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. Following the 1995 disqualification Toyota Team Europe had been banned for one year, 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.

1996 FIA World Rally Championship
World Drivers' Champion: Tommi Mäkinen World Manufacturers' Champion: Subaru
Previous:	1995	Next:	1997

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

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	Dandy Rukmana	3
				14	Ari Vatanen	1
				16	Ari Mökkonen	4
				28	Per Svan	1
Mitsubishi Ralliart Petronas/Winfield Mitsubishi Ralliart	Mitsubishi	Lancer Evo III	M	7	Tommi Mäkinen	All
				8	Kenneth Bäcklund	1
					Kenjiro Shinozuka	2
					Richard Burns	3, 5, 7, 9
					Uwe Nittel	4
					Lasse Lampi	6
					Didier Auriol	8
				9	Uwe Nittel	1, 5, 8
					Yoshihiro Kataoka	3
					Pascal Smets	4
					Jouko Puhakka	6
					Ed Ordynski	7
				18	Uwe Nittel	6–7, 9
				29	Yoshihiro Kataoka	7
				41	Pascal Smets	8

Major privateer entries
Team	Constructor	Car	Drivers	Rounds
Toyota Castrol Team	Toyota	Celica GT-Four ST205 Celica Turbo 4WD ST185	Thomas Rådström	1, 6, 9
			Juha Kankkunen	1, 3, 6
			Tomas Jansson	1
			Marcus Grönholm	1, 6
			Ian Duncan	2
			Reza Pribadli	3
			Freddy Loix	4, 8–9
			Teppo Leino	6
			Neal Bates	7
Toyotoshi		Celica Turbo 4WD ST185	Marco Galanti	1–2, 4
Tein Sport		Celica Turbo 4WD ST185	Yoshio Fujimoto	3, 7
H.F. Grifone		Celica GT-Four ST205	Thomas Rådström	4
			Rui Madeira	4–6, 8–9
			Gilberto Pianezzola	4–5, 8
			Andrea Dallavilla	6, 8
			Jánoth Tóth	8
			Matteo Luise	8
Ford Team Finland	Ford	Escort RS Cosworth	Sebastian Lindholm	1, 6
Ford Motorsport Indonesia			Dolly Indra Nasution	3
Yacco RAS Ford			Patrick Bernardini	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	Richie Holfeld	1
Mitsubishi Ralliart Sweden			Stig-Olov Walfridsson	1
Mitsubishi Ralliart Finland			Mika Korhonen	1, 6
Mitsubishi Ralliart Finland			Minna Sillankorva	6
Race-Rent Motorsport			Gustavo Trelles	3–9
Mitsubishi Ralliart Indonesia			Bambang Hartono	3
			Oky Harwanto	3
			Arief Indiarto	3
Top Run SRL			Jorge Recalde	4–9
Jolly Club			Piergiorgio Bedini	6, 8
Stohl Racing	Audi	Coupe S2	Rudi Stohl	2, 4
Stohl Racing	Audi	Coupe S2	Manfred Stohl	2, 9
Subaru Rally Team Japan	Subaru	Impreza Wagon	Patrick Njiru	2
		Impreza Wagon	Hideaki Miyoshi	2
		Impreza 555	Tanveer Alam	2
A.R.T. Engineering			Angelo Medeghini	4–6, 8–9
A.R.T. Engineering			Andrea Navarra	6, 8
F.Dor Rally Team			Frédéic Dor	4, 6, 8
Renault Team Sweden	Renault	Mégane Maxi	Jonas Kruse	6
Husky Team			Diego Oldrati	8
Husky Team			Piero Longhi	8
Italian Promotor Sport			Paolo Andreucci	8
Renault Sport España			Oriol Gómez	9

Results and standings

Drivers' championship

Pos	Driver	SWE	KEN	INA	GRE	ARG	FIN	AUS	ITA	ESP	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	Gilberto Pianezzola				8	6			7		13
12=	Ian Duncan		3								12
12=	Jarmo Kytölehto						3		Ret	Ret	12
14	Yoshio Fujimoto			4				9			12
15	Thomas Rådström	6			Ret		6			Ret	12
16	Patrick Bernardini				9	9			10	6	11
17	Reza Pribadi			5							8
18	Stig Blomqvist	8	7					Ret			7
19	Rui Madeira				Ret	8	9		Ret	9	7
20=	Kenjiro Shinozuka		6								6
20=	Michael Lieu			6				Ret			6
20=	Franco Cunico								6		6
23=	Shigeyuki Konishi			7				25			4
23=	Sebastian Lindholm	Ret					7				4
25	Didier Auriol	10							8		4
26	Angelo Medeghini				Ret	12	10		9	10	4
27=	Hideaki Miyoshi		8					29			3
27=	Irvan Gading			8							3
27=	Lasse Lampi						8				3
27=	Peter 'Possum' Bourne							8			3
27=	Oriol Gómez									8	3
32=	Tomas Jansson	9									2
32=	Patrick Njiru		9								2
32=	Chandra Alim			9							2
35=	Jonathan Toroitich		10								1
35=	Bambang Hartono			10							1
35=	Jean-Pierre Richelmi				10						1
35=	Uwe Nittel	16			14	10	16	DSQ	Ret	16	1
35=	Ed Ordynski							10			1
Pos	Driver	SWE	KEN	INA	GRE	ARG	FIN	AUS	ITA	ESP	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.	SWE	KEN	INA	GRE	ARG	FIN	AUS	ITA	ESP	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.	SWE	KEN	INA	GRE	ARG	FIN	AUS	ITA	ESP	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

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