the Autódromo Internacional de Gran Canaria in Telde, Canary Islands, Spain. It marked the tenth consecutive year the event took place at this venue. The competition brought together top drivers from various disciplines, including rallying, circuit racing, and motorcycle racing.

For the first time, the event featured the Junior Masters, a contest for rally drivers under 30 years of age, replacing the previous International Masters. The seeding system was also changed, with placements in the main Race of Champions based on performance in the Nations' Cup heats rather than World Rally Championship titles.

The individual event was won by Harri Rovanperä, who defeated Armin Schwarz in the final. Team Spain, represented by Fernando Alonso, Jesús Puras, and Rubén Xaus, claimed victory in the Nations' Cup.

Participants

Race of Champions

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

Nations' Cup

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

Legends Race

• Antonio Zanini was a late substitute for Hannu Mikkola.

Group A

Driver	Wins	Losses	Best Time
Template:Flagicon Stig Blomqvist	2	0	1'59.88
Template:Flagicon Timo Salonen	1	1	1'59.82
Template:Flagicon Björn Waldegård	0	2	2'00.84

Group B

Driver	Wins	Losses	Best Time
Template:Flagicon Miki Biasion	2	1	2'09.65
Template:Flagicon Per Eklund	1	1	2'11.91
Template:Flagicon Antonio Zanini	0	2	2'13.13

Junior Rally Masters

Driver	Wins	Losses	Best Time
Template:Flagicon François Duval	3	0	2'13.10
Template:Flagicon Sébastien Loeb	2	1	2'16.23
Template:Flagicon Gabriel Pozzo	1	2	2'16.69
Template:Flagicon Miguel Campos	0	3	2'15.80

Race of Champions

Heat A

Driver	Wins	Losses	Best Time
Template:Flagicon Armin Schwarz	2	1	1'56.13
Template:Flagicon Harri Rovanpera	2	1	1'56.60
Template:Flagicon Juha Kankkunen	2	1	1'56.85
Template:Flagicon Fernando Alonso	0	3	1'56.69

Heat B

Driver	Wins	Losses	Best Time
Template:Flagicon Alister McRae	3	0	1'56.63
Template:Flagicon Jeff Gordon	2	1	1'55.21
Template:Flagicon Gilles Panizzi	1	2	1'56.82
Template:Flagicon Rubén Xaus	0	3	1'59.61

Nations Cup

Group A

Team	Match Wins	Heat Wins	Best Total Time
Template:Flagicon	2	5	5'44.53
Template:Flagicon All-Star	2	4	5'46.17
Template:Flagicon UK	1	5	5'48.53
Template:Flagicon Italy	1	4	5'43.19

Group B

Team	Match Wins	Heat Wins	Best Total Time
Template:Flagu	2	6	5'44.95
Template:Flagu	2	4	5'51.20
Template:Flagicon Finland	1	4	5'46.01
Template:Flagicon Germany	1	4	5'56.24

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20020926050008/http://www.carreradecampeones.org/