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

Driver Reason for Qualification
Finland Marcus Grönholm World Rally champion in 2000
Finland Tommi Mäkinen World Rally champion in 1996, 1997, 1998 and 1999
France Didier Auriol World Rally champion in 1994
France Gilles Panizzi Seeded
Germany Armin Schwarz Winner in the International Masters
Spain Flavio Alonso Replaces Tom Kristensen after beating Niall McShea in a play-off
Sweden Stig Blomqvist Winner in the Legends Race
Italy Valentino Rossi Invitation

Nations Cup

Country Racing Driver Rally Driver Motorcycle Racer
France France Yvan Muller France Gilles Panizzi France Régis Laconi
United States United States Danny Sullivan United States Rod Millen United States Colin Edwards
Finland Finland Harri Toivonen Finland Tommi Mäkinen Finland Vesa Kytönen
Spain Spain Marc Gené Spain Jesús Puras Spain Sete Gibernau
Italy Italy Emanuele Pirro Italy Miki Biasion Italy Valentino Rossi
Germany Germany Frank Biela Germany Armin Schwarz Germany Jürgen Fuchs
Japan Japan Hiroki Katoh Japan Kenjiro Shinozuka Japan Nobuatsu Aoki
All-Stars Denmark Tom Kristensen Sweden Stig Blomqvist United Kingdom Jeremy McWilliams
  • Marcus Grönholm was to represent the All-Star team, but for an unknown reason his place was taken by Blomqvist.

Legends Race

  • Per Eklund & Miki Biasion eliminated in the first round.
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
Sweden Björn Waldegård2
 
 
 
Finland Hannu Mikkola1
 
Sweden Björn Waldegård0
 
 
 
Sweden Stig Blomqvist2
 
Sweden Stig Blomqvist2
 
 
Finland Timo Salonen1
 

International Masters

  • Flavio Alonso secured his place with the quickest time in the Spanish Masters event.
  • Armin Schwarz and Tom Kristensen were handed automatic byes to the semi-finals.

Group A

Driver Wins
United Kingdom Niall McShea 2
Portugal Pedro Chaves 2
France Sébastien Loeb 2
Portugal Adruzilo Lopes 0
  • McShea advanced with the fastest best time.

Group B

Driver Wins
Spain Flavio Alonso 3
Australia Cody Crocker 2
Poland Janusz Kulig 1
Spain Jesús Puras 0
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
Germany Armin Schwarz2
 
 
 
United Kingdom Niall McShea0
 
Germany Armin Schwarz2
 
 
 
Denmark Tom Kristensen0
 
Denmark Tom Kristensen2
 
 
Spain Flavio Alonso0
 

Race of Champions

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
Finland Marcus Grönholm2
 
 
 
Sweden Stig Blomqvist0
 
Finland Marcus Grönholm2
 
 
 
France Didier Auriol0
 
France Didier Auriol2
 
 
 
Germany Armin Schwarz1
 
Finland Marcus Grönholm0
 
 
 
Finland Tommi Mäkinen2
 
France Gilles Panizzi2
 
 
 
Italy Valentino Rossi0
 
France Gilles Panizzi0
 
 
 
Finland Tommi Mäkinen2
 
Finland Tommi Mäkinen2
 
 
Spain Flavio Alonso0
 

Nations' Cup

Group A

Team Match Wins Heat Wins Best Total Time
Italy Italy 3 7 5'52.41
Spain 2 6 5'56.44
 USA 1 5 5'55.56
Japan 0 0 6'06.63

Group B

Team Match Wins Heat Wins Best Total Time
 France 3 7 5'48.82
Finland Finland 1 4 5'51.76
United Nations All-Stars 1 4 5'56.59
Germany Germany 1 3 5'52.11
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
Italy Italy2
 
 
 
Finland Finland1
 
Italy Italy0
 
 
 
 France3
 
Spain0
 
 
 France3
 

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