2000 Race of Champions


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

Nations Cup

CountryRacing DriverRally DriverMotorcycle Racer
France Yvan Muller Gilles Panizzi Régis Laconi
United States Danny Sullivan Rod Millen Colin Edwards
Finland Harri Toivonen Tommi Mäkinen Vesa Kytönen
Spain Marc Gené Jesús Puras Sete Gibernau
Italy Emanuele Pirro Miki Biasion Valentino Rossi
Germany Frank Biela Armin Schwarz Jürgen Fuchs
Japan Hiroki Katoh Kenjiro Shinozuka Nobuatsu Aoki
All-Stars Tom Kristensen Stig Blomqvist Jeremy McWilliams

Group A
DriverWins
Niall McShea2
Pedro Chaves2
Sébastien Loeb2
Adruzilo Lopes0

Group B
DriverWins
Flavio Alonso3
Cody Crocker2
Janusz Kulig1
Jesús Puras0

Race of Champions

Nations' Cup

Group A
TeamMatch WinsHeat WinsBest Total Time
Italy375'52.41
Spain265'56.44
USA155'55.56
Japan006'06.63

Group B
TeamMatch WinsHeat WinsBest Total Time
France375'48.82
Finland145'51.76
All-Stars145'56.59
Germany135'52.11