# 2000 Tour de Corse

The 2000 Tour de Corse (formally the 44th V-Rally Tour de Corse - Rallye de France) was the 11th round of the 2000 World Rally Championship. The race was held over three days between 29 September and 1 October 2000. Peugeot's Gilles Panizzi won the race, his 1st win in the World Rally Championship.

## Itinerary

All dates and times are CEST (UTC+2)
| Date | Time | No. | Stage name | Distance |
| 29 Sep | 09:08 | SS1 | Vero - Pont d'Azzana 1 | 18.22 km |
| 29 Sep | 09:56 | SS2 | Lopigna - Sarrola 1 | 29.96 km |
| 29 Sep | 12:04 | SS3 | Bellevalle - Pietra 1 | 20.84 km |
| 29 Sep | 12:49 | SS4 | Filitosa - Bicchisan 1 | 22.47 km |
| 29 Sep | 15:02 | SS5 | Cuttoli - Peri 1 | 17.34 km |
| 29 Sep | 15:40 | SS6 | Gare de Carbuccia 1 | 17.25 km |
| Leg 1 total: 126.08 km |||||
| 30 Sep | 09:48 | SS7 | Morosaglia - Campile | 31.91 km |
| 30 Sep | 11:01 | SS8 | Taverna - Pont de Ca | 16.14 km |
| 30 Sep | 12:53 | SS9 | Noceta - Muracciole | 16.60 km |
| 30 Sep | 13:51 | SS10 | Feo - Col San Quilic | 22.54 km |
| 30 Sep | 15:52 | SS11 | Pont St Laurent | 26.44 km |
| 30 Sep | 16:40 | SS12 | Feo - Altiani | 16.52 km |
| Leg 2 total: 130.15 km |||||
| 1 Oct | 07:38 | SS13 | Vero - Pont d'Azzana 2 | 18.22 km |
| 1 Oct | 08:26 | SS14 | Lopigna - Sarrola 2 | 29.96 km |
| 1 Oct | 10:34 | SS15 | Bellevalle - Pietra 2 | 20.84 km |
| 1 Oct | 11:19 | SS16 | Filitosa - Bicchisan 2 | 22.47 km |
| 1 Oct | 13:32 | SS17 | Cuttoli - Peri 2 | 17.25 km |
| 1 Oct | 14:10 | SS18 | Gare de Carbuccia 2 | 20.04 km |
| Leg 3 total: 128.78 km |||||
| Rally total: 385.01 km |||||
| Source: |||||

## Results

| Position | No. | Driver | Co-driver | Car | Time | Difference |
| 1 | 10 | Gilles Panizzi | Hervé Panizzi | Peugeot 206 WRC | 4:02:14.2 | +-0:00 |
| 2 | 9 | François Delecour | Daniel Grataloup | Peugeot 206 WRC | 4:02:47.7 | +33:5 |
| 3 | 6 | Carlos Sainz Sr. | Luis Moya | Ford Focus WRC '00 | 4:03:26.8 | +1:12.6 |
| 4 | 3 | Richard Burns | Robert Reid | Subaru Impreza S6 WRC '00 | 4:03:45.1 | +1:30.9 |
| 5 | 16 | Marcus Grönholm | Timo Rautiainen | Peugeot 206 WRC | 4:04:11.3 | +1:57.1 |
| 6 | 17 | Piero Liatti | Carlo Cassina | Ford Focus WRC '00 | 4:05:08:0 | +2:53.8 |
| 7 | 4 | Simon Jean-Joseph | Jack Boyére | Subaru Impreza S6 WRC '00 | 4:05:23.7 | +3:09.5 |
| 8 | 7 | Didier Auriol | Denis Giraudet | SEAT Córdoba WRC Evo3 | 4:05:44.9 | +3:30.7 |
| 9 | 33 | Sébastien Loeb | Daniel Elena | Toyota Corolla WRC | 4:09:07.4 | +6:53.2 |
| 10 | 39 | Fabrice Morel | David Marty | Peugeot 206 WRC | 4:09:34.6 | +7:20.4 |
| 11 | 8 | Toni Gardemeister | Paavo Lukander | SEAT Córdoba WRC Evo3 | 4:09:34.7 | +7:20.5 |
| 12 | 15 | Alister McRae | David Senior | Hyundai Accent WRC | 4:11:14.9 | +9:00.7 |
| 13 | 32 | Benoît Rousselot | Xavier Panseri | Renault Mégane Maxi | 4:13:51.3 | +11:37.1 |
| 14 | 20 | Hamed Al-Wahaibi | Tony Sircombe | Subaru Impreza S5 WRC '99 | 4:17:04.9 | +14:50.7 |
| 15 | 45 | Jean-Pierre Manzagol | Sabrina De Castelli | Peugeot 306 Maxi | 4:17:53.3 | +15:39.1 |
| 16 | 28 | Philippe Bugalski | Jean-Paul Chiaroni | Citroën Saxo Kit Car | 4:22:13.1 | +19:58.9 |
| 17 | 37 | Manfred Stohl | Peter Müller | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI | 4:22:28.0 | +20:13.8 |
| 18 | 22 | Gustavo Trelles | Jorge Del Buono | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI | 4:23:00.6 | +20:46.4 |
| 19 | 44 | Armando Pereira | Jean-Jacques Ferrero | Subaru Impreza S5 WRC '99 | 4:24:59.9 | +22:45.7 |
| 20 | 48 | Jean-Marie Santoni | Jean-Marc Casamatta | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI | 4:25:33.3 | +23:19.1 |
| 21 | 54 | Krisztián Hideg | Peter Tajnafői | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI | 4:26:00.5 | +23:46.3 |
| 22 | 24 | Ramón Ferreyros | Diego Vallejo | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI | 4:26:02.0 | +23:47.8 |
| 23 | 47 | Philippe Rognoni | Etienne Patrone | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI | 4:26:16.2 | +24:02.0 |
| 24 | 57 | Petru Francescu Fazi | Xavier Pierlovisi | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI | 4:27:302. | +25:16.0 |
| 25 | 25 | Gabriel Méndez | Daniel Muzio | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI | 4:27:51.0 | +25:36.8 |
| 26 | 27 | Claudio Marcelo Menzi | Edgardo Galindo | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI | 4:29:11.2 | +26:57.0 |
| 27 | 62 | Paul-André Mariani | Louis Mariani | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI | 4:31:03.7 | +28:49.5 |
| 28 | 30 | Jesús Puras | Marc Martí | Citroën Saxo Kit Car | 4:32:29.0 | +30:14.8 |
| 29 | 26 | Gabriel Pozzo | Fabian Cretu | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI | 4:33:09.8 | +30:55.6 |
| 30 | 53 | Jean-Paul Aymé | Brigitte Aymé | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI | 4:39:13.1 | +36:58.9 |
| 31 | 51 | Bob Colsoul | Tom Colsoul | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V | 4:40:54.2 | +38:40.0 |
| 32 | 60 | Jean-Marc Sanchez | Jean-François Scelo | Subaru Impreza GT Turbo | 4:41:46.1 | +39:31.9 |
| 33 | 49 | Natalie Barratt | Roger Freeman | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI | 4:43:00.2 | +40:46.0 |
| 34 | 78 | Silvano Pintarelli | Andrea Tumaini | Opel Corsa GSi | 4:45:50.0 | +43:25.8 |
| 35 | 91 | Aimé Védrines | Philippe Eustaquio | Citroën Xsara VTS | 4:45:44.8 | +43:30.6 |
| 36 | 35 | Serge Amorotti | Hervé Amorotti | Ford Escort RS Cosworth | 4:46:56.6 | +44:42.4 |
| 37 | 77 | Bruno Zonta | Roger Lassalle | Peugeot 106 S16 | 4:47:40.0 | +45:25.8 |
| 38 | 63 | Frédéric Schmit | Christophe Schmit | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI | 4:47:45.0 | +45:30.8 |
| 39 | 99 | Tony Tavares | Gilled De Turckheim | Renault Clio Williams | 4:48:34.9 | +46:20.7 |
| 40 | 46 | José Micheli | Marie-Josée Cardi | Ford Escort RS Cosworth | 4:48:43.8 | +46:29.6 |
| 41 | 83 | Philippe Giovanni | Patrick Santoni | Peugeot 106 S16 | 4:48:47.0 | +46:32.8 |
| 42 | 89 | Antoine Paul Bastellica | Patrick Mias | Renault Clio Williams | 4:50:25.8 | +48:11.6 |
| 43 | 95 | Jean-François Faillace | Sandrine Faillace | Peugeot 306 S16 | 4:50:31.9 | +48:17.7 |
| 44 | 66 | François Couchet | Anne Perraudin | BMW 325i E36 | 4:50:41.9 | +48:27.7 |
| 45 | 88 | Régis Triboulet | James Boisset | Peugeot 306 S16 | 4:52:20.5 | +50:06.3 |
| 46 | 102 | Jérôme Galvez | Jean-Paul Cayuela | Peugeot 306 S16 | 4:52:57.8 | +50:43.6 |
| 47 | 81 | Stéphane Abbati | Thierry Abbati | Peugeot 306 S16 | 4:53:07.9 | +50:53.7 |
| 48 | 82 | Dominique Leonetti | Francis Mazotti | Peugeot 306 S16 | 4:53:19.0 | +51:04.8 |
| 49 | 59 | Fabio Frisiero | Simone Scattolin | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V | 4:54:02.0 | +51:47.8 |
| 50 | 117 | Walter Ferrucci | Christophe Dominici | Peugeot 106 Rallye | 4:55:20.3 | +53:06.1 |
| 51 | 113 | Niklas Birr | Michael Schwendy | Citroën Saxo Kit Car | 4:57:34.4 | +55:20.2 |
| 52 | 118 | Daniel Mouvand | Fabrice Ploncard | Honda Civic VTi (EG6) | 4:58:12.0 | +55:57.8 |
| 53 | 58 | Wakujiro Kobayashi | Daisuke Takahashi | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V | 4:59:16.1 | +57:01.9 |
| 54 | 108 | Jean-Louis Del Volgo | Phillipe Pla | Nissan Micra | 4:59:39.9 | +57:25.7 |
| 55 | 90 | Jean-Michel Bourgeois | Gilbert Andreani | Peugeot 306 Rallye | 4:59:46.7 | +57:32.5 |
| 56 | 96 | Jacques Richaud | Roland Bonnefoy | Honda Integra Type-R | 5:00:22.6 | +58:08.4 |
| 57 | 94 | Didier Vellutini | Paul Biggi | Renault Clio 16S | 5:01:16.0 | +59:01.8 |
| 58 | 97 | Paul Saly | Guy Pujol | Renault Clio Williams | 5:02:04.3 | +59:50.1 |
| 59 | 112 | Jean-Marc Poisson | Olivier Lesigne | Honda Civic VTi | 5:02:07.5 | +59:53.3 |
| 60 | 69 | Gisella Rovegno | Veruschka De Pellegrin | Renault Clio Williams | 5:02:19.5 | +1:00:05.3 |
| 61 | 105 | Jean-Luc Mondoloni | Amedeo Deiana | Peugeot 106 XSi | 5:02:37.2 | +1:00:23.0 |
| 62 | 122 | Gilles Caridroit | Sébastien Bernard | Peugeot 106 Rallye | 5:03:50.8 | +1:01:36.6 |
| 63 | 116 | Eric Dewerdt | Stéphane Brunier | Peugeot 106 XSi | 5:03:54.7 | +1:01:40.5 |
| 64 | 87 | Francis Leymarie | Patrick Vieux-Rochat | Peugeot 306 S16 | 5:04:46.1 | +1:02:31.9 |
| 65 | 68 | Pierrot Partal | Jean-Charles Pianelli | Citroën Xsara VTS | 5:05:37.0 | +1:03:22.8 |
| 66 | 127 | Jacques Boudinet | Serge Martinato | Peugeot 106 Rallye | 5:06:37.7 | +1:04:23.5 |
| 67 | 70 | Bernard Jaussaud | Alain Bertrand | Renault Clio Williams | 5:07:17.9 | +1:05:03.7 |
| 68 | 120 | Nicholas Kennedy | Linda Whitmore | Volkswagen Polo 16V | 5:08:11.7 | +1:05:57.5 |
| 69 | 110 | Patrick Cormenier | Thierry Bodit | Peugeot 106 Rallye | 5:08:45.0 | +1:06:30.8 |
| 70 | 121 | Louis Secchi | Patrick Marcheschi | Peugeot 106 Rallye | 5:10:48.4 | +1:08:34.2 |
| 71 | 106 | Roland Marco | Valere Pellini | Peugeot 106 XSi | 5:11:01.7 | +1:08:47.5 |
| 72 | 111 | Jean Philippe du Fayet de la Tour | Thierry Dard | Honda Civic VTi | 5:11:58.8 | +1:09:44.6 |
| 73 | 125 | Florian Schmidt | Andreas Schwalie | Peugeot 106 Rallye | 5:13:39.4 | +1:11:25.2 |
| 74 | 73 | Julien Barbolosi | Pierre Poli | Peugeot 306 Maxi | 5:16:00.7 | +1:13:46.5 |
| 75 | 115 | Jean-François Pietri | Patrick Secchi | Peugeot 106 Rallye | 5:16:17.9 | +1:14:03.7 |
| 76 | 128 | Franck Vallette | Pascal Seddaiu | Peugeot 106 Rallye | 5:17:13.5 | +1:14:59.3 |
| 77 | 80 | Andrea Pezzato | Matteo Da Ros | Opel Corsa GSi | 5:17:30.6 | +1:15:16.4 |
| 78 | 79 | Edmond Fiori | Karine Saidi | Peugeot 106 S16 | 5:22:02.2 | +1:19:48.0 |
| 79 | 119 | Paul-Louis Ristori | Lucie Paoli | Peugeot 106 Rallye | 5:27:45.1 | +1:25:30.9 |
| 80 | 109 | Bertrand Diperi | Eric Yvernault | Citroën AX GTI | 6:00:51.9 | +1:58:37.7 |