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[edit]

Round Dates Race
1 9–11 February Sweden Swedish Rally
2 5–7 April Kenya Safari Rally
3 10–12 May Indonesia Rally Indonesia
4 2–4 June Greece Acropolis Rally
5 4–6 July Argentina Rally Argentina
6 23–26 August Finland 1000 Lakes Rally
7 13–16 September Australia Rally Australia
8 13–16 October Italy Rallye Sanremo
9 4–6 November Spain Rally Catalunya

Teams and drivers[edit]

Major Entries[edit]

Registered works teams
Team Manufacturer Car Tyre No Drivers Rounds
Japan 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza 555 P 1 United Kingdom Colin McRae All
2 Sweden Kenneth Eriksson All
3 France Didier Auriol 1
Italy Piero Liatti 2–9
10 Italy Piero Liatti 1
United Kingdom Ford Motor Co Ltd Ford Escort RS Cosworth M 4 Spain Carlos Sainz All
5 France François Delecour 1
Sweden Stig Blomqvist 2
United Kingdom Gwyndaf Evans 3
Belgium Bruno Thiry 4–9
6 Sweden Stig Blomqvist 1
Indonesia Dandy Rukmana 3
14 Finland Ari Vatanen 1
16 Finland Ari Mökkonen 4
28 Sweden Per Svan 1
Japan Mitsubishi Ralliart
Japan Petronas/Winfield Mitsubishi Ralliart
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III M 7 Finland Tommi Mäkinen All
8 Sweden Kenneth Bäcklund 1
Japan Kenjiro Shinozuka 2
United Kingdom Richard Burns 3, 5, 7, 9
Germany Uwe Nittel 4
Finland Lasse Lampi 6
France Didier Auriol 8
9 Germany Uwe Nittel 1, 5, 8
Japan Yoshihiro Kataoka 3
Belgium Pascal Smets 4
Finland Jouko Puhakka 6
Australia Ed Ordynski 7
18 Germany Uwe Nittel 6–7, 9
29 Japan Yoshihiro Kataoka 7
41 Belgium Pascal Smets 8

Privater Entries[edit]

Major privateer entries
Manufacturer Car Team Drivers Tyre Rounds
Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205
Celica Turbo 4WD ST185
Japan Toyota Castrol Team Sweden Thomas Rådström M 1, 6, 9
Finland Juha Kankkunen 1, 3, 6
Sweden Tomas Jansson 1
Finland Marcus Grönholm 1, 6
Kenya Ian Duncan M 2
Indonesia Reza Pribadli 3
Belgium Freddy Loix 4, 8–9
Finland Teppo Leino 6
Australia Neal Bates 7
Celica Turbo 4WD ST185 Paraguay Toyotoshi Paraguay Marco Galanti 1–2, 4
Japan Tein Sport Japan Yoshio Fujimoto 3, 7
Celica GT-Four ST205 Italy H.F. Grifone Sweden Thomas Rådström 4
Portugal Rui Madeira 4–6, 8–9
Italy Gilberto Pianezzola 4–5, 8
Italy Andrea Dallavilla 6, 8
Hungary Jánoth Tóth 8
Italy Matteo Luise 8
Ford Escort RS Cosworth Finland Ford Team Finland Finland Sebastian Lindholm M 1, 6
Indonesia Ford Motorsport Indonesia Indonesia Dolly Indra Nasution 3
Belgium Yacco RAS Ford France Patrick Bernardini 4–5, 8–9
Finland Blue Rose Team Finland Jarmo Kytölehto 6, 8–9
Finland Promoracing Finland Finland Harri Rovanperä 6
Italy Jolly Club Italy Gianfranco Cunico 8
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III Germany Mitsubishi Ralliart Germany Republic of Ireland Richie Holfeld 1
Sweden Mitsubishi Ralliart Sweden Sweden Stig-Olov Walfridsson 1
Finland Mitsubishi Ralliart Finland Finland Mika Korhonen 1, 6
Finland Minna Sillankorva 6
Austria Race-Rent Motorsport Uruguay Gustavo Trelles 3–9
Indonesia Mitsubishi Ralliart Indonesia Indonesia Bambang Hartono 3
Indonesia Oky Harwanto 3
Indonesia Arief Indiarto 3
Italy Top Run SRL Argentina Jorge Recalde 4–9
Italy Jolly Club Italy Piergiorgio Bedini 6, 8
Audi Coupe S2 Austria Stohl Racing Austria Rudi Stohl 2, 4
Austria Manfred Stohl 2, 9
Subaru Impreza Wagon Japan Subaru Rally Team Japan Kenya Patrick Njiru 2
Japan Hideaki Miyoshi 2
Impreza 555 Kenya Tanveer Alam 2
Italy A.R.T. Engineering Italy Angelo Medeghini 4–6, 8–9
Italy Andrea Navarra 6, 8
France F.Dor Rally Team France Frédéic Dor 4, 6, 8
Renault Mégane Maxi Sweden Renault Team Sweden Sweden Jonas Kruse 6
Italy Husky Team Italy Diego Oldrati 8
Italy Piero Longhi 8
Italy Italian Promotor Sport Italy Paolo Andreucci 8
Spain Renault Sport España Spain Oriol Gómez 9

Results and standings[edit]

Drivers' championship[edit]

Pos Driver SWE
Sweden
KEN
Kenya
INA
Indonesia
GRE
Greece
ARG
Argentina
FIN
Finland
AUS
Australia
ITA
Italy
ESP
Spain
 Pts 
1 Finland Tommi Mäkinen 1 1 Ret 2 1 1 1 Ret 5 123
2 United Kingdom Colin McRae 3 4 Ret 1 Ret Ret 4 1 1 92
3 Spain Carlos Sainz 2 Ret 1 3 2 Ret 3 2 Ret 89
4 Sweden Kenneth Eriksson 5 2 Ret 5 3 5 2 5 7 78
5 Italy Piero Liatti 12 5 2 4 7 DNS 7 Ret 2 56
6 Belgium Bruno Thiry 6 5 11 6 3 3 44
7 Finland Juha Kankkunen 4 3 2 37
8 Belgium Freddy Loix 7 4 4 24
9 United Kingdom Richard Burns Ret 4 5 Ret 18
10 Finland Marcus Grönholm 7 4 14
11 Italy Gilberto Pianezzola 8 6 7 13
12= Kenya Ian Duncan 3 12
12= Finland Jarmo Kytölehto 3 Ret Ret 12
14 Japan Yoshio Fujimoto 4 9 12
15 Sweden Thomas Rådström 6 Ret 6 Ret 12
16 France Patrick Bernardini 9 9 10 6 11
17 Indonesia Reza Pribadi 5 8
18 Sweden Stig Blomqvist 8 7 Ret 7
19 Portugal Rui Madeira Ret 8 9 Ret 9 7
20= Japan Kenjiro Shinozuka 6 6
20= Hong Kong Michael Lieu 6 Ret 6
20= Italy Franco Cunico 6 6
23= Japan Shigeyuki Konishi 7 25 4
23= Finland Sebastian Lindholm Ret 7 4
25 France Didier Auriol 10 8 4
26 Italy Angelo Medeghini Ret 12 10 9 10 4
27= Japan Hideaki Miyoshi 8 29 3
27= Indonesia Irvan Gading 8 3
27= Finland Lasse Lampi 8 3
27= New Zealand Peter 'Possum' Bourne 8 3
27= Spain Oriol Gómez 8 3
32= Sweden Tomas Jansson 9 2
32= Kenya Patrick Njiru 9 2
32= Indonesia Chandra Alim 9 2
35= Kenya Jonathan Toroitich 10 1
35= Indonesia Bambang Hartono 10 1
35= Monaco Jean-Pierre Richelmi 10 1
35= Germany Uwe Nittel 16 14 10 16 DSQ Ret 16 1
35= Australia Ed Ordynski 10 1
Pos Driver SWE
Sweden
KEN
Kenya
INA
Indonesia
GRE
Greece
ARG
Argentina
FIN
Finland
AUS
Australia
ITA
Italy
ESP
Spain
 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[edit]

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
Sweden
KEN
Kenya
INA
Indonesia
GRE
Greece
ARG
Argentina
FIN
Finland
AUS
Australia
ITA
Italy
ESP
Spain
Points
1 Japan 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 Japan 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 United States 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
Sweden
KEN
Kenya
INA
Indonesia
GRE
Greece
ARG
Argentina
FIN
Finland
AUS
Australia
ITA
Italy
ESP
Spain
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[edit]

Pos Driver SWE
Sweden
KEN
Kenya
INA
Indonesia
GRE
Greece
ARG
Argentina
FIN
Finland
AUS
Australia
ITA
Italy
ESP
Spain
 Pts 
1 Uruguay Gustavo Trelles Ret Ret 2 2 4 5 1 1 55
2 Germany Uwe Nittel 3 1 1 3 Ret Ret 2 50
3 Belgium Pascal Smets 3 2 17
4 Sweden Kenneth Bäcklund 1 13
Japan Hideaki Miyoshi 1 14 13
Hong Kong Michael Lieu 1 Ret 13
Finland Pasi Hagström 1 13
Australia Ed Ordynski 1 13
9 Sweden Stig-Olov Walfridsson 2 10
Kenya Patrick Njiru 2 10
Japan Shigeyuki Konishi 2 11 10
Finland Olli Harkki 2 10
Japan Yoshihiro Kataoka 2 10
14 Argentina Jorge Recalde Ret Ret 6 Ret Ret 4 8
15 Kenya Jim Heather-Hayes 3 7
Indonesia Chandra Alim 3 7
Argentina Daniel Alejandro Preto 3 7
Malaysia Karamjit Singh Ret 3 7
Italy Giovanni Manfrinato 3 7
France Jacques Andreani 3 7
Pos Driver SWE
Sweden
KEN
Kenya
INA
Indonesia
GRE
Greece
ARG
Argentina
FIN
Finland
AUS
Australia
ITA
Italy
ESP
Spain
 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[edit]

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
Sweden Swedish Rally 9–11 February
  1. Finland Tommi Mäkinen (4h:37m:10s)
  2. Spain Carlos Sainz (4h:37m:33s)
  3. United Kingdom Colin McRae (4h:38m:15s)
  1. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution III
  2. Ford Escort RS Cosworth
  3. Subaru Impreza 555
Kenya Safari Rally 5–7 April
  1. Finland Tommi Mäkinen (12h:41m:24s)
  2. Sweden Kenneth Eriksson (12h:55m:40s)
  3. Kenya Ian Duncan (13h:23m:24s)
  1. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution III
  2. Subaru Impreza 555
  3. Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205
Indonesia Rally Indonesia 10–12 May
  1. Spain Carlos Sainz (5h:30m:00s)
  2. Italy Piero Liatti (5h:30m:23s)
  3. Finland Juha Kankkunen (5h:31m:02s)
  1. Ford Escort RS Cosworth
  2. Subaru Impreza 555
  3. Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205
Greece Acropolis Rally 2–4 June
  1. United Kingdom Colin McRae (5h:33m:12s)
  2. Finland Tommi Mäkinen (5h:34m:02s)
  3. Spain Carlos Sainz (5h:36m:33s)
  1. Subaru Impreza 555
  2. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution III
  3. Ford Escort RS Cosworth
Argentina Rally Argentina 4–6 July
  1. Finland Tommi Mäkinen (5h:48m:42s)
  2. Spain Carlos Sainz (5h:50m:17s)
  3. Sweden Kenneth Eriksson (5h:53m:21s)
  1. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution III
  2. Ford Escort RS Cosworth
  3. Subaru Impreza 555
Finland 1000 Lakes Rally 23–26 August
  1. Finland Tommi Mäkinen (4h:04m:13s)
  2. Finland Juha Kankkunen (4h:04m:59s)
  3. Finland Jarmo Kytölehto (4h:06m:50s)
  1. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution III
  2. Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205
  3. Ford Escort RS Cosworth
Australia Rally Australia 13–16 September
  1. Finland Tommi Mäkinen (4h:08m:50s)
  2. Sweden Kenneth Eriksson (4h:10m:07s)
  3. Spain Carlos Sainz (4h:10m:11s)
  1. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution III
  2. Subaru Impreza 555
  3. Ford Escort RS Cosworth
Italy Rallye Sanremo 13–16 October
  1. United Kingdom Colin McRae (4h:26m:57s)
  2. Spain Carlos Sainz (4h:27m:19s)
  3. Belgium Bruno Thiry (4h:29m:06s)
  1. Subaru Impreza 555
  2. Ford Escort RS Cosworth
  3. Ford Escort RS Cosworth
Spain Rally Catalunya 4–6 November
  1. United Kingdom Colin McRae (4h:14m:20s)
  2. Italy Piero Liatti (4h:14m:27s)
  3. Belgium 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[edit]

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

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