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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.

Contents

[edit] Drivers

[edit] Wins

Championship wins
Driver Total Season
1 France Sébastien Loeb 8 20042005200620072008200920102011
2 Finland Juha Kankkunen 4 19861987, 1991, 1993
Finland Tommi Mäkinen 1996199719981999
4 Germany Walter Röhrl 2 1980, 1982
Italy Miki Biasion 19881989
Spain Carlos Sainz 1990, 1992
Finland Marcus Grönholm 2000, 2002
Event wins
Driver Total
1 France Sébastien Loeb 68
2 Finland Marcus Grönholm 30
3 Spain Carlos Sainz 26
4 United Kingdom Colin McRae 25
5 Finland Tommi Mäkinen 24
6 Finland Juha Kankkunen 23
7 France Didier Auriol 20
8 Finland Markku Alén 19[1]
9 Finland Hannu Mikkola 18
10 Italy Miki Biasion 17
Stage wins
Driver Total
1 France Sébastien Loeb 820
2 Finland Markku Alén 801[2]
3 Spain Carlos Sainz 757[3]
4 Finland Juha Kankkunen 700[4]
5 Finland Hannu Mikkola 666[5]
6 Finland Ari Vatanen 588[6]
7 France Didier Auriol 554
8 Finland Marcus Grönholm 542
9 Sweden Stig Blomqvist 529[7]
10 United Kingdom Colin McRae 477

[edit] Statistics

Podiums
Driver Total
1 France Sébastien Loeb 104
2 Spain Carlos Sainz 97
3 Finland Juha Kankkunen 75
4 Finland Marcus Grönholm 61
5 Finland Markku Alén 56
6 France Didier Auriol 53
7 Finland Mikko Hirvonen 52
8 Norway Petter Solberg 48
9 Finland Tommi Mäkinen 45
10 Finland Hannu Mikkola 44
Points
Driver Total
1 France Sébastien Loeb 1320
2 Spain Carlos Sainz 1242
3 Finland Juha Kankkunen 1140
4 Finland Markku Alén 840
5 Finland Mikko Hirvonen 777
6 Italy Miki Biasion 768
7 Norway Petter Solberg 757
8 France Didier Auriol 747
9 Finland Hannu Mikkola 655
10 United Kingdom Colin McRae 626
Starts
Driver Total
1 Spain Carlos Sainz 196
2 Norway Petter Solberg 177
3 Finland Juha Kankkunen 162
4 France Sébastien Loeb 153
5 France Didier Auriol 152
Finland Marcus Grönholm 152
7 United Kingdom Colin McRae 146
8 Finland Tommi Mäkinen 139
9 Sweden Kenneth Eriksson 138
10 Finland Markku Alén 129
Retirements
Driver Total
1 Finland Hannu Mikkola 61
2 United Kingdom Colin McRae 60
3 Finland Tommi Mäkinen 56
4 France Didier Auriol 55
5 Finland Ari Vatanen 54
6 Finland Marcus Grönholm 53
7 Sweden Kenneth Eriksson 49
Germany Armin Schwarz 49
9 Spain Carlos Sainz 46
10 Norway Petter Solberg 45

[edit] Age

Youngest winners
Driver Age Event
1 Finland Jari-Matti Latvala 22 y, 313 d 2008 Swedish Rally
2 Finland Henri Toivonen 24 y, 86 d 1980 RAC Rally
3 Finland Markku Alén 24 y, 156 d 1975 Rally Portugal
4 Belgium François Duval 24 y, 359 d 2005 Rally Australia
5 United Kingdom Colin McRae 25 y, 2 d 1993 Rally New Zealand
6 Finland Timo Salonen 25 y, 345 d 1977 Critérium du Quebec
7 Finland Juha Kankkunen 25 y, 352 d 1985 Safari Rally
8 Italy Fulvio Bacchelli 26 y, 69 d 1977 Rally New Zealand
9 Finland Mikko Hirvonen 26 y, 89 d 2006 Rally Australia
10 France Sébastien Ogier 26 y, 164 d 2010 Rally Portugal
Oldest winners
Driver Age Event
1 Sweden Björn Waldegård 46 y, 155 d 1990 Safari Rally
2 Finland Hannu Mikkola 44 y, 331 d 1987 Safari Rally
3 Finland Pentti Airikkala 44 y, 80 d 1989 RAC Rally
4 Kenya Joginder Singh 44 y, 70 d 1976 Safari Rally
5 Japan Kenjiro Shinozuka 44 y, 13 d 1992 Rallye Côte d'Ivoire
6 France Didier Auriol 42 y, 219 d 2001 Rally Catalunya
7 Sweden Ingvar Carlsson 42 y, 107 d 1989 Rally New Zealand
8 Spain Carlos Sainz 42 y, 98 d 2004 Rally Argentina
9 Sweden Kenneth Eriksson 41 y, 83 d 1997 Rally New Zealand
10 Finland Juha Kankkunen 40 y, 123 d 1999 Rally Finland
Youngest Drivers' Champion
Driver Age Year
1 United Kingdom Colin McRae 27 y, 109 d 1995 season

[edit] Constructors

Championships
Constructor Total Seasons
1 Italy Lancia 10 1974–1976, 1983, 1987–1992
2 France Citroën 7 2003–2005, 2008–2011
3 France Peugeot 5 1985–1986, 2000–2002
4 Italy Fiat 3 1977–1978, 1980
Japan Toyota 1993–1994, 1999
Japan Subaru 1995–1997
United Kingdom Ford 1979, 2006–2007
8 Germany Audi 2 1982, 1984
9 France Alpine-Renault 1 1973
United Kingdom Talbot 1981
Japan Mitsubishi 1998
Event wins
Constructor Total
1 France Citroën 81
2 United States Ford 80
3 Italy Lancia 73[8]
4 France Peugeot 48
5 Japan Subaru 46
6 Japan Toyota 43
7 Japan Mitsubishi 34
8 Germany Audi 24
9 Italy Fiat 21
10 Japan 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 Finland 2005 Rally Finland 122.86 km/h (76.35 mph) Finland Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 307 WRC
2 Finland 2010 Rally Finland 122.80 km/h Finland Jari-Matti Latvala Ford Focus RS WRC 09
3 Kenya 2000 Safari Rally 122.43 km/h United Kingdom Richard Burns Subaru Impreza WRC 99
4 Finland 2006 Rally Finland 122.06 km/h Finland Marcus Grönholm Ford Focus RS WRC 06
5 Finland 2007 Rally Finland 121.85 km/h Finland Marcus Grönholm Ford Focus RS WRC 07
6 Finland 2002 Rally Finland 121.80 km/h Finland Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC
7 Finland 2003 Rally Finland 121.62 km/h Estonia Markko Märtin Ford Focus RS WRC 03
8 Argentina 1983 Rally Argentina 121.60 km/h Finland Hannu Mikkola Audi Quattro A2
9 Finland 2000 Rally Finland 121.46 km/h Finland Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC
10 Finland 2009 Rally Finland 121.33 km/h Finland Mikko Hirvonen Ford Focus RS WRC 09

[edit] Closest wins

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

[edit] Driver wins per nationalities

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

# Nation Wins Drivers
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
 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

  1. ^ Alén also won Rally Sanremo 1986, that was eventually annulled by FISA and is therefore not considered as a WRC win.
  2. ^ 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).
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Kankkunen also won 5 special stages in annulled Sanremo 1986 (source: Auto Hebdo n°545, 22 October 1986).
  5. ^ 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).
  6. ^ 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).
  7. ^ 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).
  8. ^ Lancia also won Rally Sanremo 1986, that was annulled by FISA and is therefore not counted as a WRC win.
  9. ^ Markku Alén's 1978 FIA Cup for Drivers title is not included.
  10. ^ Sandro Munari's 1977 FIA Cup for Drivers title is not included.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ "Driver wins per nationalities" (in en). http://www.juwra.com/driver_wins_by_nationalities.html. 

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