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The 1998 World Rally Championship was the 26th season of the FIA World Rally Championship. The season consisted of 13 rallies. Tommi Mäkinen won his third consecutive drivers' world championship driving for Mitsubishi, ahead of Carlos Sainz and Colin McRae. The manufacturers' title was won by Mitsubishi (who still operated under Group A regulations), ahead of Toyota and Subaru. This year also marked the Ford Escort's last full-season works outing before being replaced by the Ford Focus WRC in 1999. The season ended in dramatic fashion when Carlos Sainz's Corolla WRC stopped approximately 300 metres from the finishing line in the final stage at Margam due to mechanical failure, thus surrendering his fourth place on the rally and handing the title to Mäkinen.[1][2]

Calendar

The 1998 championship was contested over fourteen rounds in Europe, Africa, South America and Oceania.

Rd. Start date Finish date Rally Rally headquarters Surface Stages Distance
1 18 January 21 January 66th Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo Monte Carlo Mixed 18 359.19 km
2 6 February 8 February 47th International Swedish Rally Karlstad, Värmland County Snow 19 381.34 km
3 28 February 2 March 46th Safari Rally Kenya Nairobi Gravel 16 1063.49 km
4 22 March 25 March 32nd TAP Rallye de Portugal Matosinhos, Porto Gravel 28 380.18 km
5 20 April 22 April 34th Rallye Catalunya - Costa Brava - Rallye de España Lloret de Mar, Catalonia Tarmac 19 400.71 km
6 4 May 6 May 42nd Tour de Corse - Rallye de France Ajaccio, Corsica Tarmac 18 399.18 km
7 20 May 23 May 18th Rally Argentina Carlos Paz, Córdoba Gravel 23 400.62 km
8 7 June 9 June 45th Acropolis Rally Delphi, Phocis Gravel 17 388.76 km
9 24 July 27 July 29th Rally New Zealand Manukau, Auckland Gravel 25 388.39 km
10 21 August 23 August 48th Neste Rally Finland Jyväskylä, Central Finland Gravel 24 384.10 km
C September September Rally of Indonesia Medan, North Sumatra Gravel ?? ???
11 12 October 14 October 40th Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia Sanremo, Liguria Tarmac 24 400.30 km
12 5 November 8 November 11th API Rally Australia Perth, Western Australia Gravel 24 404.69 km
13 22 November 24 November 54th Network Q Rally of Great Britain Cheltenham, Gloucestershire Gravel 28 383.85 km
Sources:[3][4]

Teams and drivers

Team Manufacturer Car Tyre No. Driver Co-Driver Rounds
Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV
Lancer Evo V 		M 1 Tommi Mäkinen Risto Mannisenmäki All
2 Richard Burns Robert Reid All
Lancer Evo IV * Uwe Nittel Christina Thörner 1–2, 4–5
555 Subaru WRT Subaru Impreza S5 WRC '98
 P 3 Colin McRae Nicky Grist All
4 Piero Liatti Fabrizia Pons 1, 3–9, 11–12
Kenneth Eriksson Staffan Parmander 2
Jarmo Kytölehto Arto Kapanen 10
Alister McRae David Senior 13
10 Piero Liatti Fabrizia Pons 2
12 Ari Vatanen 13
15 Juha Kangas Pentti Kuukkala 9
Toyota Castrol Team Toyota Corolla WRC M 5 Carlos Sainz Luis Moya All
6 Didier Auriol Denis Giraudet 1, 3–4, 6–13
Thomas Rådström Lars Bäckman 2
Freddy Loix Sven Smeets 5
9 Didier Auriol Denis Giraudet 2, 5
11 Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen 13
Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Ford Escort WRC M 7 Juha Kankkunen Juha Repo All
8 Bruno Thiry Stéphane Prévot 1–2, 5–13
Ari Vatanen Fred Gallagher 3–4
11 10
SEAT Sport SEAT Córdoba WRC P 9 Harri Rovanperä Risto Pietiläinen 10–13
10 Oriol Gómez Marc Martí 10
Marc Duez Luc Manset 11–12
Gwyndaf Evans Howard Davies 14

Non Manufacturer Entries

Major entries not registered as manufacturers
Team Manufacturer Car Tyre Drivers Co-drivers Rounds
Toyota Castrol Team Denmark Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205 M Henrik Lundgaard Freddy Pedersen 1
Corolla WRC Henrik Vestergaard 13
Shell Helix Motor Oils Celica GT-Four ST205 M Pasi Hagström Tero Gardemeister 2, 10
Shell Norge C Henning Solberg Runar Pedersen 2
C Petter Solberg Egil Solstad 2
M Cato Menkerud 13
E.O.S. Team Toyota M Markko Märtin Toomas Kitsing 4, 11, 13
Marlboro Toyota Castrol Belgium Corolla WRC M Freddy Loix Toomas Kitsing 4–5, 8, 12
Telecel Castrol Team M Pedro Chaves Sérgio Paiva 4
Toyota Castrol Team Germany P Isolde Holderied Anne-Chantal Pauwels 12
Toyota Hellas M Angelos Zivas Stelios Fakalis 8
Tein Sport M Yoshio Fujimoto Tony Sircombe 9, 12
Toyota Castrol Finland M Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen 10
Subaru Rallye Team Deutschland Subaru Impreza WRC P Armin Kremer Klaus Wicha 1
Procar Rally Team Impreza 555 M Jean-Pierre Richelmi Thierry Barjou 4
Freddy Delorme 8
Andrea Navarra Renzo Casazza 5, 11
Diego Oldrati Paolo Lizzi 11
A.R.T Engineering Impreza WRC P Andrea Dallavilla Danilo Fappani 4–5, 11
Belgacom Turbo Team P Grégoire de Mevius Jean-Marc Fortin 4, 11, 13
Ecurie Le Perron M Renaud Verreydt Jean-François Elst 5, 11
Subaru Allstars Endless Sport P Yukihiko Sakurai Ronan Morgan 8, 13
Subaru Rally Team Australia Impreza 555 P Peter 'Possum' Bourne Craig Vincent 9, 12
Bo-Be Plastindustri AB Ford Ford Escort RS Cosworth P Mats Jonsson Johnny Johansson 2
Bastos Ford Rally Team Escort WRC P Patrick Snijers Danny De Canck 10, 14
Leonídas Kirkos M Leonídas Kirkos Ioánnis Stavropoulos 8
Ioannis Papadimitriou ? Ioannis Papadimitriou Nikolaos Petropoulos 8
Ford Team Finland M Sebastian Lindholm Timo Hantunen 10
Jolly Club P Gianfranco Cunico Luigi Pirollo 11
Angelo Medeghini Barbara Capoferri 11
R.E.D World Rally Team ? Armin Schwarz Manfred Hiemer 13
Mitsubishi Ralliart Germany Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V M Uwe Nittel Christina Thörner 8, 10
Advan-Piaa Rally Team Lancer Evo III Y Yoshihiro Kataoka Satoshi Hayashi 9, 12
Ralliart Australia Y Ed Ordynski Mark Stacey 9, 12
Mitsubishi Ralliart New Zealand Lancer Evo IV ? Geoff Argyle Raymond Bennett 9
Lewis Scott Jane Black 9

FIA Teams Cup

Team Manufacturer Car Tyre Drivers Co-drivers Rounds
Uruguay en Carrera Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV (Grp. N) P Gustavo Trelles Jorge Del Buono 1–2
Lancer Evo V (Grp. N) Martin Christie 4–12
Lancer Evo IV (Grp. N) Gabriel Méndez Daniel Muzio 5
Lancer Evo III (Grp. N) Carlos Villete 9, 12
Team Mitsubishi Oman Lancer Evo IV (Grp. N) P Hamed Al-Wahaibi Terry Harryman 4, 7–9, 12–13
H.F. Grifone SRL Toyota Corolla WRC M Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen 2, 4–5, 9
M Rui Madeira Nuno Rodrigues da Silva 5, 8, 10–11
P Isolde Holderied Anne-Chantal Pauwels 6, 8
M Thomas Rådström Lars Bäckman 9
M Andrea Aghini Loris Roggia 11
M János jun. Tóth Ferenc Gergely 11
Celica GT-Four ST205 M Rui Madeira Nuno Rodrigues da Silva 4
M Markko Märtin Toomas Kitsing 10
Toyota Castrol Team Sweden Corolla WRC M Thomas Rådström Lars Bäckman 2, 4
Gunnar Barth 5, 7, 10
M Neal Bates Coral Taylor 12
Toyota Team Saudi Arabia Celica GT-Four ST205 M Abdullah Bakhashab Arne Hertz 4–5
Bobby Willis 6, 8, 10–13
Toyota Mobil Team Turkey M Volkan Isik Ilham Dökümcü 4–6, 8, 10–13
Gazprom Rally Team Ford Ford Escort WRC M Aleksandr Nikonenko Viktor Timkovskiy 2, 4–5, 8
M Aleksandr Potapov Yevgeniy Zhivoglazov 9
Viktor Timkovskiy 10
M Sebastian Lindholm Jukka Aho 12–13
M Alexander Zheludov Aleksandr Alibekov 13
F.Dor Rally Team Subaru Impreza WRC M Frédéric Dor Kevin Gormley 3, 7, 9
Didier Breton 4, 8, 10, 13
Mobil 1 Stomil Olsztyn M Krzysztof Hołowczyc Jean-Marc Fortin 4–5, 7, 11, 13

FIA 2-Litre World Rally Cup major Manufacturer Entries

Team Manufacturer Car Tyre Drivers Co-drivers Rounds
Peugeot Sport Peugeot 306 Maxi M Gilles Panizzi Herve Panizzi 1, 5–6, 12
François Delecour Daniel Grataloup 1, 5–6, 12
Peugeot Esso Silver Team SG M Adruzilo Lopes Luís Lisboa 1, 4–5
Scuderia Chicco d'Oro M Cyril Henny Aurore Maëder-Brand 1
F.P.F. Sport M Renato Travaglia Flavio Zanella 12
Federico Villagra 405 Mi16 ? Federico Villagra Javier Villagra 7
SEAT Sport SEAT Ibiza Kit Car Evo2 P Harri Rovanperä Voitto Silander 1–3
Risto Pietiläinen 4–5, 7–9
Oriol Gómez Marc Martí 1–5, 7–8
Marc Duez Luc Manset 4
Salvador Cañellas Xavier Lorza 5, 10, 12–13
Toni Gardemeister Paavo Lukander 9–13
Gwyndaf Evans Howard Davies 10, 12
Seat Dealer Team Sweden M Jörgen Jonasson Pecka Svensson 2
Andorra Auto Club M Ferran Font Joan Sureda 3, 10
Paul Saly Renault Clio Williams ? Paul Saly Guy Pujol 1
"Dim" ? "Dim" Konstantinos Stefanis 8
Renault Team Sweden Mégane Maxi ? Jonas Kruse Bruno Berglund 2, 4, 10
Renault Gest Galp M José Carlos Macedo Miguel Borges 4
Pedro Azeredo Carlos Magalhães 4
Renault Sport España M Luis Climent José Antonio Muñoz 5
Renault Elf Dealer Rallying M Martin Rowe Derek Ringer 6, 11, 13
Tapio Laukkanen Tapio Järvi 6, 10
Kaj Lindström 11, 13
Renault Türkiye M Nejat Avci Erkan Bodur 9, 12
Luca Pedersoli M Luca Pedersoli Giovanni Bernacchini 11
Treviso Rally Team M Paolo Andreucci Simona Fedeli 11
Ricardo Bissio 18 GTX ? Ricardo Bissio Alberto Descotte 7
Hector Guillermo Silva Hector Guillermo Silva Jorge Minoli 7
Volkswagen Motorsport Sweden Volkswagen Golf III Kit Car ? Harry Joki Ingemar Karlsson 2
S.B.G. Sport P Alister McRae David Senior 2, 7, 10–12
Sawfish Racing P Raimund Baumschlager Klaus Wicha 3–4, 13
Kris Rosenberger Per Carlsson 3–4, 7, 9, 12
Janne Tuohino Ilkka Riipinen 10
Jorma Laakso ? Jorma Laakso Jari Jyrkiäinen 10
Jimmy Wahome Hyundai Coupé ? Jimmy Wahome Tom Muriuki 3
Gregory Kibiti ? Gregory Kibiti George Mwangi 3
Hyundai Motorsport Coupé M Kenneth Eriksson Staffan Parmander 4–5, 7–8
Coupé Evo 2 9–13
Coupé Wayne Bell Iain Stewart 4, 8
Coupé Evo 2 9–13
Coupé Alister McRae David Senior 5–6
Dean Herridge Coupé M Dean Herridge Jim Carlton 12

FIA 2-Litre World Rally Cup Non Manufacturer Entries

Team Manufacturer Car Tyre Drivers Co-drivers Rounds
Wolf-Dieter Ihle Opel Astra GSi 16V ? Wolf-Dieter Ihle Reinhard Kessemeier 1, 5
Opel Team Sweden ? Patric Carlsson Peter Johansson 2
Per Svan Johan Olsson 2
Promoracing Finland Nissan Sunny GTi ? Toni Gardemeister Paavo Lukander 2
Nissan Motorsports Europe Almera Kit Car Y Mark Higgins Phil Mills 4, 8, 10–11, 13
José Araújo Octávio Araújo 4
Nissan Motorsports Turkey P Ercan Kazaz Cengiz Yıldız 13
Team Åkes Bageri AB Ford Escort RS2000 M Anders Nilsson Markku Kangas 2
Ford España Escort Maxi Kit Car M Daniel Alonso Villarón Salvador Belzunces 5
Olli Harkki ? Olli Harkki Kari Mustalahti 10
Stuart Egglestone ? Stuart Egglestone Steve Egglestone 13
Ford Motor Co ? Will Hoy Sean Kelly 13
Marko Ipatti ? Marko Ipatti Kari Kajula 13
Citroën Sport Citroën Xsara F2 M Philippe Bugalski Jean-Paul Chiaroni 5–6, 11
Jesús Puras Marc Martí 5, 11
Patrick Magaud Michel Périn 6, 11
Fabien Doenlen Jean-Marc Andrié 6
Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia Kit Car M Pavel Sibera Petr Gross 5–6, 8, 10–11, 13
Fabio Danti Marcello Olivari 11
Norberto Penelo Daewoo Cielo ? Norberto Penelo Gustavo Topalian 7
Silverstone Suzuki Sport Suzuki Baleno Wagon Kit Car S Nobuhiro Tajima Glenn Macneall 9, 12
Yutaka Kuritsuhara ? Yutaka Kuritsuhara Akihiko Takahashi 12
Avto VAZ Rally Team Lada 110 ? Viktor Shkolnyy Sergey Talantsev 10
Daihatsu Australia Daihatsu Charade GTi ? Ross Mackenzie Paul van der Mey 12
Rick Bates Jenny Brittan 12
Vauxhall Motorsport Vauxhall Astra Kit Car M Jarmo Kytölehto Arto Kapanen 13
Neil Wearden Trevor Agnew 13
Proton Motorsport Proton Satria Kit Car M Mats Andersson Lisa Addy 13
Jenny Davies Claire Mole 13

Results and standings

Rally results

Rd. Rally Overall Winners Group N Cup Winners Teams cup Winners 2.0 L WC winners Report
1 Monte Carlo No. 5 Toyota Castrol Team No. 28 Race-Rent Motorsport No finishers No. 16 Peugeot Sport Report
Toyota Corolla WRC Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III No finishers Peugeot 306 Maxi
Carlos Sainz
Luis Moya 		Manfred Stohl
Peter Müller 		No finishers Gilles Panizzi
Hervé Panizzi
2 Sweden No. 1 Mitsubishi Ralliart No. 25 Mitsubishi Ralliart Sweden No. 11 H.F. Grifone SRL No. 27 Seat Dealer Team Sweden Report
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV Toyota Celica GT-Four (ST205) Seat Ibiza Kit Car Evo2
Tommi Mäkinen
Risto Mannisenmäki 		Stig-Olov Walfridsson
Benny Melander 		Marcus Grönholm
Timo Rautiainen 		Jörgen Jonasson
Pecka Svensson
3 Kenya No. 2 Mitsubishi Ralliart No. 18 Valencia Terra y Mar No finishers No. 11 Seat Sport Report
Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evo IV Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III No finishers Seat Ibiza Kit Car Evo2
Richard Burns
Robert Reid 		Luis Climent
Álex Romaní 		No finishers Harri Rovanperä
Voitto Silander
4 Portugal No. 3 555 Subaru WRT No. 21 Uruguay en Carrera No. 15 H.F. Grifone SRL No. 19 Peugeot Esso Silver Team SG Report
Subaru Impreza S5 WRC '98 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV Toyota Celica GT-Four (ST205) Peugeot 306 Maxi
Colin McRae
Nicky Grist 		Gustavo Trelles
Martin Christie 		Rui Madeira
Nuno Rodrigues da Silva 		Adruzilo Lopes
Luís Lisboa
5 Spain No. 9 Toyota Castrol Team No. 30 Uruguay en Carrera No. 14 H.F. Grifone SRL No. 15 Peugeot Sport Report
Toyota Corolla WRC Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V Toyota Corolla WRC Peugeot 306 Maxi
Didier Auriol
Denis Giraudet 		Gustavo Trelles
Martin Christie 		Rui Madeira
Nuno Rodrigues da Silva 		Gilles Panizzi
Hervé Panizzi
6 France No. 3 555 Subaru WRT No. 24 Race-Rent Motorsport No. 18 Toyota Team Saudi Arabia No. 14 Peugeot Sport Report
Subaru Impreza S5 WRC '98 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V Toyota Celica GT-Four (ST205) Peugeot 306 Maxi
Colin McRae
Nicky Grist 		Manfred Stohl
Peter Müller 		Abdullah Bakhashab
Arne Hertz 		François Delecour
Daniel Grataloup
7 Argentina No. 1 Mitsubishi Ralliart No. 18 Uruguay en Carrera No. 9 Mobil 1 Stomil Olsztyn No. 16 Seat Sport Report
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV Subaru Impreza S5 WRC '97 Seat Ibiza Kit Car Evo2
Tommi Mäkinen
Risto Mannisenmäki 		Gustavo Trelles
Martin Christie 		Krzysztof Hołowczyc
Maciej Wisławski 		Oriol Gómez
Marc Martí
8 Greece No. 3 555 Subaru WRT No. 23 Uruguay en Carrera No. 14 H.F. Grifone SRL No. 25 Seat Sport Report
Subaru Impreza S5 WRC '98 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V Toyota Corolla WRC Seat Ibiza Kit Car Evo2
Colin McRae
Nicky Grist 		Gustavo Trelles
Martin Christie 		Rui Madeira
Nuno Rodrigues da Silva 		Harri Rovanperä
Risto Pietiläinen
9 New Zealand No. 5 Toyota Castrol Team No. 36 Subaru Rally Team Australia No. 14 H.F. Grifone SRL No. 19 Seat Sport Report
Toyota Corolla WRC Subaru Impreza WRX Toyota Corolla WRC Seat Ibiza Kit Car Evo2
Carlos Sainz
Luis Moya 		Michael Guest
David Green 		Thomas Rådström
Lars Bäckman 		Harri Rovanperä
Risto Pietiläinen
10 Finland No. 1 Mitsubishi Ralliart No. 23 Uruguay en Carrera No. 15 Toyota Mobil Team Sweden No. 25 S.B.G. Sport Report
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V Toyota Corolla WRC Volkswagen Golf III Kit Car
Tommi Mäkinen
Risto Mannisenmäki 		Gustavo Trelles
Martin Christie 		Thomas Rådström
Gunnar Barth 		Alister McRae
David Senior
11 Italy No. 1 Mitsubishi Ralliart No. 58 Ralliart Italia No. 15 H.F. Grifone SRL No. 14 Peugeot Sport Report
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evo V Toyota Corolla WRC Peugeot 306 Maxi
Tommi Mäkinen
Risto Mannisenmäki 		Gianluigi Galli
Guido D'Amore 		Andrea Aghini
Loris Roggia 		Gilles Panizzi
Hervé Panizzi
12 Australia No. 1 Mitsubishi Ralliart No. 36 Subaru Rally Team Australia No. 14 Gazprom Rally Team No. 20 S.B.G. Sport Report
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V Subaru Impreza WRX Ford Escort WRC Volkswagen Golf III Kit Car
Tommi Mäkinen
Risto Mannisenmäki 		Michael Guest
David Green 		Sebastian Lindholm
Jukka Aho 		Alister McRae
David Senior
13 Britain No. 2 Mitsubishi Ralliart No. 53 Race-Rent Motorsport No. 24 Gazprom Rally Team No. 25 Renault Dealer Rallying UK Report
Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evo V Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V Ford Escort WRC Renault Mégane Maxi
Richard Burns
Robert Reid 		Manfred Stohl
Peter Müller 		Sebastian Lindholm
Jukka Aho 		Tapio Laukkanen
Kaj Lindström
Source:[5]

Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver MON
 SWE
 KEN
 POR
 ESP
 FRA
 ARG
 GRE
 NZL
 FIN
 ITA
 AUS
 GBR
  Pts 
1 Tommi Mäkinen Ret 1 Ret Ret 3 Ret 1 Ret 3 1 1 1 Ret 58
2 Carlos Sainz 1 2 Ret 2 7 8 2 4 1 2 4 2 Ret 56
3 Colin McRae 3 Ret Ret 1 Ret 1 5 1 5 Ret 3 4 Ret 45
4 Juha Kankkunen 2 3 2 7 Ret 9 3 3 4 3 Ret 5 2 39
5 Didier Auriol 14 6 4 Ret 1 6 Ret 2 2 4 Ret 3 Ret 34
6 Richard Burns 5 15 1 4 4 Ret 4 Ret 9 5 7 Ret 1 33
7 Piero Liatti 4 9 Ret 6 Ret 3 6 6 6 2 Ret 17
8 Freddy Loix 3 2 5 6 13
9 Bruno Thiry 6 8 Ret 5 Ret Ret Ret 10 6 7 3 8
10 François Delecour 10 8 2 Ret 6
11 Ari Vatanen 3 5 Ret Ret 6
12 Gilles Panizzi 9 6 4 35 5 Ret 6
13 Kenneth Eriksson 4 Ret 21 Ret Ret 20 Ret Ret 22 Ret 3
14 Grégoire De Mévius 8 12 4 3
15 Harri Rovanperä 11 Ret 5 Ret Ret Ret 15 13 11 Ret 11 6 3
16 Marcus Grönholm 5 Ret Ret Ret 7 Ret 2
17 Philippe Bugalski 5 Ret Ret 2
18 Sebastian Lindholm Ret 9 5 2
19 Raimund Baumschlager 6 Ret Ret 1
20 Thomas Rådström Ret Ret 12 Ret 7 6 1
Pos. Driver MON
 SWE
 KEN
 POR
 ESP
 FRA
 ARG
 GRE
 NZL
 FIN
 ITA
 AUS
 GBR
  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)

Co-drivers' championship

Pos. Co-driver MON
 SWE
 KEN
 POR
 ESP
 FRA
 ARG
 GRE
 NZL
 FIN
 ITA
 AUS
 GBR
  Pts 
1 Risto Mannisenmäki Ret 1 Ret Ret 3 Ret 1 Ret 3 1 1 1 Ret 58
2 Luis Moya 1 2 Ret 2 7 8 2 4 1 2 4 2 Ret 56
3 Nicky Grist 3 Ret Ret 1 Ret 1 5 1 5 Ret 3 4 Ret 45
4 Juha Repo 2 3 2 7 Ret 9 3 3 4 3 Ret 5 2 39
5 Denis Giraudet 14 6 4 Ret 1 6 Ret 2 2 4 Ret 3 Ret 34
6 Robert Reid 5 15 1 4 4 Ret 4 Ret 9 5 7 Ret 1 33
7 Fabrizia Pons 4 9 Ret 6 Ret 3 6 6 6 2 Ret Ret 17
8 Sven Smeets 3 2 5 6 13
9 Stéphane Prévot 6 8 Ret 5 Ret Ret Ret 10 6 7 3 8
10 Daniel Grataloup 10 8 2 Ret 6
11 Fred Gallagher 3 5 Ret 6
12 Hervé Panizzi 9 6 4 35 5 Ret 6
13 Staffan Parmander 4 Ret 21 Ret Ret 20 Ret Ret 22 Ret 3
14 Jean-Marc Fortin 8 12 4 3
15 Risto Pietiläinen 11 Ret 5 Ret Ret Ret 15 13 11 Ret 11 6 3
16 Timo Rautiainen 5 Ret Ret Ret 7 Ret 2
17 Jean-Paul Chiaroni 5 Ret Ret 2
18 Jukka Aho Ret 9 5 2
19 Klaus Wicha 8 6 Ret Ret 1
20 Gunnar Barth Ret Ret 12 Ret 7 6 1
Pos. Co-driver MON
 SWE
 KEN
 POR
 ESP
 FRA
 ARG
 GRE
 NZL
 FIN
 ITA
 AUS
 GBR
  Pts 

Manufacturers' championship

Pos. Manufacturer No. MON
 SWE
 KEN
 POR
 ESP
 FRA
 ARG
 GRE
 NZL
 FIN
 ITA
 AUS
 GBR
 Points
1 Team Mitsubishi Ralliart 1 Ret 1 Ret Ret 3 Ret 1 Ret 3 1 1 1 Ret 91
2 5 15 1 4 4 Ret 4 Ret 9 5 7 Ret 1
2 Toyota Castrol Team 5 1 2 Ret 2 7 8 2 4 1 2 4 2 Ret 85
6 14 Ret 4 Ret 2 6 Ret 2 2 4 Ret 3 Ret
3 555 Subaru World Rally Team 3 3 Ret Ret 1 Ret 1 5 1 5 Ret 3 4 Ret 65
4 4 4 Ret 6 Ret 3 6 6 6 8 2 Ret Ret
4 Ford Motor Co 7 2 3 2 7 Ret 9 3 3 4 3 Ret 5 2 53
8 6 8 3 5 Ret 5 Ret Ret Ret 10 6 7 3
5 SEAT Sport 9 11 Ret 11 6 1
10 Ret 16 Ret
Pos. Manufacturer No. MON
 SWE
 KEN
 POR
 ESP
 FRA
 ARG
 GRE
 NZL
 FIN
 ITA
 AUS
 GBR
 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)

FIA Teams' Cup

Pos. Team Event Points
MON
 SWE
 KEN
 POR
 ESP
 FRA
 ARG
 GRE
 NZL
 FIN
 ITA
 AUS
 GBR
1 H.F. Grifone 0 10 0 10 10 0 0 10 10 7 16 0 0 73
2 Uruguay en Carrera 0 0 0 2 5 4 6 2 8 4 4 4 0 39
3 Gazprom Rally Team 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 10 10 27
4 Mobil 1 Stomil Olsztyn 0 0 0 6 4 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 6 26
5 Toyota Castrol Team Sweden 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 10 0 6 0 22
6 Toyota Team Saudi Arabia 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 3 0 3 4 20
7 Toyota Mobil Team Turkey 0 0 0 3 0 6 0 6 0 0 0 2 0 17
8 Frederic Dor 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 4 1 0 0 0 2 12
9 Hamed Al-Wahaibi 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 0 3 10

Group N Cup

Pos. Driver MON
 SWE
 KEN
 POR
 ESP
 FRA
 ARG
 GRE
 NZL
 FIN
 ITA
 AUS
 GBR
  Pts 
1 Gustavo Trelles Ret Ret 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 3 2 94
2 Manfred Stohl 1 2 2 2 1 Ret Ret 3 Ret 4 1 71
3 Luís Climent 2 Ret 1 4 Ret 3 2 37
4 Michael Guest 1 1 26
5 Hamed Al-Wahaibi 6 2 2 5 Ret 3 24
6 Stig-Olov Walfridsson 1 13
Gianluigi Galli 1 13
8 Kenneth Bäcklund 2 8
Mario Stagni 2 8
David Higgins 2 8
Pernilla Solberg 8 3 4 8
12 Juha Kangas 3 Ret 5 7
13 Gabriel Méndez 3 7 Ret 5
Pierre-César Baroni 3 5
Paul Bailey 3 5
Miguel Campos 3 5
Jean-Marie Santoni 3 5
Marcos Ligato 3 5
Jorge Recalde Ret 3 5
Roberto Sanchez 5 4 Ret 5
Pos. Driver MON
 SWE
 KEN
 POR
 ESP
 FRA
 ARG
 GRE
 NZL
 FIN
 ITA
 AUS
 GBR
  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

1998 World Rally Championship event map
Black = Tarmac Brown = Gravel Blue = Snow/Ice Red = Mixed Surface
1998 World Rally Championship schedule and results
Rally Name Dates run Podium Drivers (Finishing Time) Podium Cars
Monte Carlo Rally 19 January–21 January
  1. Carlos Sainz (4h:28m:00.5s)
  2. Juha Kankkunen (4h:28m:41.3s)
  3. Colin McRae (4h:29m:01.5s)
  1. Toyota Corolla WRC
  2. Ford Escort WRC
  3. Subaru Impreza WRC 98
Swedish Rally 6 February–8 February
  1. Tommi Mäkinen (3h:32m:51.6s)
  2. Carlos Sainz (3h:33m:43.2s)
  3. Juha Kankkunen (3h:33m:50.4s)
  1. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IV
  2. Toyota Corolla WRC
  3. Ford Escort WRC
Safari Rally 28 February–2 March
  1. Richard Burns (8h:57m:34s)
  2. Juha Kankkunen (9h:07m:01s)
  3. Ari Vatanen (9h:07m:26s)
  1. Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evolution IV
  2. Ford Escort WRC
  3. Ford Escort WRC
Rally Portugal 22 March–25 March
  1. Colin McRae (4h:20m:58.1s)
  2. Carlos Sainz (4h:21m:00.2s)
  3. Freddy Loix (4h:21m:43.9s)
  1. Subaru Impreza WRC 98
  2. Toyota Corolla WRC
  3. Toyota Corolla WRC
Rally Catalunya 20 April–22 April
  1. Didier Auriol (4h:18m:36.9s)
  2. Freddy Loix (4h:19m:30.3s)
  3. Tommi Mäkinen (4h:19m:46.3s)
  1. Toyota Corolla WRC
  2. Toyota Corolla WRC
  3. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution V
Tour de Corse 4 May–6 May
  1. Colin McRae (4h:02m:46.9s)
  2. François Delecour (4h:03m:14.1s)
  3. Piero Liatti (4h:03m:16.9s)
  1. Subaru Impreza WRC 98
  2. Peugeot 306 Maxi
  3. Subaru Impreza WRC 98
Rally Argentina 20 May–23 May
  1. Tommi Mäkinen (4h:22m:07.4s)
  2. Carlos Sainz (4h:22m:34.2s)
  3. Juha Kankkunen (4h:22m:34.9s)
  1. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution V
  2. Toyota Corolla WRC
  3. Ford Escort WRC
Acropolis Rally 7 June–9 June
  1. Colin McRae (4h:26m:31.6s)
  2. Didier Auriol (4h:26m:51.6s)
  3. Juha Kankkunen (4h:27m:15.9s)
  1. Subaru Impreza WRC 98
  2. Toyota Corolla WRC
  3. Ford Escort WRC
Rally New Zealand 24 July–27 July
  1. Carlos Sainz (3h:54m:57.1s)
  2. Didier Auriol (3h:55m:01.2s)
  3. Tommi Mäkinen (3h:56m:40.8s)
  1. Toyota Corolla WRC
  2. Toyota Corolla WRC
  3. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution V
Rally Finland 21 August–23 August
  1. Tommi Mäkinen (3h:16m:56.1s)
  2. Carlos Sainz (3h:17m:31.7s)
  3. Juha Kankkunen (3h:17m:41.3s)
  1. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution V
  2. Toyota Corolla WRC
  3. Ford Escort WRC
Rally Sanremo 12 October–14 October
  1. Tommi Mäkinen (4h:34m:34.5s)
  2. Piero Liatti (4h:34m:50.3s)
  3. Colin McRae (4h:36m:04.7s)
  1. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution V
  2. Subaru Impreza WRC 98
  3. Subaru Impreza WRC 98
Rally Australia 5 November–8 November
  1. Tommi Mäkinen (3h:52m:48.7s)
  2. Carlos Sainz (3h:53m:05.2s)
  3. Didier Auriol (3h:53m:13.7s)
  1. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution V
  2. Toyota Corolla WRC
  3. Toyota Corolla WRC
Rally of Great Britain 22 November–24 November
  1. Richard Burns (3h:50m:30.6s)
  2. Juha Kankkunen (3h:54m:17.1s)
  3. Bruno Thiry (3h:55m:58.1s)
  1. Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evolution V
  2. Ford Escort WRC
  3. Ford Escort WRC

References

  1. ^ Hope-Frost, Henry (24 November 2017). "On this day in... 1998". Goodwood Road & Racing. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  2. ^ Ingram, Anthony (24 November 2021). "Freeze Frame: Burns shines as sparks fly in '98 Rally GB". Hagerty. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  3. ^ "FIA World Rally Championship Calendar 1998". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  4. ^ "1998 WRC calendar". Jonkka's World Rally Archive. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Season 1998 rally - eWRC-results". www.ewrc-results.com.
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