2000 Cyprus Rally

2000 Cyprus Rally
28th Cyprus Rally
Round 10 of the 2000 World Rally Championship season
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Host country Cyprus
Rally baseLimassol
Dates runSeptember 8 2000 – September 10 2000
Stages23 (348.41 km; 216.49 miles)
Stage surfaceGravel
Overall distance1,227.79 km (762.91 miles)
Statistics
Crews52 at start, 27 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner Carlos Sainz
Luis Moya
Ford Motor Co. Ltd.
Ford Focus RS WRC '00

The 2000 Cyprus Rally (formally the 28th Cyprus Rally) was the tenth round of the 2000 World Rally Championship. The race was held over three days between 8 September and 10 September 2000, and was won by Ford's Carlos Sainz, his 23rd win in the World Rally Championship.[1]

Background

Entry list

No. Driver Co-Driver Entrant Car Tyre
World Rally Championship manufacturer entries
1 Tommi Mäkinen Risto Mannisenmäki Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI M
2 Freddy Loix Sven Smeets Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evo VI M
3 Richard Burns Robert Reid Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S6 WRC '00 P
4 Juha Kankkunen Juha Repo Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S6 WRC '00 P
5 Colin McRae Nicky Grist Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '00 M
6 Carlos Sainz Luis Moya Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '00 M
7 Didier Auriol Denis Giraudet SEAT Sport SEAT Córdoba WRC Evo3 P
8 Toni Gardemeister Paavo Lukander SEAT Sport SEAT Córdoba WRC Evo3 P
9 François Delecour Daniel Grataloup Peugeot Esso Peugeot 206 WRC M
10 Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen Peugeot Esso Peugeot 206 WRC M
11 Armin Schwarz Manfred Hiemer Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo2 M
12 Luis Climent Asensio Álex Romaní Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo2 M
World Rally Championship entries
20 Markko Märtin Michael Park Lukoil EOS Rally Team Toyota Corolla WRC —
18 Toshihiro Arai Roger Freeman Spike Subaru Team Subaru Impreza S5 WRC '99 —
19 Krzysztof Hołowczyc Jean-Marc Fortin Wizja TV / Turning Point RT Subaru Impreza S5 WRC '99 M
20 Abdullah Bakhashab Bobby Willis Toyota Team Saudi Arabia Toyota Corolla WRC M
21 Frédéric Dor Didier Breton F. Dor Rally Team Subaru Impreza S5 WRC '99 —
22 Simon Jean-Joseph Jack Boyère Simon Jean-Joseph Subaru Impreza S5 WRC '98 —
23 Ioannis Papadimitriou Nikolaos Petropoulos Ioannis Papadimitriou Subaru Impreza S5 WRC '99 —
29 Andreas Tsouloftas Andreas Achilleos Fairways Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI —
30 Chris Thomas Andreas Christodoulides Chris Thomas Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI —
33 Maurice Sehnaoui Naji Stephan Maurice Sehnaoui Toyota Corolla WRC —
34 Christos Eliades Dimis Cacoyiannis Christos Eliades Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III —
35 Paraskevas Paraskeva Savvas Laos Paraskevas Paraskeva Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V —
36 Nigel Heath Steve Lancaster Nigel Heath Subaru Impreza WRC —
37 Michel Saleh Adamos Gregoriou Michel Saleh Toyota Celica GT-Four —
42 Iakovos Pendaras Andreas Andreou Iakovos Pendaras Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution —
48 Leonidas Katsaros Renos Thrasyvoulou Leonidas Katsaros Lancia Delta HF Integrale —
53 Nicholas Mandrides Yiannis Ioannou Nicholas Mandrides Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI —
Group N Cup entries
24 Manfred Stohl Peter Müller Manfred Stohl Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI P
25 Gustavo Trelles Jorge Del Buono Gustavo Trelles Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI P
27 Claudio Marcelo Menzi Edgardo Galindo Claudio Marcelo Menzi Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI —
28 Gabriel Pozzo Fabian Cretu Gabriel Pozzo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI —
31 Andreas Peratikos Harris Episkopou Andreas Peratikos Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III —
32 Dimi Mavropoulos Georgios Alexandrou Dimi Mavropoulos Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI —
38 Nizar Al-Shanfari Michalakis Michael Nizar Al-Shanfari Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI —
39 Ron Cremen Linda Long Ron Cremen Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV —
40 Rami Shohatovich Nikitas Stavrinou Rami Shohatovich Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V —
44 Bob Colsoul Tom Colsoul Bob Colsoul Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V —
45 Prodromos Prodromou Yiannos Hadjichristofi Prodromos Prodromou Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III —
46 Charalambos Timotheou Nicos Panayides Charalambos Timotheou Subaru Impreza 555 —
47 Panagiotis Theofanides Nikos Theofanides Panagiotis Theofanides Subaru Impreza WRX —
49 Pavlos Moschoutis Giorgos Petropoulos Pavlos Moschoutis Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI —
52 Johnny Westberg Etai Moldawsky Johnny Westberg Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI —
54 Daniel Levy Theodoros Georgiou Daniel Levy Subaru Impreza WRX —
57 Demitris Pieri Petros Panteli Demitris Pieri Toyota Celica GT-Four —
58 Andreas Konstantinou Marios Potamou Andreas Konstantinou Subaru Impreza WRX —
59 Giorgos Koudounias Andreas Erotokritou Giorgos Koudounias Renault Clio 16V —
Source:[2]

Itinerary

All dates and times are EEST (UTC+3)

Date Time No. Stage name Distance
Leg 1 — 145.16 km
8 September 08:33 SS1 Alassa 1 6.22 km
09:06 SS2 Prastio 1 11.06 km
09:49 SS3 Agios Nikolaos 1 11.30 km
10:22 SS4 Platres 1 11.99 km
12:17 SS5 Mylikouri 1 31.87 km
13:10 SS6 Panagia 1 19.52 km
15:08 SS7 Kourdali 14.92 km
15:39 SS8 Assinou 25.39 km
16:57 SS9 Xerarkaka 12.89 km
Leg 2 — 114.50 km
9 September 09:01 SS10 Platres — Saittas 11.48 km
09:39 SS11 Alassa 2 6.22 km
10:12 SS12 Prastio 2 11.06 km
13:10 SS13 Panagia 2 19.52 km
13:55 SS14 Mylikouri 2 31.87 km
16:48 SS15 Prastio 3 11.06 km
17:31 SS16 Agios Nikolaos 2 11.30 km
18:04 SS17 Platres 2 11.99 km
Leg 3 — 88.75 km
10 September 09:21 SS18 Vavatsinia 1 19.11 km
10:04 SS19 Agios Onoufrios 18.10 km
10:52 SS20 Lageia 1 9.62 km
13:47 SS21 Vavatsinia 2 19.11 km
14:35 SS22 Macheras 13.19 km
15:18 SS23 Lageia 2 9.62 km
Source:[3]

Results

Overall

Pos. No. Driver Co-driver Team Car Time Difference Points
1 6 Carlos Sainz Luis Moya Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '00 5:26:04.9 10
2 5 Colin McRae Nicky Grist Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '00 5:26:42.2 +37.3 6
3 9 François Delecour Daniel Grataloup Peugeot Esso Peugeot 206 WRC 5:27:35.7 +1:30.8 4
4 3 Richard Burns Robert Reid Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S6 WRC '00 5:28:09.0 +2:04.1 3
5 1 Tommi Mäkinen Risto Mannisenmäki Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 5:29:03.1 +2:58.2 2
6 20 Markko Märtin Michael Park Lukoil EOS Rally Team Toyota Corolla WRC 5:29:50.3 +3:45.4 1
Source:[4]

World Rally Cars

Classification

Position No. Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Difference Points
Event Class
1 1 6 Carlos Sainz Luis Moya Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '00 5:26:04.9 10
2 2 5 Colin McRae Nicky Grist Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '00 5:26:42.2 +37.3 6
3 3 9 François Delecour Daniel Grataloup Peugeot Esso Peugeot 206 WRC 5:27:35.7 +1:30.8 4
4 4 3 Richard Burns Robert Reid Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S6 WRC '00 5:28:09.0 +2:04.1 3
5 5 1 Tommi Mäkinen Risto Mannisenmäki Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 5:29:03.1 +2:58.2 2
7 6 4 Juha Kankkunen Juha Repo Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S6 WRC '00 5:33:06.6 +7:01.7 0
8 7 2 Freddy Loix Sven Smeets Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evo VI 5:34:10.6 +8:05.7 0
Retired SS14 8 Toni Gardemeister Paavo Lukander SEAT Sport SEAT Córdoba WRC Evo3 Accident 0
Retired SS7 7 Didier Auriol Denis Giraudet SEAT Sport SEAT Córdoba WRC Evo3 Mechanical 0
Retired SS6 10 Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen Peugeot Esso Peugeot 206 WRC Engine 0
Retired SS5 12 Luis Climent Asensio Álex Romaní Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo2 Oil leak 0
Retired SS2 11 Armin Schwarz Manfred Hiemer Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo2 Accident 0
Source:[5]

Special stages

Day Stage Stage name Length Winner Car Time Class leaders
Leg 1 (8 Sep) SS1 Alassa 1 6.22 km Carlos Sainz Ford Focus RS WRC '00 4:34.7 Carlos Sainz
SS2 Prastio 1 11.06 km Richard Burns Subaru Impreza S6 WRC '00 6:40.0
SS3 Agios Nikolaos 1 11.30 km Carlos Sainz Ford Focus RS WRC '00 10:04.0
SS4 Platres 1 11.99 km Carlos Sainz Ford Focus RS WRC '00 9:54.0
SS5 Mylikouri 1 31.87 km Richard Burns Subaru Impreza S6 WRC '00 36:05.6
SS6 Panagia 1 19.52 km Carlos Sainz Ford Focus RS WRC '00 17:33.8
SS7 Kourdali 14.92 km Carlos Sainz Ford Focus RS WRC '00 16:28.9
SS8 Assinou 25.39 km Carlos Sainz Ford Focus RS WRC '00 27:30.8
SS9 Xerarkaka 12.89 km Carlos Sainz Ford Focus RS WRC '00 14:33.8
Leg 2 (9 Sep) SS10 Platres — Saittas 11.48 km Freddy Loix Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evo VI 9:46.4
SS11 Alassa 2 6.22 km Tommi Mäkinen Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 4:35.0
SS12 Prastio 2 11.06 km Juha Kankkunen Subaru Impreza S6 WRC '00 6:36.8
SS13 Panagia 2 19.52 km Freddy Loix Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evo VI 17:10.9
SS14 Mylikouri 2 31.87 km Colin McRae Ford Focus RS WRC '00 35:52.1
SS15 Prastio 3 11.06 km Richard Burns Subaru Impreza S6 WRC '00 6:34.6
SS16 Agios Nikolaos 2 11.30 km Tommi Mäkinen Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 9:57.8
SS17 Platres 2 11.99 km Carlos Sainz Ford Focus RS WRC '00 9:45.5
Leg 3 (10 Sep) SS18 Vavatsinia 1 19.11 km Tommi Mäkinen Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 17:05.7
SS19 Agios Onoufrios 18.10 km Richard Burns Subaru Impreza S6 WRC '00 16:26.1
SS20 Lageia 1 9.62 km Richard Burns Subaru Impreza S6 WRC '00 8:38.6
SS21 Vavatsinia 2 19.11 km Tommi Mäkinen Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 16:58.3
SS22 Macheras 13.19 km Richard Burns Subaru Impreza S6 WRC '00 11:40.0
SS23 Lageia 2 9.62 km Richard Burns Subaru Impreza S6 WRC '00 8:35.8

Championship standings

Pos. Drivers' championships Co-drivers' championships Manufacturers' championships
Move Driver Points Move Co-driver Points Move Manufacturer Points
1 Marcus Grönholm 44 Timo Rautiainen 44 Ford Motor Co. Ltd. 79
2 1 Colin McRae 42 1 Nicky Grist 42 Subaru World Rally Team 64
3 1 Richard Burns 41 1 Robert Reid 41 Peugeot Esso 58
4 Carlos Sainz 37 Luis Moya 37 Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart 35
5 Tommi Mäkinen 28 Risto Mannisenmäki 28 Škoda Motorsport 8

FIA Cup for Production Rally Drivers

Classification

Position No. Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Difference Points
Event Class
11 1 25 Gustavo Trelles Jorge Del Buono Gustavo Trelles Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 5:48:45.6 10
12 2 28 Gabriel Pozzo Fabian Cretu Gabriel Pozzo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 5:50:26.0 +1:40.4 6
13 3 27 Claudio Marcelo Menzi Edgardo Galindo Claudio Marcelo Menzi Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 5:51:31.4 +2:45.8 4
15 4 24 Manfred Stohl Peter Müller Manfred Stohl Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 5:58:26.3 +9:40.7 3
16 5 31 Andreas Peratikos Harris Episkopou Andreas Peratikos Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III 6:07:02.3 +18:16.7 2
18 6 44 Bob Colsoul Tom Colsoul Bob Colsoul Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V 6:15:04.4 +26:18.8 1
20 7 32 Dimi Mavropoulos Georgios Alexandrou Dimi Mavropoulos Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 6:16:47.2 +28:01.6 0
22 8 47 Panagiotis Theofanides Nikos Theofanides Panagiotis Theofanides Subaru Impreza WRX 6:24:36.0 +35:50.4 0
23 9 49 Pavlos Moschoutis Giorgos Petropoulos Pavlos Moschoutis Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 6:24:47.1 +36:01.5 0
24 10 52 Johnny Westberg Etai Moldawsky Johnny Westberg Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 6:54:43.6 +1:05:58.0 0
25 11 58 Andreas Konstantinou Marios Potamou Andreas Konstantinou Subaru Impreza WRX 7:37:45.2 +1:48:59.6 0
27 12 54 Daniel Levy Theodoros Georgiou Daniel Levy Subaru Impreza WRX 7:43:44.6 +1:54:59.0 0
Retired SS15 38 Nizar Al-Shanfari Michalakis Michael Nizar Al-Shanfari Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI Retired 0
Retired SS7 45 Prodromos Prodromou Yiannos Hadjichristofi Prodromos Prodromou Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III Mechanical 0
Retired SS6 40 Rami Shohatovich Nikitas Stavrinou Rami Shohatovich Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V Mechanical 0
Retired SS6 46 Charalambos Timotheou Nicos Panayides Charalambos Timotheou Subaru Impreza 555 Mechanical 0
Retired SS5 39 Ron Cremen Linda Long Ron Cremen Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV Accident 0
Retired SS5 57 Demitris Pieri Petros Panteli Demitris Pieri Toyota Celica GT-Four Steering 0
Retired SS3 59 Giorgos Koudounias Andreas Erotokritou Giorgos Koudounias Renault Clio 16V Gearbox 0
Source:[6]

Special stages

Day Stage Stage name Length Winner Car Time Class leaders
Leg 1 (8 Sep) SS1 Alassa 1 6.22 km Manfred Stohl
Gabriel Pozzo 		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 		4:57.9 Manfred Stohl
Gabriel Pozzo
SS2 Prastio 1 11.06 km Gustavo Trelles Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 7:22.4 Gabriel Pozzo
SS3 Agios Nikolaos 1 11.30 km Gustavo Trelles Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 10:45.2 Gustavo Trelles
SS4 Platres 1 11.99 km Gustavo Trelles Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 10:35.7
SS5 Mylikouri 1 31.87 km Gustavo Trelles Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 37:44.6
SS6 Panagia 1 19.52 km Gustavo Trelles Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 18:36.7
SS7 Kourdali 14.92 km Manfred Stohl Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 17:25.2
SS8 Assinou 25.39 km Gustavo Trelles Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 29:17.4
SS9 Xerarkaka 12.89 km Gabriel Pozzo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 15:28.4
Leg 2 (9 Sep) SS10 Platres — Saittas 11.48 km Claudio Marcelo Menzi Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 10:24.3
SS11 Alassa 2 6.22 km Gabriel Pozzo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 4:54.1
SS12 Prastio 2 11.06 km Claudio Marcelo Menzi Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 7:11.1
SS13 Panagia 2 19.52 km Gustavo Trelles
Gabriel Pozzo 		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 		18:39.5
SS14 Mylikouri 2 31.87 km Gustavo Trelles Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 37:34.1
SS15 Prastio 3 11.06 km Gabriel Pozzo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 7:13.7
SS16 Agios Nikolaos 2 11.30 km Gustavo Trelles Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 10:46.3
SS17 Platres 2 11.99 km Gustavo Trelles Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 10:37.4
Leg 3 (10 Sep) SS18 Vavatsinia 1 19.11 km Claudio Marcelo Menzi Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 18:25.7
SS19 Agios Onoufrios 18.10 km Claudio Marcelo Menzi Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 18:04.1
SS20 Lageia 1 9.62 km Claudio Marcelo Menzi Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 9:20.2
SS21 Vavatsinia 2 19.11 km Manfred Stohl Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 18:22.9
SS22 Macheras 13.19 km Claudio Marcelo Menzi Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 12:50.8
SS23 Lageia 2 9.62 km Manfred Stohl Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 9:15.1

Championship standings

Pos. Drivers' championships
Move Driver Points
1 Manfred Stohl 48
2 Gustavo Trelles 44
3 1 Gabriel Pozzo 22
4 1 Jani Paasonen 21
5 1 Claudio Marcelo Menzi 16

References

  1. ^ "Cyprus Rally". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 2023-06-16.
  2. ^ "Cyprus Rally 2000 Entry List". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Cyprus Rally 2000 Itinerary". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  4. ^ "Cyprus Rally 2000 Final Results". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  5. ^ "Cyprus Rally 2000 WRC Results". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  6. ^ "Cyprus Rally 2000 WRC Results". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
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