1996 World Rally Championship season

1996 World Rally Championship season
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The 1996 World Rally Championship season was the 24th season of the FIA World Rally Championship. The season consisted of 9 rallies. 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.

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	Rally Sanremo
9	4–6 November	Rally Catalunya

Teams and drivers

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
					Piero Liatti	2–9
				10	Piero Liatti	1
Ford Motor Company	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
					Dandy Rukmana	3
				14	Ari Vatanen	1
				16	Ari Mokkonen	5
Team Mitsubishi Ralliart	Mitsubishi	Lancer Evo 3	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	4, 6–7, 9
				29	Yoshihiro Kataoka	7
				41	Pascal Smets	8
Toyota Castrol Team	Toyota	Celica GT-Four	M	10	Thomas Rådström	1, 4, 6, 9
					Ian Duncan	2
				11	Juha Kankkunen	1, 3, 6
				12	Neal Bates	7
				15	Tomas Jansson	1
				16	Freddy Loix	4, 8–9
					Marcus Grönholm	6

Results and standings

Drivers' championship

Pos Driver SWE KEN INA GRC 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 GRC ARG FIN AUS ITA ESP  Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Injured or ill (Inj) Excluded (EX) Suspended (SUS) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

Manufacturers' championship

Pos Manufacturer SWE KEN INA GRC ARG FIN AUS ITA ESP  Pts  1 Subaru 43 50 29 56 38 18 50 53 64 401 2 Mitsubishi 47 50 0 41 56 46 53 11 18 322 3 Ford 40 13 35 40 47 5 40 54 25 299 Pos Manufacturer SWE KEN INA GRC ARG FIN AUS ITA ESP  Pts  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 45th International Swedish Rally 9-11 February Tommi Mäkinen (4h:37m:10s) Carlos Sainz (4h:37m:33s) Colin McRae (4h:38m:15s) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 3 Ford Escort RS Cosworth Subaru Impreza 555 44th Safari Rally Kenya 5-7 April Tommi Mäkinen (12h:41m:24s) Kenneth Eriksson (12h:55m:40s) Ian Duncan (13h:23m:24s) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 3 Subaru Impreza 555 Toyota Celica GT-Four 21st Bank Utama 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 43rd Acropolis Rally of Greece 2-4 June Colin McRae (5h:33m:12s) Tommi Mäkinen (5h:34m:02s) Carlos Sainz (5h:36m:33s) Subaru Impreza 555 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 3 Ford Escort RS Cosworth 16º Rally Argentina 4-6 July Tommi Mäkinen (5h:48m:42s) Carlos Sainz (5h:50m:17s) Kenneth Eriksson (5h:53m:21s) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 3 Ford Escort RS Cosworth Subaru Impreza 555 46th Neste 1000 Lakes Rally 23-26 August Tommi Mäkinen (4h:04m:13s) Juha Kankkunen (4h:04m:59s) Jarmo Kytölehto (4h:06m:50s) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 3 Toyota Celica GT-Four Ford Escort RS Cosworth 9th API Rally Australia 13-16 September Tommi Mäkinen (4h:08m:50s) Kenneth Eriksson (4h:10m:07s) Carlos Sainz (4h:10m:11s) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 3 Subaru Impreza 555 Ford Escort RS Cosworth 38º Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia 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 32º Rallye Catalunya-Costa Brava (Rallye de España) 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 See also FIA World Rally Championship 1996 at rallybase.nl