The 2001 Rallye Sanremo (formally the 43rd Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia) was the eleventh round of the 2001 World Rally Championship. The race was held over three days between 5 October and 7 October 2001, and was won by Peugeot's Gilles Panizzi, his 3rd win in the World Rally Championship.
Background Entry list No. Driver Co-Driver Entrant CarTyre World Rally Championship manufacturer entries 2 Didier Auriol Denis Giraudet Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 3 Carlos Sainz Luis Moya Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '01 4 Colin McRae Nicky Grist Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '01 5 Richard Burns Robert Reid Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01 6 Petter Solberg Phil Mills Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01 7 Tommi Mäkinen Risto Mannisenmäki Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 8 Freddy Loix Sven Smeets Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 9 Piero Liatti Carlo Cassina Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC2 10 Alister McRae David Senior Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC2 11 Armin Schwarz Manfred Hiemer Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo2 12 Bruno Thiry Georges Biar Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo2 16 Gilles Panizzi Hervé Panizzi Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC World Rally Championship entries 1 Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 14 Philippe Bugalski Jean-Paul Chiaroni Automobiles Citroën Citroën Xsara WRC 15 Jesús Puras Marc Martí Automobiles Citroën Citroën Xsara WRC 17 François Delecour Daniel Grataloup Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '01 18 Markko Märtin Michael Park Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01 19 Toshihiro Arai Glenn Macneall Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01 20 Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena Automobiles Citroën Citroën Xsara WRC 21 Paolo Andreucci Alessandro Giusti Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '01 22 Roman Kresta Jan Tománek Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo2 23 Pasi Hagström Tero Gardemeister Toyota Castrol Finland Toyota Corolla WRC 24 Henrik Lundgaard Jens-Christian Anker Toyota Castrol Team Denmark Toyota Corolla WRC 25 Harri Rovanperä Risto Pietiläinen H.F. Grifone SRL Peugeot 206 WRC 26 Renato Travaglia Flavio Zanella F.P.F. Sport Peugeot 206 WRC 27 Piero Longhi Lucio Baggio Step 2 Toyota Corolla WRC 28 Hamed Al-Wahaibi Tony Sircombe Oman Arab World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S6 WRC '00 29 Abdullah Bakhashab Bobby Willis Toyota Team Saudi Arabia Toyota Corolla WRC 30 Achim Mörtl Stefan Eichhorner Promotor World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01 31 Jean-Joseph Simon Jack Boyère Jean-Joseph Simon Peugeot 206 WRC 33 Mark Breijer Hans van Goor Subaru Benelux Subaru Impreza S5 WRC '98 34 Daniel Carlsson Benny Melander Daniel Carlsson Toyota Corolla WRC 36 Nigel Heath Steve Lancaster World Rally HIRE Subaru Impreza S5 WRC '99 37 Ioannis Papadimitriou Chris Patterson Ioannis Papadimitriou Subaru Impreza S6 WRC '00 76 Domenico Caldarola Paolo Cecchini Top Run Toyota Corolla WRC 77 Diego Oldrati Danilo Fappani Procar Rally Team Subaru Impreza S6 WRC '00 79 Riccardo Errani Stefano Casadio Errani Team Group Subaru Impreza 555 Group N Cup entries 38 Gabriel Pozzo Daniel Stillo Top Run Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 39 Marcos Ligato Rubén García Marcos Ligato Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 40 Gustavo Trelles Jorge Del Buono Gustavo Trelles Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 41 Stig Blomqvist Ana Goñi David Sutton Cars Ltd Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 42 Natalie Barratt Michael Gibson Natalie Barratt Rallysport Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 78 Alessandro Fiorio Enrico Cantoni Ralliart Italia Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evo VI 83 Mario Stagni Roberto Paganoni Ralliart Italia Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 84 Nigel Hicklin Sam McMullan Nigel Hicklin Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V 85 Alfredo De Dominicis Alessandro Mari Alfredo De Dominicis Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 86 Mirco Virag Massimo Bergna Mirco Virag Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 87 Eugenio Lozza Antonella Fiorendi Ciemme Racing Renault Clio RS 88 Davide Giordano Ezio Sichi ACN Forze di Polizia Peugeot 306 89 Alessandro Gai Franco Giusti Pistoia Corse Citroën Saxo VTS Super 1600 Cup entries 50 Manfred Stohl Ilka Minor Top Run SRL Fiat Punto S1600 51 Patrick Magaud Guylène Brun Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Puma S1600 52 Andrea Dallavilla Giovanni Bernacchini R&D Motorsport Fiat Punto S1600 54 Larry Cols Yasmine Gerard Peugeot Bastos Racing Peugeot 206 S1600 55 Niall McShea Michael Orr Citroën Sport Citroën Saxo S1600 56 Giandomenico Basso Flavio Guglielmini Top Run SRL Fiat Punto S1600 57 Cédric Robert Marie-Pierre Billoux Team Gamma Peugeot 206 S1600 58 Sergio Vallejo Diego Vallejo Pronto Racing Fiat Punto S1600 59 Benoît Rousselot Gilles Mondésir Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Puma S1600 61 Corrado Fontana Renzo Casazza H.F. Grifone SRL Peugeot 206 S1600 62 Jussi Välimäki Jakke Honkanen ST Motors Peugeot 206 S1600 63 Martin Stenshorne Clive Jenkins Zeta Racing Ford Puma S1600 64 Massimo Macaluso Antonio Celot R&D Motorsport Fiat Punto S1600 65 Alejandro Galanti Xavier Amigó Astra Racing Ford Puma S1600 67 Albert Llovera Marc Corral Pronto Racing Fiat Punto S1600 68 Massimo Ceccato Mitia Dotta Hawk Racing Club Fiat Punto S1600 69 Nicolas Bernardi Delphine Bernardi Team Gamma Peugeot 206 S1600 71 François Duval Jean-Marc Fortin Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Puma S1600 72 Saladin Mazlan Timothy Sturla Saladin Rallying Ford Puma S1600 73 Christian Chemin Simone Scattolin Hawk Racing Club Fiat Punto S1600 Source:
Itinerary All dates and times are CEST (UTC+2). Date Time No. Stage name Distance Leg 1 — 138.45 km 5 October 08:24 SS1 Coldirodi 1 12.41 km 09:12 SS2 Langan 1 25.29 km 09:51 SS3 Rezzo 1 12.29 km 11:50 SS4 San Bernardo 1 19.44 km 12:45 SS5 Nava 1 19.03 km 15:50 SS6 Coldirodi 2 12.41 km 16:38 SS7 Langan 2 25.29 km 17:17 SS8 Rezzo 2 12.29 km Leg 2 — 142.01 km 6 October 08:07 SS9 Passo Teglia 1 14.32 km 08:32 SS10 Molini 1 25.29 km 09:35 SS11 Perinaldo 1 12.16 km 11:52 SS12 San Bernardo 2 19.44 km 12:47 SS13 Nava 2 19.03 km 15:35 SS14 Passo Teglia 2 14.32 km 16:00 SS15 Molini 2 25.29 km 17:03 SS16 Perinaldo 2 12.16 km Leg 3 — 87.66 km 7 October 08:32 SS17 San Romolo 1 28.64 km 09:45 SS18 Colle d'Oggia 1 15.19 km 12:33 SS19 San Romolo 2 28.64 km 13:46 SS20 Colle d'Oggia 2 15.19 km Source:
Results Overall Driver Co-driver Team Car Time Points 1 16 Gilles Panizzi Hervé Panizzi Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 4:05:49.5 10 2 20 Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena Automobiles Citroën Citroën Xsara WRC 4:06:00.9 +11.46 3 2 Didier Auriol Denis Giraudet Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 4:06:44.4 +54.94 4 3 Carlos Sainz Luis Moya Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '01 4:07:01.4 +1:11.93 5 26 Renato Travaglia Flavio Zanella F.P.F. Sport Peugeot 206 WRC 4:07:21.6 +1:32.12 6 17 François Delecour Daniel Grataloup Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '01 4:08:18.1 +2:28.61 Source:
World Rally Cars Classification Position Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Points Event Class 1 1 16 Gilles Panizzi Hervé Panizzi Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 4:05:49.5 10 3 2 2 Didier Auriol Denis Giraudet Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 4:06:44.4 +54.94 4 3 3 Carlos Sainz Luis Moya Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '01 4:07:01.4 +1:11.93 8 4 4 Colin McRae Nicky Grist Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '01 4:09:43.2 +3:53.70 9 5 6 Petter Solberg Phil Mills Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01 4:09:49.4 +3:59.90 12 6 8 Freddy Loix Sven Smeets Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 4:12:57.2 +7:07.70 13 7 12 Bruno Thiry Georges Biar Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo2 4:13:15.4 +7:25.90 Retired SS19 7 Tommi Mäkinen Risto Mannisenmäki Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer WRC Lost wheel 0 Retired SS16 10 Alister McRae David Senior Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC2 Brakes 0 Retired SS1 5 Richard Burns Robert Reid Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01 Accident 0 Retired SS1 9 Piero Liatti Carlo Cassina Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC2 Accident 0 Retired SS1 11 Armin Schwarz Manfred Hiemer Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo2 Alternator 0 Source:
Special stages Day Stage Stage name Length Winner Car Time Leg 1 (5 Oct) SS1 Coldirodi 1 12.41 km Gilles Panizzi Peugeot 206 WRC 7:55.7 Gilles Panizzi SS2 Langan 1 25.29 km Jesús Puras Citroën Xsara WRC 16:48.2 Jesús Puras SS3 Rezzo 1 12.29 km Gilles Panizzi Peugeot 206 WRC 9:12.4 SS4 San Bernardo 1 19.44 km Jesús Puras Citroën Xsara WRC 11:34.8 SS5 Nava 1 19.03 km Philippe Bugalski Citroën Xsara WRC 12:00.5 Gilles Panizzi SS6 Coldirodi 2 12.41 km Philippe Bugalski Citroën Xsara WRC 7:53.5 SS7 Langan 2 25.29 km Jesús Puras Citroën Xsara WRC 16:41.9 Jesús Puras SS8 Rezzo 2 12.29 km Philippe Bugalski Citroën Xsara WRC 9:11.2 Leg 2 (6 Oct) SS9 Passo Teglia 1 14.32 km Jesús Puras Citroën Xsara WRC 10:25.6 SS10 Molini 1 25.29 km Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 16:52.6 Gilles Panizzi SS11 Perinaldo 1 12.16 km Didier Auriol Peugeot 206 WRC 7:43.9 SS12 San Bernardo 2 19.44 km Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01 11:35.8 SS13 Nava 2 19.03 km Gilles Panizzi Peugeot 206 WRC 11:58.0 SS14 Passo Teglia 2 14.32 km Didier Auriol Peugeot 206 WRC 10:23.0 SS15 Molini 2 25.29 km Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 16:43.7 SS16 Perinaldo 2 12.16 km Gilles Panizzi Peugeot 206 WRC 7:41.6 Leg 3 (7 Oct) SS17 San Romolo 1 28.64 km Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 19:04.7 SS18 Colle d'Oggia 1 15.19 km Carlos Sainz Ford Focus RS WRC '01 10:04.3 SS19 San Romolo 2 28.64 km Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 20:20.6 SS20 Colle d'Oggia 2 15.19 km François Delecour Ford Focus RS WRC '01 10:13.0
Championship standings Drivers' championships Co-drivers' championships Manufacturers' championshipsMoveDriverPointsMoveCo-driverPointsMoveManufacturerPoints 1 Colin McRae 40 Nicky Grist 40 Ford Motor Co. Ltd. 83 2 Tommi Mäkinen 40 Risto Mannisenmäki 40 Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart 67 3 1 Carlos Sainz 33 1 Luis Moya 33 1 Peugeot Total 60 4 1 Richard Burns 31 1 Robert Reid 31 1 Subaru World Rally Team 48 5 Harri Rovanperä 27 Risto Pietiläinen 27 Škoda Motorsport 15
FIA Cup for Production Rally Drivers Classification Position Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Points Event Class 17 1 78 Alessandro Fiorio Enrico Cantoni Ralliart Italia Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evo VI 4:28:20.3 10 23 2 38 Gabriel Pozzo Daniel Stillo Top Run Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 4:33:29.0 +5:08.76 28 3 85 Alfredo De Dominicis Alessandro Mari Alfredo De Dominicis Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 4:35:39.0 +7:18.74 30 4 41 Stig Blomqvist Ana Goñi David Sutton Cars Ltd Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 4:46:13.0 +17:52.73 31 5 87 Eugenio Lozza Antonella Fiorendi Ciemme Racing Renault Clio RS 4:50:35.2 +22:14.92 34 6 86 Mirco Virag Massimo Bergna Mirco Virag Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 4:54:54.3 +26:34.01 36 7 88 Davide Giordano Ezio Sichi ACN Forze di Polizia Peugeot 306 5:13:03.6 +44:43.30 37 8 89 Alessandro Gai Franco Giusti Pistoia Corse Citroën Saxo VTS 5:23:08.8 +54:48.50 Retired SS19 40 Gustavo Trelles Jorge Del Buono Gustavo Trelles Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI Accident 0 Retired SS19 84 Nigel Hicklin Sam McMullan Nigel Hicklin Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V Mechanical 0 Retired SS15 83 Mario Stagni Roberto Paganoni Ralliart Italia Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI Mechanical 0 Retired SS12 42 Natalie Barratt Michael Gibson Natalie Barratt Rallysport Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI Mechanical 0 Retired SS10 39 Marcos Ligato Rubén García Marcos Ligato Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI Mechanical 0 Source:
Special stages