1994 World Rally Championship season

1994 World Rally Championship season
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The 1994 World Rally Championship season was the 22nd season of the FIA World Rally Championship. The season consisted of 10 rallies. The drivers' world championship was won by Didier Auriol in a Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD, ahead of Carlos Sainz and Juha Kankkunen. The manufacturers' title was won by Toyota, ahead of Subaru and Ford.

Calendar

In 1994 started a system of rotation on the World Rally Championship. Because of this, Sweden, Australia and Spain were dropped from the championship and instead were run as F2-only. This reduced number of full WRC events to ten, the lowest number since 1974-76.

Round	Rally name	Surface	Dates
1	62ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo	Mixed (Tarmac - Snow)	22–27 January
2	28º TAP Rallye de Portugal	Mixed (Gravel - Tarmac)	1–4 March
3	42nd Trustbank Safari Rally	Gravel	31 March–3 April
4	38ème Tour de Corse - Rallye de France	Tarmac	5–7 May
5	41st Acropolis Rally	Gravel	29–31 May
6	14º Rally Argentina	Gravel	30 June–2 July
7	24th Rothmans Rally of New Zealand	Gravel	29–31 July
8	44th 1000 Lakes Rally	Gravel	26–28 August
9	36º Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia	Mixed (Tarmac - Gravel)	9–12 October
10	50th Network Q Rally	Gravel	20–23 November

Teams and drivers

Constructor	Team	Tyre	Driver	Co-driver	Rounds
Manufacturer teams
Toyota	Toyota Castrol Team (Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD) (Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205)	M	Juha Kankkunen	Nicky Grist	All
			Didier Auriol	Bernard Occelli	All
			Andrea Aghini	Sauro Farnocchia	2, 4, 9
			Ian Duncan	David Williamson	3
			Yoshio Fujimoto	Arne Hertz	3, 5, 7, 10
			Marcus Grönholm	Voitto Silander	8
Subaru	555 Subaru World Rally Team (Subaru Impreza 555)	P	Carlos Sainz	Luis Moya	1–2, 4–10
			Colin McRae	Derek Ringer	1–2, 4–10
			Peter 'Possum' Bourne	Tony Sircombe	7
			Richard Burns	Robert Reid	7, 10
	Subaru Rally Team Japan (Subaru Impreza WRX)				3
			Patrick Njiru	Abdul Sidi	3
Ford	Ford Motor Company (Ford Escort RS Cosworth)	M	Miki Biasion	Tiziano Siviero	1–2, 4–7, 9–10
			François Delecour	Daniel Grataloup	1–2, 8–10
			Bruno Thiry	Stéphane Prévot	1–2, 4, 6, 8–10
			Alex Fiorio	Vittorio Brambilla	2
			Gianfranco Cunico	Stefano Evangelisti	4
			Malcolm Wilson	Bryan Thomas	5, 10
			Ari Vatanen	Fabrizia Pons	5–8, 10
			Tommi Mäkinen	Seppo Harjanne	8
			Stig Blomqvist	Benny Melander	10
	Jolly Club (Ford Escort RS Cosworth)	P	Gianfranco Cunico	Stefano Evangelisti	9
			Malcolm Wilson	Bryan Thomas	9
Mitsubishi	Mitsubishi Ralliart Europe (Mitsubishi Lancer RS) (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 2)	M	Armin Schwarz	Klaus Wicha	1, 5, 7, 9
			Kenneth Eriksson	Staffan Parmander	1, 5, 7
			Kenjiro Shinozuka	Pentti Kuukkala	3
			Tommi Mäkinen	Seppo Harjanne	9

Standing

Drivers' Championship

For the Drivers' Championship, points are awarded to the top 10 finishers.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1

Pos. Driver MON POR KEN FRA GRE ARG NZL FIN ITA GBR Points 1 Didier Auriol Ret 2 3 1 Ret 1 5 2 1 6 116 2 Carlos Sainz 3 4 2 1 2 Ret 3 2 Ret 99 3 Juha Kankkunen 2 1 Ret 4 3 Ret 2 9 7 2 93 4 Colin McRae 10 Ret Ret ex Ret 1 5 1 49 5 Bruno Thiry 6 Ret 6 4 Ret 4 3 44 6 Miki Biasion 4 3 5 Ret Ret Ret 3 Ret 42 7 Armin Schwarz 7 2 3 Ret 31 8 François Delecour 1 Ret 4 Ret EX 30 9 Ari Vatanen 5 3 Ret Ret 5 28 10 Tommi Mäkinen Ret 1 Ret 9 22 11 Ian Duncan 1 20 12 Kenneth Eriksson 5 Ret 4 18 13 Kenjiro Shinozuka 2 15 14 Andrea Aghini Ret 3 Ret 12 15 Patrick Njiru 4 10 16 Alex Fiorio Ret 4 10 17 Stig Blomqvist 4 10 18 Rudi Stohl 6 7 10 19 Fernando Peres 5 8 20 Richard Burns 5 Ret Ret 8 21 Jorge Recalde Ret 17 5 Ret Ret 16 8 22 Marcus Grönholm 5 8 23 Malcolm Wilson 6 9 Ret 8 24 Yoshio Fujimoto WD 7 7 Ret 8 25 José Carlos Macedo 6 6 26 Jorge Bescham 6 6 27 Joe McAndrew 6 6 28 Lasse Lampi 6 6 29 Gianfranco Cunico Ret 6 6 30 Jesús Puras 9 8 12 Ret Ret 17 15 5 31 Raphael Sperrer 7 4 32 Karim Hirji 7 4 33 Patrick Bernardini 7 4 34 Thomas Rådström 7 4 35 Gwyndaf Evans 7 4 36 Isolde Holderied 15 11 16 8 29 15 16 3 37 Jean Ragnotti 13 8 3 38 Pierre-Manuel Jenot 8 3 39 Sammy Aslam 8 3 40 Aris Vovos 8 3 41 Brian Stokes 8 3 42 Jarmo Kytölehto 8 3 43 Piero Longhi 8 3 44 Jan Habig 8 3 45 Emil Triner 12 9 19 18 22 2 46 Rui Madeira 9 2 47 Rob Hellier 9 2 48 Serge Jordan Ret 9 2 49 Gabriel Raies 9 2 50 Ed Ordynski 9 2 51 Pavel Sibera 20 10 10 18 Ret 19 2 52 Grégoire De Mévius Ret Ret 14 Ret 10 1 53 Azar Anwar 10 1 54 Marco Massarotto 10 1 55 Gustavo Ramonda 10 1 56 Kiyoshi Inoue 10 1 57 Olli Harkki 10 1 58 Jorge Bica Ret 10 1 Pos. Driver MON POR KEN FRA GRE ARG NZL FIN ITA GBR Points

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) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

Manufacturer's Championship

Point are awarded to the top 10 finishers, but only the best finisher of the manufacture obtain points.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	12	10	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Pos. Manufacturer MON POR KEN FRA GRE ARG NZL FIN ITA GBR Points 1 Toyota 2 1 1 1 (3) 1 2 2 1 (2) 151 2 Subaru 3 (4) (4) 2 1 2 1 3 2 1 140 3 Ford 1 3 5 5 3 (Ret) 1 3 3 116 Pos. Manufacturer MON POR KEN FRA GRE ARG NZL FIN ITA GBR Points

Results

Colour Rally Surface Gold Gravel Silver Tarmac Blue Snow/Ice Bronze Mixed Surface

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers				Statistics
		Rank	Driver	Car	Time	Stages	Length	Starters	Finishers
1	62ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo (22–27 January) — Results and report	1	François Delecour	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	6:12:20	22	588.43 km	186	94
		2	Juha Kankkunen	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	6:13:25
		3	Carlos Sainz	Subaru Impreza 555	6:14:07
2	28º TAP Rallye de Portugal (01–04 March) — Results and report	1	Juha Kankkunen	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	6:20:59	36	571,82 km	89	34
		2	Didier Auriol	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	6:21:39
		3	Miki Biasion	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	6:21:49
3	42nd Trustbank Safari Rally (31 March–3 April) — Results and report	1	Ian Duncan	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	20:49	¿?	2,393.10 km	43	14
		2	Kenjiro Shinozuka	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo II	21:14
		3	Didier Auriol	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	21:59
4	38ème Tour de Corse - Rallye de France (5–7 May) — Results and report	1	Didier Auriol	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	5:57:46	23	545,48 km	84	43
		2	Carlos Sainz	Subaru Impreza 555	5:58:47
		3	Andrea Aghini	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	5:59:57
5	41st Acropolis Rally (29–31 May) — Results and report	1	Carlos Sainz	Subaru Impreza 555	6:36:38	33	503,53 km	88	36
		2	Armin Schwarz	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo II	6:40:39
		3	Juha Kankkunen	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	6:42:31
6	14º Rally Argentina (30 June–2 July) — Results and report	1	Didier Auriol	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	5:50:42	29	563,90 km	90	25
		2	Carlos Sainz	Subaru Impreza 555	5:50:48
		3	Ari Vatanen	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	5:57:22
7	24th Rothmans Rally of New Zealand (29-31 July) — Results and report	1	Colin McRae	Subaru Impreza 555	5:39:56	30	502,70 km	78	46
		2	Juha Kankkunen	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	5:42:10
		3	Armin Schwarz	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo II	5:45:27
8	44th 1000 Lakes Rally (26–28 August) — Results and report	1	Tommi Mäkinen	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	4:33:44	35	522,76 km	85	41
		2	Didier Auriol	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	4:34:06
		3	Carlos Sainz	Subaru Impreza 555	4:34:48
9	36º Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia (09–12 October) — Results and report	1	Didier Auriol	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	5:56:40	26	516,63 km	92	40
		2	Carlos Sainz	Subaru Impreza 555	5:57:01
		3	Miki Biasion	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	5:57:27
10	50th Network Q Rally (20–23 November) — Results and report	1	Colin McRae	Subaru Impreza 555	5:17:25	29	520,66 km	178	97
		2	Juha Kankkunen	Toyota Celica GT-Four	5:20:58
		3	Bruno Thiry	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	5:27:37

See also

• FIA World Rally Championship 1994 at rallybase.nl