List of World Rally Championship records

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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 the 2009 season.

Contents

[edit] Drivers

[edit] Wins

Championship wins
Driver Total Season
1 France Sébastien Loeb 6 2004-2005-2006-2007-2008-2009
2 Finland Juha Kankkunen 4 1986-1987, 1991, 1993
Finland Tommi Mäkinen 1996-1997-1998-1999
4 Germany Walter Röhrl 2 1980, 1982
Italy Miki Biasion 1988-1989
Spain Carlos Sainz 1990, 1992
Finland Marcus Grönholm 2000, 2002
Event wins
Driver Total
1 France Sébastien Loeb 54
2 Finland Marcus Grönholm 30
3 Spain Carlos Sainz 26
4 Scotland Colin McRae 25
5 Finland Tommi Mäkinen 24
6 Finland Juha Kankkunen 23
7 France Didier Auriol 20
8 Finland Markku Alén 19
9 Finland Hannu Mikkola 18
10 Italy Miki Biasion 17
Stage wins
Driver Total
1 Finland Markku Alén 793[1]
2 Spain Carlos Sainz 756
3 Finland Juha Kankkunen 700
4 France Sébastien Loeb 647
5 Finland Hannu Mikkola 645[1]
6 France Didier Auriol 554
7 Finland Ari Vatanen 542[1]
8 Finland Marcus Grönholm 541
9 Sweden Stig Blomqvist 486[1]
10 Scotland Colin McRae 477

[edit] Statistics

Podiums
Driver Total
1 Spain Carlos Sainz 97
2 France Sébastien Loeb 83
3 Finland Juha Kankkunen 75
4 Finland Marcus Grönholm 61
5 Finland Markku Alén 56
6 France Didier Auriol 53
7 Finland Tommi Mäkinen 45
8 Finland Hannu Mikkola 44
9 Scotland Colin McRae 42
10 Finland Mikko Hirvonen 41
Points
Driver Total
1 Spain Carlos Sainz 1242
2 Finland Juha Kankkunen 1136
3 Finland Markku Alén 840
4 France Sébastien Loeb 783
5 Italy Miki Biasion 768
6 France Didier Auriol 747
7 Finland Hannu Mikkola 655
8 Scotland Colin McRae 626
9 Finland Marcus Grönholm 615
10 Sweden Stig Blomqvist 573
Starts
Driver Total
1 Spain Carlos Sainz 196
2 Finland Juha Kankkunen 161
3 France Didier Auriol 152
4 Finland Marcus Grönholm 151
5 Norway Petter Solberg 149
6 Scotland Colin McRae 146
7 Finland Tommi Mäkinen 139
8 Sweden Kenneth Eriksson 138
9 Finland Markku Alén 129
10 Austria Manfred Stohl 126
Retirements
Driver Total
1 Finland Hannu Mikkola 61
2 Scotland 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 Sweden Stig Blomqvist 43

[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 Scotland 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 Sweden Stig Blomqvist 26 y, 203 d 1973 Swedish Rally
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

[edit] Constructors

Championships
Constructor Total Seasons
1 Italy Lancia 10 1974-1976, 1983, 1987-1992
2 France Peugeot 5 1985-1986, 2000-2002
France Citroën 5 2003-2005, 2008-2009
4 Italy Fiat 3 1977-1978, 1980
Japan Toyota 1993-1994, 1999
Japan Subaru 1995-1997
United States 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
Driver Total
1 Italy Lancia 73
United States Ford 73
3 France Citroën 60
4 France Peugeot 48
5 Japan Subaru 47
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[2] 6 13
2  France 2 7
3  Sweden 2 2
 United Kingdom 2 2
 Germany 1 2
 Italy[3] 1 2
 Spain 1 2
8  Norway 1 1
Event wins
Country Wins
1  Finland 157
2  France 121
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 Kenya 2000 Safari Rally 122.43 km/h England Richard Burns Subaru Impreza WRC 99
3 Finland 2006 Rally Finland 122.06 km/h Finland Marcus Grönholm Ford Focus RS WRC 06
4 Finland 2007 Rally Finland 121.85 km/h Finland Marcus Grönholm Ford Focus RS WRC 07
5 Finland 2002 Rally Finland 121.80 km/h Finland Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC
6 Finland 2003 Rally Finland 121.62 km/h Estonia Markko Märtin Ford Focus RS WRC 03
7 Argentina 1983 Rally Argentina 121.60 km/h Finland Hannu Mikkola Audi Quattro A2
8 Finland 2000 Rally Finland 121.46 km/h Finland Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC
9 Finland 2009 Rally Finland 121.33 km/h Finland Mikko Hirvonen Ford Focus RS WRC 09
10 Kenya 2001 Safari Rally 120.29 km/h Finland Tommi Mäkinen Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 6.5

[edit] Closest wins

Event Margin[4] Winner Runner-up
1 New Zealand 2007 Rally New Zealand 0.3 seconds Finland Marcus Grönholm France Sébastien Loeb
2 Portugal 1998 Rally Portugal 2.1 seconds Scotland Colin McRae Spain Carlos Sainz
3 Argentina 1999 Rally Argentina 2.4 seconds Finland Juha Kankkunen England Richard Burns
4 Australia 2000 Rally Australia 2.7 seconds Finland Marcus Grönholm England Richard Burns
5 Germany 2003 Rallye Deutschland 3.6 seconds France Sébastien Loeb Finland Marcus Grönholm
6 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
8 New Zealand 1998 Rally New Zealand 4.1 seconds Spain Carlos Sainz France Didier Auriol
9 Italy 1989 Rallye Sanremo 5.0 seconds Italy Miki Biasion Italy Alex Fiorio
10 Japan 2006 Rally Japan 5.6 seconds France Sébastien Loeb Finland Marcus Grönholm

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c d The World Rally Archive states that "stage wins before 1978 are not complete, yet."
  2. ^ Markku Alén's 1978 FIA Cup for Drivers title is not included.
  3. ^ Sandro Munari's 1977 FIA Cup for Drivers title is not included.
  4. ^ 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.

[edit] References

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