List of World Rally Championship seasons

The list of World Rally Championship seasons includes all seasons of the FIA World Rally Championship, from the inaugural 1973 season.

WRC seasons

Season Events Drivers' championship Manufacturers' championship
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
1973 13 No drivers' championship[1] Alpine-Renault Fiat Ford
1974 8[2] Lancia Fiat Ford
1975 10 Lancia Fiat Alpine-Renault
1976 10 Lancia Opel Ford
1977 11 Sandro Munari Björn Waldegård Bernard Darniche Fiat Ford Toyota
1978 11 Markku Alén Jean-Pierre Nicolas Hannu Mikkola Fiat Ford Opel
1979 12 Björn Waldegård Hannu Mikkola Markku Alén Ford Datsun Fiat
1980 12 Walter Röhrl Hannu Mikkola Björn Waldegård Fiat Datsun Ford
1981 12 Ari Vatanen Guy Fréquelin Hannu Mikkola Talbot Datsun Ford
1982 12[3] Walter Röhrl Michèle Mouton Hannu Mikkola Audi Opel Nissan
1983 12 Hannu Mikkola Walter Röhrl Markku Alén Lancia Audi Opel
1984 12 Stig Blomqvist Hannu Mikkola Markku Alén Audi Lancia Peugeot
1985 12 Timo Salonen Stig Blomqvist Walter Röhrl Peugeot Audi Lancia
1986 12[4] Juha Kankkunen Markku Alén Timo Salonen Peugeot Lancia Volkswagen
1987 13 Juha Kankkunen Miki Biasion Markku Alén Lancia Audi Renault
1988 13 Miki Biasion Markku Alén Alex Fiorio Lancia Ford Audi
1989 13 Miki Biasion Alex Fiorio Juha Kankkunen Lancia Toyota Mazda
1990 12[5] Carlos Sainz Didier Auriol Juha Kankkunen Lancia Toyota Mitsubishi
1991 14 Juha Kankkunen Carlos Sainz Didier Auriol Lancia Toyota Mitsubishi
1992 14 Carlos Sainz Juha Kankkunen Didier Auriol Lancia Toyota Ford
1993 13 Juha Kankkunen François Delecour Didier Auriol Toyota Ford Subaru
1994 10 Didier Auriol Carlos Sainz Juha Kankkunen Toyota Subaru Ford
1995 8 Colin McRae Carlos Sainz Kenneth Eriksson Subaru Mitsubishi Ford
1996 9 Tommi Mäkinen Colin McRae Carlos Sainz Subaru Mitsubishi Ford
1997 14 Tommi Mäkinen Colin McRae Carlos Sainz Subaru Ford Mitsubishi
1998 13[6] Tommi Mäkinen Carlos Sainz Colin McRae Mitsubishi Toyota Subaru
1999 14 Tommi Mäkinen Richard Burns Didier Auriol Toyota Subaru Mitsubishi
2000 14 Marcus Grönholm Richard Burns Carlos Sainz Peugeot Ford Subaru
2001 14 Richard Burns Colin McRae Tommi Mäkinen Peugeot Ford Mitsubishi
2002 14 Marcus Grönholm Petter Solberg Carlos Sainz Peugeot Ford Subaru
2003 14 Petter Solberg Sébastien Loeb Carlos Sainz Citroën Peugeot Subaru
2004 16 Sébastien Loeb Petter Solberg Markko Märtin Citroën Ford Subaru
2005 16 Sébastien Loeb Petter Solberg Marcus Grönholm Citroën Peugeot Ford
2006 16 Sébastien Loeb Marcus Grönholm Mikko Hirvonen Ford Kronos Citroën Subaru
2007 16 Sébastien Loeb Marcus Grönholm Mikko Hirvonen Ford Citroën Subaru
2008 15 Sébastien Loeb Mikko Hirvonen Dani Sordo Citroën Ford Subaru
2009 12 Sébastien Loeb Mikko Hirvonen Dani Sordo Citroën Ford Stobart Ford
2010 13 Sébastien Loeb Jari-Matti Latvala Petter Solberg Citroën Ford Citroën Junior
2011 13 Sébastien Loeb Mikko Hirvonen Sébastien Ogier Citroën Ford Stobart Ford
2012 13 Sébastien Loeb Mikko Hirvonen Jari-Matti Latvala Citroën Ford M-Sport Ford
2013 13 Sébastien Ogier Thierry Neuville Jari-Matti Latvala Volkswagen Citroën M-Sport
2014 13 Sébastien Ogier Jari-Matti Latvala Andreas Mikkelsen Volkswagen Citroën M-Sport
2015 13 Sébastien Ogier Jari-Matti Latvala Andreas Mikkelsen Volkswagen Citroën Hyundai
2016 13[7] Sébastien Ogier Thierry Neuville Andreas Mikkelsen Volkswagen Hyundai Volkswagen II
2017 13 Sébastien Ogier Thierry Neuville Ott Tänak M-Sport Hyundai Toyota
2018 13 Sébastien Ogier Thierry Neuville Ott Tänak Toyota Hyundai M-Sport Ford
2019 13[8] Ott Tänak Thierry Neuville Sébastien Ogier Hyundai Toyota Citroën
2020 7[9] Sébastien Ogier Elfyn Evans Ott Tänak Hyundai Toyota M-Sport Ford
2021 12 Sébastien Ogier Elfyn Evans Thierry Neuville Toyota Hyundai M-Sport Ford
2022 13 Kalle Rovanperä Ott Tänak Thierry Neuville Toyota Hyundai M-Sport Ford
2023 13 Kalle Rovanperä Elfyn Evans Thierry Neuville Toyota Hyundai M-Sport Ford
2024 13 Thierry Neuville Elfyn Evans Ott Tänak Toyota Hyundai M-Sport Ford
2025 14 Sébastien Ogier Elfyn Evans Kalle Rovanperä Toyota Hyundai M-Sport Ford
2026 14

Statistics

By driver

Driver 1st 2nd 3rd
Sébastien Loeb 9 1 0
Sébastien Ogier 9 0 2
Juha Kankkunen 4 1 3
Tommi Mäkinen 4 0 1
Carlos Sainz 2 4 5
Marcus Grönholm 2 2 1
Walter Röhrl 2 1 1
Miki Biasion 2 1 0
Kalle Rovanperä 2 0 1
Thierry Neuville 1 5 3
Hannu Mikkola 1 3 3
Colin McRae 1 3 1
Petter Solberg 1 3 1
Markku Alén 1 2 4
Richard Burns 1 2 0
Didier Auriol 1 1 4
Ott Tänak 1 1 4
Björn Waldegård 1 1 1
Stig Blomqvist 1 1 0
Timo Salonen 1 0 1
Sandro Munari 1 0 0
Ari Vatanen 1 0 0
Elfyn Evans 0 5 0
Mikko Hirvonen 0 4 2
Jari-Matti Latvala 0 3 2
Alex Fiorio 0 1 1
Jean-Pierre Nicolas 0 1 0
Guy Fréquelin 0 1 0
Michèle Mouton 0 1 0
François Delecour 0 1 0
Andreas Mikkelsen 0 0 3
Dani Sordo 0 0 2
Bernard Darniche 0 0 1
Kenneth Eriksson 0 0 1
Markko Märtin 0 0 1

WRC support categories

References

  1. ^ From 1973 to 1976, no drivers' championship was contested. In 1977 and 1978, there was still no official drivers' world championship but an FIA Cup for Drivers.
  2. ^ In 1974, the Monte Carlo Rally, the Swedish Rally and the Acropolis Rally were cancelled due to the oil crisis.
  3. ^ In 1982, Rally Argentina was cancelled due to Falklands War.
  4. ^ In 1986, Rallye Sanremo results was annulled by FISA.
  5. ^ In 1990, the Swedish Rally was cancelled due to mild weather.
  6. ^ In 1998, the Rally Indonesia was cancelled due to political instability in the country.
  7. ^ In 2016, the Rally China was cancelled due to weather damage caused by torrential storms and flooding.
  8. ^ In 2019, the Rally Australia was cancelled due to bushfires in the region.
  9. ^ In 2020, there was originally scheduled to be 13 rounds but the calendar was reduced to 7 rounds due to the COVID-19 pandemic.