Round 1 of the 2001 season is complete, Monte Carlo was as ruthless as ever with a good handful of drivers failing to make the end of the rally, one particular downhill corner giving no end of headaches in this round.
@Dreadmed safely negotiated their Mitsubishi through the entire rally and comfortably clear of the chasing pack, with a 32 second advantage over
@RYAN and his Focus by the finish, with
@Belgianwaffle claiming a solid but distant 3rd place for Subaru.
@Speedster502 only just missed out on a podium as the highest place Peugeot and
@Hasnain282 was 7th, the highest placed Seat.
Rank | DisplayName | Vehicle | Time | DifferenceToFirst |
1 | Dreadmed | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI | 0:50:58 | 0:00:00 |
2 | RDA-JETS | Ford Focus RS Rally 2001 | 0:51:30 | 0:00:32 |
3 | BelgianWaffle78 | SUBARU Impreza 2001 | 0:52:40 | 0:01:42 |
4 | Speedster502 | Peugeot 206 Rally | 0:52:43 | 0:01:45 |
5 | Spinerkopin | SUBARU Impreza 2001 | 0:52:53 | 0:01:55 |
6 | Space_Wadet | Peugeot 206 Rally | 0:53:35 | 0:02:37 |
7 | Hasnain282 | SEAT Córdoba WRC | 0:54:43 | 0:03:45 |
8 | amagurichan | SUBARU Impreza 2001 | 0:54:57 | 0:03:59 |
9 | BergGunner | SUBARU Impreza 2001 | 0:55:05 | 0:04:07 |
10 | Ujhuuu8iolk | SEAT Córdoba WRC | 0:55:08 | 0:04:10 |
11 | widdler | SUBARU Impreza 2001 | 0:55:39 | 0:04:40 |
12 | thewrathofwhat | SUBARU Impreza 2001 | 0:55:44 | 0:04:46 |
13 | FiveHoleCole | SUBARU Impreza 2001 | 0:55:47 | 0:04:49 |
14 | Meadow142 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI | 0:56:41 | 0:05:43 |
15 | magpieracer | SEAT Córdoba WRC | 0:57:08 | 0:06:10 |
16 | miljan426 | SUBARU Impreza 2001 | 0:57:27 | 0:06:29 |
17 | DaniB58 | SEAT Córdoba WRC | 0:57:34 | 0:06:35 |
18 | GOTMAXPOWER | Ford Focus RS Rally 2001 | 0:58:06 | 0:07:08 |
@Tool1312 tackles the ice at Monte Carlo.
Naturally, the championship standings follow the results.
Rank | DisplayName | PointsAccumulated |
1 | Dreadmed | 40 |
2 | RDA-JETS | 34 |
3 | BelgianWaffle78 | 31 |
4 | Speedster502 | 29 |
5 | Spinerkopin | 28 |
6 | Space_Wadet | 26 |
7 | Hasnain282 | 25 |
8 | amagurichan | 24 |
9 | BergGunner | 23 |
10 | Ujhuuu8iolk | 22 |
11 | widdler | 20 |
12 | thewrathofwhat | 19 |
13 | FiveHoleCole | 18 |
14 | Meadow142 | 17 |
15 | magpieracer | 16 |
16 | miljan426 | 15 |
17 | DaniB58 | 14 |
18 | GOTMAXPOWER | 13 |
19 | Devilsoldier96 | 12 |
20 | JabierFailure | 11 |
21 | DummyGames14 | 10 |
22 | Cabelmania | 9 |
23 | 9d1c43eb87fa5a79 | 8 |
24 | D1sharmoneus | 7 |
25 | c07aea92ce6efb26 | 6 |
26 | skolll-T_T | 5 |
27 | Scaff | 4 |
28 | tomo875 | 3 |
29 | ABarber95 | 2 |
30 | Disabled_Lefty | 1 |
31 | Gr0upB | 0 |
32 | darrenersmit82 | 0 |
33 | bigfatflip | 0 |
34 | mmf1_PS | 0 |
35 | nowthenfella | 0 |
36 | WRC Player | 0 |
37 | SteveIsAwake | 0 |
38 | Bretto73 | 0 |
39 | lebowski2 | 0 |
40 | DarkSmaile977 | 0 |
Rally winner
@Dreadmed tackles the Ancelle stage at dusk.
In the constructors standings, it's the classic Subaru V Mitsubishi at the top, with Subaru taking the early advantage by just a point. Ford and Peugeot not far behind and separated by just 2 points with Seat not far behind.
Rank | Manufacturer | Points |
1 | Subaru | 27 |
2 | Mitsubishi | 26 |
3 | Ford | 18 |
4 | Peugeot | 16 |
5 | Seat | 7 |
With Sweden next up and 13 rounds to go, it's all to play for.
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The real Monte-Carlo event of 2001 was also a rally of attrition for many of the top drivers, with 7 of the eventual top 10 points finishers retiring from the rally, including reigning champion Marcus Gronholm, Colin McRae, Richard Burns, Gilles Panizzi and Didier Auriol. Tommi Makinen took the victory in his Mitsubishi, over a minute clear of Carlos Sainz in the Ford Focus (mimicking the top 2 in our results!). Francois Delecour took the final podium place for Ford. Other drivers falling through the rally allowed Armin Schwarz to take a brilliant 4th place for Skoda.