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The list of records in the World Rally Championship includes records and statistics set in the World Rally Championship (WRC) from the 1973 season to now.

[edit] Drivers

[edit] Wins

Championship wins
	Driver	Total	Season
1	Sébastien Loeb	8	2004–2005–2006–2007–2008–2009–2010–2011
2	Juha Kankkunen	4	1986–1987, 1991, 1993
2	Tommi Mäkinen	4	1996–1997–1998–1999
4	Walter Röhrl	2	1980, 1982
	Miki Biasion		1988–1989
	Carlos Sainz		1990, 1992
	Marcus Grönholm		2000, 2002

Event wins
	Driver	Total
1	Sébastien Loeb	68
2	Marcus Grönholm	30
3	Carlos Sainz	26
4	Colin McRae	25
5	Tommi Mäkinen	24
6	Juha Kankkunen	23
7	Didier Auriol	20
8	Markku Alén	19^[1]
9	Hannu Mikkola	18
10	Miki Biasion	17

Stage wins
	Driver	Total
1	Sébastien Loeb	820
2	Markku Alén	801^[2]
3	Carlos Sainz	757^[3]
4	Juha Kankkunen	700^[4]
5	Hannu Mikkola	666^[5]
6	Ari Vatanen	588^[6]
7	Didier Auriol	554
8	Marcus Grönholm	542
9	Stig Blomqvist	529^[7]
10	Colin McRae	477

[edit] Statistics

Podiums
	Driver	Total
1	Sébastien Loeb	104
2	Carlos Sainz	97
3	Juha Kankkunen	75
4	Marcus Grönholm	61
5	Markku Alén	56
6	Didier Auriol	53
7	Mikko Hirvonen	52
8	Petter Solberg	48
9	Tommi Mäkinen	45
10	Hannu Mikkola	44

Points
	Driver	Total
1	Sébastien Loeb	1320
2	Carlos Sainz	1242
3	Juha Kankkunen	1140
4	Markku Alén	840
5	Mikko Hirvonen	777
6	Miki Biasion	768
7	Petter Solberg	757
8	Didier Auriol	747
9	Hannu Mikkola	655
10	Colin McRae	626

Starts
	Driver	Total
1	Carlos Sainz	196
2	Petter Solberg	177
3	Juha Kankkunen	162
4	Sébastien Loeb	153
5	Didier Auriol	152
5	Marcus Grönholm	152
7	Colin McRae	146
8	Tommi Mäkinen	139
9	Kenneth Eriksson	138
10	Markku Alén	129

Retirements
	Driver	Total
1	Hannu Mikkola	61
2	Colin McRae	60
3	Tommi Mäkinen	56
4	Didier Auriol	55
5	Ari Vatanen	54
6	Marcus Grönholm	53
7	Kenneth Eriksson	49
7	Armin Schwarz	49
9	Carlos Sainz	46
10	Petter Solberg	45

[edit] Age

Youngest winners
	Driver	Age	Event
1	Jari-Matti Latvala	22 y, 313 d	2008 Swedish Rally
2	Henri Toivonen	24 y, 86 d	1980 RAC Rally
3	Markku Alén	24 y, 156 d	1975 Rally Portugal
4	François Duval	24 y, 359 d	2005 Rally Australia
5	Colin McRae	25 y, 2 d	1993 Rally New Zealand
6	Timo Salonen	25 y, 345 d	1977 Critérium du Quebec
7	Juha Kankkunen	25 y, 352 d	1985 Safari Rally
8	Fulvio Bacchelli	26 y, 69 d	1977 Rally New Zealand
9	Mikko Hirvonen	26 y, 89 d	2006 Rally Australia
10	Sébastien Ogier	26 y, 164 d	2010 Rally Portugal

Oldest winners
	Driver	Age	Event
1	Björn Waldegård	46 y, 155 d	1990 Safari Rally
2	Hannu Mikkola	44 y, 331 d	1987 Safari Rally
3	Pentti Airikkala	44 y, 80 d	1989 RAC Rally
4	Joginder Singh	44 y, 70 d	1976 Safari Rally
5	Kenjiro Shinozuka	44 y, 13 d	1992 Rallye Côte d'Ivoire
6	Didier Auriol	42 y, 219 d	2001 Rally Catalunya
7	Ingvar Carlsson	42 y, 107 d	1989 Rally New Zealand
8	Carlos Sainz	42 y, 98 d	2004 Rally Argentina
9	Kenneth Eriksson	41 y, 83 d	1997 Rally New Zealand
10	Juha Kankkunen	40 y, 123 d	1999 Rally Finland

Youngest Drivers' Champion
	Driver	Age	Year
1	Colin McRae	27 y, 109 d	1995 season

[edit] Constructors

Championships
	Constructor	Total	Seasons
1	Lancia	10	1974–1976, 1983, 1987–1992
2	Citroën	7	2003–2005, 2008–2011
3	Peugeot	5	1985–1986, 2000–2002
4	Fiat	3	1977–1978, 1980
	Toyota		1993–1994, 1999
	Subaru		1995–1997
	Ford		1979, 2006–2007
8	Audi	2	1982, 1984
9	Alpine-Renault	1	1973
	Talbot		1981
	Mitsubishi		1998

Event wins
	Constructor	Total
1	Citroën	81
2	Ford	80
3	Lancia	73^[8]
4	Peugeot	48
5	Subaru	46
6	Toyota	43
7	Mitsubishi	34
8	Audi	24
9	Fiat	21
10	Datsun / Nissan	9

[edit] Nationalities

Championships
	Country	Drivers	Total
1	Finland^[9]	6	13
2	France	2	9
3	Sweden	2	2
	United Kingdom	2	2
	Germany	1	2
	Italy^[10]	1	2
	Spain	1	2
8	Norway	1	1

Event wins
	Country	Wins
1	Finland	165
2	France	142
3	Sweden	43
4	United Kingdom	36
5	Italy	30
6	Spain	27
7	Germany	17
8	Norway	13
9	Kenya	8
10	Estonia	5

[edit] Rallies

[edit] Fastest rallies

	Event	Avg. speed	Winner	Car
1	2005 Rally Finland	122.86 km/h (76.35 mph)	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 307 WRC
2	2010 Rally Finland	122.80 km/h	Jari-Matti Latvala	Ford Focus RS WRC 09
3	2000 Safari Rally	122.43 km/h	Richard Burns	Subaru Impreza WRC 99
4	2006 Rally Finland	122.06 km/h	Marcus Grönholm	Ford Focus RS WRC 06
5	2007 Rally Finland	121.85 km/h	Marcus Grönholm	Ford Focus RS WRC 07
6	2002 Rally Finland	121.80 km/h	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 206 WRC
7	2003 Rally Finland	121.62 km/h	Markko Märtin	Ford Focus RS WRC 03
8	1983 Rally Argentina	121.60 km/h	Hannu Mikkola	Audi Quattro A2
9	2000 Rally Finland	121.46 km/h	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 206 WRC
10	2009 Rally Finland	121.33 km/h	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC 09

[edit] Closest wins

	Event	Margin^[11]	Winner	Runner-up
1	2011 Jordan Rally	0.2 second	Sébastien Ogier	Jari-Matti Latvala
2	2007 Rally New Zealand	0.3 second	Marcus Grönholm	Sébastien Loeb
3	1998 Rally Portugal	2.1 seconds	Colin McRae	Carlos Sainz
4	1999 Rally Argentina	2.4 seconds	Juha Kankkunen	Richard Burns
	2010 Rally New Zealand	2.4 seconds	Jari-Matti Latvala	Sébastien Ogier
	2011 Rally Argentina	2.4 seconds	Sébastien Loeb	Mikko Hirvonen
7	2000 Rally Australia	2.7 seconds	Marcus Grönholm	Richard Burns
8	2003 Rallye Deutschland	3.6 seconds	Sébastien Loeb	Marcus Grönholm
9	1976 Rallye Sanremo	4.0 seconds	Björn Waldegård	Sandro Munari
9	2002 Rally Argentina	4.0 seconds	Carlos Sainz	Petter Solberg

[edit] Driver wins per nationalities

Finland is the nation with most wins, 164.^[12]

#	Nation	Wins	Drivers	N°
1	Finland	165	Pentti Airikkala (1), Markku Alen (19), Marcus Gronholm (30), Kyosti Hamalainen (1), Mikko Hirvonen (14) Juha Kankkunen (23), Jari-Matti Latvala (6), Timo Makinen (4) -- Tommi Makinen (24), Hannu Mikkola (18) Harri Rovanpera (1), Timo Salonen (11), Henri Toivonen (3), Ari Vatanen (10)	14
2	France	142	Alain Ambrosino (1), Jean-Claude Andruet (3), Didier Auriol (20), Bernard Beguin (1), Philippe Bugalski (2) Bernard Darniche (7), Francois Delecour (4), Guy Frequelin (1), Sebastien Loeb (68), Michele Mouton (4) Jean-Pierre Nicolas (5), Sebastien Ogier (7), Alain Oreille (1), Gilles Panizzi (7), Jean Ragnotti (3) Bruno Saby (2), Patrick Tauziac (1), Jean-Luc Therier (5)	18
3	Sweden	43	Ove Andersson (1), Stig Blomqvist (11), Ingvar Carlsson (2), Per Eklund (1), Mikael Ericsson (2) Kenneth Eriksson (6), Mats Jonsson (2), Harry Kallstrom (1), Anders Kullang (1), Bjorn Waldegard (16)	10
4	United Kingdom	36	Richard Burns (10), Roger Clark (1), Colin McRae (25)	3
5	Italy	30	Andrea Aghini (1), Fulvio Bacchelli (1), Miki Biasion (17), Gianfranco Cunico (1), Antonio Fassina (1) Piero Liatti (1), Sandro Munari (7); Raffaele Pinto (1)	8
6	Spain	27	Jesus Puras (1), Carlos Sainz (26)	2
7	Germany	17	Walter Rohrl (14), Armin Schwarz (1), Achim Warmbold (2)	3
8	Norway	13	Petter Solberg (13)	1
9	Kenya	8	Ian Duncan (1), Shekhar Mehta (5), Joginder Singh (2)	3
10	Estonia	5	Markko Martin (5)	1
11	Austria	2	Josef Haider (1), Franz Wittmann, Sr. (1)	2
11	Japan	2	Kenjiro Shinozuka (2)	1
13	Argentina	1	Jorge Recalde (1)	1
	Belgium	1	Francois Duval (1)	1
	Canada	1	Walter Boyce (1)	1
	Portugal	1	Joaquim Moutinho (1)	1

[edit] Notes

^ Alén also won Rally Sanremo 1986, that was eventually annulled by FISA and is therefore not considered as a WRC win.
^ According to World Rally Archive (http://www.juwra.com), Alén won 801 stages. Markku Alén also won special stages in the following rallies that are not yet taken into account by www.juwra.com : 15 stages in Sweden 1977 (source: Sport Auto n°182, March 1977), 5 stages in South Pacific 1977 (source: Auto Hebdo n°63, 19-26 May 1977), 1 stage in Safari 1990 (source: Auto Hebdo n°723, 18th April 1990). He won at least 18 scored stages in Press-on-regardless 1974 (source claiming he won 21 stages: http://www.realautosport.com/images/mcmahon/Rally%20Data/1974-75/74%20POR%20RT-02.jpg); source claiming he won 20 stages: http://www.realautosport.com/images/mcmahon/Rally%20Data/1974-75/74%20POR%20results-c.jpg; source showing he won 2 annulled stages: http://www.realautosport.com/images/mcmahon/Newsletters/Ralligator%20Bullsheet/74-11m.jpg). Moreover, he is said to have won 11 special stages in Sanremo 1974 although reliable sources are missing as of now. Also, Markku Alén won 20 special stages in annulled Sanremo 1986 (source: Auto Hebdo n°545, 22 October 1986).
^ According to World Rally Archive, Sainz won 756 stages. Sainz also won one special stage in Safari Rally 1991 (source: Auto Hebdo n°772, 4th April 1991), that is not yet taken into account by www.juwra.com.
^ Kankkunen also won 5 special stages in annulled Sanremo 1986 (source: Auto Hebdo n°545, 22 October 1986).
^ According to World Rally Archive, Mikkola won 654 stages. Mikkola also won special stages in the following rallies that are not yet taken into account by www.juwra.com : 1 stage in Acropolis 1976 (source: Sport Auto n°174, July 1976, and Auto Hebdo), 1 stage in Sweden 1977 (source: Sport Auto n°182, March 1977), 10 stages in Acropolis 1977 (source: Auto Hebdo n°66, 9-16 June 1977, and Sport Auto n°186, July 1977).
^ According to World Rally Archive, Vatanen won 542 stages. Vatanen also won at least 46 special stages in South Pacific 1977. He actually won a 47th special stage in this rally but it is unclear whether the results of this stage were annulled or not (source: Auto Hebdo n° 63, 19-26 May 1977).
^ According to World Rally Archive, Blomqvist won 486 stages. Blomqvist also won special stages in rallies that are not yet taken into account by www.juwra.com: 26 stages in Sweden 1975 (source: Autosport, 20 February 1975), 10 stages in Sweden 1976 (source: Sport Auto n°170, March 1976), 7 stages in Sweden 1977 (source: Sport Auto n°182, March 1977).
^ Lancia also won Rally Sanremo 1986, that was annulled by FISA and is therefore not counted as a WRC win.
^ Markku Alén's 1978 FIA Cup for Drivers title is not included.
^ Sandro Munari's 1977 FIA Cup for Drivers title is not included.
^ Includes only timed stage rallies. The World Rally Championship has in the past also featured endurance events where "unachievable" target times were assigned to the stages, and competitors received a penalty point for each minute their stage time was over the target time. At the 1973 Safari Rally, Shekhar Mehta and Harry Källström finished with the same amount of penalty minutes (6 hours and 46 minutes), and at the 1985 Rallye Côte d'Ivoire, Toyota teammates Juha Kankkunen and Björn Waldegård had the same amount of penalty minutes (4 hours and 46 minutes). Mehta and Kankkunen took the wins by tiebreakers.
^ "Driver wins per nationalities" (in en). http://www.juwra.com/driver_wins_by_nationalities.html.

[edit] References

[Alen_wins-0] Alén also won Rally Sanremo 1986, that was eventually annulled by FISA and is therefore not considered as a WRC win.

[Alen_stage_wins-1] According to World Rally Archive (http://www.juwra.com), Alén won 801 stages. Markku Alén also won special stages in the following rallies that are not yet taken into account by www.juwra.com : 15 stages in Sweden 1977 (source: Sport Auto n°182, March 1977), 5 stages in South Pacific 1977 (source: Auto Hebdo n°63, 19-26 May 1977), 1 stage in Safari 1990 (source: Auto Hebdo n°723, 18th April 1990). He won at least 18 scored stages in Press-on-regardless 1974 (source claiming he won 21 stages: http://www.realautosport.com/images/mcmahon/Rally%20Data/1974-75/74%20POR%20RT-02.jpg); source claiming he won 20 stages: http://www.realautosport.com/images/mcmahon/Rally%20Data/1974-75/74%20POR%20results-c.jpg; source showing he won 2 annulled stages: http://www.realautosport.com/images/mcmahon/Newsletters/Ralligator%20Bullsheet/74-11m.jpg). Moreover, he is said to have won 11 special stages in Sanremo 1974 although reliable sources are missing as of now. Also, Markku Alén won 20 special stages in annulled Sanremo 1986 (source: Auto Hebdo n°545, 22 October 1986).

[Sainz_stage_wins-2] According to World Rally Archive, Sainz won 756 stages. Sainz also won one special stage in Safari Rally 1991 (source: Auto Hebdo n°772, 4th April 1991), that is not yet taken into account by www.juwra.com.

[Kankkunen_stage_wins-3] Kankkunen also won 5 special stages in annulled Sanremo 1986 (source: Auto Hebdo n°545, 22 October 1986).

[Mikkola_stage_wins-4] According to World Rally Archive, Mikkola won 654 stages. Mikkola also won special stages in the following rallies that are not yet taken into account by www.juwra.com : 1 stage in Acropolis 1976 (source: Sport Auto n°174, July 1976, and Auto Hebdo), 1 stage in Sweden 1977 (source: Sport Auto n°182, March 1977), 10 stages in Acropolis 1977 (source: Auto Hebdo n°66, 9-16 June 1977, and Sport Auto n°186, July 1977).

[Vatanen_stage_wins-5] According to World Rally Archive, Vatanen won 542 stages. Vatanen also won at least 46 special stages in South Pacific 1977. He actually won a 47th special stage in this rally but it is unclear whether the results of this stage were annulled or not (source: Auto Hebdo n° 63, 19-26 May 1977).

[Blomqvist_stage_wins-6] According to World Rally Archive, Blomqvist won 486 stages. Blomqvist also won special stages in rallies that are not yet taken into account by www.juwra.com: 26 stages in Sweden 1975 (source: Autosport, 20 February 1975), 10 stages in Sweden 1976 (source: Sport Auto n°170, March 1976), 7 stages in Sweden 1977 (source: Sport Auto n°182, March 1977).

[7] Lancia also won Rally Sanremo 1986, that was annulled by FISA and is therefore not counted as a WRC win.

[FIA_Cup_1978-8] Markku Alén's 1978 FIA Cup for Drivers title is not included.

[FIA_Cup_1977-9] Sandro Munari's 1977 FIA Cup for Drivers title is not included.

[10] Includes only timed stage rallies. The World Rally Championship has in the past also featured endurance events where "unachievable" target times were assigned to the stages, and competitors received a penalty point for each minute their stage time was over the target time. At the 1973 Safari Rally, Shekhar Mehta and Harry Källström finished with the same amount of penalty minutes (6 hours and 46 minutes), and at the 1985 Rallye Côte d'Ivoire, Toyota teammates Juha Kankkunen and Björn Waldegård had the same amount of penalty minutes (4 hours and 46 minutes). Mehta and Kankkunen took the wins by tiebreakers.

[11] "Driver wins per nationalities" (in en). http://www.juwra.com/driver_wins_by_nationalities.html.

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Contents

[edit] Drivers

[edit] Wins

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Age

[edit] Constructors

[edit] Nationalities

[edit] Rallies

[edit] Fastest rallies

[edit] Closest wins

[edit] Driver wins per nationalities

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

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