2001 World Rally Championship
The 2001 World Rally Championship was the 29th season of the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC). In a tightly contested year, Subaru's Richard Burns took his first and only drivers' world title, beating Ford's Colin McRae, Mitsubishi's Tommi Mäkinen and the defending champion Marcus Grönholm of Peugeot. Peugeot successfully defended their manufacturers' title.
Eventual champion Richard Burns driving a Subaru Impreza WRC at the 2001 Rally Finland.
Colin McRae finished runner-up in a Ford Focus RS WRC 01.
The World Rally Championship is an international rallying series owned and governed by the FIA. Inaugurated in 1973, it is the second oldest of the FIA's world championships after Formula One. Each season lasts one calendar year, and separate championship titles are awarded to drivers, co-drivers and manufacturers. There are also two support championships, WRC2 and WRC3, which are contested on the same events and stages as the WRC, but with progressively lower maximum performance and running costs of the cars permitted. Junior WRC is also contested on five events of the World Rally Championship calendar.
Volkswagen, champions of the WRC for Manufacturers, 2014
Dennis Rådström, Junior WRC, Rally Sweden 2020
Group 4 Lancia Stratos HF
Group B Audi Quattro S1