Rally Paradise´s ranking - 2001


The Best and Worst of WRC 2001

Best Driver in a Single Event

  • Colin McRae, Rally Argentina
  • Marcus Grönholm, Rally Australia
  • Gilles Panizzi, Rallye Sanremo

Most Surprising Driver in a Single Event

  • Sebastien Loeb, Rallye Sanremo
  • Jani Paasonen, Rally Finland
  • Petter Solberg, Tour de Corse

Most Surprising Driver of the Season

  • Harri Rovanperä
  • Sebastien Loeb
  • Gabriel Pozzo

Most Disappointing Driver of the Season

  • Bruno Thiry
  • Freddy Loix
  • Philippe Bugalski

Best Team in a Single Event

  • Peugeot, Rallye Sanremo
  • Ford, Acropolis Rally
  • Subaru, Safari Rally Kenya

Most Improved Team of the Season

  • Ford
  • Citroen
  • Skoda

Most Disappointing Team of the Season

  • Mitsubishi
  • Subaru
  • Hyundai

Most Positive Incident of the Season

  • Harri Rovanperä achieved his first ever WRC win in Sweden
  • Jesus Puras achieved his first ever WRC win in Corsica
  • Tommi Mäkinen scored his third successive Monte Carlo win

Most Disappointing Incident of the Season

  • Mitsubishi´s World Rally Car performance
  • Subaru was not able to give a full program for Märtin and the team dropped Kankkunen  
  • Pirelli tyres on tarmac

Drivers´ ranking list

Rally Paradise´s ranking list notices World Rally Championship event´s performances so that in every WRC event drivers get some points about their driving. The total points sorts out their final position in the ranking list 2001. 

after Rally Great Britain

Pos.

Driver

Country

Previous pl.

Change

1

Richard Burns

Great Britain

3

(+2)

2

Colin McRae

Great Britain

1

(-1)

3

Marcus Grönholm

Finland

4

(+1)

4

Harri Rovanperä

Finland

5

(+1)

5

Carlos Sainz

Spain

2

(-3)

6

Tommi Mäkinen

Finland

6

(+/-0)

7

Didier Auriol

France

8

(+1)

8

Petter Solberg

Norway

7

(-1)

9

Sebastien Loeb

France

9

(+/-0)

10

Gabriel Pozzo

Argentina

10

(+/-0)

11

Gilles Panizzi

France

12

(+1)

12

Francois Delecour

France

11

(-1)

13

Jesus Puras

Spain

13

(+/-0)

14

Francois Duval

Belgium

16

(+2)

15

Alister McRae

Great Britain

24

(+9)

16

Kenneth Eriksson

Sweden

18

(+2)

17

Markko Märtin

Estonia

17

(+/-0)

18

Manfred Stohl

Austria

14

(-4)

19

Marcos Ligato

Argentina

15

(-4)

20

Andrea Dallavilla

Italy

21

(+1)

21

Philippe Bugalski

France

19

(-2)

22

Armin Schwarz

Germany

26

(+4)

23

Gustavo Trelles

Uruguay

20

(-3)

24

Henrik Lundgaard

Denmark

22

(-2)

25

Freddy Loix

Belgium

23

(-2)

26

Pasi Hagström

Finland

25

(-1)

27

Thomas Rådström

Sweden

27

(+/-0)

28

Hamed Al Wahaibi

Oman

28

(+/-0)

29

Toshihiro Arai

Japan

29

(+/-0)

30

Toni Gardemeister

Finland

30

(+/-0)

31

Daniel Carlsson

Sweden

31

(+/-0)

32

Alex Fiorio

Italy

32

(+/-0)

33

David Higgins

Great Britain

new

34

Neil Wearden

Great Britain

34

(+/-0)

35

Jani Paasonen

Finland

33

(-2)

36

Ed Ordynski

Australia

35

(-1)

37

Stig Blomqvist

Sweden

37

(+/-0)

38

Renato Travaglia

Italy

36

(-2)

39

Abdullah Bakhashab

Saudi-Arabia

38

(-1)

40

Salvador Canellas

Spain

39

(-1)

41

Kenneth Bäcklund

Sweden

54

(+13)

42

Herman Gassner

Germany

40

(-2)

43

Olivier Gillet

Switzerland

41

(-2)

44

Simon Jean-Joseph

France

42

(-2)

45

Juuso Pykälistö

Finland

43

(-2)

46

Stig-Olov Walfridsson

Sweden

44

(-2)

47

Niall McShea

Great Britain

64

(+17)

48

Giandomenico Basso

Italy

45

(-3)

49

Cedric Robert

France

46

(-3)

50

Giovanni Manfrinato

Italy

47

(-3)

51

Cody Crocker

Australia

48

(-3)

52

Mark Higgins

Great Britain

new

53

Ramon Ferreyros

Peru

new

54

Tapio Laukkanen

Finland

49

(-5)

55

Janne Tuohino

Finland

50

(-5)

56

Janus Kulig

Poland

51

(-5)

57

Gianluigi Galli

Italy

52

(-5)

58

Olivier Burri

Switzerland

53

(-5)

59

Rui Madeira

Portugal

55

(-4)

60

Roger Feghali

Lebanon

56

(-4)

61

Marc Blasquez

Spain

57

(-4)

62

Juha Kankkunen

Finland

58

(-4)

63

Sebastian Lindholm

Finland

59

(-4)

64

Jouni Ampuja

Finland

60

(-4)

65

Jouko Puhakka

Finland

61

(-4)

66

Achim Mortl

Austria

62

(-4)

67

Mario Stagni

Italy

63

(-4)

68

Jean Marc Sanchez

France

65

(-3)

69

Possum Bourne

New Zealand

66

(-3)


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