2000 Race of Champions

2000 Race of Champions 1999 2001 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 DriverReason for QualificationFIN Marcus GrönholmWorld Rally champion in 2000FIN Tommi MäkinenWorld Rally champion in 1996, 1997, 1998 and 1999FRA Didier AuriolWorld Rally champion in 1994FRA Gilles PanizziSeededGER Armin SchwarzWinner in the International MastersESP Flavio AlonsoReplaces Tom Kristensen after beating Niall McShea in a play-offSWE Stig BlomqvistWinner in the Legends RaceITA Valentino RossiInvitation Nations Cup CountryRacing DriverRally DriverMotorcycle RacerFranceFRA Yvan MullerFRA Gilles PanizziFRA Régis LaconiUnited StatesUSA Danny SullivanUSA Rod MillenUSA Colin EdwardsFinlandFIN Harri ToivonenFIN Tommi MäkinenFIN Vesa KytönenSpainESP Marc GenéESP Jesús PurasESP Sete GibernauItalyITA Emanuele PirroITA Miki BiasionITA Valentino RossiGermanyGER Frank BielaGER Armin SchwarzGER Jürgen FuchsJapanJPN Hiroki KatohJPN Kenjiro ShinozukaJPN Nobuatsu AokiAll-StarsDEN Tom KristensenSWE Stig BlomqvistGBR 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. SWE Björn Waldegård 2 FIN Hannu Mikkola 1 SWE Stig Blomqvist 2 FIN Timo Salonen 1 SWE Björn Waldegård 0 SWE Stig Blomqvist 2 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 DriverWinsGBR Niall McShea2POR Pedro Chaves 2FRA Sébastien Loeb 2POR Adruzilo Lopes0 McShea advanced with the fastest best time. Group B DriverWinsESP Flavio Alonso3AUS Cody Crocker 2POL Janusz Kulig 1ESP Jesús Puras 0 GER Armin Schwarz 2 GBR Niall McShea 0 DEN Tom Kristensen 2 ESP Flavio Alonso 0 GER Armin Schwarz 2 DEN Tom Kristensen 0 Race of Champions FIN Marcus Grönholm|2 SWE Stig Blomqvist 0 FRA Didier Auriol 2 GER Armin Schwarz 1 FRA Gilles Panizzi 2 ITA Valentino Rossi 0 FIN Tommi Mäkinen 2 ESP Flavio Alonso 0 FIN Marcus Grönholm 2 FRA Didier Auriol 0 FRA Gilles Panizzi 0 FIN Tommi Mäkinen 2 FIN Marcus Grönholm 0 FIN Tommi Mäkinen 2 Nations' Cup Group A TeamMatch WinsHeat WinsBest Total TimeITA Italy375'52.41Spain265'56.44USA155'55.56Japan006'06.63 Group B TeamMatch WinsHeat WinsBest Total TimeFrance375'48.82FIN Finland145'51.76UN All-Stars145'56.59DEU Germany135'52.11 ITA Italy 2 FIN Finland 1 Spain 0 France 3 ITA Italy 0 France 3 References External links Information sourced from http://www.atodomotor.com/pagina/ROC.html 2000 Category:2000 in motorsport Category:International sports competitions hosted by Spain Category:2000 in Spanish motorsport 2000, Race of Champions