2002 World Rally Championship

The 2002 World Rally Championship was the 30th season of the FIA World Rally Championship. The season consisted of 14 rallies. Marcus Grönholm won his second drivers' world championship in a Peugeot 206 WRC, ahead of Petter Solberg and Carlos Sainz. The manufacturers' title was won by Peugeot, ahead of Ford and Subaru.

Calendar[]

The 2002 championship was contested over fourteen rounds in Europe, Africa, South America and Oceania.

Round	Dates	Rally	Support class
1	19–21 January	Monte Carlo Rally	JWRC
2	1–3 February	Swedish Rally	PWRC
3	8–10 March	Tour de Corse	PWRC
4	22–24 March	Rally Catalunya	JWRC
5	19–21 April	Cyprus Rally	PWRC
6	16–19 May	Rally Argentina	PWRC
7	13–16 June	Acropolis Rally	JWRC
8	12–14 July	Safari Rally	PWRC
9	8–11 August	Rally Finland	PWRC
10	22–25 August	Rallye Deutschland	JWRC
11	19–22 September	Rallye Sanremo	JWRC
12	2–5 October	Rally New Zealand	PWRC
13	31 October-3 November	Rally Australia	PWRC
14	14–17 November	Rally of Great Britain	JWRC

Teams and drivers[]

Team	Constructor	Car	Tyre	No	Drivers	Co-Driver	Rounds
Peugeot Total	Peugeot	206 WRC	M	1	Richard Burns	Robert Reid	All
				2	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	All
				3	Gilles Panizzi		1, 3–4, 11
					Harri Rovanperä	Risto Pietiläinen	2, 5–8
							9–10
				23	Gilles Panizzi		2, 5–8, 12–14
				25	Harri Rovanperä	Risto Pietiläinen	1, 3–4
							11
				28			11
Ford Motor Co Ltd	Ford	Focus RS WRC 02	P	4	Carlos Sainz	Luis Moya	1–3, 5–14
						Marc Marti	4
				5	Colin McRae	Nicky Grist	1–12
						Derek Ringer	13–14
				6	Markko Märtin	Michael Park	All
				24	François Duval		2–3, 5, 9, 13
					Mark Higgins		14
				26	Armin Kremer		1
							4, 7, 9–10, 14
				28	Janne Tuohino		2, 5, 9
Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart	Mitsubishi	Lancer Evo WRC Lancer Evo WRC2	M	7	François Delecour		1–13
							14
				8	Alister McRae	David Senior	1–13
					Justin Dale		14
				9	Jani Paasonen		2, 5, 9, 12–14
555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru	Impreza WRC 2001/2	P	10	Tommi Mäkinen	Kaj Lindström	All
				11	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	All
				12	Toshihiro Arai		7
							10–11
				26	Toshihiro Arai		10
Škoda Motorsport	Škoda	Octavia WRC Evo2/3	M	14	Kenneth Eriksson	Tina Thörner	All
				15	Toni Gardemeister	Paavo Lukander	All
				16	Roman Kresta		1, 3, 5, 8, 11, 14
					Stig Blomqvist	Ana Goñi	2, 4, 7
					Gabriel Pozzo		6
							10
				32	Gabriel Pozzo		4–5, 7
Hyundai World Rally Team	Hyundai	Accent WRC2/3	M	17	Armin Schwarz		All
				18	Freddy Loix	Sven Smeets	All
				19	Juha Kankkunen		2, 5–9, 12–14
					Tomasz Kuchar		3–4
				27			5
				101			2
				104		Ola Fløene	2
				113	Natalie Barratt	Roger Freeman	4, 7, 12–14
Citroën Sport	Citroën	Xsara WRC	M	20	Thomas Rådström		1–2, 4, 7–9, 14
					Jesús Puras	Marc Marti	10
				21	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	1–2, 4, 7–10, 13–14
				22	Philippe Bugalski		1, 4, 10
				24			3, 11
				27	Jesús Puras		4, 11

Major entries not registered as manufacturers
Team	Constructor	Car	Drivers	Co-Driver	Rounds
H.F. Grifone SRL	Toyota	Corolla WRC	Didier Auriol		1
			Juuso Pykälistö		2, 5
Top Run SRL			Manfred Stohl	Ilka Minor	1
					1
Toyota Castrol Finland			Jussi Välimäki		2, 7, 9
Shell Norway Motorsport			Henning Solberg	Cato Menkerud	2, 9
Polsat Dialog Rally Team			Tomasz Kuchar		2, 7, 12–14
Marlboro Rally Team Saudi Arabia			Abdullah Bakhashab		7
Peugeot Bastos Racing	Peugeot	206 WRC	Bruno Thiry		1, 3–5, 7, 10–11
Peugeot Sport Finland			Sebastian Lindholm		2, 9
Powerhorse World Rally Team					2–5
H.F. Grifone SRL			Juuso Pykälistö		9, 14
			Valentino Rossi		14
Bozian Racing			Timo Salonen		9
Jolly Club	Ford	Focus RS WRC			1
Stohl Racing			Manfred Stohl	Ilka Minor	5, 14
Ford Motor Hellas					7, 14
Errepi Racing			Armodios Vovos		7
Ford España				Lucas Cruz	14
Styllex Tuning Prosport	Subaru	Impreza WRC			2
World Rally HIRE			Nigel Heath		7–8
			David Higgins	Daniel Barritt	14
F.Dor Rally Team					8
22 Motorsport			Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	14
Papadimitriou Team		Impreza 555			2, 5

JWRC entries[]

No	Entrant	Drivers	Co-driver	Car	Rounds
51				Citroën Saxo S1600	1, 4, 7, 10–11, 14
66		Mirco Baldacci			1, 4, 7, 10–11, 14
52	Opel Motorsport	Niall McShea		Opel Corsa S1600	1, 4, 7, 10–11, 14
54					7, 10
70					11, 14
53	Top Run SRL	Giandomenico Basso		Fiat Punto S1600	1, 4, 7, 10–11, 14
64		Gianluigi Galli			1, 4, 7, 10–11, 14
54			Jakke Honkanen	Peugeot 206 S1600	1, 4
55	Ford Motor Co Ltd	François Duval		Ford Puma S1600	1, 4, 7, 10–11, 14
76					1
			Cato Menkerud		4, 7, 10–11, 14
56	Citroën Sport	Jussi Välimäki		Citroën Saxo S1600	1, 4, 7, 10–11, 14
62		Janne Tuohino			1, 4, 7, 10–11, 14
65		Daniel Solà			1
					4, 7, 10–11, 14
70					1, 4, 7, 10
57				Ford Puma S1600	1, 4, 7, 10–11, 14
63		Martin Rowe			1, 4, 7, 10–11, 14
67		Daniel Carlsson			1
					4, 7, 10–11, 14
72					1, 4
78		Roger Feghali			1, 4, 7, 10–11, 14
58			Simone Scattolin	Fiat Punto S1600	1, 4, 7, 10–11, 14
59	Suzuki Sport			Suzuki Ignis S1600	1
					4, 7, 10–11, 14
68					1, 4, 7
					10–11, 14
75					1, 4
					7, 10–11, 14
60				Peugeot 206 S1600	1, 4
				Fiat Punto S1600	7, 10–11, 14
61	MG Sport & Racing	Gwyndaf Evans	Chris Patterson	MG ZR S1600	1, 4, 7, 10–11, 14
69	Volkswagen Racing	Kosti Katajamäki		Volkswagen Polo S1600	1, 4
			Jakke Honkanen		7, 10–11, 14
71				Peugeot 206 S1600	1, 4, 7
			Ola Fløene		10–11, 14
73		Albert Llovera		Fiat Punto S1600	1, 4, 7, 10–11, 14
77				Fiat Punto S1600	1, 4
					7

PWRC entries[]

No	Entrant	Drivers	Co-driver	Car	Rounds
51		Gustavo Trelles		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	2
				Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	3, 5–6
54			Diego Vallejo		3, 5–6, 9
					12–13
66					2–3, 5, 9, 12–13
52	Top Run SRL	Marcos Ligato		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	5–6, 9, 12–13
				Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	8
58		Luca Baldini			3, 5–6, 9, 12–13
62					2–3
70					3, 5–6, 9, 12–13
71					5
				Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	3, 6, 12–13
				Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV	8
53	Ralliart Italy	Alex Fiorio		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	2–3, 5, 12–13
					9
				Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	8
77					3
				Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	5, 9, 12
					13
55				Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	2–3, 5, 9
56		Hamed Al-Wahaibi		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	3, 5
57	Spike Subaru Team	Toshihiro Arai		Subaru Impreza WRX STI	2, 5–6, 8, 12–13
59		Natalie Barratt	Roger Freeman	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	2, 5–6
60	Mitsubishi Ralliart UK			Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	5
	Petronas EON Racing Team			Proton Pert	2–3
74		Karamjit Singh			5–6, 8–9, 12–13
61				Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	3
63	Ateneo			Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	3
64	Elsmore Rallying Team	Nik Elsmore	Huw Lewis	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	2–3
65	Stohl Racing		Jutta Gebert	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	3, 5–6
					9, 12–13
67				Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	2–3, 9
68				Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3
69				Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	2–3
			Ola Fløene		5, 9
				Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	12–13
72				Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V	2, 9
				Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	3
				Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	5
73		Martin Rowe		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	2–3
				Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	5, 9, 12–13
75	Mitsubishi Ralliart Finland	Kristian Sohlberg		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	2–3, 5
			Jakke Honkanen	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	9, 12–13
76	Jolly Club	Pavel Valoušek		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	2, 6
				Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	5, 9

Results and standings[]

Drivers' championship[]

Pos. Driver MON SWE FRA ESP CYP ARG GRE KEN FIN GER ITA NZL AUS GBR  Pts  1 Marcus Grönholm 5 1 2 4 1 DSQ 2 Ret 1 3 2 1 1 Ret 77 2 Petter Solberg 6 Ret 5 5 5 2 5 Ret 3 Ret 3 Ret 3 1 37 3 Carlos Sainz 3 3 6 Ret 11 1 3 Ret 4 8 Ret 4 4 3 36 4 Colin McRae 4 6 Ret 6 6 3 1 1 Ret 4 8 Ret Ret 5 35 5 Richard Burns 8 4 3 2 2 DSQ Ret Ret 2 2 4 Ret Ret Ret 34 6 Gilles Panizzi 7 16 1 1 10 Ret Ret 6 1 7 DNS 11 31 7 Harri Rovanperä Ret 2 11 7 4 Ret 4 2 Ret Ret 9 2 2 7 30 8 Tommi Mäkinen 1 Ret Ret Ret 3 Ret Ret Ret 6 7 Ret 3 DSQ 4 22 9 Markko Märtin 12 DNS 8 8 8 4 6 4 5 6 5 Ret 5 2 20 10 Sébastien Loeb 2 17 Ret 7 5 10 1 7 Ret 18 11 Philippe Bugalski Ret 4 3 Ret Ret 7 12 Thomas Rådström Ret 37 Ret 8 3 Ret Ret 4 13 Toni Gardemeister 10 Ret 12 11 15 5 10 Ret 12 Ret Ret 8 6 10 3 14 Alister McRae 14 5 10 13 Ret 8 Ret 9 Ret Ret Ret 2 15 Bruno Thiry 11 Ret Ret Ret 12 5 13 2 16 Juha Kankkunen 8 Ret 7 Ret 8 Ret 5 Ret 9 2 17 Kenneth Eriksson 13 Ret Ret 17 9 6 14 Ret Ret 10 11 Ret 8 13 1 18 Jesús Puras 12 Ret 6 1 19 Freddy Loix Ret Ret 9 10 Ret Ret Ret Ret 9 Ret 28 6 Ret 8 1 20 Mark Higgins 6 1 Pos. Driver MON SWE FRA ESP CYP ARG GRE KEN FIN GER ITA NZL 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)

Manufacturers' championship[]

Pos. Manufacturer No. MON SWE FRA ESP CYP ARG GRE KEN FIN GER ITA NZL AUS GBR Points 1 Peugeot Total 1 (7) (4) (3) 2 2 EX Ret Ret 2 1 (4) Ret Ret Ret 165 2 4 1 2 (3) 1 EX 2 Ret 1 2 2 1 1 Ret 3 6 2 1 1 (4) Ret 4 2 Ret Ret 1 2 2 5 2 Ford Motor Co 4 2 3 4 Ret (9) 1 3 Ret 4 (6) Ret 4 4 3 104 5 3 5 Ret 4 5 3 1 1 Ret 3 5 Ret Ret (5) 6 (9) 6 5 7 (4) (6) 3 5 4 4 Ret 5 2 3 555 Subaru World Rally Team 10 1 Ret Ret Ret 3 Ret Ret Ret 6 5 Ret 3 EX 4 67 11 5 Ret 3 3 4 2 5 Ret 3 Ret 3 Ret 3 1 12 9 Ret Ret 4 Hyundai World Rally Team 17 Ret Ret 10 10 6 Ret 6 Ret 10 Ret Ret (9) Ret Ret 10 18 Ret Ret 7 7 Ret Ret Ret Ret 8 Ret 9 6 Ret 6 19 6 Ret Ret 6 Ret 5 Ret 5 Ret 7 5 Škoda Motorsport 14 9 Ret Ret 11 8 5 10 Ret Ret 7 7 Ret 7 9 9 15 8 Ret 9 8 10 4 7 Ret 9 Ret Ret 7 6 8 16 Ret 8 11 Ret Ret (8) (11) 4 Ret 8 (10) 6 Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart 7 7 (9) 5 6 9 Ret 8 Ret Ret 6 6 8 Ret Ret 9 8 10 4 8 9 Ret 7 Ret 6 Ret Ret Ret Ret 9 7 Ret 7 Ret 8 Ret Pos. Manufacturer No. MON SWE FRA ESP CYP ARG GRE KEN FIN GER ITA NZL 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)

JWRC Drivers' championship[]

Pos. Driver MON ESP GRE GER ITA GBR  Pts  1 Dani Solà Ret 1 4 1 3 1 37 2 Ret 2 2 2 1 6 29 3 Janne Tuohino Ret 5 1 Ret 10 4 15 4 Giandomenico Basso Ret 3 Ret 7 2 3 14 5 2 Ret 3 Ret 4 13 6 François Duval 1 6 Ret Ret 6 Ret 12 7 Niall McShea Ret Ret Ret Ret 11 2 6 8 6 8 Ret 3 7 Ret 5 9 Gianluigi Galli 4 Ret Ret 5 5 10 Roger Feghali 3 Ret Ret Ret 8 4 11 Martin Rowe Ret 10 5 5 Ret Ret 4 12 Daniel Carlsson 4 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 3 13 Mirco Baldacci Ret Ret Ret 4 13 Ret 3 14 5 9 Ret Ret 2 15 Jussi Välimäki Ret Ret Ret Ret 9 5 2 16 7 Ret 6 Ret Ret 1 17 Kosti Katajamäki Ret Ret Ret 6 Ret Ret 1 Pos. Driver MON ESP GRE GER ITA 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[]

Round	Rally Name	Start-End Date	Podium Drivers (Finishing Time)	Podium Cars
1	Monte Carlo Rally	18 January–20 January	Tommi Mäkinen (3h:59m:30.7s) Sébastien Loeb (4h:00m:44.8s) Carlos Sainz (4h:00m:46.4s)	Subaru Impreza WRC2001 Citroën Xsara WRC Ford Focus RS WRC 02
2	Swedish Rally	1 February–3 February	Marcus Grönholm (3h:07m:28.6s) Harri Rovanperä (3h:08m:53.1s) Carlos Sainz (3h:09m:54.4s)	Peugeot 206 WRC Peugeot 206 WRC Ford Focus RS WRC 02
3	Tour de Corse	8 March–10 March	Gilles Panizzi (3h:54m:40.3s) Marcus Grönholm (3h:55m:20.8s) Richard Burns (3h:55m:32.7s)	Peugeot 206 WRC Peugeot 206 WRC Peugeot 206 WRC
4	Rally Catalunya	22 March–24 March	Gilles Panizzi (3h:34m:09.0s) Richard Burns (3h:34m:46.3s) Philippe Bugalski (3h:35m:22.5s)	Peugeot 206 WRC Peugeot 206 WRC Citroën Xsara WRC
5	Cyprus Rally	19 April–21 April	Marcus Grönholm (4h:21m:25.7s) Richard Burns (4h:22m:22.5s) Tommi Mäkinen (4h:22m:24.7s)	Peugeot 206 WRC Peugeot 206 WRC Subaru Impreza WRC2002
6	Rally Argentina	17 May–19 May	Carlos Sainz (4h:08m:12.1s) Petter Solberg (4h:08m:16.1s) Colin McRae (4h:10m:31.2s)	Ford Focus RS WRC 02 Subaru Impreza WRC2002 Ford Focus RS WRC 02
7	Acropolis Rally	14 June–16 June	Colin McRae (4h:27m:43.8s) Marcus Grönholm (4h:28m:08.3s) Carlos Sainz (4h:29m:29.4s)	Ford Focus RS WRC 02 Peugeot 206 WRC Ford Focus RS WRC 02
8	Safari Rally	12 July–14 July	Colin McRae (7h:58m:28.0s) Harri Rovanperä (8h:01m:18.9s) Thomas Rådström (8h:17m:06.6s)	Ford Focus RS WRC 02 Peugeot 206 WRC Citroën Xsara WRC
9	Rally Finland	8 August–11 August	Marcus Grönholm (3h:17m:52.5s) Richard Burns (3h:19m:19.8s) Petter Solberg (3h:20m:42.1s)	Peugeot 206 WRC Peugeot 206 WRC Subaru Impreza WRC2002
10	Rallye Deutschland	23 August–25 August	Sébastien Loeb (3h:47m:17.3s) Richard Burns (3h:47m:31.6s) Marcus Grönholm (3h:48m:36.4s)	Citroën Xsara WRC Peugeot 206 WRC Peugeot 206 WRC
11	Rallye Sanremo	20 September–22 September	Gilles Panizzi (4h:10m:15.6s) Marcus Grönholm (4h:10m:36.5s) Petter Solberg (4h:11m:22.0s)	Peugeot 206 WRC Peugeot 206 WRC Subaru Impreza WRC2002
12	Rally New Zealand	4 October–6 October	Marcus Grönholm (3h:58m:45.4s) Harri Rovanperä (4h:02m:33.0s) Tommi Mäkinen (4h:03m:11.7s)	Peugeot 206 WRC Peugeot 206 WRC Subaru Impreza WRC2002
13	Rally Australia	31 October–3 November	Marcus Grönholm (3h:35m:56.5s) Harri Rovanperä (3h:36m:53.8s) Petter Solberg (3h:37m:25.2s)	Peugeot 206 WRC Peugeot 206 WRC Subaru Impreza WRC2002
14	Rally of Great Britain	14 November–17 November	Petter Solberg (3h:30m:36.4s) Markko Märtin (3h:31m:00.8s) Carlos Sainz (3h:32m:12.1s)	Subaru Impreza WRC2002 Ford Focus RS WRC 02 Ford Focus RS WRC 02

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