2001 Race of Champions

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.

Driver	Reason for Qualification
Marcus Grönholm	World Rally champion in 2000
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 for Hannu 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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