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The following list of people play, or have played, significant roles in the World Rally Championship (WRC).
Administration
- Max Mosley - president of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), the sport's governing and rulemaking body
- Jacques Regis - president of the FIA's World Rally Championship commission, until March 2006.
- Shekhar Mehta - president of the FIA's World Rally Championship commission, from March 2006 to 12 April 2006 when he died unexpectedly.[1]
- Morrie Chandler - appointed president of the World Rally Championship Commission in July 2006.[2]
Team management
- David Richards - ex-co-driver, and now Subaru World Rally Team team principal
- Malcolm Wilson - ex-driver, and now BP Ford World Rally Team WRC team principal
- Nobuhiro Tajima - ex-driver, and now Suzuki World Rally Team principal
Commentary & publicity
- Robbie Head - ex-driver, and commentator
Drivers
- Marcus Grönholm - world champion 2000 and 2002
- Sébastien Loeb - reigning world champion, champion in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007
- Colin McRae - world champion 1995, first British world champion
- Tommi Mäkinen - 4 time world champion 1996/97/98/99
- Petter Solberg - world champion 2003
- Ari Vatanen - world champion 1981 (now MEP)
- Michèle Mouton - most successful female rally driver
Co-Drivers
- Michael Park - co-driver to Markko Märtin
- Jorg Bastuck - co-driver to Aaron Burkart, Junior WRC driver
- Arne Hertz - co-driver to Hannu Mikkola
Deaths in the World Rally Championship
- Michael Park (d.18 September 2005) - co-driver to Markko Märtin[3]
- Jorg Bastuck (d.24 March 2006) - co-driver to Aaron Burkart[4]
- Henri Toivonen (d.2 May 1986) - driver to co- driver Sergio Cresto, who perished in the same crash as Toivonen.
Other
References
- ^ "Rally mourns death of president".
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- ^ "Co-driver Park dies in accident".
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