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Rally Australia 2001 counts for:
2001 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2001 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2001 FIA Cup for Drivers of Production Cars
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| 346th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 13 of 14 |
| Official name: | Telstra Rally Australia |
| Edition: | 14th |
| Date: | from Thursday 1-Nov-2001 to Sunday 4-Nov-2001 |
| Rally HQ: | Perth, Western Australia; Australia |
| Surface: | Gravel |
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| Entries: | 75 | |
| Starters: | 73 | |
| Finishers: | 51 | (69.9% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 21 | |
| Shortest: | 2.20 | km | (SS1 Langley Park Super 1) |
| Longest: | 45.42 | km | (SS13 Wellington Dam) |
| Slowest: | 87.22 | km/h | (SS10 Langley Park Super 2) |
| Fastest: | 119.36 | km/h | (SS18 Bannister West) |
| Planned stage distance: | 396.77 | km | (29.2% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 351.35 | km | (25.9% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 1,007.35 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,358.70 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 6th win and 10th podium for Marcus Gronholm. |
| Second place was 21st podium for Richard Burns. |
| Third place was 53rd podium for Didier Auriol. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 32nd win and win and third place were 69th to 70th podiums for Peugeot. |
| | Second place was 82nd podium for Subaru. |
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Late season charge comes too late but win is satisfying for Marcus
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Second place for Burns and title chances looked suddenly much better.
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Related links
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Rallye de France 2001
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Rally GB 2001
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