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.

Seasons[]

Season	Events	Drivers' championship^[1]			Manufacturers' championship
Season	Events	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
1973	13	No drivers' championship			Alpine-Renault	Fiat	Ford
1974	8^[2]	No drivers' championship			Lancia	Fiat	Ford
1975	10	No drivers' championship			Lancia	Fiat	Alpine-Renault
1976	10	No drivers' championship			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 Ford
2014	13	Sébastien Ogier	Jari-Matti Latvala	Andreas Mikkelsen	Volkswagen	Citroën	M-Sport Ford
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 Ford	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

References[]

^ 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.
^ In 1974, the Monte Carlo Rally, the Swedish Rally and the Acropolis Rally were cancelled due to the oil crisis.
^ In 1982, Rally Argentina was cancelled due to Falklands War.
^ In 1986, Rallye Sanremo results was annulled by FISA.
^ In 1990, the Swedish Rally was cancelled due to mild weather.
^ In 1998, the Rally Indonesia was cancelled due to political instability in the country.
^ In 2016, the Rally China was cancelled due to weather damage caused by torrential storms and flooding.
^ In 2019, the Rally Australia was cancelled due to bushfires in the region.
^ In 2020, there was originally scheduled to be 13 rounds but the calendar was reduced to 7 rounds due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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[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.

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