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World Rally Championship special stage
The Power Stage (abbreviated as PS ) is a special stage that usually runs as the final stage of a rally in the World Rally Championship (WRC).[ a] Additional championship points are available to the fastest five crews through the stage regardless of where they actually finished in the rally.[ 2] Unlike normal special stages, which are timed to a tenth of a second, the timing of the Power Stage is to a thousandth of a second.[ 3]
Power Stages were also introduced during the 2022 European Rally Championship , using the final stage of each rally and awarding points to the five fastest crews in a similar fashion to the WRC.[ 4]
Points scoring systems
The bonus scoring system was once used at the 1999 Tour de Corse and 1999 Rally Finland .[ 5] Re-introduced in 2011 , the top three crews through the stage could score extra bonus points, with the fastest crew receiving three points, the second-fastest receiving two points, and the third-fastest receiving one point.[ 6] In 2017 , the scoring system was amended so the five fastest drivers through the stage were awarded points from five for first to one for fifth.[ 7] Manufacturers, WRC-2 and WRC-3 categories were also eligible to score Power Stage points in 2021. From 2022, WRC-2 awarded Power Stage points from three for first place, to one for third place. Power Stage points are no longer awarded in WRC-3.
Cancelled Power Stages
This list does not include cancelled rallies.
WRC Winners
By drivers
Eight-time world champion Sébastien Ogier has the most Power Stage victories.
No.
Driver
Active years
Wins
First win
Last win
1.
Sébastien Ogier
2008 –present
43
2011 Rally Sweden
2023 Rally Mexico
2.
Ott Tänak
2009 –2012 , 2014 –present
20
2012 Rallye de France
2022 Acropolis Rally
3.
Thierry Neuville
2009 –2010 , 2012 –present
19
2013 Rally Finland
2022 Safari Rally
4.
Jari-Matti Latvala
2002 –2020
15
2011 Rallye de France
2018 Wales Rally GB
5.
Kalle Rovanperä
2017 –present
12
2020 Rally Sweden
2023 Monte Carlo Rally
6.
Sébastien Loeb
1999 –2013 , 2015 , 2018 –2020 , 2022 –present
7
2011 Rally de Portugal
2012 Rallye Deutschland
7.
Kris Meeke
2002 –2008 , 2011 , 2013 –2019
6
2011 Rally Catalunya
2019 Tour de Corse
8.
Mikko Hirvonen
2002 –2014
5
2011 Rally México
2012 Wales Rally GB
8.
Dani Sordo
2003 –present
5
2012 Rally de Portugal
2021 Rally Catalunya
10.
Petter Solberg
1998 –2012 , 2018 –2019
4
2011 Rally Argentina
2012 Rally Italia Sardegna
10.
Esapekka Lappi
2011 –2013 , 2015 –present
4
2018 Rally Sweden
2023 Rally Sweden
12.
Andreas Mikkelsen
2006 –present
3
2014 Rally Italia Sardegna
2019 Rally Italia Sardegna
13.
Didier Auriol
1984 –2003 , 2005
2
1999 Tour de Corse
1999 Rally Finland
13.
Elfyn Evans
2007 , 2011 , 2013 –present
2
2014 Rallye Deutschland
2021 Rally Finland
15.
Craig Breen
2009 –2012 , 2014 –present
1
2022 Rally Japan
2022 Rally Japan
15.
Takamoto Katsuta
2016 –present
1
2020 Rally Monza
2020 Rally Monza
15.
Mads Østberg
2006 –2021
1
2014 Rally Sweden
2014 Rally Sweden
15.
Hayden Paddon
2007 –2019 , 2022 –present
1
2016 Rally Argentina
2016 Rally Argentina
Notes: [ b]
By co-drivers
No.
Driver
Active years
Wins
First win
Last win
1.
Julien Ingrassia
2008 –2021
41
2011 Rally Sweden
2021 Croatia Rally
2.
Martin Järveoja
2010 –present
18
2017 Rally de Portugal
2022 Acropolis Rally
3.
Miikka Anttila
1999 –2020
15
2011 Rallye de France
2018 Wales Rally GB
3.
Nicolas Gilsoul
2007 –2008 , 2012 –2020
15
2013 Rally Finland
2020 Rally Turkey
5.
Jonne Halttunen
2011 –2014 , 2017 –present
12
2020 Rally Sweden
2023 Monte Carlo Rally
6.
Daniel Elena
1998 –2013 , 2015 , 2018 –2020
7
2011 Rally de Portugal
2012 Rallye Deutschland
7.
Jarmo Lehtinen
1997 –2014 , 2018 –2020
5
2011 Rally México
2012 Wales Rally GB
8.
Paul Nagle
2004 , 2006 –2008 , 2011 –present
4
2011 Rally Catalunya
2018 Monte Carlo Rally
8.
/ Chris Patterson
1993 , 1997 –2018 , 2021
4
2011 Rally Argentina
2012 Rally Italia Sardegna
8.
Martijn Wydaeghe
2013 –2019 , 2021 –present
4
2021 Rally Italia Sardegna
2022 Safari Rally
8.
Janne Ferm
2011 –2013 , 2015 –present
4
2018 Rally Sweden
2023 Rally Sweden
12.
Carlos del Barrio
1991 –1992 , 1994 –2000 , 2002 , 2004 –2007 , 2010 –2014 , 2018 –present
2
2012 Rally de Portugal
2013 Rallye de France-Alsace
12.
Daniel Barritt
2000 , 2002 –2021
2
2014 Rallye Deutschland
2020 Rally Monza
12.
Ola Fløene
1995 , 2000 –2019 , 2021
2
2014 Rally Italia Sardegna
2015 Rally Catalunya
12.
Denis Giraudet
1981 –1984 , 1989 , 1991 –1993 , 1995 –2017 , 2019
2
1999 Tour de Corse
1999 Rally Finland
12.
Sebastian Marshall
2008 , 2010 –2019 , 2021
2
2019 Monte Carlo Rally
2019 Tour de Corse
12.
Marc Martí
1992 –1993 , 1995 –2010 , 2012 , 2014 –present
2
2017 Rallye Deutschland
2017 Rally Catalunya
18.
Jonas Andersson
2002 –present
1
2014 Rally Sweden
2014 Rally Sweden
18.
Cándido Carrera
2010 –2016 , 2018 –2019 , 2021 –present
1
2021 Rally Catalunya
2021 Rally Catalunya
18.
James Fulton
2020 –present
1
2022 Rally Japan
2022 Rally Japan
18.
Anders Jæger-Amland
2014 –2020
1
2019 Rally Italia Sardegna
2019 Rally Italia Sardegna
18.
John Kennard
1985 , 1987 –1989 , 1991 , 1998 , 2007 –2017 , 2019 , 2022 –present
1
2016 Rally Argentina
2016 Rally Argentina
18.
Scott Martin
2004 –present
1
2021 Rally Finland
2021 Rally Finland
18.
Raigo Mõlder
2009 , 2014 –2016 , 2020
1
2016 Wales Rally GB
2016 Wales Rally GB
18.
Kuldar Sikk
2003 –2015 , 2017 –2020
1
2012 Rallye de France
2012 Rallye de France
18.
Benjamin Veillas
2022 –2023
1
2022 Rally Catalunya
2022 Rally Catalunya
18.
Vincent Landais
2012 –present
1
2023 Rally Mexico
2023 Rally Mexico
Notes: [ b]
WRC Point scorers
By drivers
No.
Driver
Active years
Times
First score
Last score
Points
1.
Sébastien Ogier
2008 –present
101
2011 Rally Sweden
2023 Monte Carlo Rally
289
2.
Thierry Neuville
2009 –2010 , 2012 –present
74
2012 Rallye de France
2023 Monte Carlo Rally
226
3.
Ott Tänak
2009 –2012 , 2014 –present
54
2012 Rally de Portugal
2023 Rally Sweden
186
4.
Jari-Matti Latvala
2002 –2020
71
2011 Rally Sweden
2019 Rally Turkey
153
5.
Elfyn Evans
2007 , 2011 , 2013 –present
38
2014 Rallye Deutschland
2023 Rally Sweden
104
6.
Kalle Rovanperä
2017 –present
24
2020 Rally Sweden
2023 Rally Sweden
98
7.
Dani Sordo
2003 –present
33
2011 Rallye de France
2022 Rally de Portugal
71
8.
Esapekka Lappi
2011 –2013 , 2015 –present
20
2017 Rally de Portugal
2023 Rally Sweden
59
9.
Sébastien Loeb
1999 –2013 , 2015 , 2018 –2020 , 2022 –present
27
2011 Rally Sweden
2022 Safari Rally
57
9.
Andreas Mikkelsen
2006 –present
28
2012 Rallye Deutschland
2022 Rally Estonia
57
11.
Kris Meeke
2002 –2008 , 2011 , 2013 –2019
23
2011 Rally Catalunya
2019 Rallye Deutschland
55
12.
Mikko Hirvonen
2002 –2014
17
2011 Rally Mexico
2014 Rallye Deutschland
43
13.
Craig Breen
2009 –2012 , 2014 –present
14
2017 Tour de Corse
2023 Rally Sweden
32
14.
Mads Østberg
2006 –2021
11
2012 Rally México
2018 Rally Australia
22
15.
Petter Solberg
1998 –2012 , 2018 –2019
10
2011 Rally México
2012 Rally Italia Sardegna
21
16.
Teemu Suninen
2014 –present
8
2018 Rally de Portugal
2022 Rally Japan
19
17.
Takamoto Katsuta
2016 –present
8
2020 Rally Monza
2022 Rally Catalunya
17
18.
Hayden Paddon
2007 –2019 , 2022 –present
4
2016 Rally Mexico
2017 Rally Sweden
7
19.
Didier Auriol
1984 –2003 , 2005
2
1999 Tour de Corse
1999 Rally Finland
6
19.
Evgeny Novikov
2007 –2009 , 2011 –2013
4
2012 Monte Carlo Rally
2013 Wales Rally GB
6
19.
Stéphane Lefebvre
2013 –present
2
2017 Monte Carlo Rally
2017 Rally Poland
6
22.
Juho Hänninen
2006 –2011 , 2013 –2015 , 2017
3
2017 Monte Carlo Rally
2017 Rally Catalunya
5
23.
Gus Greensmith
2022 –present
2
2022 Safari Rally
2022 Acropolis Rally
4
23.
Tommi Mäkinen
1987 –2003
2
1999 Tour de Corse
1999 Rally Finland
4
23.
Mauro Miele
2018 –present
1
2022 Rally Japan
2022 Rally Japan
4
26.
Robert Kubica
2013 –2016
2
2015 Tour de Corse
2015 Wales Rally GB
3
27.
Kevin Abbring
2007 –2012 , 2014 –2018 , 2020 –2021
1
2016 Rally Italia Sardegna
2016 Rally Italia Sardegna
2
28.
Oliver Solberg
2019 –present
1
2022 Rally New Zealand
2022 Rally New Zealand
2
29.
Nasser Al-Attiyah
2004 –2015
1
2012 Rally Argentina
2012 Rally Argentina
1
29.
Adrien Fourmaux
2022 –present
1
2022 Safari Rally
2022 Safari Rally
1
29.
Toni Gardemeister
1996 –2008 , 2010
1
1999 Rally Finland
1999 Rally Finland
1
29.
Emil Lindholm
2022 –present
1
2022 Croatia Rally
2022 Croatia Rally
1
29.
Carlos Sainz
1987 –2005
1
1999 Tour de Corse
1999 Tour de Corse
1
29.
Fabrizio Zaldivar
2019 –present
1
2022 Rally Japan
2022 Rally Japan
1
Notes: [ b]
By co-drivers
No.
Driver
Active years
Times
First score
Last score
Points
1.
Julien Ingrassia
2008 –2021
96
2011 Rally Sweden
2021 Rally Monza
276
2.
Martin Järveoja
2010 –present
50
2017 Rally Mexico
2023 Rally Sweden
176
3.
Nicolas Gilsoul
2007 –2008 , 2012 –2020
53
2012 Rallye de France
2020 Rally Italia Sardegna
159
4.
Miikka Anttila
1999 –2020
71
2011 Rally Sweden
2019 Rally Turkey
153
5.
Jonne Halttunen
2011 –2014 , 2017 –present
23
2020 Rally Sweden
2023 Rally Sweden
93
6.
Scott Martin
2004 –present
31
2017 Tour de Corse
2023 Rally Sweden
86
7.
Martijn Wydaeghe
2013 –2019 , 2021 –present
20
2021 Monte Carlo Rally
2023 Monte Carlo Rally
67
8.
Paul Nagle
2004 , 2006 –2008 , 2011 –present
25
2011 Rally Catalunya
2022 Acropolis Rally
57
8.
Janne Ferm
2011 –2013 , 2015 –present
19
2017 Rally de Portugal
2023 Rally Sweden
57
10.
Jarmo Lehtinen
1997 –2014 , 2018 –2020
20
2011 Rally Mexico
2020 Monte Carlo Rally
51
10.
Daniel Elena
1998 –2013 , 2015 , 2018 –2020
24
2011 Rally Sweden
2020 Rally Turkey
51
12.
Anders Jæger-Amland
2014 –2020
15
2016 Monte Carlo Rally
2019 Rally Finland
35
13.
Daniel Barritt
2000 , 2002 –2021
12
2014 Rallye Deutschland
2020 Rally Monza
30
13.
Carlos del Barrio
1991 –1992 , 1994 –2000 , 2002 , 2004 –2007 , 2010 –2014 , 2018 –present
15
2011 Rallye de France
2021 Monte Carlo Rally
30
15.
Marc Martí
1992 –1993 , 1995 –2010 , 2012 , 2014 –present
12
2015 Rally Argentina
2017 Rally Catalunya
27
16.
/ Chris Patterson
1993 , 1997 –2018 , 2021
10
2011 Rally México
2012 Rally Italia Sardegna
21
17.
Sebastian Marshall
2008 , 2010 –2019 , 2021
6
2016 Rally Italia Sardegna
2019 Rallye Deutschland
19
18.
Ola Fløene
1995 , 2000 –2019 , 2021
10
2014 Rally Italia Sardegna
2015 Wales Rally GB
17
19.
Jonas Andersson
2002 –present
14
2012 Rally México
2022 Acropolis Rally
16
20.
Cándido Carrera
2010 –2016 , 2018 –2019 , 2021 –present
3
2021 Rally Catalunya
2022 Rally de Portugal
12
20.
Aaron Johnston
2019 –present
7
2021 Rally Finland
2022 Rally Catalunya
12
20.
Benjamin Veillas
1999 , 2008 , 2015 –2019 , 2021 –2022
4
2022 Croatia Rally
2022 Rally Catalunya
12
23.
Torstein Eriksen
2011 –2012 , 2015 , 2017 –present
3
2018 Rally Finland
2022 Rally Estonia
10
24.
Denis Giraudet
1981 –1984 , 1989 , 1991 –1993 , 1995 –2017 , 2019
3
1999 Tour de Corse
2012 Monte Carlo Rally
7
24.
John Kennard
1985 , 1987 –1989 , 1991 , 1998 , 2007 –2017 , 2019 , 2022 –present
4
2016 Rally Mexico
2017 Rally Sweden
7
26.
Gabin Moreau
2013 –2018
2
2017 Monte Carlo Rally
2017 Rally Poland
6
26.
Marko Salminen
2008 , 2011 –2021
3
2019 Monte Carlo Rally
2019 Rally de Portugal
6
26.
Isabelle Galmiche
2007 , 2013 , 2017 , 2022 –present
2
2022 Monte Carlo Rally
2022 Safari Rally
6
26.
James Fulton
2020 –present
2
2022 Rally Japan
2023 Rally Sweden
6
30.
Kaj Lindström
1996 –2006 , 2009 –2015 , 2017 , 2019
3
2017 Monte Carlo Rally
2017 Rally Catalunya
5
30.
Mikko Markkula
2001 –2019 , 2021 –present
2
2018 Rally de Portugal
2022 Rally Japan
5
30.
Ilka Minor
1997 –2007 , 2010 –2016 , 2018 –present
3
2013 Acropolis Rally
2013 Wales Rally GB
5
30.
Raigo Mõlder
2009 , 2014 –2016 , 2020
2
2015 Rally Poland
2016 Wales Rally GB
5
34.
Luca Beltrame
2007 , 2017 –present
1
2022 Rally Japan
2022 Rally Japan
4
34.
Risto Mannisenmäki
1982 , 1986 –1990 , 1992 –2001 , 2003
2
1999 Tour de Corse
1999 Rally Finland
4
34.
Kuldar Sikk
2003 –2015 , 2017 –2020
2
2012 Rally de Portugal
2012 Rallye de France
4
37.
Maciej Szczepaniak
1999 –2000 , 2002 –2003 , 2006 –present
2
2015 Tour de Corse
2015 Wales Rally GB
3
38.
Elliott Edmondson
2013 , 2015 –present
1
2022 Rally New Zealand
2022 Rally New Zealand
2
38.
Borja Rozada
2007 , 2009 –2018 , 2020 –present
2
2021 Rally Italia Sardegna
2021 Safari Rally
2
40.
Giovanni Bernacchini
1998 –2017 , 2020
1
2012 Rally Argentina
2012 Rally Argentina
1
40.
Alexandre Coria
2022 –present
1
2022 Safari Rally
2022 Safari Rally
1
40.
Marcelo Der Ohannesian
2011 , 2015 , 2018 –present
1
2022 Rally Japan
2022 Rally Japan
1
40.
Reeta Hämäläinen
2022 –present
1
2022 Croatia Rally
2022 Croatia Rally
1
40.
Paavo Lukander
1996 –2004
1
1999 Rally Finland
1999 Rally Finland
1
40.
Luis Moya
1988 –2002
1
1999 Tour de Corse
1999 Tour de Corse
1
40.
Vincent Landais
2012 –present
1
2023 Monte Carlo Rally
2023 Monte Carlo Rally
1
Notes: [ b]
Most WRC Power Stage wins per season
Most WRC Power Stage points per season
Gallery
Notes
^ 2018 Wales Rally GB used fourth to last stage as the power stage.[ 1]
^ a b c d Statistics updated as of 2023 Rally Sweden .
^ a b 1999 consisted of 14 rallies, but Power Stage was only run on two.
^ a b 2013 consisted of 13 rallies, but Power Stage was cancelled in Monte Carlo.
^ a b 2020 consisted of seven rallies, but Power Stage was cancelled in Mexico.
References
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