The 2000 World Rally Championship was the 28th season of the FIA World Rally Championship. The season consisted of 14 rallies. The drivers' world championship was won by Marcus Grönholm in a Peugeot 206 WRC, breaking the streak of Tommi Mäkinen who had won the previous 4 titles for Mitsubishi, ahead of Richard Burns and Carlos Sainz. The manufacturers' title was won by Peugeot, ahead of Ford and Subaru.

Calendar

The 2000 championship was contested over fourteen rounds in Europe, Africa, South America and Oceania. Rally China was originally scheduled to be the tenth round of the season but was cancelled after primary sponsor British American Tobacco withdrew from the event. The Cyprus Rally was added to the calendar as a replacement.^[1]

Round	Dates	Race
1	21–23 January	Monte Carlo Rally
2	11–13 February	Swedish Rally
3	25–27 February	Safari Rally
4	16–19 March	Rally Portugal
5	31 March-2 April	Rally Catalunya
6	11–14 May	Rally Argentina
7	9–11 June	Acropolis Rally
8	13–16 July	Rally New Zealand
9	18–20 August	Rally Finland
10	8–10 September	Cyprus Rally
11	29 September-1 October	Tour de Corse
12	20–22 October	Rally Sanremo
13	9–12 November	Rally Australia
14	23–26 November	Rally of Great Britain
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Teams and drivers

Team	Manufacturer	Car	Tyre	No.	Driver	Co-Driver	Rounds
Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart	Mitsubishi	Lancer Evo VI	M	1	Tommi Mäkinen	Risto Mannisenmäki	All
				2	Freddy Loix	Sven Smeets	All
Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru	Impreza WRC 99 Impreza WRC 2000	P	3	Richard Burns	Robert Reid	All
				4	Juha Kankkunen	Juha Repo	1–10, 13–14
					Simon Jean-Joseph	Jack Boyere	11–12
				16	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	11–14
				18	Markko Märtin	Michael Park	13
Ford Motor Co	Ford	Focus RS WRC 00	M	5	Colin McRae	Nicky Grist	All
				6	Carlos Sainz	Luis Moya	All
				16	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	3–4, 6–10
				18	Piero Liatti	Carlo Cassina	11–12
					Tapio Laukkanen	Kaj Lindström	9, 13–14
SEAT Sport	SEAT	Córdoba WRC	P	7	Didier Auriol	Denis Giraudet	All
				8	Toni Gardemeister	Paavo Lukander	All
				17	Harri Rovanperä	Risto Pietiläinen	2, 14
				20	Gwyndaf Evans	Howard Davies	14
				23	Rui Madeira	Fernando Prata	4
				30	Raphael Sperrer	Per Carlsson	9
				51	Renaud Verreydt	Jean-François Elst	12
Peugeot Esso	Peugeot	206 WRC	M	9	François Delecour	Daniel Grataloup	1–2, 4–8, 10–14
					Gilles Panizzi	Herve Panizzi	3
					Sebastian Lindholm	Jukka Aho	9
				10	Gilles Panizzi	Herve Panizzi	1, 5, 11–12
					Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	2–4, 6–10, 13–14
				16			1, 5, 11–12
				18	François Delecour	Daniel Grataloup	9
				19	Adruzilo Lopes	Luis Lisboa	3–4
					Gilles Panizzi	Herve Panizzi	13–14
Škoda Motorsport	Škoda	Octavia WRC	M	11	Armin Schwarz	Manfred Hiemer	1, 3–5, 7, 10, 12, 14
				12	Luís Climent	Alex Romani	1, 3–5, 7, 10, 12, 14
Hyundai World Rally Team	Hyundai	Accent WRC	M	14	Kenneth Eriksson	Staffan Parmander	2, 4–9, 11–14
				15	Alister McRae	David Senior	2, 4–9, 11–14
				23	Michael Guest	David Green	9, 12–13
Toyota	Toyota	Corolla WRC	M	20	Thomas Rådström	Christina Thörner	2, 4
				21	Pasi Hagström	Tero Gardemeister	2, 4, 9
					Pedro Chaves	Sergio Paiva	4
				22	Neal Bates	Coral Taylor	13
				24	Henrik Lundgaard	Jens-Christian Anker	1, 5, 12
				42	Olivier Burri	Christophe Hofmann	1, 12
				43	Achim Warmbold	Antony Warmbold	14

Toyota not counted for the 2000 season in the Manufacturers' championship due to their withdrawal from the sport in 1999 to concentrate on F1.

Results and standings

Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver MON SWE KEN POR ESP ARG GRE NZL FIN CYP FRA ITA AUS GBR  Pts  1 Marcus Grönholm Ret 1 Ret 2 5 2 Ret 1 1 Ret 5 4 1 2 65 2 Richard Burns Ret 5 1 1 2 1 Ret Ret Ret 4 4 Ret 2 1 60 3 Carlos Sainz 2 Ret 4 3 3 Ret 2 3 14 1 3 5 DSQ 4 46 4 Colin McRae Ret 3 Ret Ret 1 Ret 1 2 2 2 Ret 6 Ret Ret 43 5 Tommi Mäkinen 1 2 Ret Ret 4 3 Ret Ret 4 5 Ret 3 DSQ 3 36 6 François Delecour Ret 7 5 7 13 9 Ret 6 3 2 2 3 6 24 7 Gilles Panizzi Ret Ret 6 1 1 Ret 8 21 8 Juha Kankkunen 3 6 2 Ret Ret 4 3 Ret 8 7 Ret 5 20 9 Harri Rovanperä 12 4 3 10 7 10 Petter Solberg 5 Ret 6 Ret 4 Ret DNS Ret 9 Ret Ret 6 11 Kenneth Eriksson 13 Ret 23 8 Ret 5 15 Ret 45 4 Ret 5 12 Didier Auriol Ret 10 3 10 13 Ret Ret Ret 11 Ret 8 17 8 9 4 13 Toshihiro Arai 6 16 4 Ret 9 13 Ret 4 14 Toni Gardemeister 4 Ret Ret 9 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 11 Ret 6 12 4 15 Freddy Loix 6 8 Ret 6 8 5 Ret Ret Ret 8 Ret 8 Ret Ret 4 16 Thomas Rådström 4 Ret 3 17 Bruno Thiry 5 2 18 Armin Schwarz 7 7 8 11 5 Ret 12 13 2 19 Sebastian Lindholm 5 2 20 Tapio Laukkanen Ret 5 Ret 2 21 Abdullah Bakhashab 27 Ret 15 6 28 Ret 44 1 22 Possum Bourne 6 7 1 23 Markko Märtin 9 7 10 Ret 10 6 Ret Ret 7 1 24 Piero Liatti 6 Ret 1 Pos. Driver MON SWE KEN POR ESP ARG GRE NZL FIN CYP FRA ITA AUS GBR  Pts

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Excluded (EX) Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Cancelled (C) Blank Withdrew entry from the event (WD)

Manufacturers' championship

Pos. Manufacturer No. MON SWE KEN POR ESP ARG GRE NZL FIN CYP FRA ITA AUS GBR Points 1 Peugeot Esso 9 Ret 6 Ret 4 6 8 5 Ret 4 3 2 2 3 6 111 10 Ret 1 Ret 2 5 2 Ret 1 1 Ret 1 1 1 2 2 Ford Motor Co 5 Ret 3 Ret Ret 1 Ret 1 2 2 2 Ret 5 Ret Ret 91 6 2 Ret 4 3 3 Ret 2 3 8 1 3 4 Ret 4 3 Subaru World Rally Team 3 Ret 4 1 1 2 1 Ret Ret Ret 4 4 Ret 2 1 88 4 3 5 2 Ret Ret 4 3 Ret 5 6 5 6 Ret 5 4 Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart 1 1 2 Ret Ret 4 3 Ret Ret 3 5 Ret 3 Ret 3 43 2 5 7 Ret 5 7 5 Ret Ret Ret 7 Ret 7 Ret Ret 5 SEAT Sport 7 Ret 8 3 8 9 Ret Ret Ret 7 Ret 6 11 6 7 11 8 4 Ret Ret 7 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 7 Ret 5 9 6 Hyundai World Rally Team 14 9 Ret 10 7 Ret 4 9 Ret 12 4 Ret 8 15 10 Ret Ret 6 Ret Ret 6 8 10 Ret 8 7 Škoda Motorsport 11 6 5 6 8 4 Ret 8 10 8 12 7 6 9 Ret Ret Ret 9 11 Pos. Manufacturer No. MON SWE KEN POR ESP ARG GRE NZL FIN CYP FRA ITA AUS GBR Points

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Excluded (EX) Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Cancelled (C) Blank Withdrew entry from the event (WD)

Production World Rally championship

Pos. Driver MON SWE KEN POR ESP ARG GRE NZL FIN CYP FRA ITA AUS GBR  Pts  1 Manfred Stohl 1 4 3 2 3 Ret 3 1 3 4 1 4 3 1 75 2 Gustavo Trelles 2 Ret 2 1 2 2 Ret 1 2 3 1 11 64 3 Gabriel Pozzo Ret Ret 10 2 1 Ret 2 11 Ret 10 22 4 Jani Paasonen 1 6 1 Ret 21 5 Claudio Marcelo Menzi 1 Ret 5 Ret Ret Ret 3 9 Ret 6 17 6 Ramón Ferreyros 3 Ret 4 4 5 5 4 17 7 Gianluigi Galli 3 8 Ret 9 Ret 1 14 8 Miguel Campos 1 4 13 9 Juuso Pykälistö 2 2 12 10 Uwe Nittel Ret Ret 1 Ret 10 11 Roberto Sanchez 2 Ret 9 3 10 12 Kenneth Bäcklund 6 Ret 2 7 13 Alex Fiorio 2 6 14 Toshihiro Arai 2 6 15 Reece Jones 3 Ret Ret 8 4 16 Stig-Olov Walfridsson 3 4 17 Jean-Marie Santoni 3 4 18 Olli Harkki 3 4 Pos. Driver MON SWE KEN POR ESP ARG GRE NZL FIN CYP FRA ITA AUS GBR  Pts

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Excluded (EX) Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Cancelled (C) Blank Withdrew entry from the event (WD)

Events

Rally Name	Start-End Date	Podium Drivers (Finishing Time)	Podium Cars
Monte Carlo Rally	21 January–23 January	Tommi Mäkinen (4h:23m:35.8s) Carlos Sainz (4h:25m:00.7s) Juha Kankkunen (4h:26m:57.2s)	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6 Ford Focus RS WRC 00 Subaru Impreza WRC 99
Swedish Rally	11 February–13 February	Marcus Grönholm (3h:20m:33.3s) Tommi Mäkinen (3h:20m:40.1s) Colin McRae (3h:20m:47.0s)	Peugeot 206 WRC Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6 Ford Focus RS WRC 00
Safari Rally	25 March–27 March	Richard Burns (8h:33m:13s) Juha Kankkunen (8h:37m:50s) Didier Auriol (8h:55m:57s)	Subaru Impreza WRC 99 Subaru Impreza WRC 99 SEAT Córdoba WRC E2
Rally Portugal	16 March–19 March	Richard Burns (4h:34m:00.0s) Marcus Grönholm (4h:34m:06.5s) Carlos Sainz (4h:36m:09.2s)	Subaru Impreza WRC 00 Peugeot 206 WRC Ford Focus RS WRC 00
Rally Catalunya	31 March–2 April	Colin McRae (4h:07m:13.0s) Richard Burns (4h:07m:18.9s) Carlos Sainz (4h:07m:24.7s)	Ford Focus RS WRC 00 Subaru Impreza WRC 00 Ford Focus RS WRC 00
Rally Argentina	11 May–14 May	Richard Burns (4h:10m:20.7s) Marcus Grönholm (4h:11m:28.1s) Tommi Mäkinen (4h:11m:52.3s)	Subaru Impreza WRC 00 Peugeot 206 WRC Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6
Acropolis Rally	9 June–11 June	Colin McRae (4h:56m:54.8s) Carlos Sainz (4h:57:17.9s) Juha Kankkunen (5h:03m:33.1s)	Ford Focus RS WRC 00 Ford Focus RS WRC 00 Subaru Impreza WRC 00
Rally New Zealand	14 July–16 July	Marcus Grönholm (3h:45m:13.4s) Colin McRae (3h:45m:27.9s) Carlos Sainz (3h:46m:31.8s)	Peugeot 206 WRC Ford Focus RS WRC 00 Ford Focus RS WRC 00
Rally Finland	18 August–20 August	Marcus Grönholm (3h:22m:37.1s) Colin McRae (3h:23m:43.3s) Harri Rovanperä (3h:23m:46.7s)	Peugeot 206 WRC Ford Focus RS WRC 00 Toyota Corolla WRC
Cyprus Rally	7 September–10 September	Carlos Sainz (5h:26m:04.9s) Colin McRae (5h:26m:42.2s) François Delecour (5h:27m:35.7s)	Ford Focus RS WRC 00 Ford Focus RS WRC 00 Peugeot 206 WRC
Tour de Corse	29 September–1 October	Gilles Panizzi (4h:02m:14.2s) François Delecour (4h:02m:47.7s) Carlos Sainz (4h:03m:26.8s)	Peugeot 206 WRC Peugeot 206 WRC Ford Focus RS WRC 00
Rally Sanremo	20 October–22 October	Gilles Panizzi (3h:52m:14.2s) François Delecour (3h:52m:24.1s) Tommi Mäkinen (3h:53m:00.3s)	Peugeot 206 WRC Peugeot 206 WRC Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6
Rally Australia	9 November–12 November	Marcus Grönholm (3h:43m:57.2s) Richard Burns (3h:43m:59.9s) François Delecour (3h:45m:30.1s)	Peugeot 206 WRC Subaru Impreza WRC 00 Peugeot 206 WRC
Rally of Great Britain	23 November–26 November	Richard Burns (3h:43m:01.9s) Marcus Grönholm (3h:44m:07.5s) Tommi Mäkinen (3h:44m:16.9s)	Subaru Impreza WRC 00 Peugeot 206 WRC Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6