2001 Rally New Zealand 32nd Propecia Rally New Zealand
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Host country	New Zealand
Rally base	Auckland
Dates run	September 21, 2001 – September 23, 2001
Stages	24 (382.46 km; 237.65 miles)
Stage surface	Gravel
Overall distance	1,690.14 km (1,050.20 miles)
Statistics
Crews	68 at start, 48 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Richard Burns Robert Reid Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01

The 2001 Rally New Zealand (formally the 32nd Propecia Rally New Zealand) was the tenth round of the 2001 World Rally Championship. The race was held over three days between 21 September and 23 September 2001, and was won by Subaru's Richard Burns, his 10th and last win in the World Rally Championship.^[1]

Background

Entry list

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 WRC2	M
10	Alister McRae	David Senior	Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team	Hyundai Accent WRC2	M
19	Toni Gardemeister	Paavo Lukander	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	Toshihiro Arai	Glenn Macneall	Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01	P
20	Peter 'Possum' Bourne	Craig Vincent	Subaru Rally Team Australia	Subaru Impreza S6 WRC '00	—
21	Neil Wearden	Trevor Agnew	Neil Wearden	Peugeot 206 WRC	—
31	Bruce Herbert	Robert Ryan	Rose City Cars	Subaru Impreza STI N8	—
32	Geoff Argyle	Steve Smith	Mitsubishi Ralliart New Zealand	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	—
33	Andrew Hawkeswood	Samantha Haldane	Daytona Motor Group	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	—
34	Todd Bawden	Raymond Bennett	Todd Bawden	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	—
35	Lewis Scott	Jane Black	Lewis Scott	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V	—
42	Brian Green	Jane McKay	Palmerston North Rallysport Club	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	—
44	Glenn Smith	Colin Smith	Glenn Smith	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	—
46	Richard Mason	Hamish Fenemor	Richard Mason	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III	—
47	Brett Middleton	Andrew Benefield	Brett Middleton	Subaru Impreza WRX	—
48	Wayne Parker	Brendan McKay	Wayne Parker	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V	—
52	Ian Easton	Cheryl Easton	Ian Easton	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V	—
53	Kerry Evans	Rocky Hudson	Winger Subaru	Subaru Impreza WRX	—
54	Mark Hiestand	Danielle Bates	Winger Subaru	Nissan Pulsar GTI-R	—
56	Austen Jones	Bronwyn Snookes	Anything Subaru	Subaru Impreza WRX	—
57	Malcolm Stewart	Mike Fletcher	Malcolm Stewart	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV	—
59	Kevin Bell	Dean Stockwell	Kevin Bell	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V	—
61	Jason Gardner	Paul Flintoft	Jason Gardner	Nissan Pulsar GTI-R	—
65	Keith Stewart	Len Fisher	Keith Stewart	Subaru Legacy RS	—
67	Bruce Warburton	Harmannus Slebos	Bruce Warburton	Subaru Impreza WRX	—
69	Rex Vizible	Dave Robb	Vizible Racing	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	—
Group N Cup entries
22	Manfred Stohl	Peter Müller	Manfred Stohl	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	—
23	Gabriel Pozzo	Daniel Stillo	Gabriel Pozzo	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	—
25	Marcos Ligato	Rubén Garcia	Marcos Ligato	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	—
26	Stig Blomqvist	Ana Goñi	David Sutton Cars Ltd	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	—
27	Cody Crocker	Greg Foletta	Subaru Rally Team Australia	Subaru Impreza STI N8	—
28	Reece Jones	Leo Bult	Reece Jones	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	—
29	Fumio Nutahara	Satoshi Hayashi	Advan-Piaa Rally Team	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	—
30	Giovanni Manfrinato	Claudio Condotta	Giovanni Manfrinato	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	—
37	Luca Baldini	Massimo Agostinelli	Luca Baldini	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	—
39	Chris West	Chris Cobham	Rose City Cars	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	—
40	Ross Meekings	Alan Glen	Ralliart New Zealand	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	—
41	Natalie Barratt	Chris Patterson	Natalie Barratt Rallysport	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	—
43	Kevin Holmes	Garry Cowan	Ralliart New Zealand	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	—
49	Cameron Bates	Laurie Brenssell	Cameron Bates	Subaru Impreza STI	—
50	Mike Turfus	Fleur Pedersen	Silverstone Rally Tyre Team	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	—
51	Graeme Presswell	Martin Saunders	Rally Drive NZ	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III	—
55	Jeff Judd	Grant Marra	Jeff Judd	Subaru Impreza WRX	—
58	Deborah Kibble	Jamie Kibble	Deborah Kibble	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	—
64	Hiromichi Niwa	Tadayoshi Sato	Hiromichi Niwa	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	—
66	Nobuaki Takahashi	Masako Takahashi	Nobuaki Takahashi	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V	—
68	Minoru Shinomiya	Yoshinari Kawanishi	Minoru Shinomiya	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	—
70	Mitsuhiro Aoki	Fumika Nakamura	Mitsuhiro Aoki	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	—
71	Tony Burrowes	Brendan Olsen	Burrst Racing	Subaru Impreza WRX	—
72	David Langford-Smith	Stuart Roberts	David Langford-Smith	Subaru Impreza WRX	—
73	Keiji Seita	Hiromi Ueno	Keiji Seita	Honda Civic VTi	—
Source:[2]

Itinerary

All dates and times are NZST (UTC+12).

Results

Overall

Pos.	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Team	Car	Time	Difference	Points
1	5	Richard Burns	Robert Reid	Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01	3:47:28.0		10
2	4	Colin McRae	Nicky Grist	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '01	3:48:12.6	+44.6	6
3	16	Harri Rovanperä	Risto Pietiläinen	Peugeot Total	Peugeot 206 WRC	3:48:18.1	+50.1	4
4	3	Carlos Sainz	Luis Moya	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '01	3:48:20.2	+52.2	3
5	1	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Peugeot Total	Peugeot 206 WRC	3:48:23.8	+55.8	2
6	2	Didier Auriol	Denis Giraudet	Peugeot Total	Peugeot 206 WRC	3:48:39.3	+1:11.3	1
Source:[4]

World Rally Cars

Classification

Position		No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Event	Class
1	1	5	Richard Burns	Robert Reid	Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01	3:47:28.0		10
2	2	4	Colin McRae	Nicky Grist	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '01	3:48:12.6	+44.6	6
4	3	3	Carlos Sainz	Luis Moya	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '01	3:48:20.2	+52.2	3
5	4	1	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Peugeot Total	Peugeot 206 WRC	3:48:23.8	+55.8	2
6	5	2	Didier Auriol	Denis Giraudet	Peugeot Total	Peugeot 206 WRC	3:48:39.3	+1:11.3	1
7	6	6	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01	3:49:43.8	+2:15.8	0
8	7	7	Tommi Mäkinen	Risto Mannisenmäki	Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6.5	3:49:49.0	+2:21.0	0
9	8	10	Alister McRae	David Senior	Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team	Hyundai Accent WRC2	3:51:01.8	+3:33.8	0
10	9	9	Kenneth Eriksson	Staffan Parmander	Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team	Hyundai Accent WRC2	3:51:49.9	+4:21.9	0
15	10	19	Toni Gardemeister	Paavo Lukander	Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart	Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evo VI	3:56:04.3	+8:36.3	0
Source:[5]

Special stages

Day	Stage	Stage name	Length	Winner	Car	Time	Class leaders
Leg 1 (21 Sep)	SS1	Te Akau North	32.37 km	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 206 WRC	18:04.6	Marcus Grönholm
	SS2	Maungatawhiri	6.52 km	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01	3:39.8
	SS3	Te Papatapu 1	16.62 km	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01	11:00.2
	SS4	Te Hutewai	11.32 km	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 206 WRC	8:03.7
	SS5	Whaanga Coast	29.52 km	Didier Auriol Kenneth Eriksson	Peugeot 206 WRC Hyundai Accent WRC2	21:28.2
	SS6	Te Papatapu 2	16.62 km	Colin McRae	Ford Focus RS WRC '01	10:49.1	Kenneth Eriksson
	SS7	Manukau Super 1	2.10 km	Carlos Sainz	Ford Focus RS WRC '01	1:21.6
	SS8	Manukau Super 2	2.10 km	Carlos Sainz	Ford Focus RS WRC '01	1:20.1
Leg 2 (22 Sep)	SS9	Parahi — Ararua	59.00 km	Harri Rovanperä	Peugeot 206 WRC	33:59.9	Richard Burns
	SS10	Batley	19.82 km	Richard Burns	Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01	10:55.9
	SS11	Waipu Gorge	11.24 km	Richard Burns	Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01	6:31.2
	SS12	Brooks	16.03 km	Richard Burns	Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01	9:44.6
	SS13	Paparoa Station	11.64 km	Richard Burns	Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01	6:17.9
	SS14	Cassidy	21.64 km	Didier Auriol	Peugeot 206 WRC	12:23.9
	SS15	Mititai	26.77 km	Richard Burns	Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01	13:42.3
	SS16	Tokatoka	10.15 km	Richard Burns	Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01	5:19.3
Leg 3 (23 Sep)	SS17	Otorohea Trig	4.62 km	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 206 WRC	3:06.0
	SS18	Te Akau South	31.24 km	Carlos Sainz	Ford Focus RS WRC '01	18:45.0
	SS19	Ridge 1	8.53 km	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 206 WRC	4:47.1
	SS20	Campbell 1	7.44 km	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01	3:55.7
	SS21	Ridge 2	8.53 km	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 206 WRC	4:41.4
	SS22	Campbell 2	7.44 km	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01	3:50.9
	SS23	Fyfe 1	10.60 km	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01	5:42.6
	SS24	Fyfe 2	10.60 km	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01	5:32.6

Championship standings

Pos.		Drivers' championships				Co-drivers' championships				Manufacturers' championships
		Move	Driver	Points		Move	Co-driver	Points		Move	Manufacturer	Points
1		1	Colin McRae	40		1	Nicky Grist	40		1	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	76
2		1	Tommi Mäkinen	40		1	Risto Mannisenmäki	40		1	Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart	66
3		2	Richard Burns	31		2	Robert Reid	31		1	Subaru World Rally Team	46
4		1	Carlos Sainz	30		1	Luis Moya	30		1	Peugeot Total	44
5		1	Harri Rovanperä	27		1	Risto Pietiläinen	27			Škoda Motorsport	15

FIA Cup for Production Rally Drivers

Classification

Position		No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Event	Class
16	1	22	Manfred Stohl	Peter Müller	Manfred Stohl	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	3:58:33.1		10
18	2	23	Gabriel Pozzo	Daniel Stillo	Gabriel Pozzo	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	4:01:24.5	+2:51.4	6
20	3	29	Fumio Nutahara	Satoshi Hayashi	Advan-Piaa Rally Team	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	4:03:22.2	+4:49.1	4
21	4	26	Stig Blomqvist	Ana Goñi	David Sutton Cars Ltd	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	4:03:42.2	+5:09.1	3
24	5	43	Kevin Holmes	Garry Cowan	Ralliart New Zealand	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	4:04:29.9	+5:56.8	2
25	6	28	Reece Jones	Leo Bult	Reece Jones	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	4:05:37.8	+7:04.7	1
26	7	40	Ross Meekings	Alan Glen	Ralliart New Zealand	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	4:07:17.4	+8:44.3	0
27	8	37	Luca Baldini	Massimo Agostinelli	Luca Baldini	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	4:12:05.2	+13:32.1	0
31	9	50	Mike Turfus	Fleur Pedersen	Silverstone Rally Tyre Team	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	4:14:12.1	+15:39.0	0
32	10	49	Cameron Bates	Laurie Brenssell	Cameron Bates	Subaru Impreza STI	4:16:09.3	+17:36.2	0
34	11	64	Hiromichi Niwa	Tadayoshi Sato	Hiromichi Niwa	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	4:18:55.2	+20:22.1	0
36	12	41	Natalie Barratt	Chris Patterson	Natalie Barratt Rallysport	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	4:21:26.1	+22:53.0	0
38	13	68	Minoru Shinomiya	Yoshinari Kawanishi	Minoru Shinomiya	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	4:26:56.9	+28:23.8	0
40	14	71	Tony Burrowes	Brendan Olsen	Burrst Racing	Subaru Impreza WRX	4:34:18.5	+35:45.4	0
45	15	58	Deborah Kibble	Jamie Kibble	Deborah Kibble	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	4:39:20.0	+40:46.9	0
48	16	51	Graeme Presswell	Martin Saunders	Rally Drive NZ	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III	4:53:34.5	+55:01.4	0
Retired SS22		39	Chris West	Chris Cobham	Rose City Cars	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	Transmission		0
Retired SS20		55	Jeff Judd	Grant Marra	Jeff Judd	Subaru Impreza WRX	Engine		0
Retired SS18		72	David Langford-Smith	Stuart Roberts	David Langford-Smith	Subaru Impreza WRX	Engine		0
Retired SS16		27	Cody Crocker	Greg Foletta	Subaru Rally Team Australia	Subaru Impreza STI N8	Accident		0
Retired SS15		70	Mitsuhiro Aoki	Fumika Nakamura	Mitsuhiro Aoki	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	Accident		0
Retired SS9		73	Keiji Seita	Hiromi Ueno	Keiji Seita	Honda Civic VTi	Accident		0
Retired SS5		25	Marcos Ligato	Rubén Garcia	Marcos Ligato	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	Accident		0
Retired SS5		30	Giovanni Manfrinato	Claudio Condotta	Giovanni Manfrinato	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	Mechanical		0
Retired SS4		66	Nobuaki Takahashi	Masako Takahashi	Nobuaki Takahashi	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V	Suspension		0
Source:[6]

Special stages

Day	Stage	Stage name	Length	Winner	Car	Time	Class leaders
Leg 1 (21 Sep)	SS1	Te Akau North	32.37 km	Manfred Stohl	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	18:51.5	Manfred Stohl
	SS2	Maungatawhiri	6.52 km	Manfred Stohl	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	3:51.6
	SS3	Te Papatapu 1	16.62 km	Manfred Stohl	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	11:25.1
	SS4	Te Hutewai	11.32 km	Cody Crocker	Subaru Impreza STI N8	8:21.8	Gabriel Pozzo
	SS5	Whaanga Coast	29.52 km	Cody Crocker	Subaru Impreza STI N8	22:01.0	Cody Crocker
	SS6	Te Papatapu 2	16.62 km	Cody Crocker	Subaru Impreza STI N8	11:14.6
	SS7	Manukau Super 1	2.10 km	Manfred Stohl Ross Meekings	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	1:27.7
	SS8	Manukau Super 2	2.10 km	Manfred Stohl	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	1:26.2
Leg 2 (22 Sep)	SS9	Parahi — Ararua	59.00 km	Manfred Stohl	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	35:48.0	Manfred Stohl
	SS10	Batley	19.82 km	Manfred Stohl	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	11:32.4
	SS11	Waipu Gorge	11.24 km	Manfred Stohl	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	6:49.9
	SS12	Brooks	16.03 km	Manfred Stohl	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	10:15.7
	SS13	Paparoa Station	11.64 km	Manfred Stohl Cody Crocker	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI Subaru Impreza STI N8	6:38.0
	SS14	Cassidy	21.64 km	Manfred Stohl	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	13:15.4
	SS15	Mititai	26.77 km	Manfred Stohl	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	14:39.5
	SS16	Tokatoka	10.15 km	Manfred Stohl	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	5:42.9
Leg 3 (23 Sep)	SS17	Otorohea Trig	4.62 km	Fumio Nutahara	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	3:16.9
	SS18	Te Akau South	31.24 km	Manfred Stohl	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	19:45.6
	SS19	Ridge 1	8.53 km	Kevin Holmes	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	5:06.6
	SS20	Campbell 1	7.44 km	Ross Meekings	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	4:13.2
	SS21	Ridge 2	8.53 km	Ross Meekings	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	5:05.3
	SS22	Campbell 2	7.44 km	Ross Meekings	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	4:15.3
	SS23	Fyfe 1	10.60 km	Ross Meekings	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	6:03.2
	SS24	Fyfe 2	10.60 km	Fumio Nutahara	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	6:05.6

Championship standings

Pos.	Drivers' championships
	Move	Driver	Points
1		Gabriel Pozzo	59
2		Gustavo Trelles	26
3	1	Manfred Stohl	22
4	1	Marcos Ligato	22
5	3	Stig Blomqvist	11