1995 World Rally Championship

The 1995 World Rally Championship was the 23rd season of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) World Rally Championship (WRC). The season consisted of 8 rallies. The drivers' world championship was won by Colin McRae in a Subaru Impreza 555, ahead of team-mate Carlos Sainz.^[1] The manufacturers' title was won by Subaru.^[2]

Toyota was caught using illegal turbo restrictors at the Rally Catalunya and were given a one-year ban by the FIA. FIA president Max Mosley called the illegal turbo restrictor "the most sophisticated device I've ever seen in 30 years of motor sports." Toyota and their drivers, Juha Kankkunen, Didier Auriol and Armin Schwarz, were also stripped of all points in the championships. Kankkunen had been in contention for the drivers' world title. Mosley stated that "there is no suggestion the drivers were aware of what was going on."^[3]

Calendar[edit]

Round	Dates	Race
1	22–26 January	Rallye Monte Carlo
2	10–12 February	Swedish Rally
3	8–10 March	Rallye de Portugal
4	3–5 May	Rallye de France
5	27–30 July	Rally New Zealand
6	15–18 September	Rally Australia
7	23–25 October	Rally Catalunya
8	19–22 November	RAC Rally

Teams and drivers[edit]

Team	Manufacturer	Car	Tyre	No	Drivers	Rounds
Toyota Castrol Team	Toyota	Celica GT-Four ST205 Celica Turbo 4WD	M	1	Didier Auriol	1–7
				2	Juha Kankkunen	1–7
				3	Armin Schwarz	1–7
				14	Thomas Rådström	2
				14	Yoshio Fujimoto	6
				15	Tomas Jansson	2
				15	Yoshio Fujimoto	5
				16	Neal Bates	6
555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru	Impreza 555	P	4	Colin McRae	All
				5	Carlos Sainz	1–4, 6–8
				6	Piero Liatti	1, 4, 7
					Mats Jonsson	2
					Richard Burns	3, 8
					Peter 'Possum' Bourne	5–6
				14	Richard Burns	5
R.A.S. Ford	Ford	Escort RS Cosworth	M	7	François Delecour	All
				8	Bruno Thiry	All
				9	Stig Blomqvist	2
					Alex Fiorio	3
					Patrick Bernardini	4
					Neil Allport	5
					Malcolm Wilson	8
				30	Jason Priestley	6
				44	Alister McRae	8
Team Mitsubishi Ralliart	Mitsubishi	Lancer Evo II Lancer Evo III	M	10	Kenneth Eriksson	2, 5–6, 8
				10	Isolde Holderied	3–4
				11	Tommi Mäkinen	1–2, 4–8
				11	Jorge Recalde	3
				12	Andrea Aghini	4, 7
					Kenneth Bäcklund	2
					Rui Madeira	3, 8
					Ed Ordynski	5–6
				14	Rui Madeira	1, 4–7
				15	Jorge Recalde	4–6
				26	Isolde Holderied	1, 5–8
Société Diac	Renault	Clio Maxi	M	17	Jean Ragnotti	1, 4
				18	José Carlos Macedo	3
				19	Alain Oreille	8
				21	Philippe Bugalski	1, 4
				25	Robbie Head	8
				30	Pedro Azeredo	3
				51	Angelo Medeghini	4

Standings[edit]

Drivers' championship[edit]

Pos.	Driver	MON	SWE	POR	FRA	NZL	AUS	ESP	GBR	Points
1	Colin McRae	Ret	Ret	3	5	1	2	2	1	90
2	Carlos Sainz	1	Ret	1	4	WD	Ret	1	2	85
3	Kenneth Eriksson		1			5	1		Ret	48
4	François Delecour	2	Ret	Ret	2	6	Ret	4	Ret	46
5	Tommi Mäkinen	4	2		8	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	38
6	Bruno Thiry	5	6	6	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	5	34
7	Andrea Aghini	6			3			5		26
8	Piero Liatti	8			6			3		21
9	Richard Burns			7		Ret			3	16
10	Alister McRae								4	10
11	Rui Madeira	12		9	18	10	Ret	11	7	7
12=	Gustavo Trelles							6		6
12=	Gwyndaf Evans								6	6
14=	Jean Ragnotti	7			11					4
14=	Stig Blomqvist		7						21	4
14=	Patrick Bernardini				7					4
14=	Peter 'Possum' Bourne					7	Ret			4
14=	Yoshio Fujimoto					27	7		WD	4
14=	Oriol Gómez							7		4
20	Jorge Recalde			10	20	9	10			4
21=	Tomas Jansson		8							3
21=	Alex Fiorio			8						3
21=	Neil Allport					8				3
21=	Ed Ordynski					11	8			3
21=	Andrea Navarra			17	Ret	Ret	17	8	Ret	3
21=	Jarmo Kytölehto		14						8	3
27=	Philippe Camandona	9		Ret						2
27=	Philippe Bugalski	Ret			9					2
27=	Neal Bates						9			2
27=	Josep Bassas							9		2
27=	Masao Kamioka			12			11		9	2
32=	Isolde Holderied	10		11	19	Ret	19	Ret	14	1
32=	Kenneth Bäcklund		10							1
32=	Yvan Postel	14			Ret			10		1
32=	Alain Oreille								10	1
DQ	Juha Kankkunen	3	4	2	10	3	3	Ret	WD	62
DQ	Didier Auriol	Ret	5	5	1	2	Ret	DSQ	WD	51
DQ	Armin Schwarz	Ret	9	4	Ret	4	5	Ret	WD	30
DQ	Thomas Rådström		3							12
Pos.	Driver	MON	SWE	POR	FRA	NZL	AUS	ESP	GBR	Points

Manufacturers' championship[edit]

Pos.	Manufacturer	No.	MON	SWE	POR	FRA	NZL	AUS	ESP	GBR	Points
1	555 Subaru World Rally Team	4	Ret	Ret	3	5	1	2	2	1	350
		5	1	Ret	1	4		Ret	1	2
		6	8	Ret	(7)	(6)	7	Ret	(3)	(3)
2	Team Mitsubishi Ralliart	10		1	(11)	(19)	5	1		Ret	307
		11	4	2	10	8	Ret	4	Ret	Ret
		12	6		9	3	11	(8)	5	7
		14							11
3	R.A.S. Ford	7	2	Ret	Ret	2	6	Ret	4	Ret	223
		8	5	6	6	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	5
		9		7	8	7	8			Ret
EX	Toyota Castrol Team	1	Ret	(5)	(5)	1	2	Ret	EX		260
		2	3	4	2	10	3	3	Ret
		3	Ret		4	Ret	(4)	5	Ret
		14		3			Ret
Pos.	Manufacturer	No.	MON	SWE	POR	FRA	NZL	AUS	ESP	GBR	Points

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Excluded (EX)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Cancelled (C)
Blank	Withdrew entry from the event (WD)

Events[edit]

Rally name	Dates run	Podium drivers (finishing time)	Podium cars
Rallye Monte Carlo	22 January–26 January	Carlos Sainz (6h:32m:31s) François Delecour (6h:34m:56s) Juha Kankkunen (6h:36m:28s)	Subaru Impreza 555 Ford Escort RS Cosworth Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205
Swedish Rally	10 February–12 February	Kenneth Eriksson (4h:51m:27s) Tommi Mäkinen (4h:51m:39s) Thomas Rådström (4h:52m:34s)	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution II Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution II Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205
Rallye de Portugal	8 March–10 March	Carlos Sainz (5h:32m:37s) Juha Kankkunen (5h:32m:49s) Colin McRae (5h:35m:51s)	Subaru Impreza 555 Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205 Subaru Impreza 555
Tour de Corse	3 May–5 May	Didier Auriol (5h:14m:49s) François Delecour (5h:15m:04s) Andrea Aghini (5h:15m:46s)	Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205 Ford Escort RS Cosworth Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution III
Rally New Zealand	27 July–30 July	Colin McRae (5h:33m:06s) Didier Auriol (5h:33m:50s) Juha Kankkunen (5h:34m:15s)	Subaru Impreza 555 Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205 Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205
Rally Australia	15 September–18 September	Kenneth Eriksson (4h:53m:59s) Colin McRae (4h:54m:18s) Juha Kankkunen (4h:55m:54s)	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution III Subaru Impreza 555 Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205
Rally Catalunya	23 October–25 October	Carlos Sainz (5h:05m:58s) Colin McRae (5h:06m:49s) Piero Liatti (5h:07m:56s)	Subaru Impreza 555 Subaru Impreza 555 Subaru Impreza 555
RAC Rally	19 November–22 November	Colin McRae (5h:09m:19s) Carlos Sainz (5h:09m:55s) Richard Burns (5h:15m:58s)	Subaru Impreza 555 Subaru Impreza 555 Subaru Impreza 555

References[edit]

^ "1995 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers - Final classification". RallyBase. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2009.
^ "1995 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers - Final classification". RallyBase. Retrieved 8 June 2009.
^ "Toyota team pick up a one-year ban". The Independent. London. 4 November 1995. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 8 June 2009.

External links[edit]

FIA World Rally Championship 1995 at ewrc-results.com
1995 season at World Rally Archive

[1] "1995 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers - Final classification". RallyBase. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2009.

[2] "1995 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers - Final classification". RallyBase. Retrieved 8 June 2009.

[3] "Toyota team pick up a one-year ban". The Independent. London. 4 November 1995. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 8 June 2009.

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