World Rally Championship
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The World Rally Championship (WRC) is a series of automobile rally races across the world, culminating with a champion driver and manufacturer. The driver's championship and manufacturer's championship are separate championships, but based on the same point system. This means that Petter Solberg driving for Subaru can win the driver's championship but Citroën can win the manufacturer's championship, which is what happened in 2003. The first WRC took place in 1973.
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World Rally Cars
The Championship currently features 16 rallies and production-based 2.0 L Turbocharged 4WD cars built to World Rally Car regulations racing across tarmac, gravel and snow. Current cars in the championship include the Citroën Xsara, Ford Focus RS, Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, Peugeot 307, Skoda Fabia, and Subaru Impreza.
The WRC was formerly held for Group A and Group B rallycars.
The World Rally Championship also features classes called the Production World Rally Championship and the Junior World Rally Championship.
World Rally Calendar
For 2004 through 2005, the championship rallies included Monte Carlo, Sweden, Mexico, New Zealand, Cyprus, Greece, Turkey, Argentina, Finland, Germany, Japan, Great Britain, Italy, France, Spain, and Australia. Japan and Mexico debuted in 2004.
The 2006 rallies will be Monte Carlo, Sweden, Australia, Mexico, New Zealand, Cyprus, Greece, Turkey, Argentina, Finland, Germany, Japan, Italy, France, Spain and Great Britain
2005 Rally Winners
Citroën driver, Sébastien Loeb, has secured the driver's championship title in Japan.
2004 Rally Winners
Citroën driver, Sébastien Loeb, secured both the driver's and manufacturer's championship titles in France.
World Rally Champions List
| YEAR | DRIVERS' CHAMPIONSHIP(car) | MANUFACTURERS' CHAMPIONSHIP |
|---|---|---|
World Rally Championship event wins
- 26 – Carlos Sainz (Spain)
- 25 – Colin McRae (Scotland)
- 24 – Tommi Mäkinen (Finland)
- 23 – Juha Kankkunen (Finland)
- 20 – Didier Auriol (France)
- 19 – Markku Alén (Finland) / Sébastien Loeb (France)
- 18 – Hannu Mikkola (Finland) / Marcus Grönholm (Finland)
- 17 – Massimo Biasion
- 16 – Björn Waldegård
External links
- World Rally Championship (official site)
- RallyBase
- Rallye-Info.com (formerly WRC-Online.net)
