1995 World Rally Championship season

1995 World Rally Championship season
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The 1995 World Rally Championship season was the 23rd season of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) World Rally Championship (WRC). The season consisted of 8 rallies. The drivers' world championship was won by Colin McRae in a Subaru Impreza 555, ahead of team-mate Carlos Sainz. The manufacturers' title was won by Subaru.

Toyota were caught using illegal turbo restrictors at the Rally Catalunya and were given a one-year ban by the FIA. FIA president Max Mosley called the illegal turbo restrictor "the most sophisticated device I've ever seen in 30 years of motor sports." Toyota and their drivers, Juha Kankkunen, Didier Auriol and Armin Schwarz, were also stripped of all points in the championships. Kankkunen had been in contention for the drivers' world title. Mosley stated that "there is no suggestion the drivers were aware of what was going on."

Calendar

Round	Dates	Race
1	22–26 January	Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo
2	10–12 February	Swedish Rally
3	8–10 March	Rallye de Portugal
4	3–5 May	Rallye de France
5	27–30 July	Rally New Zealand
6	15–18 September	Rally Australia
7	23–25 October	Rally Catalunya
8	19–22 November	Network Q RAC Rally

Teams and drivers

Team	Constructor	Car	Tyre	No	Drivers	Rounds
Toyota Castrol Team	Toyota	Celica GT-Four Celica Turbo 4WD	M	1	Didier Auriol	All
				2	Juha Kankkunen	All
				3	Armin Schwarz	All
				14	Thomas Rådström	2
					Yoshio Fujimoto	5–6, 8
				15	Tomas Jansson	2
				16	Neal Bates	6
555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru	Impreza 555	P	4	Colin McRae	All
				5	Carlos Sainz	All
				6	Piero Liatti	1, 4, 7
					Mats Jonsson	2
					Richard Burns	3, 8
					Peter 'Possum' Bourne	5–6
				14	Richard Burns	5
R.A.S. Ford	Ford	Escort RS Cosworth	M	7	François Delecour	All
				8	Bruno Thiry	All
				9	Stig Blomqvist	2
					Alex Fiorio	3
					Patrick Bernardini	4
					Neil Allport	5
					Malcolm Wilson	8
Team Mitsubishi Ralliart	Mitsubishi	Lancer Evo 2 Lancer Evo 3	M	10	Kenneth Eriksson	2, 5–6, 8
					Isolde Holderied	3–4
				11	Tommi Mäkinen	1–2, 4–8
					Jorge Recalde	3
				12	Andrea Aghini	1, 4, 7
					Kenneth Bäcklund	2
					Rui Madeira	3, 8
					Ed Ordynski	5–6
				14	Rui Madeira	1, 4–7
				15	Jorge Recalde	4–6
				26	Isolde Holderied	1, 5–8

Standings

Drivers' championship

Pos Driver MON SWE POR FRA NZL AUS ESP GBR  Pts  1 Colin McRae Ret Ret 3 5 1 2 2 1 90 2 Carlos Sainz 1 Ret 1 4 DNS Ret 1 2 85 DQ Juha Kankkunen 3 4 2 10 3 3 Ret DNS 62 DQ Didier Auriol Ret 5 5 1 2 Ret DSQ DNS 51 3 Kenneth Eriksson 1 5 1 Ret 48 4 François Delecour 2 Ret Ret 2 6 Ret 4 Ret 46 5 Tommi Mäkinen 4 2 8 Ret 4 Ret Ret 38 6 Bruno Thiry 5 6 6 Ret Ret 6 Ret 5 34 DQ Armin Schwarz Ret 9 4 Ret 4 5 Ret DNS 30 7 Andrea Aghini 6 3 5 21 8 Piero Liatti 8 6 3 26 9 Richard Burns 7 Ret 3 16 DQ Thomas Rådström 3 12 10 Alister McRae 4 10 11 Rui Madeira 12 9 18 10 Ret 11 7 7 12= Gustavo Trelles 6 6 12= Gwyndaf Evans 6 6 14= Jean Ragnotti 7 11 4 14= Stig Blomqvist 7 21 4 14= Patrick Bernardini 7 4 14= Peter 'Possum' Bourne 7 Ret 4 14= Yoshio Fujimoto 27 7 DNS 4 14= Oriol Gómez 7 4 20 Jorge Recalde 10 20 9 10 4 21= Tomas Jansson 8 3 21= Alex Fiorio 8 3 21= Neil Allport 8 3 21= Ed Ordynski 11 8 3 21= Andrea Navarra 17 Ret Ret 17 8 Ret 3 21= Jarmo Kytölehto 14 8 3 27= Philippe Camandona 9 Ret 2 27= Philippe Bugalski Ret 9 2 27= Neal Bates 9 2 27= Josep Bassas 9 2 27= Masao Kamioka 12 11 9 2 32= Isolde Holderied 10 11 19 Ret 19 Ret 14 1 32= Kenneth Bäcklund 10 1 32= Yvan Postel 14 Ret 10 1 32= Alain Oreille 10 1 Manufacturers' championship Pos Manufacturer MON SWE POR FRA NZL AUS ESP GBR  Pts  1 Subaru 46 0 60 39 48 29 64 64 350 2 Mitsubishi 36 64 32 36 31 56 33 19 307 DQ Toyota 25 46 50 42 54 43 0 260 3 Ford 47 28 26 42 26 15 21 18 223 Pos Manufacturer MON SWE POR FRA NZL AUS ESP GBR  Pts  Events Rally name Dates run Podium drivers (finishing time) Podium cars 63ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo 22 January-26 January Carlos Sainz (6h:32m:31s) François Delecour (6h:34m:56s) Juha Kankkunen (6h:36m:28s) Subaru Impreza 555 Ford Escort RS Cosworth Toyota Celica GT-Four 44th International Swedish Rally 10 February-12 February Kenneth Eriksson (4h:51m:27s) Tommi Mäkinen (4h:51m:39s) Thomas Rådström (4h:52m:34s) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 2 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 2 Toyota Celica GT-Four 29º TAP Rallye de Portugal 8 March-10 March Carlos Sainz (5h:32m:37s) Juha Kankkunen (5h:32m:49s) Colin McRae (5h:35m:51s) Subaru Impreza 555 Toyota Celica GT-Four Subaru Impreza 555 39ème Tour de Corse - Rallye de France 3 May-5 May Didier Auriol (5h:14m:49s) François Delecour (5h:15m:04s) Andrea Aghini (5h:15m:46s) Toyota Celica GT-Four Ford Escort RS Cosworth Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 3 25th Smokefree Rally New Zealand 27 July-30 July Colin McRae (5h:33m:06s) Didier Auriol (5h:33m:50s) Juha Kankkunen (5h:34m:15s) Subaru Impreza 555 Toyota Celica GT-Four Toyota Celica GT-Four 8th Telstra Rally Australia 15 September-18 September Kenneth Eriksson (4h:53m:59s) Colin McRae (4h:54m:18s) Juha Kankkunen (4h:55m:54s) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 3 Subaru Impreza 555 Toyota Celica GT-Four 31º Rallye Catalunya-Costa Brava (Rallye de España) 23 October-25 October Carlos Sainz (5h:05m:58s) Colin McRae (5h:06m:49s) Piero Liatti (5h:07m:56s) Subaru Impreza 555 Subaru Impreza 555 Subaru Impreza 555 51st Network Q Rally 19 November-22 November Colin McRae (5h:09m:19s) Carlos Sainz (5h:09m:55s) Richard Burns (5h:15m:58s) Subaru Impreza 555 Subaru Impreza 555 Subaru Impreza 555 References External links 1995 season at World Rally Archive