List of World Rally Championship people

The following list of people play, or have played, significant roles in the World Rally Championship (WRC):

Administration

Jean-Marie Balestre – president of the FISA (1979–1991) and the president of the FIA (1986–1993)
Alfredo César Torres – vice-president of the FISA (1979–1993) and the vice-president of the FIA (1988–1993) and the sport deputy president of the FIA (1993–1997) and the president of the ACP (1980–1997)
Morrie Chandler – appointed president of the FIA's World Rally Championship commission in July 2006^[1] and left 2010^[2]
Nazir Hoosein – chief steward of the World Rally Championship
Max Mosley – president of the FIA (1993–2009)
Shekhar Mehta – president of the WRC commission, from March 2006 to 12 April 2006 when he died unexpectedly.^[3]
Jacques Regis – president of the WRC commission until March 2006
Jean Todt – president of the FIA (2009–)

Team management

Andrea Adamo – team principal of the Hyundai Motorsport (2019–)
Ove Andersson – former driver, founder and long-time head of Toyota Team Europe
Peter Ashcroft – former team manager of the Ford Motorsport (1986–1991)
Raimund Baumschlager – former driver, former team principal of the Red Bull Skoda (2006)
Jacky Bozian – former director of the Bozian Racing
Pierre Budar – team principal of the Citroën Racing (2018–) ^[4]
Jost Capito – former director of the Ford Motorsport (2003–2007) and the Volkswagen Motorsport (2012–2016)
Xavier Carlotti – former team manager of the Peugeot Sport (1999–2002)
Aime Chatard – rally programme manager of Michelin (1993–2005) and BF Goodrich (2006)
François Chatriot – former driver, former team manager for Citroën (2003–2004) and Peugeot (2002–2003)
Andrew Cowan – former driver, founder and director of Ralliart, Mitsubishi's motorsport division
Derek Dauncey – former team manager of Mitsubishi
Pierre Dupasquier – former head of Michelin's competition department (1973–1984 and 1990–2005)
Tony Fall – former driver, former team principal of the Rothmans Opel Team (1982)
Guy Fréquelin – former driver, former director of the Citroën Sport (1989–2006)
Pavel Janeba – former team manager of the Škoda Motorsport (1990–2003)
David Lapworth – former team principal (2000–2006) and technical director (2007–2008) of the Subaru World Rally Team^[5]
Yves Matton – former team principal of the Citroën Racing
Rich Millener – team principal of the M-Sport World Rally Team (2019–)
Tommi Mäkinen – team principal of the Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT (2016–)
Michel Nandan – former team principal of the Hyundai Motorsport (2013–2018)
Jean-Pierre Nicolas – former driver, former sporting director of the Peugeot Sport
Corrado Provera – former director of the Peugeot Sport (1998–2005)
Olivier Quesnel – co-founder of the Peugeot Talbot Sport, former director of the Citroën Sport (2008–2012)
David Richards – former co-driver, co-founder of Prodrive, former team principal of the Subaru World Rally Team
Phil Short – former team manager of the Mitsubishi Ralliart (1995–2000)
Sven Smeets – former co-driver, former team manager of the Citroen Sport (2008–2011) and Volkswagen Motorsport (2012–2016), director of the Volkswagen Motorsport
Nobuhiro Tajima – former driver, former team principal of the Suzuki World Rally Team
Jean Todt – former co-driver, founder of the Peugeot Talbot Sport
David Whitehead – former team principal of the Hyundai World Rally Team (1998–2003)
Malcolm Wilson – former driver, former team principal of the M-Sport World Rally Team (and defunct Ford World Rally Team)

Engineers

Simon Carrier – chief designer of M-Sport
Christophe Chapelain – chief designer of the Subaru World Rally Team (2006–)
Didier Clement – chief engineer of the Citroën Sport (2015–)
Nick Clipson – chief engineer of the Hyundai World Rally Team
Philip Dunabin – chief engineer of the Ford Motorsport (1995–1996), engineer of the Ford Motorsport (1989–1994)
Mario Fornaris – chief engineer of Mitsubishi Motors Motor Sports (2003–2005), test engineer of Peugeot Sport (1998–2002)
Lasse Lampi – former driver, sporting and technical advisor of Mitsubishi Ralliart
Christian Loriaux – chief engineer of M-Sport (2002–), engineer at Prodrive (1991–2002)
Xavier Mestelan-Pinon – chief engineer of the Citroën Sport (2005–2014)
Dietmar Metrich – chief engineer of the Škoda Motorsport (2001–2005), engineer of the Škoda Motorsport (1998–2000)
Graham Moore – chief engineer of the Hyundai World Rally Team (2002–2003) and of the Subaru World Rally Team (2006–2008)
Michel Nandan – technical director of Peugeot Sport (1999–2005) and technical manager of the Suzuki World Rally Team (2006–2007)
Guenther Steiner – chief engineer of the Ford World Rally Team (1997–2001)
Jean-Claude Vaucard – chief chassis engineer of Citroën Sport (1993–2005), chassis engineer at Peugeot Talbot Sport (1982–1993)

Rally officials

Garry Connelly – clerk of the course of Rally Australia (1988–2002)
Fred Gallagher – former co-driver, clerk of the course of Rally GB
Seppo Harjanne – former co-driver, deputy clerk of the course of Rally Finland
René Isoart – clerk of the course of Monte Carlo Rally
Simo Lampinen – former driver, clerk of the course of Rally Finland

Commentators and journalists

Jim Bamber – cartoonist
John Davenport – former co-driver and author
Robbie Head – former driver and commentator
Martin Holmes – former co-driver and author

Drivers

Markku Alén – 1978 FIA Cup champion
Didier Auriol – 1994 world champion
Miki Biasion – 1988 and 1989 world champion
Stig Blomqvist – 1984 world champion
Richard Burns – 2001 world champion
Marcus Grönholm – 2000 and 2002 world champion
Juha Kankkunen – four-time world champion
Sébastien Loeb – nine-time world champion, most successful rally driver
Colin McRae – 1995 world champion, first British world champion
Michèle Mouton – most successful female rally driver
Tommi Mäkinen – four-time world champion
Hannu Mikkola – 1983 world champion
Sandro Munari – 1977 FIA Cup champion
Sébastien Ogier – six-time world champion
Walter Röhrl – 1980 and 1982 world champion
Carlos Sainz – 1990 and 1992 world champion
Timo Salonen – 1985 world champion
Petter Solberg – 2003 world champion
Ari Vatanen – 1981 world champion
Björn Waldegård – 1979 world champion

Co-drivers

Björn Cederberg – co-driver to Stig Blomqvist
Daniel Elena – co-driver to Sébastien Loeb
Fred Gallagher – co-driver to Henri Toivonen, Juha Kankkunen and Björn Waldegård
Christian Geistdörfer – co-driver to Walter Röhrl and Hannu Mikkola
Denis Giraudet – co-driver to Didier Auriol
Nicky Grist – co-driver to Juha Kankkunen and Colin McRae
Seppo Harjanne – co-driver to Timo Salonen and Tommi Mäkinen
Arne Hertz – co-driver to Hannu Mikkola
Julien Ingrassia – co-driver to Sébastien Ogier
Ilkka Kivimäki – co-driver to Markku Alén
Risto Mannisenmäki – co-driver to Tommi Mäkinen
Chris Patterson – co-driver to Petter Solberg
Phil Mills – co-driver to Petter Solberg
Luís Moya – co-driver to Carlos Sainz
Michael Park – co-driver to Markko Märtin
Juha Piironen – co-driver to Henri Toivonen and Juha Kankkunen
Timo Rautiainen – co-driver to Marcus Grönholm
Robert Reid – co-driver to Richard Burns
Derek Ringer – co-driver to Colin McRae
David Richards – co-driver to Ari Vatanen
Tiziano Siviero – co-driver to Miki Biasion
Hans Thorszelius – co-driver to Björn Waldegård
Jean Todt – co-driver to Hannu Mikkola, Timo Mäkinen and Guy Fréquelin

References

WRC people at juwra.com

^ World Motor Sport Council – Decisions, Morrie Chandler appointed President of the World Rally Championship Commission, Official FIA Press Release, July 05, 2006.
^ https://www.fia.com/profile/officers/morrie-chandler
^ "Rally mourns death of president". {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)^{[permanent dead link]}
^ http://www.wrc.com/en/wrc/news/january-2018/budar-citroen/page/5130--12-12-.html
^ https://www.juwra.com/lapworth_david.html

[1] World Motor Sport Council – Decisions, Morrie Chandler appointed President of the World Rally Championship Commission, Official FIA Press Release, July 05, 2006.

[2] ttps://www.fia.com/profile/officers/morrie-chandler

[3] "Rally mourns death of president". {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)^{[permanent dead link]}

[4] ttp://www.wrc.com/en/wrc/news/january-2018/budar-citroen/page/5130--12-12-.html

[5] ttps://www.juwra.com/lapworth_david.html

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