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GILLES
PANIZZI and Herve Panizzi have won their third consecutive
Rallye Sanremo!
Despite
recovering from a shoulder injury, the Panizzi pair took control
of the event during the first leg. Citroen's Philippe Bugalski
was hot on the heels of the Frenchmen but his charge was quickly
halted after an argument with a wall on the second leg.
This left
Panizzi's team-mate, Marcus Gronholm, as the only threat to
his third victory but the 2000 World Champion couldn't catch
the similar Peugeot and Panizzi won the event by 20.9 seconds.
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1
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Gilles
Panizzi / Herve Panizzi |
Peugeot
206 WRC |
4hrs
10mins 15.6secs |
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2
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Marcus
Gronholm / Timo Rautiainen |
Peugeot
206 WRC |
4hrs 10mins 36.5secs |
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3
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Petter
Solberg / Phil Mills |
Subaru
Impreza WRC |
4hrs 11mins 22.0secs |
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4
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Richard
Burns / Robert Reid |
Peugeot
206 WRC |
4hrs 11mins 34.5secs |
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5
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Markko
Martin / Michael Park |
Ford
Focus WRC |
4hrs 12mins 10.5secs |
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6
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Jesus
Puras / Marc Marti |
Citroen
Xsara WRC |
4hrs 12mins 54.9secs |
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7
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C.
Robert / G. Bedon |
Peugeot
206 WRC |
4hrs 13mins 16.9secs |
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8
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Colin
McRae / Nicky Grist |
Ford
Focus WRC |
4hrs 15mins 33.1secs |
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9
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Harri
Rovanpera / Risto Pietilainen |
Peugeot
206 WRC |
4hrs 16mins 34.5secs |
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10
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Francois
Delecour / Daniel Grataloup |
Mitsubishi
Lancer WRC |
4hrs 17mins 40.0secs |
- Armin
Schwarz retired on stage one after hitting something
on the stage.
- Colin
McRae lost time when he stalled at a hairpin on stage
one.
- Alister
McRae's bonnet flew open midway through stage two.
- Carlos
Sainz retired before the start of stage four due to
an oil leak.
- Petter
Solberg was given a ten second penalty for jump-starting
on stage four.
- Tommi
Makinen retired with a broken driveshaft before stage
eight.
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- Philippe
Bugalski crashed out of the event on stage ten.
- Toni
Gardemeister retired on stage fourteen after ripping
a wheel off his car.
- Freddy
Loix ripped a wheel off his car on stage fourteen.
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