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2001 Swedish Rally

The 2001 Swedish Rally (formally the 50th International Swedish Rally) was the second round of the 2001 World Rally Championship. The race was held over three days between 9 February and 11 February 2001, and was won by Peugeot's Harri Rovanperä, his first and only win in the World Rally Championship. [1]

2001 Swedish Rally
50th International Swedish Rally
Round 2 of the 2001 World Rally Championship season
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Host country Sweden
Rally baseKarlstad
Dates runFebruary 9, 2001 – February 11, 2001
Stages17 (379.87 km; 236.04 miles)
Stage surfaceSnow/ice
Overall distance1,932.46 km (1,200.77 miles)
Statistics
Crews75 at start, 41 at finish
Overall results
Overall winnerFinland Harri Rovanperä
Finland Risto Pietiläinen
France Peugeot Total
Peugeot 206 WRC

Background edit

Entry list edit

No. Driver Co-Driver Entrant Car Tyre
World Rally Championship manufacturer entries
1   Marcus Grönholm   Timo Rautiainen   Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC M
2   Didier Auriol   Denis Giraudet   Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC M
3   Carlos Sainz   Luis Moya   Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '01 P
4   Colin McRae   Nicky Grist   Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '01 P
5   Richard Burns   Robert Reid   Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01 P
6   Petter Solberg   Phil Mills   Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01 P
7   Tommi Mäkinen   Risto Mannisenmäki   Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6.5 M
9   Kenneth Eriksson   Staffan Parmander   Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC M
10   Alister McRae   David Senior   Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC M
11   Armin Schwarz   Manfred Hiemer   Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo2 M
12   Bruno Thiry   Stéphane Prévot   Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo2 M
19   Thomas Rådström   Tina Thörner   Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evo VI M
World Rally Championship entries
8   Freddy Loix   Sven Smeets   Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evo VI M
16   Harri Rovanperä   Risto Pietiläinen   Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC M
17   François Delecour   Daniel Grataloup   Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '01 P
18   Markko Märtin   Michael Park   Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01 P
20   Henning Solberg   Ola Fløene   Henning Solberg Toyota Corolla WRC M
21   Tapio Laukkanen   Kaj Lindström   Tapio Laukkanen Toyota Corolla WRC M
22   Pasi Hagström   Tero Gardemeister   Toyota Castrol Finland Toyota Corolla WRC M
23   Toni Gardemeister   Paavo Lukander   Toni Gardemeister Peugeot 206 WRC M
24   Janne Tuohino   Petri Vihavainen   Janne Tuohino Toyota Corolla WRC M
25   Jani Paasonen   Arto Kapanen   Jani Paasonen Ford Focus RS WRC '01 P
26   Henrik Lundgaard   Jens-Christian Anker   Toyota Castrol Team Denmark Toyota Corolla WRC M
33   Janusz Kulig   Jarosław Baran   Marlboro Ford Mobil 1 Team Ford Focus RS WRC '00 M
34   Ioannis Papadimitriou   Chris Patterson   Papadimitriou Team Peugeot 206 WRC —
35   Abdullah Bakhashab   Bobby Willis   Marlboro Rally Team Saudi Arabia Toyota Corolla WRC M
36   Tomáš Hrdinka   Petr Gross   Styllex Tuning Prosport Subaru Impreza S5 WRC '98 M
38   Hamed Al-Wahaibi   Tony Sircombe   Oman Arab World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S6 WRC '00 M
39   Frédéric Dor   Didier Breton   F. Dor Rally Team Subaru Impreza S6 WRC '00 —
42   Nigel Heath   Steve Lancaster   World Rally HIRE Subaru Impreza S5 WRC '99 —
43   Thomas Kolberg   Werner Seigerud   Thomas Kolberg Hyundai Accent WRC —
44   Daniel Carlsson   Benny Melander   Daniel Carlsson Toyota Corolla WRC M
45   Kristian Kolberg   Anders Dawidson   Kristian Kolberg Hyundai Accent WRC2 —
59   Lasse Söderström   Mikael Johansson   Lasse Söderström Toyota Celica GT-Four —
60   Torbjörn Pahlin   Jörgen Wiklander   Torbjörn Pahlin Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III —
61   Anders Grundström   Bengt Viklund   Anders Grundström Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V —
62   Karl Rumpler   Peter Stark   Karl Rumpler Subaru Impreza 555 —
Group N Cup entries
27   Kenneth Bäcklund   Tord Andersson   Kenneth Bäcklund Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI —
28   Stig-Olov Walfridsson   Lars Bäckman   Stig-Olov Walfridsson Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI —
29   Mats Jonsson   Johnny Johansson   Mats Jonsson Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI —
40   Stig Blomqvist   Ana Goñi   David Sutton Cars Ltd Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI —
41   Natalie Barratt   Trevor Agnew   Natalie Barratt Rallysport Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V —
50   Kristian Sohlberg   Jukka Aho   Kristian Sohlberg Mitsubishi Carisma GT —
51   Stanislav Gryazin   Dmitriy Eremeev   Stanislav Gryazin Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI —
52   Bob Colsoul   Tom Colsoul   Bob Colsoul Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V —
53   Saulius Girdauskas   Žilvinas Sakalauskas   Saulius Girdauskas Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV —
54   Oscar Svedlund   Björn Nilsson   Oscar Svedlund Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V —
55   Bernhard Kongsrud   Geir Kirkhorn   Bernhard Kongsrud Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI —
56   Norberto Cangani   Eros di Prima   Norberto Cangani Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI —
57   Magnus Jansson   Thomas Fredriksson   Magnus Jansson Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV —
66   Matti Johansson   Ronny Johansson   Matti Johansson Peugeot 306 S16 —
67   Patric Carlsson   Bo Fransson   Patric Carlsson Peugeot 306 S16 —
68   Peter Hillebjörk   Roger Hillebjörk   Peter Hillebjörk Renault Clio Sport —
69   Anders Wänn   Mikael Eriksson   Peter Hillebjörk Renault Clio Sport —
70   Patrik Malteskog   Mathias Gårdman   Patrik Malteskog Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV —
71   Joakim Roman   Ingrid Mitakidou   Joakim Roman Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V —
72   Nik Elsmore   Jayson Brown   Nik Elsmore Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI —
73   Pelle Palmqvist   Håkan Jacobsson   Pelle Palmqvist Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V —
74   Einar Staff Jr.   Thorleif Halden   Einar Staff Jr. Subaru Impreza WRX —
75   Ben Briant   Konnie Huq   Ben Briant Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI —
80   Tommy Slåstad   Rune Haraldsen   Tommy Slåstad Opel Astra OPC —
81   Anders Knutsson   Ulf Gardelin   Anders Knutsson Peugeot 306 S16 —
82   Andreas Mansfeld   Klaus Hartmann   Andreas Mansfeld Honda Integra Type-R DC2 —
83   Lasse Storm   Ulf Storm   Lasse Storm Citroën AX GTI —
84   Johnny Andersson   Robert Ardryd   Johnny Andersson Suzuki Swift GTi —
85   Lars-Erik Kronberg   Thomas Nilsson   Lars-Erik Kronberg Suzuki Swift GTi —
Source:[2]

Itinerary edit

All dates and times are CET (UTC+1).

Date Time No. Stage name Distance
Leg 1 — 148.51 km
9 February 09:11 SS1 Bjälverud 20.73 km
09:39 SS2 Lönnhöjden 18.81 km
10:30 SS3 Bogen 12.77 km
13:10 SS4 Granberget 49.36 km
15:44 SS5 Torntorp 20.37 km
16:28 SS6 Sagfallet 26.47 km
Leg 2 — 134.28 km
10 February 10:04 SS7 Kullen 26.80 km
10:45 SS8 Nyhammar 1 27.79 km
13:28 SS9 Fredriksberg 34.60 km
14:18 SS10 Silkesborg 15.30 km
15:49 SS11 Nyhammar 2 27.79 km
17:18 SS12 Lugnet 2.00 km
Leg 3 — 97.52 km
11 February 08:46 SS13 Sågen 1 14.76 km
09:39 SS14 Rämmen 1 23.40 km
11:31 SS15 Sågen 2 14.76 km
12:24 SS16 Rämmen 2 23.40 km
14:05 SS17 Hagfors 21.20 km
Source:[3]

Results edit

Overall edit

Pos. No. Driver Co-driver Team Car Time Difference Points
1 16   Harri Rovanperä   Risto Pietiläinen   Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 3:27:01.1 10
2 19   Thomas Rådström   Tina Thörner   Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evo VI 3:27:29.0 +27.9 6
3 3   Carlos Sainz   Luis Moya   Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '01 3:27:38.1 +37.0 4
4 23   Toni Gardemeister   Paavo Lukander   Toni Gardemeister Peugeot 206 WRC 3:29:06.4 +2:05.3 3
5 17   François Delecour   Daniel Grataloup   Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '01 3:29:26.3 +2:25.2 2
6 6   Petter Solberg   Phil Mills   Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01 3:29:49.6 +2:48.5 1
Source:[4]

World Rally Cars edit

Classification edit

Position No. Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Difference Points
Event Class
2 1 19   Thomas Rådström   Tina Thörner   Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evo VI 3:27:29.0 6
3 2 3   Carlos Sainz   Luis Moya   Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '01 3:27:38.1 +9.1 4
6 3 6   Petter Solberg   Phil Mills   Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01 3:29:49.6 +2:20.6 1
8 4 9   Kenneth Eriksson   Staffan Parmander   Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC 3:30:36.9 +3:07.9 0
9 5 4   Colin McRae   Nicky Grist   Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '01 3:31:29.9 +4:00.9 0
10 6 12   Bruno Thiry   Stéphane Prévot   Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo2 3:32:24.7 +4:55.7 0
16 7 5   Richard Burns   Robert Reid   Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01 3:37:59.9 +10:30.9 0
Retired SS17 7   Tommi Mäkinen   Risto Mannisenmäki   Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6.5 Accident 0
Retired SS15 2   Didier Auriol   Denis Giraudet   Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC Transmission 0
Retired SS8 11   Armin Schwarz   Manfred Hiemer   Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo2 Accident 0
Retired SS7 10   Alister McRae   David Senior   Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC Engine 0
Retired SS3 1   Marcus Grönholm   Timo Rautiainen   Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC Engine 0
Source:[5]

Special stages edit

Day Stage Stage name Length Winner Car Time Class leaders
Leg 1 (9 Feb) SS1 Bjälverud 20.73 km   Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 11:05.3   Marcus Grönholm
SS2 Lönnhöjden 18.81 km   Harri Rovanperä Peugeot 206 WRC 10:41.5   Harri Rovanperä
SS3 Bogen 12.77 km   Richard Burns Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01 7:31.7   Thomas Rådström
SS4 Granberget 49.36 km   Colin McRae Ford Focus RS WRC '01 24:55.6
SS5 Torntorp 20.37 km   Colin McRae Ford Focus RS WRC '01 10:30.0   Carlos Sainz
SS6 Sagfallet 26.47 km   Colin McRae Ford Focus RS WRC '01 13:22.3
Leg 2 (10 Feb) SS7 Kullen 26.80 km   Colin McRae Ford Focus RS WRC '01 14:08.9
SS8 Nyhammar 1 27.79 km   Colin McRae Ford Focus RS WRC '01 14:43.4
SS9 Fredriksberg 34.60 km   Colin McRae Ford Focus RS WRC '01 19:21.7   Harri Rovanperä
SS10 Silkesborg 15.30 km   Colin McRae Ford Focus RS WRC '01 7:52.6
SS11 Nyhammar 2 27.79 km   Tommi Mäkinen Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6.5 14:50.2
SS12 Lugnet 2.00 km   Harri Rovanperä Peugeot 206 WRC 2:00.0
Leg 3 (11 Feb) SS13 Sågen 1 14.76 km   Richard Burns Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01 7:55.4
SS14 Rämmen 1 23.40 km   Richard Burns Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01 12:11.8
SS15 Sågen 2 14.76 km   Richard Burns Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01 7:54.6
SS16 Rämmen 2 23.40 km   Richard Burns Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01 12:16.2
SS17 Hagfors 21.20 km   Richard Burns Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01 12:26.8

Championship standings edit

Pos. Drivers' championships Co-drivers' championships Manufacturers' championships
Move Driver Points Move Co-driver Points Move Manufacturer Points
1     Tommi Mäkinen 10     Risto Mannisenmäki 10     Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart 23
2     Harri Rovanperä 10     Risto Pietiläinen 10     Ford Motor Co. Ltd. 14
3   1   Carlos Sainz 10   1   Luis Moya 10     Škoda Motorsport 6
4     Thomas Rådström 6     Tina Thörner 6     Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team 5
5   2   François Delecour 6   2   Daniel Grataloup 6     Subaru World Rally Team 4

FIA Cup for Production Rally Drivers edit

Classification edit

Position No. Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Difference Points
Event Class
14 1 28   Stig-Olov Walfridsson   Lars Bäckman   Stig-Olov Walfridsson Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 3:37:38.3 10
17 2 27   Kenneth Bäcklund   Tord Andersson   Kenneth Bäcklund Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 3:39:27.7 +1:49.4 6
18 3 40   Stig Blomqvist   Ana Goñi   David Sutton Cars Ltd Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 3:43:58.0 +6:19.7 4
20 4 29   Mats Jonsson   Johnny Johansson   Mats Jonsson Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 3:46:07.9 +8:29.6 3
23 5 53   Saulius Girdauskas   Žilvinas Sakalauskas   Saulius Girdauskas Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV 3:55:42.9 +18:04.6 2
26 6 71   Joakim Roman   Ingrid Mitakidou   Joakim Roman Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V 4:02:35.5 +24:57.2 1
27 7 52   Bob Colsoul   Tom Colsoul   Bob Colsoul Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V 4:04:51.3 +27:13.0 0
29 8 41   Natalie Barratt   Trevor Agnew   Natalie Barratt Rallysport Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V 4:09:42.6 +32:04.3 0
30 9 73   Pelle Palmqvist   Håkan Jacobsson   Pelle Palmqvist Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V 4:10:09.0 +32:30.7 0
31 10 68   Peter Hillebjörk   Roger Hillebjörk   Peter Hillebjörk Renault Clio Sport 4:10:18.3 +32:40.0 0
32 11 57   Magnus Jansson   Thomas Fredriksson   Magnus Jansson Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV 4:17:26.0 +39:47.7 0
33 12 69   Anders Wänn   Mikael Eriksson   Peter Hillebjörk Renault Clio Sport 4:18:36.0 +40:57.7 0
34 13 82   Andreas Mansfeld   Klaus Hartmann   Andreas Mansfeld Honda Integra Type-R DC2 4:19:45.0 +42:06.7 0
36 14 85   Lars-Erik Kronberg   Thomas Nilsson   Lars-Erik Kronberg Suzuki Swift GTi 4:22:45.0 +45:06.7 0
37 15 75   Ben Briant   Konnie Huq   Ben Briant Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 4:22:59.0 +45:20.7 0
38 16 72   Nik Elsmore   Jayson Brown   Nik Elsmore Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 4:24:41.5 +47:03.2 0
39 17 84   Johnny Andersson   Robert Ardryd   Johnny Andersson Suzuki Swift GTi 4:25:48.4 +48:10.1 0
40 18 81   Anders Knutsson   Ulf Gardelin   Anders Knutsson Peugeot 306 S16 4:29:10.9 +51:32.6 0
Retired SS16 54   Oscar Svedlund   Björn Nilsson   Oscar Svedlund Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V Accident 0
Retired SS12 56   Norberto Cangani   Eros di Prima   Norberto Cangani Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI Over time limit 0
Retired SS10 70   Patrik Malteskog   Mathias Gårdman   Patrik Malteskog Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV Retired 0
Retired SS7 51   Stanislav Gryazin   Dmitriy Eremeev   Stanislav Gryazin Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI Lost wheel 0
Retired SS7 80   Tommy Slåstad   Rune Haraldsen   Tommy Slåstad Opel Astra OPC Accident 0
Retired SS6 50   Kristian Sohlberg   Jukka Aho   Kristian Sohlberg Mitsubishi Carisma GT Accident 0
Retired SS6 74   Einar Staff Jr.   Thorleif Halden   Einar Staff Jr. Subaru Impreza WRX Mechanical 0
Retired SS5 66   Matti Johansson   Ronny Johansson   Matti Johansson Peugeot 306 S16 Driveshaft 0
Retired SS4 55   Bernhard Kongsrud   Geir Kirkhorn   Bernhard Kongsrud Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI Accident 0
Retired SS3 67   Patric Carlsson   Bo Fransson   Patric Carlsson Peugeot 306 S16 Accident 0
Retired SS3 83   Lasse Storm   Ulf Storm   Lasse Storm Citroën AX GTI Engine 0
Source:[6]

Special stages edit

Day Stage Stage name Length Winner Car Time Class leaders
Leg 1 (9 Feb) SS1 Bjälverud 20.73 km   Stig-Olov Walfridsson Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 11:44.2   Stig-Olov Walfridsson
SS2 Lönnhöjden 18.81 km   Stig-Olov Walfridsson Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 11:10.5
SS3 Bogen 12.77 km   Stig-Olov Walfridsson Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 7:58.4
SS4 Granberget 49.36 km   Stig-Olov Walfridsson Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 26:39.4
SS5 Torntorp 20.37 km   Kenneth Bäcklund Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 11:19.0
SS6 Sagfallet 26.47 km   Kenneth Bäcklund Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 14:22.6
Leg 2 (10 Feb) SS7 Kullen 26.80 km   Stig-Olov Walfridsson Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 15:11.5
SS8 Nyhammar 1 27.79 km   Stig-Olov Walfridsson Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 15:40.6
SS9 Fredriksberg 34.60 km   Kenneth Bäcklund Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 20:31.6
SS10 Silkesborg 15.30 km   Kenneth Bäcklund Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 8:27.3
SS11 Nyhammar 2 27.79 km   Kenneth Bäcklund Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 15:41.7
SS12 Lugnet 2.00 km   Stig Blomqvist Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 2:06.7
Leg 3 (11 Feb) SS13 Sågen 1 14.76 km   Stig-Olov Walfridsson Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 8:28.3
SS14 Rämmen 1 23.40 km   Stig-Olov Walfridsson Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 12:56.9
SS15 Sågen 2 14.76 km   Stig-Olov Walfridsson Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 8:27.7
SS16 Rämmen 2 23.40 km   Stig-Olov Walfridsson Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 12:59.9
SS17 Hagfors 21.20 km   Kenneth Bäcklund Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 13:11.2

Championship standings edit

Pos. Drivers' championships
Move Driver Points
1     Olivier Gillet 10
2     Stig-Olov Walfridsson 10
3   1   Manfred Stohl 6
4     Kenneth Bäcklund 6
5   2   Gustavo Trelles 4

References edit

  1. ^ "Swedish Rally". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
  2. ^ "Swedish Rally 2001 Entry List". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Swedish Rally 2001 Itinerary". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Swedish Rally 2001 Final Results". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Swedish Rally 2001 WRC Results". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Swedish Rally 2001 PWRC Results". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 24 January 2022.

External links edit

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