1996 World Rally Championship

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The 1996 World Rally Championship was the 24th season of the FIA World Rally Championship. The season consisted of 9 rallies. As a result of their 1995 disqualification, Toyota Team Europe were not allowed to compete in this year's championship, so only three works teams contested the championship. The drivers' world championship was won by Tommi Mäkinen in a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 3, ahead of Colin McRae and Carlos Sainz. The manufacturers' title was won by Subaru.

Calendar

The 1996 championship was contested over nine rounds in Europe, Africa, Asia, South America and Oceania.

Rd. Start date Finish date Rally Rally headquarters Surface Stages Distance
1 9 February 11 February 45th International Swedish Rally Karlstad, Värmland County Snow 27 490.64 km
2 5 April 7 April 44th Safari Rally Kenya Nairobi Gravel 15 1784.40 km
3 10 May 12 May 21st Bank Utama Rally Indonesia Medan, North Sumatra Gravel 27 452.29 km
4 2 June 4 June 43rd Acropolis Rally Athens Gravel 21 454.34 km
5 4 July 6 July 16th Rally Argentina Carlos Paz, Córdoba Gravel 28 516.15 km
6 23 August 26 August 46th Neste 1000 Lakes Rally Jyväskylä, Central Finland Gravel 29 478.93 km
7 13 September 16 September 9th Rally Australia Perth, Western Australia Gravel 27 475.92 km
8 13 October 16 October 38th Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia Sanremo, Liguria Mixed 18 413.32 km
9 23 November 25 November 32nd Rallye Catalunya - Costa Brava - Rallye de España Lloret de Mar, Catalonia Tarmac 18 393.26 km
Sources:[1][2]


Teams and drivers

Manufacturer entries

Team Manufacturer Car Tyre No. Driver Co-Driver Rounds
555 Subaru WRT Subaru Impreza 555 P 1 Colin McRae Derek Ringer All
2 Kenneth Eriksson Staffan Parmander All
3 Didier Auriol Bernard Occelli 1
Piero Liatti Mario Ferfoglia 2
Fabrizia Pons 3–5, 7–9
10 Mario Ferfoglia 1
Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Escort RS Cosworth M 4 Carlos Sainz Luis Moya All
5 François Delecour Daniel Grataloup 1
Stig Blomqvist Benny Melander 2
Gwyndaf Evans Howard Davies 3
Bruno Thiry Stéphane Prévot 4–9
6 Stig Blomqvist Benny Melander 1
Dandy Rukmana Supi Sabastian 3
14 Ari Vatanen Fabrizia Pons 1
16 Ari Mökkönen Voitto Silander 4
Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III M 7 Tommi Mäkinen Seppo Harjanne 1–8
Juha Repo 9
Lancer Evo III (Grp. N) 8 Kenneth Bäcklund Tord Andersson 1
Lancer Evo III Kenjiro Shinozuka Pentti Kuukkala 2
Richard Burns Robert Reid 3, 5, 7, 9
Lancer Evo III (Grp. N) P Uwe Nittel Tina Thörner 4
Lancer Evo III M Lasse Lampi Jyrki Stenroos 6
Didier Auriol Denis Giraudet 8
Lancer Evo III (Grp. N) P 9 Uwe Nittel Tina Thörner 1, 5, 8
Lancer Evo III ? Yoshihiro Kataoka Satoshi Hayashi 3
Lancer Evo III (Grp. N) M Jouko Puhakka Keijo Eerola 6
? Ed Ordynski Mark Stacey 7
? 29 Yoshihiro Kataoka Satoshi Hayashi 7
P * Uwe Nittel Christina Thörner 6–7, 9

Non Manufacturer Entries

Major entries not registered as manufacturers
Team Manufacturer Car Tyre Drivers Co-drivers Rounds
Toyota Castrol Team Sweden Toyota Celica GT-Four (ST205) M Thomas Rådström Lars Bäckman 1
Denis Giraudet 9
Juha Kankkunen Nicky Grist 1
'Gullabo' Ingemar Algerstedt 1
Toyota Castrol Finland Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen 1, 6
Thomas Rådström Lars Bäckman 6
Juha Kankkunen Nicky Grist 6
Toyota Kenya M Ian Duncan David Williamson 2
Toyota Team Australia M Juha Kankkunen Nicky Grist 3
? Neal Bates Coral Taylor 7
Reza Pribadi ? Reza Pribadi Denis Giraudet 3
H.F. Grifone SRL M Rui Madeira Nuno Rodrigues da Silva 4–5, 8–9
Thomas Rådström Denis Giraudet 4
Gilberto Pianezzola Loris Roggia 4–5, 8
Andrea Dallavilla Danilo Fappani 6, 8
János jun. Tóth Danilo Fappani 8
Matteo Luise Raffaele Caliro 8
Toyota Team Belgium M Freddy Loix Sven Smeets 4, 8–9
Toyotoshi Celica Turbo 4WD (ST185) M Marco Galanti Jr. Victor Zucchini 1, 5
Martin Christie 2
Mobil 1 Stomil Olsztyn M Krzysztof Hołowczyc Maciej Wisławski 1
Jonathan Toroitich P Jonathan Toroitich Ibrahim Choge 2
Tein Sport M Yoshio Fujimoto Arne Hertz 3, 7
Jean-Pierre Richelmi M Jean-Pierre Richelmi Thierry Barjou 4
Ford Team Finland Ford Escort RS Cosworth M Sebastian Lindholm Timo Hantunen 1, 6
Shell Motorsport Norway ? Birger Gundersen Cato Menkerud 1
Mobil Ford Motorsport M Per Svan Johan Olsson 1
Ford Motorsport Indonesia ? Dolly Indra Nasution Farid Sungkar 3
Danny Rukmana Raphael Arioseno 3
Bank Utama Rally Team ? Pratikto Singgih Hervian Soejono 3
Bobby Willis 7
Yacco R.A.S. Ford M Patrick Bernardini Bernard Occelli 4
Catherine François 5
Dominique Savignoni 8–9
Stephen Finlay M Stephen Finlay Robbie Philpott 4
Leonídas Kirkos M Leonídas Kirkos Ioánnis Stavropoulos 4
Blue Rose Team M Jarmo Kytölehto Arto Kapanen 6, 8–9
Promoracing Finland M Harri Rovanperä Juha Repo 6
Jan Habig ? Jan Habig Douglas Judd 7
Jolly Club P Gianfranco Cunico Pierangelo Scalvini 8
Ford España Escort RS 2000 MKVI M Daniel Alonso Villarón Salvador Belzunces 9
Clarion Team Europe Subaru Legacy RS P Per Eklund Anders Olsson 1
Goro Rally Team Impreza 555 ? Ricardo Gelael Adiguna Sutowo 3
Impreza Motorsport ? Tony Hardianto Anthony Sarwono 3
Gading Rally Team ? Irvan Gading Karel Harilatu 3
Impreza Recaro Fujitsubo ? Masao Kamioka Kevin Gormley 4, 6
A.R.T Engineering P Angelo Medeghini Barbara Medeghini 4–6, 8–9
Andrea Navarra Renzo Casazza 6, 8
F.Dor Rally Team P Frédéric Dor Didier Breton 4, 6
Kevin Gormley 8
Manfred Stohl P Manfred Stohl Peter Müller 5
Growth International Motorsport ? Peter 'Possum' Bourne Craig Vincent 7
"Zeeohg" ? "Zeeohg" Raffy Etyemezian 9
Joakim Andersson Volkswagen Golf III GTi 16V ? Joakim Andersson Micael Eriksson 1
Volkswagen Motorsport Sweden ? Jörgen Jonasson Nicklas Jonasson 1
Harry Joki Per Carlsson 1
Blue Rose Team ? Tapio Laukkanen Risto Mannisenmäki 6
Darko Peljhan ? Darko Peljhan Miran Kacin 8
Opel Team Sweden Opel Astra GSi 16V ? Mats Jonsson Johnny Johansson 1
Remus Racing ? Kris Rosenberger Peter Diekmann 5, 8–9
Stohl Racing Audi Coupé S2 M Rudolf Stohl Jürgen Bertl 2
Kay Gerlach 4
Manfred Stohl 2
Peter Müller 9
Silverstone Suzuki Sport Suzuki Swift GTi MK2 S Nobuhiro Tajima Visut Sukosi 3
Baleno Ross Runnalls 7
Hyundai Rally Sport Hyundai Lantra ? Wayne Bell Iain Stewart 3, 7
Coupé Greg Carr Glenn Macneall 3, 7
Kim Dong-Ok Andrew Graham Walker 3
Kim Han Bong 7
Kia Motorsport Korea Kia Sephia ? Rob Herridge Chris Randell 3, 7
Dean Herridge Rod van der Straaten 3, 7
Park Jeong-Ryong Jim Carlton 3, 7
Konstantinos Apostolou Lancia Delta HF Integrale ? Konstantinos Apostolou Mihalis Kriadis 4
Autostal Duindistel Mazda 323 GT-R ? Gaby Goudezeune Filip De Pelsemaeker 4
Technocar SEAT Ibiza GTi 16V ? "Stratissino" Tonia Pavli 4
SEAT Sport Ibiza Kit Car M Jesús Puras Carlos del Barrio 5, 7, 9
Erwin Weber Manfred Hiemer 5, 7
Antonio Rius Manuel Casanova 7, 9
Josep María Bardolet Joaquim Muntada 9
Škoda Motorsport Škoda Felicia Kit Car M Emil Triner Pavel Štanc 5, 7, 9
Pavel Sibera Petr Gross 5, 7, 9
Stig Blomqvist Benny Melander 7
Bernard Munster Jean-François Elst 9
Cimauto Sport Renault Clio Williams ? Gabriel Raies Jose Maria Volta 5
Walter Suriani ? Walter Suriani Raúl Rosso 5
Renault Team Sweden ? Jonas Kruse Anders Dawidson 1
Mégane Maxi ? Anders Olsson 6
Paolo Andreucci M Paolo Andreucci Simona Fedeli 8
Husky S.R.L. M Piero Longhi Luigi Pirollo 8
Mirabella Mille Miglia M Diego Oldrati Paolo Lizzi 8
Renault Sport España M Oriol Gómez Marc Martí 9
SanYang MIT Motorsport Honda Civic VTi ? Alister McRae David Senior 7
Daihatsu Australia Daihatsu Charade GTi ? Robert Nicoli Claire Parker 7
Peugeot Sport España Peugeot 306 S16 ? Jaime Azcona Alfredo Rodríguez 9
Manuel Muniente Joan Ibáñez Sotos 9

Results and standings

Drivers' championship

Pos Driver SWE
 KEN
 INA
 GRE
 ARG
 FIN
 AUS
 ITA
 ESP
  Pts 
1 Tommi Mäkinen 1 1 Ret 2 1 1 1 Ret 5 123
2 Colin McRae 3 4 Ret 1 Ret Ret 4 1 1 92
3 Carlos Sainz 2 Ret 1 3 2 Ret 3 2 Ret 89
4 Kenneth Eriksson 5 2 Ret 5 3 5 2 5 7 78
5 Piero Liatti 12 5 2 4 7 DNS 7 Ret 2 56
6 Bruno Thiry 6 5 11 6 3 3 44
7 Juha Kankkunen 4 3 2 37
8 Freddy Loix 7 4 4 24
9 Richard Burns Ret 4 5 Ret 18
10 Marcus Grönholm 7 4 14
11 Gilberto Pianezzola 8 6 7 13
12= Ian Duncan 3 12
12= Jarmo Kytölehto 3 Ret Ret 12
14 Yoshio Fujimoto 4 9 12
15 Thomas Rådström 6 Ret 6 Ret 12
16 Patrick Bernardini 9 9 10 6 11
17 Reza Pribadi 5 8
18 Stig Blomqvist 8 7 Ret 7
19 Rui Madeira Ret 8 9 Ret 9 7
20= Kenjiro Shinozuka 6 6
20= Michael Lieu 6 Ret 6
20= Franco Cunico 6 6
23= Shigeyuki Konishi 7 25 4
23= Sebastian Lindholm Ret 7 4
25 Didier Auriol 10 8 4
26 Angelo Medeghini Ret 12 10 9 10 4
27= Hideaki Miyoshi 8 29 3
27= Irvan Gading 8 3
27= Lasse Lampi 8 3
27= Peter 'Possum' Bourne 8 3
27= Oriol Gómez 8 3
32= Tomas Jansson 9 2
32= Patrick Njiru 9 2
32= Chandra Alim 9 2
35= Jonathan Toroitich 10 1
35= Bambang Hartono 10 1
35= Jean-Pierre Richelmi 10 1
35= Uwe Nittel 16 14 10 16 DSQ Ret 16 1
35= Ed Ordynski 10 1
Pos Driver SWE
 KEN
 INA
 GRE
 ARG
 FIN
 AUS
 ITA
 ESP
  Pts 
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

Manufacturers' championship

Each works team had to nominate up to three drivers 30 days before each event; only two best placed nominated drivers were eligible to score points for the manufacturers' championship.

Pos. Manufacturer No. SWE
 KEN
 INA
 GRE
 ARG
 FIN
 AUS
 ITA
 ESP
 Points
1 Subaru 1 3 4 Ret 1 Ret Ret 4 1 1 401
2 5 2 Ret (5) 3 5 2 5 (7)
3 (10) (5) 2 4 7 (7) Ret 2
2 Mitsubishi 7 1 1 Ret 2 1 1 1 Ret 5 322
8 14 6 Ret 14 4 8 5 8 Ret
9 Ret (10) Ret (10) Ret
3 Ford 4 2 Ret 1 3 2 Ret 3 2 Ret 299
5 (11) 7 Ret 6 5 11 6 3 3
6 8 Ret
Pos. Manufacturer No. SWE
 KEN
 INA
 GRE
 ARG
 FIN
 AUS
 ITA
 ESP
 Points
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

Group N Cup

Pos Driver SWE
 KEN
 INA
 GRE
 ARG
 FIN
 AUS
 ITA
 ESP
  Pts 
1 Gustavo Trelles Ret Ret 2 2 4 5 1 1 55
2 Uwe Nittel 3 1 1 3 Ret Ret 2 50
3 Pascal Smets 3 2 17
4 Kenneth Bäcklund 1 13
Hideaki Miyoshi 1 14 13
Michael Lieu 1 Ret 13
Pasi Hagström 1 13
Ed Ordynski 1 13
9 Stig-Olov Walfridsson 2 10
Patrick Njiru 2 10
Shigeyuki Konishi 2 11 10
Olli Harkki 2 10
Yoshihiro Kataoka 2 10
14 Jorge Recalde Ret Ret 6 Ret Ret 4 8
15 Jim Heather-Hayes 3 7
Chandra Alim 3 7
Daniel Alejandro Preto 3 7
Karamjit Singh Ret 3 7
Giovanni Manfrinato 3 7
Jacques Andreani 3 7
Pos Driver SWE
 KEN
 INA
 GRE
 ARG
 FIN
 AUS
 ITA
 ESP
  Pts 
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

Events

1996 World Rally Championship event map
Black = Tarmac Brown = Gravel Blue = Snow/Ice Red = Mixed Surface
Rally Name Start-End Date Podium Drivers
(Finishing Time) 		Podium Cars
Swedish Rally 9–11 February
  1. Tommi Mäkinen (4h:37m:10s)
  2. Carlos Sainz (4h:37m:33s)
  3. Colin McRae (4h:38m:15s)
  1. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution III
  2. Ford Escort RS Cosworth
  3. Subaru Impreza 555
Safari Rally 5–7 April
  1. Tommi Mäkinen (12h:41m:24s)
  2. Kenneth Eriksson (12h:55m:40s)
  3. Ian Duncan (13h:23m:24s)
  1. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution III
  2. Subaru Impreza 555
  3. Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205
Rally Indonesia 10–12 May
  1. Carlos Sainz (5h:30m:00s)
  2. Piero Liatti (5h:30m:23s)
  3. Juha Kankkunen (5h:31m:02s)
  1. Ford Escort RS Cosworth
  2. Subaru Impreza 555
  3. Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205
Acropolis Rally 2–4 June
  1. Colin McRae (5h:33m:12s)
  2. Tommi Mäkinen (5h:34m:02s)
  3. Carlos Sainz (5h:36m:33s)
  1. Subaru Impreza 555
  2. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution III
  3. Ford Escort RS Cosworth
Rally Argentina 4–6 July
  1. Tommi Mäkinen (5h:48m:42s)
  2. Carlos Sainz (5h:50m:17s)
  3. Kenneth Eriksson (5h:53m:21s)
  1. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution III
  2. Ford Escort RS Cosworth
  3. Subaru Impreza 555
1000 Lakes Rally 23–26 August
  1. Tommi Mäkinen (4h:04m:13s)
  2. Juha Kankkunen (4h:04m:59s)
  3. Jarmo Kytölehto (4h:06m:50s)
  1. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution III
  2. Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205
  3. Ford Escort RS Cosworth
Rally Australia 13–16 September
  1. Tommi Mäkinen (4h:08m:50s)
  2. Kenneth Eriksson (4h:10m:07s)
  3. Carlos Sainz (4h:10m:11s)
  1. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution III
  2. Subaru Impreza 555
  3. Ford Escort RS Cosworth
Rallye Sanremo 13–16 October
  1. Colin McRae (4h:26m:57s)
  2. Carlos Sainz (4h:27m:19s)
  3. Bruno Thiry (4h:29m:06s)
  1. Subaru Impreza 555
  2. Ford Escort RS Cosworth
  3. Ford Escort RS Cosworth
Rally Catalunya 4–6 November
  1. Colin McRae (4h:14m:20s)
  2. Piero Liatti (4h:14m:27s)
  3. Bruno Thiry (4h:15m:38s)
  1. Subaru Impreza 555
  2. Subaru Impreza 555
  3. Ford Escort RS Cosworth

FIA 2 Litre World Cup For Manufacturers

Pos Manufacturer R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 Pts
1 SEAT (25) 60 (13) 36 46 47 46 39 274
2 Renault 36 39 53 64 - - 48 25 265
3 Skoda 39 44 - 46 35 60 (16) 40 264
4 Peugeot 46 9 54 - 9 - 40 10 168
5 General Motors Europe 43 31 11 - - - 18 - 103
6 Suzuki - - - 16 36 - - - 52
= Hyundai - - - - 21 31 - - 52
8 Daihatsu - - - - 15 35 - - 50
9 Honda 9 6 - - 8 - - 20 43
10 Nissan - - - - - - - 42 42
11 Kia - - - - - 32 - - 32
= Toyota - 1 - - 31 - - - 32
13 Renault Argentina - - - 28 - - - - 28
14 Citroën 20 - - - - - 7 - 27
15 Daewoo - - - 26 - - - - 26
16 Toyota Australia - - - - - 21 - - 21
17 Volkswagen - - 3 - - - - 15 18
18 Ford - - - - - - 15 - 15
19 Mitsubishi - - - - 14 - - - 14
20 Fiat 10 - - - - - - - 10

() Denotes dropped score

References

  1. ^ "WRC 1996". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  2. ^ "1996 WRC calendar". Jonkka's World Rally Archive. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
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