Who was the best WRC driver of the 2000s?

Six straight titles went one way, yet this decade also had Finnish rivals, a Norwegian showman and tarmac specialists who stole the odd weekend.

1. 1
   Marcus Gronholm

   Flying Finn who took world titles with Peugeot in 2000 and 2002 and pushed Loeb hard with Ford.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Petter Solberg

   Norwegian showman who won the 2003 world title for Subaru.
   826pts
3. 3
   Francois Duval

   Belgian tarmac talent who won Rally Australia 2005 for Citroen.
   791pts
4. 4
   Dani Sordo

   Spanish Citroen driver and tarmac specialist who stacked up podiums alongside Loeb.
   753pts
5. 5
   Mikko Hirvonen

   Ford team leader who finished runner-up to Loeb three years running from 2008.
   668pts
6. 6
   Carlos Sainz

   Two-time champion from Spain who stayed a race winner for Ford and Citroen into the mid-2000s.
   565pts
7. 7
   Colin McRae

   Flat-out Scot who won rallies for Ford and was title runner-up in 2001.
   439pts
8. 8
   Tommi Makinen

   Four-time champion who won the 2001 and 2002 Monte Carlo rallies after his Mitsubishi reign.
   439pts
9. 9
   Toni Gardemeister

   Finnish driver who scored podiums for Skoda, Ford and Peugeot through the decade.
   439pts
10. 10
    Jari-Matti Latvala

    Youngest WRC winner when he took Sweden in 2008 at age 22.
    0pts
11. 11
    Manfred Stohl

    Austrian privateer who reached fourth in the 2006 championship.
    0pts
12. 12
    Sebastien Loeb

    Citroen ace who won six straight world titles from 2004 to 2009 and rewrote the record books.
    0pts
13. 13
    Gilles Panizzi

    French tarmac master who won in Corsica, San Remo and Spain for Peugeot.
    0pts
14. 14
    Harri Rovanpera

    Finnish Peugeot driver who won the 2001 Swedish Rally.
    0pts

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