Monte Carlo 2000 - Results


Monte Carlo - Round 1

End Of Leg Two Results

OVERALL CLASSIFICATION AFTER LEG 2

Friday, January 21, 2000 at 14:07:16

Overall after SS 10
Friday, January 21, 2000 at 11:36:22

1 T.MAKINEN R.MANNISENMAKI MITSUBISHI LANCER 2.45.24.0
2 C.SAINZ L.MOYA FORD FOCUS 2.47.14.5 + 1.50.5
3 T. GARDEMEISTER P. LUKANDER SEAT CORDOBA 2.47.39.8 + 2.15.8
4 C.McRAE N.GRIST FORD FOCUS 2.47.56.7 + 2.32.7
5 J.KANKKUNEN J.REPO SUBARU IMPREZA 2.48.27.2 + 3.03.2
6 B.THIRY S.PREVOT TOYOTA COROLLA 2.49.35.3 + 4.11.3
7 F.LOIX S.SMEETS MITSUBISHI CARISMA GT 2.50.35.6 + 5.11.6
8 D.AURIOL D.GIRAUDET SEAT CORDOBA 2.51.59.2 + 6.35.2
9 O.BURRI C.HOFMANN TOYOTA COROLLA 2.52.19.2 + 6.55.2
10 H.LUNDGAARD J.C.ANKER TOYOTA COROLLA 2.53.29.7 + 8.05.7
11 A.SCHWARZ M.HIEMER SKODA OCTAVIA 2.53.35.6 + 8.11.6
12 L.CLIMENT A.ROMANI SKODA OCTAVIA 2.57.12.1 + 11.48.1
Group N after SS 10
1 M.STOHL P.MULLER MITSUBISHI CARISMA GT Gr.N 2.59.02.9
2 G.GALLI G.D'AMORE MITSUBISHI CARISMA GT Gr.N 3.00.40.2 + 1.37.3
3 G.TRELLES J.DEL BUONO MITSUBISHI LANCER Gr.N 3.01.47.3 + 2.44.4
4 O.GILLET F.DELORME MITSUBISHI CARISMA GT Gr.N 3.03.24.0 + 4.21.1

SS 10 - Saint Clement - Saint Sauveur - 20.58 km

Friday, January 21, 2000 at 11:32:50
Road conditions: From the start to km 15: dry with black ice patches. From km 15 to the finish: wet with snow patches. Temperature 3° C.

1 T.MAKINEN R.MANNISENMAKI MITSUBISHI LANCER 13.44.1 .
2 C.McRAE N.GRIST FORD FOCUS 13.46.1 + 2.0 .
3 T. GARDEMEISTER P. LUKANDER SEAT CORDOBA 13.54.3 + 10.2 .
4 B.THIRY S.PREVOT TOYOTA COROLLA 13.56.6 + 12.5 .
5 J.KANKKUNEN J.REPO SUBARU IMPREZA 14.04.9 + 20.8 .
6 C.SAINZ L.MOYA FORD FOCUS 14.05.3 + 21.2 .
7 A.SCHWARZ M.HIEMER SKODA OCTAVIA 14.13.3 + 29.2 .
8 F.LOIX S.SMEETS MITSUBISHI CARISMA GT 14.16.0 + 31.9 .
9 H.LUNDGAARD J.C.ANKER TOYOTA COROLLA 14.23.7 + 39.6 .
10 D.AURIOL D.GIRAUDET SEAT CORDOBA 14.35.0 + 50.9 .

Overall after SS 9
Friday, January 21, 2000 at 10:39:26
Road conditions: 2 percent humid - 98 percent dry

1 T.MAKINEN R.MANNISENMAKI MITSUBISHI LANCER 2.31.39.9
2 C.SAINZ L.MOYA FORD FOCUS 2.33.09.2 + 1.29.3
3 T. GARDEMEISTER P. LUKANDER SEAT CORDOBA 2.33.45.5 + 2.05.6
4 C.McRAE N.GRIST FORD FOCUS 2.34.10.6 + 2.30.7
5 J.KANKKUNEN J.REPO SUBARU IMPREZA 2.34.22.3 + 2.42.4
6 B.THIRY S.PREVOT TOYOTA COROLLA 2.35.38.7 + 3.58.8
7 F.LOIX S.SMEETS MITSUBISHI CARISMA GT 2.36.19.6 + 4.39.7
8 D.AURIOL D.GIRAUDET SEAT CORDOBA 2.37.24.2 + 5.44.3
9 O.BURRI C.HOFMANN TOYOTA COROLLA 2.37.30.3 + 5.50.4
10 H.LUNDGAARD J.C.ANKER TOYOTA COROLLA 2.39.06.0 + 7.26.1

SS 9 - Prunieres - Embrun - 34.12 km
Friday, January 21, 2000 at 10:33:30

Times on SS 9

1 C.McRAE N.GRIST FORD FOCUS 20.09.5
2 C.SAINZ L.MOYA FORD FOCUS 20.17.3 + 7.8
3 A.SCHWARZ M.HIEMER SKODA OCTAVIA 20.24.9 + 15.4
4 T. GARDEMEISTER P. LUKANDER SEAT CORDOBA 20.25.9 + 16.4
5 J.KANKKUNEN J.REPO SUBARU IMPREZA 20.28.5 + 19.0
6 D.AURIOL D.GIRAUDET SEAT CORDOBA 20.33.7 + 24.2
7 B.THIRY S.PREVOT TOYOTA COROLLA 20.34.1 + 24.6
8 F.LOIX S.SMEETS MITSUBISHI CARISMA GT 20.35.3 + 25.8
9 O.BURRI C.HOFMANN TOYOTA COROLLA 20.40.0 + 30.5
10 T.MAKINEN R.MANNISENMAKI MITSUBISHI LANCER 20.46.5 + 37.0
11 H.LUNDGAARD J.C.ANKER TOYOTA COROLLA 20.49.6 + 40.1
12 G.GALLI G.D'AMORE MITSUBISHI CARISMA GT Gr.N 21.13.6 + 1.04.1
13 L.CLIMENT A.ROMANI SKODA OCTAVIA 21.23.0 + 1.13.5

OFFICIAL FORD BULLETIN
Friday, January 21, 2000 at 08:13:44
Carlos Sainz and Luis Moya delivered their best performance yet with their new team by setting third fastest time as the action in today’s second leg got off to a delayed start following the cancellation of the first test this morning. The Spanish pair, in the new Ford Focus World Rally Car, were 4.5sec faster than rally leader Tommi Mäkinen over the 27.70km test, a well-known route which features the climbs of the Col de Perty and the Col St Jean.
“We had no real troubles apart from a little bit of brake fade,” explained the 37-year-old Spaniard. “I had to be a little careful for two or three kilometres because the brakes weren’t doing too much to help us slow down but then they started to work properly again and were OK for the rest of the stage.”

Colin McRae and Nicky Grist posted eighth fastest time in the second Focus and slipped a place on the leaderboard to fifth after suffering gearbox problems. “I had difficulty selecting gears at the start of the stage,” said McRae. “As we went through the test it wouldn’t select properly and often jumped out of gear. But for that I think we could have climbed to third.” The team changed the gearbox at the service park in Tallard and McRae left with his Focus restored to full health.

SS 8 - Plan de Vitrolles - Faye - 48.55 km Overall Positions
Friday, January 21, 2000 at 07:56:42

1 T.MAKINEN R.MANNISENMAKI MITSUBISHI LANCER 2.10.53.4
2 C.SAINZ L.MOYA FORD FOCUS 2.12.51.9 + 1.58.5
3 T. GARDEMEISTER P. LUKANDER SEAT CORDOBA 2.13.19.6 + 2.26.2
4 J.KANKKUNEN J.REPO SUBARU IMPREZA 2.13.53.8 + 3.00.4
5 C.McRAE N.GRIST FORD FOCUS 2.14.01.1 + 3.07.7
6 B.THIRY S.PREVOT TOYOTA COROLLA 2.15.04.6 + 4.11.2
7 F.LOIX S.SMEETS MITSUBISHI CARISMA GT 2.15.44.3 + 4.50.9
8 O.BURRI C.HOFMANN TOYOTA COROLLA 2.16.50.3 + 5.56.9
9 D.AURIOL D.GIRAUDET SEAT CORDOBA 2.16.50.5 + 5.57.1
10 H.LUNDGAARD C.ANKERJENS TOYOTA COROLLA 2.18.16.4 + 7.23.0
11 A.SCHWARZ M.HIEMER SKODA OCTAVIA 2.18.57.4 + 8.04.0
12 U.NITTEL D.RUF MITSUBISHI CARISMA GT Gr.N 2.19.47.3 + 8.53.9
13 L.CLIMENT A.ROMANI SKODA OCTAVIA 2.21.00.3 + 10.06.9
14 M.STOHL P.MULLER MITSUBISHI CARISMA GT Gr.N 2.22.16.1 + 11.22.7
Group N after SS 8
1 U.NITTEL
D.RUF MITSUBISHI CARISMA GT Gr.N 2.19.47.3
2 M.STOHL P.MULLER MITSUBISHI CARISMA GT Gr.N 2.22.16.1 + 2.28.8
3 G.TRELLES J.DEL BUONO MITSUBISHI LANCER Gr.N 2.23.55.4 + 4.08.1
4 G.GALLI G.D'AMORE MITSUBISHI CARISMA GT Gr.N 2.24.08.1 + 4.20.8
5 O.GILLET F.DELORME MITSUBISHI CARISMA GT Gr.N 2.25.01.3 + 5.14.0

SS 8 - Plan de Vitrolles - Faye - 48.55 km

Friday, January 21, 2000 at 07:53:57
Road conditions: Mixture of dry, humid and black ice portions, with blue ice in the north face. Temperature 1° C.

1 T.MAKINEN R.MANNISENMAKI MITSUBISHI LANCER 31.06.1
2 C.SAINZ L.MOYA FORD FOCUS 31.18.0 + 11.9
3 T. GARDEMEISTER P. LUKANDER SEAT CORDOBA 31.18.6 + 12.5
4 C.McRAE N.GRIST FORD FOCUS 31.29.3 + 23.2
5 J.KANKKUNEN J.REPO SUBARU IMPREZA 31.42.9 + 36.8
6 F.LOIX S.SMEETS MITSUBISHI CARISMA GT 31.56.9 + 50.8
7 D.AURIOL D.GIRAUDET SEAT CORDOBA 32.18.8 + 1.12.7
8 B.THIRY S.PREVOT TOYOTA COROLLA 32.19.6 + 1.13.5
9 H.LUNDGAARD C.ANKERJENS TOYOTA COROLLA 32.29.0 + 1.22.9
10 A.SCHWARZ M.HIEMER SKODA OCTAVIA 32.42.7 + 1.36.6

Quotes from Tallard (Service Park after SS 7):
Friday, January 21, 2000 at 06:48:24
Quotes from Tallard (Service Park after SS 7):
Tommi Makinen: "That stage was rough with a lot of gravel, and I think most of the later cars will have had a much cleaner surface. We need to change some of the suspension settings because most of the testing we did was for smooth conditions, but otherwise everything is fine. It is a strange situation now; yesterday we were flat out, fighting with Richard and Gilles, but now it is not so good because much of the pressure is off".
Freddy Loix: "That was a much better stage for me. The notes were much better and now I have the confidence in them I know the places we can go quicker. It is important to get more good times".

Monte-Carlo : Peugeot Official release
Friday, January 21, 2000 at 05:46:53
At the start of todays second leg of the 68th Rally Monte Carlo, Gilles Panizzi and François Delecour's Peugeot 206 WRC did not start this morning at the parc fermé in Gap. The third car, driven by Marcus Gronholm started but stoped one minute later.
During the latest testing in Sweden, the cars started well at a temperature of - 14°C. All necessary precautions were taken last night as a safe guard against the very cold weather (new lights, etc...) and to be able to start during the worst situations.
Currently Peugeot Sport do not know the cause of the problem, but during the course of the day Peugeot Sport will give a full technical explanation.

MAKINEN
Friday, January 21, 2000 at 05:20:35
Tommi Makinen had his front and rear differential changed at service before SS 7 for precautionery reason.

Overall after SS 7
Friday, January 21, 2000 at 05:19:05

1 T.MAKINEN R.MANNISENMAKI MITSUBISHI LANCER 1.39.47.3
2 C.SAINZ L.MOYA FORD FOCUS 1.41.33.9
3 T. GARDEMEISTER P. LUKANDER SEAT CORDOBA 1.42.01.0
4 J.KANKKUNEN J.REPO SUBARU IMPREZA 1.42.10.9
5 C.McRAE N.GRIST FORD FOCUS 1.42.31.8
6 B.THIRY S.PREVOT TOYOTA COROLLA 1.42.45.0

Times on SS 7

Friday, January 21, 2000 at 05:06:26
Road conditions: 85 percent dry - Several black ice patches in the shadow portions. Temperature - 4° C, sunny.

1 J.KANKKUNEN J.REPO SUBARU IMPREZA 17.01.6 .
2 T. GARDEMEISTER P. LUKANDER SEAT CORDOBA 17.05.5 + 3.9 .
3 C.SAINZ L.MOYA FORD FOCUS 17.08.7 + 7.1 .
4 T.MAKINEN R.MANNISENMAKI MITSUBISHI LANCER 17.13.2 + 11.6 .
5 B.THIRY S.PREVOT TOYOTA COROLLA 17.17.4 + 15.8 .
6 C.McRAE N.GRIST FORD FOCUS 17.25.9 + 24.3 .
7 O.BURRI C.HOFMANN TOYOTA COROLLA 17.30.1 + 28.5 .

SS 6 has been cancelled due to heavy traffic.

Friday, January 21, 2000 at 04:14:58
Note: Richard Burns (Subaru), Gilles Panizzi (Peugeot), Francois Delecour (Peugeot) and Marcus Gronholm (Peugeot) could not start their engine from the Parc Ferme in Gap and retired.

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