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The2001 Race of Champions took place on December 7 to 9 atGran Canaria. It was the 14th running of the event, and the 10th running at Gran Canaria. There was a slight format change for this year – The International Masters event was replaced by the Junior Masters event, open to rally drivers under the age of 30. Seeding for the main Race of Champions event was no longer awarded on the basis of having won aWRC title, but places were awarded for having posted the fastest times in the Nations Cup.

The vehicles used were thePeugeot 206 WRC, theMitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI WRC, theSEAT Córdoba WRC, theSaab 93 Rallycross car and the ROC Buggy.

The individual competition was won byHarri Rovanpera, whilst the Nations Cup was won by Spain withFernando Alonso,Jesús Puras andRubén Xaus.

Driver	Reason for Qualification
Marcus Grönholm	World Rally champion in2000
Stig Blomqvist	Winner in the Legends Race
François Duval	Winner in the Junior Masters
Valentino Rossi	Invitation
Juha Kankkunen	Seeded
Armin Schwarz	Best times among Rally Drivers in Nations' Cup
Harri Rovanpera
Gilles Panizzi
Alister McRae
Jeff Gordon	Fastest Racing Driver in Nations' Cup
Rubén Xaus	Fastest Motorcycle Racer in Nations' Cup
Flavio Alonso	Winner in the Spanish Masters

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

• Antonio Zanini was a late substitute forHannu Mikkola.

Group A

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

Group B

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

	Semi-finals				Final
	Stig Blomqvist	2
	Per Eklund	0
					Stig Blomqvist	2
					Timo Salonen	0
	Miki Biasion	0
	Timo Salonen	2

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

	Final
	François Duval	1
	Sébastien Loeb	0

Heat A

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

Heat B

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

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Marcus Grönholm	0
	Harri Rovanpera	2
					Harri Rovanpera	2
					François Duval	1
	Stig Blomqvist	0
	François Duval	2
									Harri Rovanpera	2
									Armin Schwarz	1
	Alister McRae	2
	Valentino Rossi	0
					Alister McRae	0
					Armin Schwarz	2
	Armin Schwarz	2
	Jeff Gordon	0

Group A

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

Group B

Team	Match Wins	Heat Wins	Best Total Time
USA	2	6	5'44.95
France	2	4	5'51.20
Finland	1	4	5'46.01
Germany	1	4	5'56.24

	Semi-finals				Final
		3
	France	1
						3
					All-Star	1
	USA	0
	All-Star	3

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