List of World Rally Championship people

The following list of people play, or have played, significant roles in the World Rally Championship (WRC):

Administration[]

Jean-Marie Balestre – president of the FISA (1979–1991) and the president of the FIA (1986–1993)
– vice-president of the FISA (1979–1993) and the vice-president of the FIA (1988–1993) and the sport deputy president of the FIA (1993–1997) and the president of the (1980–1997)
– appointed president of the FIA's World Rally Championship commission in July 2006^[1] and left 2010^[2]
- Former WRC Promoter Managing Director
Nazir Hoosein – chief steward of the World Rally Championship
Yves Matton - FIA Rally Director
Max Mosley – president of the FIA (1993–2009)
Shekhar Mehta – president of the WRC commission, from March 2006 to 12 April 2006 when he died unexpectedly.^[3]
– president of the WRC commission until March 2006
- WRC Promoter CEO (2021–)
Jean Todt – president of the FIA (2009–)

Team management[]

David Richards, founder of Prodrive and team principal of the Subaru World Rally Team.

Andrea Adamo – team principal of the Hyundai Motorsport (2019–)
Ove Andersson – former driver, founder and long-time head of Toyota Team Europe
– former team manager of the Ford Motorsport (1986–1991)
– former team principal of the Kronos Citroën (2006)
– former driver, former team principal of the Red Bull Škoda (2006)
– former director of the Bozian Racing
Pierre Budar – team principal of the Citroën Racing (2018–) ^[4]
Jost Capito – former director of the Ford Motorsport (2003–2007) and the Volkswagen Motorsport (2012–2016)
– former team manager of the Peugeot Sport (1999–2002)
– rally programme manager of Michelin (1993–2005) and BF Goodrich (2006)
– former driver, former team manager for Citroën (2003–2004) and Peugeot (2002–2003)
Andrew Cowan – former driver, founder and director of Ralliart, Mitsubishi's motorsport division
Derek Dauncey – former team manager of Mitsubishi
George Donaldson – former team manager at Mitsubishi and Toyota, and former sporting director at Subaru
Pierre Dupasquier – former head of Michelin's competition department (1973–1984 and 1990–2005)
Tony Fall – former driver, former team principal of the Rothmans Opel Team (1982)
Guy Fréquelin – former driver, former director of the Citroën Sport (1989–2007)
– former team manager of the Škoda Motorsport (1990–2003)
– former team principal (2000–2006) and technical director (2007–2008) of the Subaru World Rally Team^[5]
Jari-Matti Latvala – former driver and team principal of the Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT (2021–)
Yves Matton – former team principal of the Citroën Racing (2012–2017)
Rich Millener – team principal of the M-Sport World Rally Team (2019–)
Tommi Mäkinen – former driver and former team principal of the Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT (2016–2020)
Michel Nandan – former team principal of the Hyundai Motorsport (2013–2018)
Jean-Pierre Nicolas – former driver, former sporting director of the Peugeot Sport
– former director of the Peugeot Sport (1998–2005)
Olivier Quesnel – co-founder of the Peugeot Talbot Sport, former director of the Citroën Sport (2008–2012)
Cesare Fiorio - Team Principal,Fiat Alitalia rally Team, and Martini Lancia rally team.
David Richards – former co-driver, co-founder of Prodrive, former team principal of the Subaru World Rally Team
Phil Short – former team manager of the Mitsubishi Ralliart (1995–2000)
Sven Smeets – former co-driver, former team manager of the Citroën Sport (2008–2011) and Volkswagen Motorsport (2012–2016), director of the Volkswagen Motorsport
Nobuhiro Tajima – former driver, former team principal of the Suzuki World Rally Team
Jean Todt – former co-driver, founder of the Peugeot Talbot Sport
David Whitehead – former team principal of the Hyundai World Rally Team (1998–2003)
Malcolm Wilson – former driver, former team principal of the M-Sport World Rally Team (and defunct Ford World Rally Team)

Engineers[]

– chief designer of M-Sport
– chief designer of the Subaru World Rally Team (2006–)
– chief engineer of the Citroën Sport (2015–)
– chief engineer of the Hyundai World Rally Team
– chief engineer of the Ford Motorsport (1995–1996), engineer of the Ford Motorsport (1989–1994)
– chief engineer of Mitsubishi Motors Motor Sports (2003–2005), test engineer of Peugeot Sport (1998–2002)
– former driver, sporting and technical advisor of Mitsubishi Ralliart
– chief engineer of M-Sport (2002–), engineer at Prodrive (1991–2002)
– chief engineer of the Citroën Sport (2005–2014)
– chief engineer of the Škoda Motorsport (2001–2005), engineer of the Škoda Motorsport (1998–2000)
– chief engineer of the Hyundai World Rally Team (2002–2003) and of the Subaru World Rally Team (2006–2008)
Michel Nandan – technical director of Peugeot Sport (1999–2005) and technical manager of the Suzuki World Rally Team (2006–2007)
Guenther Steiner – chief engineer of the Ford World Rally Team (1997–2001)
– chief chassis engineer of Citroën Sport (1993–2005), chassis engineer at Peugeot Talbot Sport (1982–1993)

Rally officials[]

Ian Campbell - FIA Steward
– clerk of the course of Rally Australia (1988–2002)
Fred Gallagher – former co-driver, clerk of the course of Rally GB
Seppo Harjanne – former co-driver, deputy clerk of the course of Rally Finland
– clerk of the course of Monte Carlo Rally
Silver Kutt - FIA Steward
Simo Lampinen – former driver, clerk of the course of Rally Finland
Michèle Mouton - FIA Safety Delegate
Timo Rautiainen - Former co-driver and FIA Sporting Delegate
Andrew Wheatley - FIA Sporting Delegate

Commentators and journalists[]

Trevor Agnew - Absolute Rally podcast
Jim Bamber – cartoonist
Luke Barry - Journalist, Dirtfish Media, Autosport and Motorsport News
Jack Benyon - Absolute Rally podcast
Kiri Bloore - WRC TV/All Live presenter
Ryan Champion - Absolute Rally podcast
Mike Chen - Red Bull Rally TV presenter
Colin Clark - Former WRC TV reporter and Dirtfish Media reporter
Ben Constanduros - WRC TV/All Live reporter
John Davenport – former co-driver and author
Jon Desborough - WRC TV/All Live commentator
Hayley Edmonds - WRC TV/All Live reporter
David Evans - Dirtfish Media journalist, formerly of Autosport and Motorsport News
Robbie Head – former driver and commentator
Martin Holmes – former co-driver, journalist and author
Paul King - WRC TV/All Live commentator
Seb Marshall - Co-driver and WRC TV/All Live reporter and commentator
Luis Moya - Former Co-driver and frequent Red Bull Rally pundit
Molly Pettit - WRC TV/All Live reporter
Julian Porter - WRC TV/All Live commentator
Tony Simpson - Absolute Rally podcast host
Becs Williams - WRC TV/All Live commentator, reporter, podcast and 'Meet the Crews' host
Matthew Wilson - Frequent Red Bull Rally Pundit