1996 World Rally Championship

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[]

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

Teams and drivers[]

Major Entries[]

Registered works teams
Team	Constructor	Car	Tyre	No	Drivers	Rounds
555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru	Impreza 555	P	1	Colin McRae	All
				2	Kenneth Eriksson	All
				3	Didier Auriol	1
				3	Piero Liatti	2–9
				10	Piero Liatti	1
Ford Motor Co Ltd	Ford	Escort RS Cosworth	M	4	Carlos Sainz	All
				5	François Delecour	1
					Stig Blomqvist	2
					Gwyndaf Evans	3
					Bruno Thiry	4–9
				6	Stig Blomqvist	1
				6		3
				14	Ari Vatanen	1
				16		4
				28		1
Mitsubishi Ralliart Petronas/Winfield Mitsubishi Ralliart	Mitsubishi	Lancer Evo III	M	7	Tommi Mäkinen	All
				8		1
					Kenjiro Shinozuka	2
					Richard Burns	3, 5, 7, 9
						4
						6
					Didier Auriol	8
				9		1, 5, 8
						3
						4
						6
					Ed Ordynski	7
				18		6–7, 9
				29		7
				41		8

Privater Entries[]

Major privateer entries
Team	Constructor	Car	Drivers	Tyre	Rounds
Toyota Castrol Team	Toyota	Celica GT-Four ST205 Celica Turbo 4WD ST185	M	Thomas Rådström	1, 6, 9
				Juha Kankkunen	1, 3, 6
					1
				Marcus Grönholm	1, 6
			M	Ian Duncan	2
					3
				Freddy Loix	4, 8–9
					6
				Neal Bates	7
Toyotoshi		Celica Turbo 4WD ST185			1–2, 4
Tein Sport		Celica Turbo 4WD ST185		3, 7
H.F. Grifone		Celica GT-Four ST205	Thomas Rådström	4
			Rui Madeira	4–6, 8–9
				4–5, 8
				6, 8
				8
				8
Ford Team Finland	Ford	Escort RS Cosworth	M	Sebastian Lindholm	1, 6
Ford Motorsport Indonesia				3
Yacco RAS Ford				4–5, 8–9
Blue Rose Team			Jarmo Kytölehto	6, 8–9
Promoracing Finland			Harri Rovanperä	6
Jolly Club			Gianfranco Cunico	8
Mitsubishi Ralliart Germany	Mitsubishi	Lancer Evo III			1
Mitsubishi Ralliart Sweden					1
Mitsubishi Ralliart Finland					1, 6
Mitsubishi Ralliart Finland				6
Race-Rent Motorsport			Gustavo Trelles	3–9
Mitsubishi Ralliart Indonesia				3
				3
				3
Top Run SRL			Jorge Recalde	4–9
Jolly Club				6, 8
Stohl Racing	Audi	Coupe S2		2, 4
Stohl Racing	Audi	Coupe S2	Manfred Stohl	2, 9
Subaru Rally Team Japan	Subaru	Impreza Wagon	Patrick Njiru	2
		Impreza Wagon		2
		Impreza 555		2
A.R.T. Engineering				4–6, 8–9
A.R.T. Engineering			Andrea Navarra	6, 8
F.Dor Rally Team				4, 6, 8
Renault Team Sweden	Renault	Mégane Maxi		6
Husky Team				8
Husky Team				8
Italian Promotor Sport			Paolo Andreucci	8
Renault Sport España				9

Results and standings[]

Drivers' championship[]

Pos	Driver										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					8	6			7		13
12=	Ian Duncan		3								12
12=	Jarmo Kytölehto						3		Ret	Ret	12
14				4				9			12
15	Thomas Rådström	6			Ret		6			Ret	12
16					9	9			10	6	11
17				5							8
18	Stig Blomqvist	8	7					Ret			7
19	Rui Madeira				Ret	8	9		Ret	9	7
20=	Kenjiro Shinozuka		6								6
20=				6				Ret			6
20=	Franco Cunico								6		6
23=				7				25			4
23=	Sebastian Lindholm	Ret					7				4
25	Didier Auriol	10							8		4
26					Ret	12	10		9	10	4
27=			8					29			3
27=				8							3
27=							8				3
27=	Peter 'Possum' Bourne							8			3
27=										8	3
32=		9									2
32=	Patrick Njiru		9								2
32=				9							2
35=			10								1
35=				10							1
35=					10						1
35=		16			14	10	16	DSQ	Ret	16	1
35=	Ed Ordynski							10			1
Pos	Driver										Pts

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Excluded (EX)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	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.										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.										Points

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Excluded (EX)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	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	Tommi Mäkinen (4h:37m:10s) Carlos Sainz (4h:37m:33s) Colin McRae (4h:38m:15s)	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution III Ford Escort RS Cosworth Subaru Impreza 555
Safari Rally	5–7 April	Tommi Mäkinen (12h:41m:24s) Kenneth Eriksson (12h:55m:40s) Ian Duncan (13h:23m:24s)	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution III Subaru Impreza 555 Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205
Rally Indonesia	10–12 May	Carlos Sainz (5h:30m:00s) Piero Liatti (5h:30m:23s) Juha Kankkunen (5h:31m:02s)	Ford Escort RS Cosworth Subaru Impreza 555 Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205
Acropolis Rally	2–4 June	Colin McRae (5h:33m:12s) Tommi Mäkinen (5h:34m:02s) Carlos Sainz (5h:36m:33s)	Subaru Impreza 555 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution III Ford Escort RS Cosworth
Rally Argentina	4–6 July	Tommi Mäkinen (5h:48m:42s) Carlos Sainz (5h:50m:17s) Kenneth Eriksson (5h:53m:21s)	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution III Ford Escort RS Cosworth Subaru Impreza 555
1000 Lakes Rally	23–26 August	Tommi Mäkinen (4h:04m:13s) Juha Kankkunen (4h:04m:59s) Jarmo Kytölehto (4h:06m:50s)	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution III Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205 Ford Escort RS Cosworth
Rally Australia	13–16 September	Tommi Mäkinen (4h:08m:50s) Kenneth Eriksson (4h:10m:07s) Carlos Sainz (4h:10m:11s)	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution III Subaru Impreza 555 Ford Escort RS Cosworth
Rallye Sanremo	13–16 October	Colin McRae (4h:26m:57s) Carlos Sainz (4h:27m:19s) Bruno Thiry (4h:29m:06s)	Subaru Impreza 555 Ford Escort RS Cosworth Ford Escort RS Cosworth
Rally Catalunya	4–6 November	Colin McRae (4h:14m:20s) Piero Liatti (4h:14m:27s) Bruno Thiry (4h:15m:38s)	Subaru Impreza 555 Subaru Impreza 555 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

External links[]

FIA World Rally Championship 1996 at ewrc-results.com